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Russia, Serbia, and Their Network of Allies in an Extreme Scenario of Strait Closures: Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab

The Straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab are critical maritime chokepoints for global economic and energy stability. The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and is the exclusive maritime route for the export of oil and gas from the region; approximately 20–25?% of global oil and LNG trade passes...

Arming Serbia in a region with a history of conflicts such as the Balkans increases the risk of tensions and mistrust

The Western Balkans region is a strategically sensitive area, where historical, political, and economic factors influence the security and stability of states. Following the dissolution of former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, ethnic tensions, territorial disputes, and historical grievances...

Isuf B. Bajrami: The European Committee of the Regions has removed the use of the footnote and asterisk when referring to Kosovo

The issue of Kosovo's international status remains one of the most complex topics in Western Balkans diplomacy following the declaration of independence in 2008¹. Kosovo's participation in regional forums and international institutions has often been blocked by the positions of Serbia and....

Isuf B. Bajrami: Treaty of Lausanne - Prospects for Transitional Justice

On January 30, 1923, in Lausanne, the Treaty of Lausanne was signed, an instrument that institutionalized the compulsory population exchange between Turkey and Greece. While presented as a diplomatic tool for regional stability, for the Muslim Albanians of Çamëria, it became...

Isuf B. Bajrami: Kosovo Security in the Context of Regional and Geopolitical Tensions

At the request of Prime Minister Albin Kurti, an extraordinary meeting of the Kosovo Security Council was held to analyze recent developments in the Middle East following the U.S.-led military operation "Epic Fury" against Iranian targets...

Isuf B. Bajrami: Albanians in the Holocaust Before the Jews

Leo Freundlich, a Jew who protested the massive extermination of Albanians by Serbs in 1912–1913, was one of the first to publicly denounce what he called the “Albanian Golgotha.” According to him, the Holocaust against Albanians was committed by the Serbs, who killed 500,000 people...

Frank Shkreli: President Vjosa Osmani and the Strategic Value of Continuity in U.S.–Kosovo and EU–Kosovo Relations

As Kosova approaches its next presidential mandate, continuity matters. President Vjosa Osmani’s re-election would serve not only Kosova’s democratic development, but also the strategic interests of the United States and the European Union. President Vjosa Osmani should be re-elected because she has given Kosova something rare in...

Isuf B. Bajrami: Albanian citizens support a strong, lawful, and democratic state; therefore, they refuse to bow to the injustice of bad governance

The 24 January 2026 protest in Tirana, organized against corruption and organized crime, escalated into clashes between protesters and law enforcement, resulting in injuries and detentions on both sides. This article analyzes the event through constitutional and international legal standards,..

Illyria Star Nation launches: an epic born of memory, myth, and starlight

Illyria is rising again—this time in the pages of a sweeping new novel that braids ancient Balkan lore with cosmic destiny. Illyria Star Nation — Part I has officially been published, inviting readers into a world where prophecies echo across mountains, shields gleam with ancestral...

Frank Shkreli: Ambassador Walker’s book, “Reçak: The Story of a War Crime”

Ambassador Walker, greetings to you sir – it’s nice to see you, as always.  Being in the presence of Ambassador Walker makes me feel that for as long as there are people like him -- in this troubled world of ours -- there is hope for humankind. Being in his presence restores my faith in...

Reaction from the National and International Federation and Platform of Albanians for Identity, Unity, and National Unification

Concerning the Provocative Action by the Municipality of Plav and the Discriminatory Treatment of Citizen Kaltrina Hoti – Urgent Appeal to the Governments of Kosovo, Albania, and Montenegro...

Enver Bytyçi: “Kill chickens to scare off monkeys”! Kill Berisha "to scare Rama"!

A few days ago the Council of Ambassadors of the US published its report on the situation in Albania and our region and seriously addressed the issue of former Prime Minister and former Albanian President Sali Berisha's declaration of non-grata. I want to explain that the Council of US Ambassadors is an organization...

