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Second Sentence: Inside the Albanian Gulag

An excellent book by Fatos Lubonja Prison camps in Communist Albania were as brutal and claustrophobic as Stalin’s gulags, with the additional and unique horror that Albanian prisoners could be charged and
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An evening of Argentinean music

In the framework of the 10th edition of Classic Albania, the Italian music formation “Neofonia” will give a concert of Argentinean music at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana. Neofonia Ensemble
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Pictures from the Balkans, published in Albanian

Zenit Publishing House has recently published in Albanian John Foster Fraser’s Pictures from Balkan, where the British travel author documents his trips around the peninsula, in the beginning of 20th century. It’s
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Albanian movies week in Prague

The Czech Republic capital dedicated one week to the Albanian cinematography. Five Albanian movies – “Concert in 1936” by Saimir Kumbaro, “Mrs Sneider’s sorrow” by Piro Milkani, “Slogans” by Gjergj Xhuvani and
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Albert Camus’ Misunderstanding

It’s quite a challenge for young director Oriana Cama’s staging of Albert Camus’ Misunderstanding, written in 1943. At the heart of Camus’ play is the assumption that happiness and prosperity can be
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Marubi Film Academy, remembers ɲic Rohmer

Marubi Film Academy screened “Chloe in the afternoon” by recently deceased movie director ɲic Rohmer. L’amour l’apres midi a.k.a Chloe/ Love in the afternoon is the last of Rohmer’s six moral tales.
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“Onufri” announces winners of 2009 edition

It was indeed all Albanian for Onufri 2009. The 16th edition of International Visual Arts Competition Onufri ended on January 19th with the announcement of this year’s winners. Painter Hasan Nallbani was
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Tirana retro

The Albanian capital during the eighties as seen by Serena Luciani, director of the Italian Institute of culture Times seems to have stopped in the streets, squares, buildings, houses and everywhere, even
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