Calendar June 23, 2026
1940 - Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver to British Columbia, Canada. This...
“On the evening of February 18, 1931, at around 8:00 p.m., one day after returning from Albania, on ‘Dalmatinska’ Street No. 6, Milan von Sufflay was fatally shot by…”/ The unknown story of the famous Albanologist
By Dr. Musa Ahmeti, Dr. Etleva Lala Memorie.al – Milan von Sufflay was born on November 8, 1879, in Lepoglava,...
“A day or two after his death, when I was in Enver’s office, he asked me a question: have you seen those documents that came to us in 1964 about Mehmet, which say…”/ The rare testimony of former president Ramiz Alia
By Mentor Nazarko Part one Memorie.al – This interview with Ramiz Alia, part of a series published in the newspaper...
“We were ashamed to ask for an introduction meeting with our level in the Diplomatic Corps, because usually the rank that dealt with politics…”/ The rare testimony of the former head of state cigarette smuggling
The fourth part Memorie.al – Albania was sunk in debt, and the "clearing" method used at the time among socialist...
Calendar June 22, 2026
1911 - George V and Mary of Teck are crowned kings and queens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain...
“Three letters against the Government, the Party and the ‘Commander’, sent to De Gasperi, İnönü, Tito, etc., with the signature of the general secretary…” / The secret Security document revealing how the People’s Party was formed in the ‘50s is uncovered
By DASHNOR KALOÇI Memorie.al – Throughout the entire 45-year period of Enver Hoxha’s dictatorial communist regime and his successor, Ramiz...
“The monarchist regime sentenced Ali Shefqet to death, as the initiator and head of the ‘Secret Organization’ for the overthrow of Zog by uprising, but…”/ The unknown story of Ataturk’s comrade
Memorie.al – At the end of April 1913, a 30-year-old Albanian, charming, with a high forehead and a pointed mustache,...
“Italy appealed to Albania, so that cigarette smuggling in the Adriatic would not be supported, but Enver Hoxha…”/ Rare testimony of the former head of state cigarette smuggling
The third part Memorie.al – Albania was sunk in debt, and the "clearing" method used at the time among socialist...
Calendar June 21, 2026
1942 - A Japanese submarine appears near the Columbia River in Oregon during World War II, firing 17 missiles at...
“Sevastia and Parashqevi were allowed to live in a chicken coop, after the building had been turned into a party school, where former partisans and ignorant villagers taught…”/ Unknown letter from Parashqevi Qirjazi’s niece
Memorie.al / No one would have thought, especially not then, that all their sacrifices for the Albanian language, at a...