Vezir Ballshkashi is 73 years old and for a quarter of a century he has been passionately working on what in central Albania are called ‘tepe’, the metal accessories that complete the traditional folk women costumes of the area. The old man says that when he discovered it he fell in love with the craft, […]

The fire on Mali i Gjere in Gjirokastër, in the southern tip of Albania, continues to remain problematic due to the height of the terrain, but compared to the morning hours, the situation is reported to have improved. Firefighters have managed to bring two of the four burning hearths under control and have reduced the […]