Calendar June 13, 2026
1917 - During World War I, the deadliest airstrikes in Germany and London during the war are carried out by...
“In 1943, the Albanian section consisted only of Margaret Hasluck, who was devoted to Albania, but when she left the Italians in 1939, she was recruited …”/ Book “English Ladies in Albania”
Memorie.al / Continuously, at various times, we have heard about visits of foreign ladies who, without any particular reason, came...
“Shuteriq embodied humanism and human love, and without him, the Writers’ League would have turned into an Internal Branch, with Agolli and Buza at the head…”/ The rare testimony of Maks Velo
By Dashnor Kaloçi Memorie.al / The name, figure, personality, character, fame, and everything else connected to the figure of Dhimitër...
“The objective memory, difficult to observe from the outside by me due to the distance in time, is of Albania’s communist past, after…”/ Testimony of writer and translator Bashkim Shehu
By Alda Bardhyli Memorie.al / The well-known writer and translator, Bashkim Shehu, a former political prisoner under Enver Hoxha’s communist...
Calendar June 12, 2026
1935 - A truce is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War. The Chaco War took place between...
The letters of George Ticknor, which I published under the title ‘An American at the Court of Ali Pasha Tepelena’, presented for the first time an interesting picture, as…”/ Reflections of the renowned scholar and publicist
From Auron Tare Memorie.al / For years, I have kept a very interesting document in my personal archive, first published...
“On a special trip to the USA in 1927, she created and brought to Albania the ‘Rockefeller Foundation’ and the Charity Association…”/ The unknown story of the famous American, Lady Caravon
Memorie.al / Lady Elisabeth Carnarvon, the wife of Lord Henry Howard Herbert-Carnarvon, came to Albania at the end of 1923,...
“In ’66, a year after the coup that brought Mobutu to power, 15 Congolese children and one from Uganda arrived in Albania, for…”/ The unknown history of Africans in Enver Hoxha’s regime
Memorie.al / In Albania, the latest waves of emigration from Africa have raised questions about notions of hospitality and racism...
Calendar June 11, 2026
1903 - A group of Serbian officers attacks the royal palace, killing King Alexander Obrenovic and his wife, Queen Draga....
“In Sofia, he settled with several other Albanians in the ‘Albania’ cafe and the grocery store of the Boboshtar patriot, Dhimitër Nikolla Mole, who…”/ The unknown story of the “rebel” renaissance man, Josif Bageri
Memorie.al / At the mouth of the National Park of Dibra, the village of Nistrovë is hidden among centuries-old trees,...