Poems of the great poet from Alexandria, Constantine Cavafy translated in Albanian, were published in the newspaper of Tirana, Kocha Jone. The poems have been translated by the Professor of the Department of Greek Literature in the University of Tirana, Aristotelis Spyrou and Sokol Tsunga and Lambros Routsi. The article is entitled “Cavafy, a poet [...]

Albania’s President, Bamir Topi (foto) ratified the agreement between Greece and Albania on the “research, identification and burial of Greek soldiers who died in Albania during the Greek – Italian war in 1940-41” According to the relevant agreement, signed in Tirana on the 19th of November 2008, two cemeteries (and memorials) will be constructed in [...]

An exhibition of manuscripts on parchment and paper from the collection of the Albanian State’s Central Archive is organized in Tirana by the Hellenic Foundation of Culture, the Albanian State’s Archive, the Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece and the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania. The exhibition presents 33 manuscripts from the 6th [...]

Police in the eastern town of Korca have busted a criminal network that assisted locals in obtaining Greek visas for money. The Economic Crime Office on Monday (April 5th) arrested a representative of a Roma association in the town, while two other women are under investigation. The alleged scheme allegedly charged each person who wanted [...]

The initiative for the voluntary collection of donations which will be exclusively allocated for the reduction of Greece’s public debt, under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Greece, Mr. Karolos Papoulias is welcomed by the Greeks of Albania. In response to the invitation of the World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) towards [...]

Greece and Albania signed an upgraded law enforcement cooperation protocol on Friday, during the visit here by Citizen’s Protection Minister Mihalis Chryssohoidis (foto). The agreement anticipates the creation of a database for joint use by the two sides, as well as increased exchange of information, organising of joint police operations, cross-border cooperation in combatting organised [...]