Etiketë: League of Prizren

When the Great Powers Decided the Fate of the Balkans: The Consequences of the Treaty of Berlin for the Albanians

Isuf B. Bajrami - "History knows few moments when a nation has been judged without being present in the hall where the decision about its fate was being made. For the Albanians, the Congress of Berlin was one of those moments." On July 13, 1878, after a month of negotiations held in Berlin, representatives of the...

The League of Prizren (1878): The Awakening of National Consciousness and the Historical Path toward Albanian State Sovereignty

Isuf B. Bajrami - The League of Prizren (1878) constitutes one of the most important moments in Albanian political history and in the process of shaping their national consciousness. It should not be understood simply as an isolated historical event, but as a complex political, social, and diplomatic process, which developed during...