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

MARCH 17, 2026|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.

MARCH 3, 2026|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.

FEBRUARY 16, 2026|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.

FEBRUARY 4, 2026|ByASSAF GILEAD/GLOBES/TNS

Iran calls cyberattack claims 'baseless' after Albania severs ties

The US condemned the Iranian cyberattack against Albania, a NATO ally, warning that it would take action to hold Iran accountable.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 13, 2022.

'Israel Culture Week' in Tirana, capital of Albania

The Israeli Embassy in Albania conducted fifteen Israel-related activities over a ten-day period. Here are the highlights of the events:

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM

What does 'refugee' really mean? - opinion

Each of these people has a name, a profession, a family and their own lived experience. And most importantly, their stories are far from over.

AUGUST 26, 2022ByZOE EDELMAN

The Israeli IsraAid team, Yotam Polizer, Danna Harman and Roni Aboulafia, getting on the evacuation flight together with the Afghan delegation leaders.

Albania arrests 2 Russians, Ukrainian trying to enter military plant

During communism, the Albanian Gramsh plant was used to produce Russian AK-47 rifles.

AUGUST 21, 2022ByREUTERS

Kosovo-Serbia: The background to the sirens in the Balkans - explainer

The recent gunfire, sirens and border closings between the two Balkan countries have raised alarms. Here is an explainer on the region's complex history.

AUGUST 1, 2022ByAARON REICH