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Forsaken Albania

By Artan Lame Rome, 1941. Another component of the manouvres to create the facade of the preservation of the independence of Albania following the Italian invasion, was also the integration of the
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Forsaken Albania

By Artan lame Tirana, 1941. Llesh Topallaj, had returned towards the end of the twenties’. He was one of the closest associates of King Zog, who, on the complicated Albanian political scene,
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Give me a Break

– “Seeing I’ll be in Tirana for a week, please send me your address because I would like to pay a visit to the offices of your newspaper,” wrote, BP in an
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Rethinking Albania’s informal economy

By Ridvan Bode Over the past few years there has been growing public anxiety over the damage caused by the informal section of the economy, parallel to a re-dimensioning of this section
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A trip through the Valbona Valley

During this Summer, more than one thousand foreign tourists set up camp in the valley of the Valbona River, in Tropoja, 225 kilometers North East of Tirana. Never before have the “Cursed
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Forsaken Albania

By Artan Lame 1940-1943. The Game with the Crowns. In October 1940, the Italo-Greek War broke out, which lasted for roughly eight months and Mussolini only managed to win it thanks to
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Forsaken Albania

By Artan Lame Shkodra, Autumn 1913. In April 1913, after some 450 years and a six-month siege the Turkish flag was put down from the Shkodra castle and Montenegrins achieved their dream
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