Albania is set to establish a sovereign spiritual state in Tirana for the Bektashi Order, an Islamic Sufi sect, in a move aimed at promoting religious tolerance, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on January 25.

Italy says it is transferring 49 migrants picked up in the Mediterranean to new processing centers in Albania, in the third such attempt facing hurdles by courts.

Once known as "the North Korea of Europe", Albania is turning to its millennia-old sites and rich cultural heritage to recast its image.

The body of Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania who died on Saturday is lying in state at the Athens Orthodox cathedral.

If created, the enclave for the Islamic Sufi order would be one of the world's smallest states. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in Rome, to preserve and promote religious tolerance, Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Saturday.

The attempt at processing at special centres in Albania follows two previous failures in October and November.

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama, right, and his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis, second right, attend the funeral of the late Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, inside th

Albania's PM Edi Rama has denied any knowledge of Trump's supposed plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza and ship Palestinians to the Muslim-majority Balkan state.

Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church of Albania after the fall of the communist regime in the country, has died

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