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Tirana Pride marched Saturday under the slogan 'Together for the Family.' We walked it — the 13th edition of a parade that has quietly become one of the most resilient things in the Balkans.
Tirana Pride marches Saturday. On Friday we went to the diplomatic reception that traditionally opens Pride week here, and the most telling thing in the room was who was no longer at the front of it.
Tirana Pride 2026 marches Saturday. Thursday night we went to a screening of Sworn Virgin and stayed for a panel that turned into the most honest conversation about gender we have heard in Albania.
Tirana Pride 2026 is Saturday. We spent Wednesday at the public EU accession panel and in a long sit-down with a PINK Embassy organizer who has been at this since 2012. The most interesting moment came from somebody we did not have on the schedule.
Tirana Pride 2026 is on Saturday. We spent Tuesday at the EU accession panel, on a call with the organizing coalition, and walking the route. Here is what the city looks like with four days to go.
We wrote a thirteen-days-out dispatch from Blloku last week. Now Tirana Pride 2026 is five days away, the official posters are on the lampposts, and the city feels different in a way we can't quite stop noticing.
We are in Tirana on the day. Some rainbow flags are out, some embassies are flying them, the Pride parade is six days away, and the city is humming in a way that — for the first time — feels normal. A first-person dispatch from May 17.
May 17 lands on Sunday — the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. From where we're sitting in Tirana, it feels less like a campaign moment and more like a stocktake. Some notes on what's planned across the Balkans.
We wrote a long preview of Tirana Pride 2026 six weeks ago. Now the parade is less than two weeks away, and the city is starting to look — and feel — different. Some thoughts as the countdown gets short.
