Explaining Albania

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An immigrants guide to Albania. Discussions on culture, history, food, social issues, travel and more, with Exit News journalist Alice Taylor.

Alice Taylor


    • May 13, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 105 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Explaining Albania

    What it's like starting a business in Albania

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 50:58


    How will the diaspora vote and artists and their inspiration from Albanian nature

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 49:00


    Albanian defence Minister Pirru Vengu, Ben Blushi on photography and the future

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 57:28


    Are prices in Albania too high for tourists? And Albanian language school in London

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 30:44


    The youth of north Albania in music, dance and their own words

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 30:44


    Christopher Hyland on the Bektashi State and Kosovo, Swedish EU minister on Albania's 2-year-dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 41:13


    Ramadan in Albania and is the country greenwashing for the sake of tourism?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 39:15


    North Albania has talent and Germany on Kosovo terrorist attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 40:30


    North Albania has talent and Germany on Kosovo terrorist attack

    Is social media behind Albanian youth violence? And visiting Gjakova.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 48:55


    Albanian Communism: The missing, the persecuted and the escapees

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 48:24


    Elidor Mehili on democracy, Bektashis, migrants and elections

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 47:37


    Youth with Jonas Kepi and Albanians building cultural bridges in London

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 49:57


    Tropoja's chestnut crisis, and Albanian mental health

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 50:52


    TikTok regulation, literacy and culture in Albania

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 38:02


    Arber Kodra: Albania's Queer Film Marathon and LGBTI rights

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 44:22


    Albanian football in the UK, London disappoints and BBC in Tirana

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2024 48:58


    A visit to Peshkopi, Albania

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2024 36:24


    For the opening episode of season 3, we headed to Peshkopi, Dibra to learn about history, food, healing water and Skanderbeg.

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    Albania's census, social rights, archeology & migrants

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2024 31:44


    Extraordinary Albanian women boosting the country's defence sector

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2024 30:44


    Extraordinary Albanians fighting for the country's youth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 42:57


    Albanians making a difference in the UK and a visit to Qafe Bari ex-prison camp

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 34:47


    EU Ambassador to Albania Silvio Gonzato on politics, elections, Butrint and diversity

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 35:03


    Lulzim Basha on Elections, opposition, Kosovo and Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2024 46:40


    Exclusive: Vasfije Krasniqi recounts sexual assault during Kosovo war, advocacy and breaking stigma

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2024 33:33


    Inside Albania at the Council of Europe- Kosovo, Albania and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 34:33


    Kosovo, Serbia, Spain, and Albanian Democracy!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 44:06


    RSF analyses media freedom in Albania, Western Balkans left alone to face Russia and China?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2024 37:34


    Albania leads Europe in Tourism, challenges for people with disabilities, call for help from Gaza!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 35:44


    Buying property in Albania to crime money fuelling construction: Socialist MP & realtor discuss

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 38:28


    Albania in NATO, mandatory military service, and why the EU silence on Banjska terrorist attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2024 38:24


    Designer Alisa Dudaj, UN Women's Michele Ribotta: Times are changing for Albanian women

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 28:14


    Exclusive |From EU reforms to Western Balkans integration; an interview with Karl von Habsburg

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024 28:53


    Austrian politician, former MEP, grandson of the last Austro-Hungarian emperor and head of the house of Habsburg-Lorraine, Karl von Habsburg talks EU, Trump, rule of law, Albanian heritage and problems with Serbia.

    Serbia's crimes in Kosovo, Trump and the Balkans, and Albanian, Kosovar passports strengthen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2024 35:40


    Fertility, abortion, virginity, violence, and women in Albania with Sevim Arbana, Edlira Çepani

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2024 32:19


    Denis MacShane on Berisha, Rama, Trump and Albania and Kosovo in Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2024 34:09


    Why are Albanians unhappy and the need for education, mental health care, improvements in prisons

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2024 40:49


    This week I spoke to Hans Wolf from the Council of Europe's Committee to Prevent Torture about conditions in Albanian prisons. I also had Ben Andoni and Arben Kola in the studio to discuss the reasons why Albanians are among the unhappiest in Europe. Is it politics, perception, pollution or something else?

    Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi on economy, EU accession, crisis with Serbia

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 39:06


    1 year on: British Ambassador King-Smith sheds light on UK-Albania relations

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 43:18


    Kosovo's year in review, Meliza Haradinaj breaks down the West's 'diplomatic failure' in WB

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2023 40:48


    Foriegners in Albania speak on Parliament drama, tourism issues, census, and life

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 39:49


    This week, I spoke to two foriegn business owners living in Albania about the current political situation, the census, migration, the cost of living and corruption.

    Pros and cons of Italy-Albania migrant deal, EC progress report scrutinises Albania's EU path

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023 44:29


    This week, with Lorenzo Picolli, Milena Harito and Dr Andi Hoxhaj discussing the new Italy -Albania migrant deal and with Geldis Gjepali on the good, the bad, and the ugly of Albania's recent European Commission enlargement report.

    Albanian women: Myths of communism, stigma and tradition, art in protests, the future

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2023 44:25


    With Jonila Godole, were women really emancipated during the communist dictatorship? How have things changed since then and what needs to be done to achieve more equality? Follow the discussion here.

    Tirana Marathon, Berlin Summit and an interview with Sweden's new ambassador to Albania

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 48:39


    This week I interviewed those taking part in the Tirana Marathon to raise money for Albanian children with disabilities, I spoke to Swedish Ambassador to Albania Niklas Strom, and Manuel Sarrazin, the German representative for the Western Balkans.

    An interview with PM Edi Rama: Berlin Summit, Kosovo-Serbia-Albania relations, and his future in pol

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2023 56:23


    This week, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama talks about enlargement, EU promises, his future in politics and relations with Kosovo and Serbia.

    EU patience with Serbia at the limit, Albania's Oscars bid, AI takes over Euronews

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 45:09


    MEP Viola Von Cramon explains how the EU has prepared sanctions against Serbia, I speak to the director of Albania's Oscars entry and discussions ensure over the introduction of an AI newsreader and what it means for journalism.

    Gërvalla on Serbia, terrorism and Rama, EU ignores Presevo Valley, WB6 on way to EU

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 41:49


    In this week's Inside Albania: I interviewed Kosova's Foreign Minister Donika Gervalla-Schwartz on the recent terrorist attack, how it is time Kosova joins NATO, the failures of the EU and West in believing the warnings, and Serbia's real motives. I also spoke with Flora Ferati the researcher who brought to light the 'administrative ethnic cleansing' of more than 6000 ethnic Albanians from the south of Serbia. She said the EU stance that it is too late to be included in Kosovo-Serbia dialogue is an excuse. Deputy Finance Minister Endrit Yzeiraj explains what happened at the pre-Berlin Summit Economy Minister's meeting in Tirana last week, and the EIB unveil their big investment plans for Albania.

    Lajcak criticized, Berlin Summit revealed, Albania to legalize online gambling

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 43:23


    In this week's show we analyse the draft igaming law with expert Ron Mendelson, discuss criticism of bias against EU envoy Miroslav Lajçak with MEP Thomas Waitz, and delve into Albanian regional policy with Odeta Barbullushi.

    Inside Albania is back with kids, Kosovo-Serbia failed negotiations and census in Albania

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 125:27


    In the first episode of season 2, I delve into the administrative ethnic cleansing of Albanians in southern Serbia, the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, state Vs private education in Albania, the upcoming census and oil in Shpirag.

    Western Balkans Youth Orchestra brings musicians from 15 nations to Durrës

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2023 21:05


    For the Inside Albania season finale, I went to Durrës to meet the Western Balkan Youth Orchestra which brings together musicians from 15 countries to play music and tour the region promoting culture and cross border solidarity.

    John Alite: Why young Albanians look to crime and why life in the wrong lane never pays

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2023 25:28


    Albanians make up the largest foreign population in UK prisons while in Albania, we have the highest ratio of prisoners to population size in the region. I asked John Alite, former mafia mobster, what makes young Albanians consider a life of crime and why are so many looking to flee the country?

    Activists vs Albanian Government: The tale of the Vjosa River and the Vjosa Narta Lagoon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2023 31:21


    I headed to the Vjosa Narta Lagoon near Vlorë to talk to an activist from PPNEA who are challenging the Albanian government over a new airport they say will endanger precious wildlife. I also interviewed CEO of Patagonia, Ryan Gellert about the success of the campaign for the Vjosa River National Park and how Albania is one of the most beautiful countries in the world.

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