After years of campaigning by environmentalists, Albania’s Tourism and Environment Minister Mirela Kumbaro declared that the free-flowing River Vjosa and the land around it are now a national park and ...

Activists Olsi Nika and Besjana Guri tell BIRN they see their prestigious international prize as fresh motivation to continue their campaign to save one of Europe’s last wild rivers from development.

All rivers used to be free of human-made impediments, of course, but few are now, especially in Europe. Except, one. Albania’s Vjosa river is a sight to behold, its upper reaches tumble through ...