The fall of communism has brought monumental changes to Albania ... in the 1992 national elections. There have also been restrictions on freedom of assembly, religion and expression for ethnic ...

Archbishop Anastasios, head of the Orthodox Church of Albania, died at a hospital in Athens at the age of 95 on Saturday, the church announced.

religion was again allowed, but believers lacked places of worship such as mosques and churches, many of which were confiscated by the former regime. The property return is not yet complete, with ...

While many Muslim-majority countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq have been making news for introducing regressive laws and customs, Albania ... of the religion coexist peacefully, as ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's Archbishop Anastasios ... Following the fall of the communist regime in December 1990, religion was again allowed, but believers lacked places of worship ...

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s ...