Albania's Prime Minister wants to give a state and nationhood -- similar to the Vatican in Italy -- to a Muslim minority within the country.

Because just a few weeks ago the prime minister of Albania announced he was introducing legislation to create a brand new ...

TIRANA – When Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama addressed the annual gathering of the UN General Assembly in September, he used the opportunity to announce his government’s intention to create ...

The Bektashi World Centre ... the Bektashis’ leaders moved to Albania. Through their love of the arts, the order’s dervishes have been credited with helping the country shake off the Ottoman ...

In a move that has garnered both intrigue and controversy, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama has unveiled an unprecedented plan to create the world’s smallest sovereign state for the Bektashi order, a ...

Once the religious faith of the Ottoman military elite, the Bektashi order accepted teachings from many directions, until it was banned there in the 19th century. When Turkey embraced the secular ...

The Albanian government is planning to create a “sovereign state” for the Bektashi, a Sufi Muslim order, modeled after the Vatican, occupying several hectares in the capital city of Tirana.

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama is considering granting sovereign state status to the world headquarters of Bektashism, a ...

Albania's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Wednesday took measures to prevent the spread of bird flu into the country. The ministry issued a special order banning imports of live ...

“Communist judges” are blocking the Italian government’s scheme to process migrants in Albania, the country ... court refused to grant a detention order for an Egyptian asylum seeker ...

The prosecutors’ seizure order cited criminal codes that prohibit unlawful export and forgery of official documents. It called for the containers to remain sealed and under 24-hour camera surveillance ...