Hundreds gathered in downtown Quincy for the city's first Greater Boston Albanian Festival on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.

President Bajram Begaj on Sunday said Lipa was granted citizenship ahead of Albania’s 110th anniversary of independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Dua Lipa was born in London to Kosovo Albanian parents who'd emigrated from Pristina three years earlier Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

TIRANA, Albania >> Albania’s president on Sunday granted citizenship to British pop star of Albanian origin Dua Lipa for what he said was the artist’s role in spreading Albanians’ fame ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s president on Sunday granted citizenship to British pop star of Albanian origin Dua Lipa for what he said was the artist’s role in spreading Albanians&#8… ...

President Bajram Begaj said Lipa was granted citizenship ahead of Albania’s 110th anniversary of independence from the Ottoman Empire.