The image of Enver Hoxha, a feared tyrant, was once everywhere in Albania. His last intact statue is watched over by a partly blind, 80-year-old defender. “Nobody wants him anymore.” ...

Empty bottles and syringes littered the floor, which was covered in polished marble when the pyramid — a shrine to Albania’s late Communist dictator, Enver Hoxha — first opened in 1988, but ...

The home of Albania’s late communist dictator Enver Hoxha is hosting international artists fascinated by the long-ruling leader’s library, the country’s history of isolation and its unique ...

The idea of his former home in Albania's capital being opened up to all and sundry would have horrified Enver Hoxha, the communist dictator who died in 1985 - and that's exactly the point.

Former communist dictator Enver Hoxha left Albania covered by thousands of bunkers. Now the once-isolated country is giving them a second life by turning them into gastronomic and cultural ...

A museum built in Albania in the 1980s to honour longtime Communist dictator Enver Hoxha is being transformed into a computer training centre for young people, removing a final vestige of the ...

The dictator Enver Hoxha was paranoid and lived in constant fear that Albania could be attacked by capitalist countries. So ...

Once the home of dictator Enver Hoxha, who governed Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, the house has been newly converted into an artists’ residence in partnership with French art foundation ...

Ismail Kadare, who has died aged 88, was Albania’s most successful writer, both at home and abroad. In Albania, over a million of his books have been sold, one for every three Albanians. Abroad ...

Nita Deda, manager of Art Explora, poses for a photo in Villa 31 where the late communist dictator Enver Hoxha, once a symbol of totalitarian rule used to live, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Feb. 7 ...

Former communist dictator Enver Hoxha left Albania covered by thousands of bunkers. Now the once-isolated country is giving them a second life by turning them into gastronomic and cultural ...