In Asia, Albanian settlements exist throughout Turkey, especially in Istanbul and Bursa, and in Damascus, Syria. The large Albanian colony in Egypt, dating from the nineteenth century, has all but disappeared. Albanians first arrived in Turkey as...

This article is about Albanians as an ethnic group. For demographic information, see Demographics of Albania. Albanians (Albanian: Shqiptarët) are defined as an ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common Albanian culture,...

A Texas congressman says the government's treatment of an Albanian immigrant who fears his life could be in danger if he is deported is "intolerable" and "callous."Rep. Louie Gohmert, a conservative Republican from Tyler in eastern Texas, seems an unlikely ally of Rrustem Neza. But...

Several thousand ethnic Albanians marched through Kosovo's capital Saturday protesting a U.N. plan on the province's future, saying the proposal falls short of granting it full independence from Serbia.The protesters chanted anti-U.N. slogans, waved Albanian flags and held banners calling for self-determination as they walked...

Immigration authorities are asking a court to let them sedate an Albanian restaurateur on a deportation flight to keep him from becoming hysterical again over fears he'll be killed if he returns to that country.Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked a federal judge for permission to...

World War II was over, and Anna Kohen, then a small child, was walking with her mother in Vlora, Albania, when a Muslim woman ran toward them, crying and calling her mother by an unfamiliar name.The women hugged and cried. Later, her mother explained that...