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Albania awards famous Albanian-American actor

Tirana, Nov 11th – Albanian-American actor James Belushi was decorated in Tirana by President Bamir Topi for taking care of his family heritage. The award was given to Belushi “in gratitude to
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Witnessing the Jewish century

The Spanish Jews (also known as Sephardic) were mostly settled in the Balkan region, after being expatriated in 1942. “Witnesses of the Jewish century” collects evidence of these Sephardic communities in Bulgaria,
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Swiss writer publishes monograph of Skanderbeg

Oliver Lens Schmitt, author of “Venetian Albania” publishes new book about the Albanian national hero Skanderbeg. The monograph comes to the Albanian reader after a hard work of research through the archives
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Actor Everett works on documentary in Albania

TIRANA, Albania – Actor Rupert Everett is playing Lord Byron in a British documentary on the Romantic poet’s travels in Albania, and spent five days filming on location that included travel by
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Luljeta Dano: “Please save the xhubleta”

Marsida Gjoncaj What does poetry have in common with ethnography? Everything, as poetess Luljeta Dano would say. “Heinrich Schliemann discovered the ancient Troy out of his love for Homeric poems. Probably for
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Nine years of “Marie Kraja” festival

A variety of musical sounds and voices can be heard these days through the rooms of the Academy of Fine Arts, as “Marie Kraja” festival is about to start. There are seven
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GODDESS ATHENA AND OTHER COSMOGONIC SYMBOLS

By Luljeta Dano In the national Albanian costumes, one can see features inherited in a faithful line from the Illyrian culture. However, the archaic and stiff shape of the xhublet롧oes as far
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