The Best Beaches in Albania

While a number of different mountain ranges run along the eastern side of Albania, its southwestern coast is home to paradisiacal beaches where the sun shines, umbrellas provide some needed shade for beachgoers, and the Mediterranean laps the shore. While its sandy stretches were long a secret compared to more popular neighbors like Croatia and…

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Former Pripyat Resident Returns Home 40 Years After Chernobyl Disaster

Forty years after the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, former residents are still living with its consequences. Klavdia Omelchenko was among those evacuated from Pripyat after the world’s worst civilian nuclear accident on April 26, 1986. She returned to the abandoned apartment she once called home, and shared personal memories with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian…

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