LAZARAT Albania (Reuters) – Albanian police declared victory on Friday over drug producers who for more than 15 years had run the southern village of Lazarat as a personal fief, churning out marijuana ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LAZARAT, Albania — About 400 Albanian police officers, backed up by two army helicopters, started to move late Wednesday into a major illegal ...

Travelers seeking affordable European beach and mountain getaways have started flocking to Albania, an overlooked nation on the Balkan Peninsula. The country has the perfect blend of nature, culture, ...

LAZARAT, Albania (AP) — A five-day raid on a lawless southern Albanian village which netted huge amounts of marijuana and heavy weapons shows the government’s determination to tackle drug gangs, the ...

STORY: At least two people have died in Albania since flooding caused by heavy rains began to strike over the weekend. Albania's police service said on Monday (November 21) a father and son died after ...

NIVICA, Albania – High in the mountains of southern Albania, a bone-jarring drive along a rough track with switchbacks frequented more by goats than by cars leads to a cluster of small villages where ...

LAZARAT, Albania (AP) — About 400 Albanian police officers, backed up by two army helicopters, started to move late Wednesday into a major illegal marijuana-growing village after gunmen there fatally ...

Borje lies in northern Albania, but has closer connections to Kosovo – as well as an interesting, if somewhat vague, connection to Bulgaria. At the centre of Borje, a village deep in the mountains ...

LAZARAT Albania (Reuters) - Albanian police declared victory on Friday over drug producers who for more than 15 years had run the southern village of Lazarat as a personal fief, churning out marijuana ...