Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced at the UN on September 22 that there are plans to create a brand-new state within ...

Proposal for 'Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order', a Vatican-style enclave, has sparked confusion, praise and heated ...

Albania plans to establish a sovereign Muslim microstate within its borders run by a Sufi sect known for promoting "religious ...

Albania has announced plans to establish the 'Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order', which would become the world’s smallest ...

This photo taken on Sept 27 2024 shows a scene at the 2024 World New Energy Vehicle Congress WNEVC in Haikou s ...

Our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week includes a proposed ‘Vatican-style’ micro-state for the Bektashi ...

TIRANA, Albania: Albania's Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, would be granted sovereignty from the country. Prime Minister Edi Rama has said that Albania would transform the ...

TIRANA, Albania: Albania's Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, would be granted sovereignty from the ...

Consumer prices in Bosnia & Herzegovina increased by 1.3% year on year in August, after growing by 1.9% y/y in July, the ...

PLANS to establish a tiny country – the size of just 14 football pitches – aims to promote a version of Islam that is ...

A new country that will be the smallest in the world, at just a quarter of the size of the Vatican, is set to be created.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama wants to establish a sovereign Muslim mini-state within his country based on the model of ...