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

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama plans to transform Tirana’s Sufi Bektashi Muslims into a sovereign state to promote ‘moderation, tolerance and peaceful co-existence’. The 10-hectare patch ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Sunday his country would transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, into a sovereign state to promote ...

Behind Edi Rama’s announcement of a Vatican-type ‘microstate’ for the Bektashi movement in Tirana, some critics of his rule see a bid to distract attention from domestic scandals and win ...

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

Edi Rama came to Thessaloniki on Sunday with good news for the Albanian community in Greece. Addressing a flag-waving crowd of some 2,000 supporters, Rama said they will be able to vote by mail in ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Albania hopes to join the European Union by 2030, Prime Minister Edi Rama told a crowd of some 2,000 supporters at a hotel in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has ruled out processing migrants from Germany in reception centres in his country, despite Berlin's potential interest in the idea. Speaking to Reuters ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama plans to transform Tirana’s Sufi Bektashi Muslims into a sovereign state to promote ‘moderation, tolerance and peaceful co-existence’. The 10-hectare patch ...