Does Albania have European or Middle Eastern culture?

The question is not formed well. Europe is a continent and inside of it there are dozens of cultures, such as Scandinavian-Nordic, Western, Meditarrenean, Balkanian, Eastern etc etc. Albania is located in Balkan peninsula. read more

You should also take into account that Albanians have genetics that does not belong to the European.Albanian culture is heavily influenced by Turkish.If you go to Albania you will have the impression that you are in the Middle East or in Turkey, not in Europe.Albanians are the progeny of Illyrians, and the proto-Illyrian originates from northern Africa whose culture developed in the Middle East and Anatolia. read more

Of course it does. American culture was a European culture around 400 or so years ago. It developed independently since then, for sure, but European influence remained very significant until at least a hundred years ago. Since then it started to influence more than be influenced, but not enough time has passed for it to be significantly different. read more

Albania was among the first eastern European countries to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Major Albanian politicians considered admission to NATO as a top priority for the country. read more

Balkan is a cultural and linguistic mosaic influenced from West, East, Meditarrenean and Middle Eastern culture of course. It’s a meeting zone of all of cultural clashes. So we borrowed many things from many cultures. read more