Albania

German school named for Albanian who saved Jews sends students to Tirana for Holocaust remembrance

Ordinary Muslims and Christians in Albania, an isolated Balkan nation with no more than 300 native Jews, risked their lives during World War II to hide nearly 2,000 foreign Jewish refugees

|ByLARRY LUXNER/JTA
Students and their teachers from Berlin’s Refik Veseli School and Tirana’s Gjimnazi Sami Frashëri pose for a group shot in front of Albania’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, 2026.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes a statement on the situation in the Middle East, after Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 1, 2026.

Roaring Lion: From Berlin to London, Europe stands by Israel in war with Iran - opinion

Europe pressures Israel on peace, yet consistently defends its security when existential threats emerge, showing solidarity across decades.

|BySHARON PARDO
Displaced Palestinians receive prefabricated tents, which are safer and more durable, with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Al-Zaytun of Gaza City, Gaza on February 7, 2026.

Morocco, Albania, Greece expected to join International Stabilization Force in Gaza

Morocco, Albania, and Greece will join Indonesia in the force, which is set to oversee current ceasefire lines and possibly address other border-related issues.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
THE DIGITAL universe ignores geographic borders, but there are various kinds of physical infrastructure needed to facilitate data traveling. Pictured: Futuristic Data Center with Server Racks in Big Warehouse.

Israel's ADC to build Albania's first data center

The project, which will be built in a free trade zone near the capital Tirana, will cost an estimated euro100 million.

|ByASSAF GILEAD/GLOBES/TNS

Albania looking to adopt Israel's disillusioned hi-tech employees - Army Radio

Israeli hi-tech represents about a quarter of the State's economy and over half of its exports, and it relies heavily on foreign direct investment.

MARCH 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
HI-TECH SECTOR workers hold signs saying ‘No democracy, no hi-tech’ as they demonstrate against proposed judicial reforms in Tel Aviv, last week.

Standing on Albania’s Jew Street, I learned firsthand the country’s hospitality culture

Albania's prime minister this month announced plans to open a museum dedicated to the stories of Albanian citizens who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust.

MARCH 9, 2023ByNAOMI TOMKY/JTA
A sign in Berat, Albania, reads Rruga Hebrentje, or Jew Street.

Grapevine March 5, 2023: A code of honor legacy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 5, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER Edi Rama (left) with philanthropist Alexander Machkevitch.

Albanian gov't announces museum celebrating Albanians who rescued Jews in WWII

Albania's Culture Ministry has announced an open design competition for architecture design proposals, funded by Israeli philanthropist Alexander Machkevitch.

MARCH 1, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
The building before the renovation of the museum in Albania.

Why ethnic tensions are flaring again in northern Kosovo - explainer

New tensions have erupted since December 10, when roadblocks erected by Serbs in Kosovo turned into violent encounters with the police.

DECEMBER 27, 2022ByREUTERS
Members of the Italian Armed Forces, part of the NATO peacekeepers mission in Kosovo, stand guard, near a roadblock in Rudare, near the northern part of the ethnically-divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, December 27, 2022.

At least four dead after migrant boat capsizes off English coast

Despite freezing temperatures, more than 500 migrants have made the journey over the English channel in small boats in the last week alone.

DECEMBER 14, 2022ByREUTERS
Police officers gather at the Port of Dover amid a rescue operation of a missing migrant boat, in Dover, Britain December 14, 2022.

'Golden Globe' winner, director Ari Folman presents 'Waltz with Bashir' in Durrës

NOVEMBER 22, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Waltz with Bashir

Grapevine October 26, 2022: With a little help from his friends

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 26, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
GRAYEVSKY TOOK one of the last photographs of late president Shimon Peres.

Albanian PM: ‘Antisemitism is a cause for everyone’

Rama recalled the story of how some 3,000 Jews shipped out into slavery overcame their Roman captors and found safety on the Albanian shores.

OCTOBER 25, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama

'We need collaboration to fight antisemitism' - Israeli president Herzog

Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Advisory Board met with Israel's president and discussed the rise in antisemitism and how to stop it.

OCTOBER 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel's President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Advisory Board at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on October 25, 2022.