Calendar June 28, 2026
1914 - Franz Ferdinand is assassinated at the age of 50 as a result of an assassination attempt. Franz Ferdinand...
Calendar June 27, 2026
1905 - During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors begin a rebellion in the Russian warship Potemkin. This warship was one of...
Calendar June 25, 2026
1910 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird premieres in Paris, making Stravinsky one of the world's greatest composers. Ballet has...
“The use of Mehmet Shehu to quell any resistance in Shkodra and the North of the country smoothed out the cold relationship between him and Enver Hoxha, as…”/ Unknown reports of British military personnel in ’44
By ERALD KAPRI Memorie.al / The British liaison officers (SOE) who participated in World War II in Albania produced documentation...
“In Shkodra, in 1835, we have documents proving the purchase of 28 pianos, just as in the village of Bërdicë-Shkodra in 1842 there were about 30 violins…”/ Study by the renowned ethnomusicologist and academic
By VASIL S. TOLE Memorie.al / Much has been said and little has been written about the Sazet (as one...
“Enver Hoxha was wrong, because by listening to Nako Spiro, he could have learned some things that he might not have known, but still, I will become Enver’s lawyer, because…”/ Reflections of Ramiz Ali
By Mentor Nazarko Part Three Memorie.al / This interview with Ramiz Alia, part of a series published in the Abc...
Calendar June 24, 2026
1932 - A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now...
“The crimes of the communists during the civil war in Italy and the conspiracy of silence on historiography during and after the war are the same as the crimes of the civil war in Albania…”/ Reflections of the renowned translator
Memorie.al / A while ago, during a televised debate in which historians loyal to the old line of history, who...
“Initially, Mehmeti did not like Kadare, but he began to appreciate him when his children became friends with him. This was also influenced by the fact that Enver Hoxha had…”/ The rare testimony of former president Ramiz Alia
By Mentor Nazarko Part Two Memorie.al / This interview with Ramiz Alia, part of a series published in the newspaper...
“When I promised Mrs. Dako in Korça and Monsignor Preng Doçi in Orosh that I would do whatever I could to help Albania, I had no…”/ Unknown letter from Edith Durham, to Mit’hat Frashëri
Memorie.al / In this letter, Edith Durham provides autobiographical data, which, apparently, Mit'hati had requested from her for an article...