Don Lush Gjergji: Who Dr. Ibrahim Rugova Was, Is, and Will Be!

About 18 years since his passing and 80 years since his birth, after so many perspectives and analyses, for me, the central question remains who the Historic of President of Kosova, Dr. Ibrahim Rugova, was, is and will be!Answering this question is essential, but that is based on my own personal experience, friendship...

Saimir Lolja: The Division Skanderbeg and Yugoslavia Nr. 3

Laid out below is a comprehensive analysis of the specifics of the "21. Waffen-Gebirgs Division der SS Skanderbeg". This subject's elucidation also utilized Albanian archival data presented by Shaban Sinani in his publication in the Albanian language, "Jews in Albania: The Presence and Salvation...

Saimir Lolja: The Rescue of Jews in Kosova

World War II in Europe began with Albania's invasion by the Italian Army on 7 April 1939. As a result, Albania lost its independence to become a protectorate of Italy's Kingdom officially and existing as an autonomous part of the Italian Colonial Empire. The freedom of Albania was de jure reestablished in October 1943. Albania was de facto an occupied country...

Saimir Lolja: The Albanian Besa - The Golden Rule

Besa is an Albanian word. Foreigners say Albania instead of Shqipëria, the language Albanian instead of Shqip, and people Albanians instead of Shqiptarë (in the Albanian language). The Albanian language (Shqip) is the oldest in Europe, and it is at the root of the tree of all Euro-Indian words. Besa is a noble principle...

Klajd Kapinova: Denkyira kingdom Slavery was historically a tradition in the Ashanti Empire (Africa)

Slavery existed in various African countries. Hundreds of centuries ago slave owners were African and not European or American.Why don't those who talk about slavery in America today long ago show the origin of slavery as it was born and who practiced it?The kings sold them for market...

Saimir Lolja: The Preservation of Albanian Tongue (Shqip) Since the Beginning

In the beginning, humans had a tongue (gjuhën, Shqip). Then, they could or couldn’t let go of the tongue (len…gjuhën, Shqip). Albanian natural tongue (Shqip) implies the use of the tongue in the mouth for articulating (shqiptoj, Shqip) words. The eternity of Shqip (Speech) is in its words that are wordy clauses...

Saimir Lolja: Nikola Tesla, a legacy of the Albanian nation

By name, Nikola Tesla was not a Serbian. His family was from Sanxhak inhabited by Albanians even today. His father was illiterate and one day became a Christian orthodox priest named Milutin. His mother’s name was Gjuka, an Albanian name.Due to the Serbian expulsion...

Anton Kodrari: Un percorso spirituale nel ciclo iconografico di Lin Delija

L’oggetto materiale di questa breve riflessione è la coesione armonica, sul piano dell’ontologia della fede, tra un’esistenza profondamente cristiana e la sua continua manifestazione nella storia dell’arte della vita, in quanto essenza inalienabile dell’unicum vocazionale di Lin Delija: il sacerdozio battesimale e l’attività artistica...

Alfred Papuçiu: Ismail Kadaré - un génie créatif de l'art international

Le 1er janvier 2020, le président de la France, Macron, a décerné à notre écrivain, Ismail Kadaré, le titre d'État le plus élevé "Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur". Ce titre a été créé le 19 mai 1802 par Napoléon Bonaparte. Ce titre est donné aux personnalités les plus en vue de la France et du monde. C'est un grand honneur de devenir...

Alfred Papuçiu: La Suisse, la découverte d'une nation

Au cours des 32 années de ma vie en Suisse, j'ai lu que j'ai parcouru plusieurs fois du nord au sud et de l'est en ouest, de nombreux ouvrages sur les réalisations de ce petit pays d'une superficie de 41.285 kilomètres carrés, auxquels notre Renaissance a également pensé, pour l' Albanie, mais aussi pour le Kosovo marty...

Alfred Papuçiu: Hope for treatment of thalassaemia in the near future

Every May 8, everywhere in the civilized world, is marked the Day of War against Thalassaemia, this disease of the twentieth century and the 21st century. On this day, we remind those children, teenagers and adults that they have to face the disease for years. Their example and the steps that have been made in the last years...

