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

Albania's prime minister has revealed plans to establish a microstate for Sufi Muslims within the country's capital, Tirana.

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 ...

The Bektashi Order would be able to govern religious and administrative issues on their own, without Albania's involvement.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Sunday during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly's Summit of the ...

Behind Edi Rama’s announcement of a Vatican-type ‘microstate’ for the Bektashi movement in Tirana, some critics of his rule ...

Albania plans to create its own Vatican. This one, however, will be Muslim. The New York Times reported that Albanian Prime ...

Albania prevé establecer un microestado soberano musulmán dentro de sus fronteras que estará dirigido por una secta sufí ...

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

Albania is planning to create the "Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order," a Muslim microstate along the lines of the Vatican ...