Albanian opposition lawmakers have violently disrupted a Parliament session to protest the imprisonment of a fellow legislator who was sent to jail on charges of slander.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced at the UN on September 22 that there are plans to create a brand-new state within ...

Proposal for 'Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order', a Vatican-style enclave, has sparked confusion, praise and heated ...

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Albania plans to establish a sovereign Muslim microstate within its borders run by a Sufi sect known for promoting "religious ...

Albania has announced plans to establish the 'Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order', which would become the world’s smallest ...

Our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week includes a proposed ‘Vatican-style’ micro-state for the Bektashi ...

TIRANA, Albania: Albania's Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, would be granted sovereignty from the country. Prime Minister Edi Rama has said that Albania would transform the ...

TIRANA, Albania: Albania's Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, would be granted sovereignty from the ...

PLANS to establish a tiny country – the size of just 14 football pitches – aims to promote a version of Islam that is ...

A sovereign Muslim mini-state should be created within Albania's capital Tirana, Prime Minister Edi Rama says.

A new country that will be the smallest in the world, at just a quarter of the size of the Vatican, is set to be created.