Alfred Papuçiu: Les Albanais originaires de Zara ou d'autres régions de la Croatie

Poursuivre son chemin à la diaspora, le cœur ouvert à autrui, à son voisin, à son ami, à son copain, à sa sœur ou à son frère représente sans doute un grand défi. En parlant de la diaspora, de ses compatriotes où qu'ils soient, en Europe ou aux États-Unis, en Australie ou en Amérique latine, on rend tant soit peu service au ...

Alfred Papuçiu: La stabilité aux Balkans et l’Europe de Sud - Est

Tout d’abord je voudrais remercier Monsieur Jayantha Dhanapala et Serge Sur respectivement Directeur et Directeur adjoint de l’UNIDIR ainsi que tout le secrétariat de la Fondation Hellénique pour la Défense et la Politique étrangère de nous avoir invités à Rhodes, la plus grande des îles du Dodécanèse...

Des esquisse et des contes littéraires par Alfred Papuçiu

Cette année-là à Nairobi la Conférence Mondiale des Femmes a tenu ses assises. On a proposé à Arban de partir avec la délégation des femmes puisqu'il avait une expérience avec les organisations internationales. Naturellement, il a accepté,  avec le désir de voir ce beau pays africain et non pas tellement pour écouter les...

Genc Kortsha: Father Anton Harapi

Father Anton Harapi was a Franciscan of renown in Albania.He was a distinguished man of letters, known for his integrity and love of people. He was loved in return by the poor and humble while the rich and powerful respected him and included him in their power...

Mhill Marku: Father Anton Harapi (1888-1946)

We cannot speak of any facet of Albanian history where the Albanian Catholic clergy did not play a significant role. Among them, the Franciscans, without any shadow of doubt, were loved and respected by all the Albanians, no matter what creed they professed. A Muslim lawyer, Muzafer Pipa...

Marku: Dede Gjo’ Luli, 50 Anniversary of his death

The year was 1915 and the month September when the 75 year old Dede Gjo’ Luli, the leader of the mountaineers of Hoti, Gruda, Kelmendi, Kastrati, Kopliku, etc., who had gained an international reputation from Constantinople to Vienna as a fierce fighter for the ...

Jeta Vojkollari: The Devil I Paid for Advice

Tirana in the evening. Modern cafes. Lights. Glamour. High heels and loud voices. Laughter. Girls in low-cut necklines, smooth-skinned. Young men wearing their hair short and styled with gel. Just like the cafes, the young smelled of luxury and modern times...

Everest Haxhi: Quo vadis Albania!

Albania is in the verge of collapse. Several factors contribute to that and all together have gone in a irreversible path that will see this great country repeat some of his  worst nightmare moments of the past. The most important factor is Albanian people that have not understood so ...

Grigor Nosi: Amnesia

I would not choose to write on dark, communist, times, as long as the architects of the Red Holocaust are not yet punished. Moreover, they arrogantly run the country’s politics today. But, as I was reading an article on the life of dissident Klement Islami, the lamenting voice of a young lady ...

Ejëll Çoba: Lost Life

Virtyt Gjylbega, a young man from Shkodra, arrived at the labor camp with the rest of the Elbasan prisoners. He was the son of Hamid Gjylbega, a published writer and a philosopher who was also credited by Fulvio Cordignano, as having created a new religion in his works...

Mërgim Korça: Islami Sisters

The two legendary journalist sisters, Isabela (Islami) Çoçoli and her sister Zamira (Islami) Edwards, have been placed on Administrative Leave at the Voice of America. This announcement rightly spurred the Albanian press to very actively cover the topic for days. They worked there since 1985...

Zyba Hysa: Scottish poet, Morelle Smith

- I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. What I most remember of my childhood were the hot summers (we don't have now!) the heat melting the tar on the road surface, blistering the paint on doors, the canopies protecting the front doors of houses from the sun. There were also canvas  ...

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