Nicola Pedrazzi ita eng

Nicola Pedrazzi - Editor and Researcher

PhD in History at the University of Pavia, master's degree in Political Science - International relations at the University of Bologna. From September 2012 to January 2016 he lived and worked in Albania, conducting his doctoral research on Italian-Albanian relations during communism. From 2013 to 2015 he was Tirana's correspondent for Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso. He has been collaborating with various magazines, including "il Mulino", "Riforma", "Confronti", "Kosovo 2.0". He tweets at @Nicola_Pedrazzi


Articles by Nicola Pedrazzi

Albania: Belle Air, a year later

18/11/2014 -  Nicola Pedrazzi

A year ago, Belle Air failed, the only airline flying the flag of Albania. Its failure was hailed by many as the end of a nepotistic monopoly, but no alternative project has come as a result of its destruction

A Pope in a symbolic land: Albania

25/09/2014 -  Nicola Pedrazzi Tirana

For his first European journey, Pope Francis chose Albania, a land that has become a symbol of interfaith dialogue. The visit was experienced with great expectation by the majority of Albanians

Scrutinizing Euroscepticism

04/04/2014 -  Nicola Pedrazzi

Is the EU democratic? The historical trends of voter turnout at European elections is a way of understanding their significance

The 2014 European elections: a handbook

31/03/2014 -  Nicola Pedrazzi

In May 2014, 507 million Europeans will be called to the polls. Yet, understanding the role and mechanisms of the European institutions is hardly easy: a handbook

Tirana Ekspress: destination – future

07/01/2014 -  Nicola Pedrazzi Tirana

Since the summer of 2011, the Tirana Ekspress has been the go-to place for young Albanians tired of mainstream musical hegemony in the bllok, the neighbourhood that once housed the communist nomenklatura