“UNCLE ERI! Uncle Eri!” shout gaggles of small boys who rush to high-five Erion Veliaj, the 37-year-old boss of Tirana, Albania’s capital. He has swung by to inspect a street where tarmac and new ...

Since 1992, the College of Europe has operated two locations in Bruges, Belgium; and Natolin, Poland. Now, thanks to a new purpose-built campus designed by Oppenheim Architecture, it has a third ...

The Tirana campus is designed to reflect its role as a space for academic, social, and diplomatic engagement. Unlike the previous two campuses, which are housed in historical structures, this new ...

With EU enlargement on hold, the mayor of Tirana says Albania must re-envisage Europe as a ‘destination within’. Erion Veliaj was a 23-year-old civil society activist full of promise when, in 2003, ...

Most of EU member states, some of the Western Balkan partners, the Regional Cooperation Council and the European Commission have pledged scholarships for the students of the new Tirana campus of ...