by Toplica | Apr 3, 2015 | Culture, Education, English, News
It is a Muslim holiday in Durres, a dusty port town on the coast of Albania. Shops are shut, blinds drawn down and the streets look all but deserted. On the outskirts, cars stuffed with entire families – mum dad, gran, gramps and the kids – head in convoy towards a...
by Toplica | Jan 16, 2015 | English, Featured, News
In a speech to ambassadors to the Holy See on Monday, Pope Francis praised the coexistence among different faiths in Albania, which he witnessed during his trip to Tirana. At a time of strained relations between Muslims and majority communities in Europe, the Roman...