Key Takeaways Albania applied for EU membership in 2009, gained candidate status in 2014, and opened accession negotiations in 2022 […]

Key Takeaways Albania has hosted approximately 3,000 members of the Iranian dissident group MEK (Mojahedin-e Khalq) since 2013, at the

Key Takeaways Albanians are among Europe’s oldest peoples — descendants of the ancient Illyrians who lived in the western Balkans

Key Takeaways Albania was under communist rule for 47 years (1944-1991) — one of the most isolated and extreme regimes

Key Takeaways Built in 1988 as a museum glorifying dictator Enver Hoxha — the most expensive building in Albania’s history