Tag: Albania

(Republika and Shqipërisë). State of the Balkan Peninsula (28,748 km²). Capital: Tirana. Administrative division: districts (36). Population: 2,862,427 (2019 estimate). Language: Albanian. Religion: Muslims…

The communist regime had rescued the country from the extreme backwardness inherited from its feudal past, carrying out the agrarian reform with the abolition…

In that singular situation, a provisional government proclaimed independence in Vlore (November 28, 1912). An international conference, meeting in London in December 1912, recognized,…

The presence of a multinational protection force and the new socialist government finally seemed to favor the internal pacification process and to recreate, with…

The incessant events that followed one another and culminated in the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) soon had an echo also in Albania:…

Culture The cultural events of Albania present traits common to many countries of the Balkan area that have passed from centuries of Ottoman domination…

The Thirties were marked in poetry by two prominent figures, opposed to each other: Migjeni (1911-1938), whose Free Verses (1936) inaugurate the socially inspired lyric with…

As a country located in Europe according to localcollegeexplorer.com, Albanian literature registered a particular boost with the country’s independence (1913). The Ottoman domination, which…

CULTURE: ART For the medieval Albanian age, a distinction can be made between a coastal area with Venetian-Tuscan artistic forms and a more internal…

CULTURE: THEATER Archaeological excavations have brought to light the ruins of some theaters (one of which, in Bylis, with 7000 seats) active in the…

Animals and Plants What is growing in Albania? The vegetation of Albania differs depending on the altitude of the landscape. There are more than…