Forty years after the death of dictator Enver Hoxha, whose four-decade rule over Albania drove it into isolation and poverty, ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — In a historical twist, the home of Albania’s late communist dictator Enver ... to deal with a past and a painful past, like the one that this villa symbolizes ...

Albania’s Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990 ...

TIRANA – In the heart of the capital, the villa of Albania’s former dictator welcomes young artists from around the world in the country’s latest step from its hermetic past to a rapidly ...

The residence -- formerly known as "Villa 31" -- was where the Hoxha family lived for decades until the fall of the hardline, communist regime in 1991 -- just years after Enver's death.