The UK in Albania

Here is a short account of the British Embassy in Albania and the re-establishment of diplomatic relations in 1991.

I recently joined a group of UK Albanian, Balkan and Byzantine specialists at the Frontline Club in Paddington, London: a fascinating evening spent discussing Greece, Albania and Montenegro.

It reminded me of my own involvement in the region, and my official visit to Tirana before diplomatic relations had been re-established; this lead to the creation of the British Council Resource Centre at the University of Tirana (inaugurated 22 June 1992, by Sir Stephen Egerton, HMA Italy).