Calendar March 11, 2026
1922 - Born in Istanbul, Cornelius Castoriadis. Castoriadis, was a philosopher, Greek-French, social critic, economist, psychoanalyst, author of The Imaginary...
“How did the Sigurimi arrest us, when together with my three friends; Agim, Mehdi and Fuat, we went out into the streets of the city with banners that read…”?! / Memories of a former prosecutor from Shkodra
By Sokol Parruca Part Eight - Rare testimonies of the well-known jurist Sokol Parruca, about the icons of Shkodra football...
“Col. Prela, sat in the People’s Assembly for the sake of form, with two chairs, on the other hand, he supported the Catholic Clergy, Paulin Palin and other scum of Shkodra…”/ The indictment that led to the bullet, the rebel MP!
By Prel Milani Part Two Memorie.al / The historic deputy of Shkodra, Professor Kolë Prela, was sacrificed 75 years ago...
“When Mehmet Shehu and Bedri Spahiu went to Burrel prison and said to Mirash Ivanaj; we believe you will have revised your views, he…”/ The unknown story of the former Minister of Education of the Monarchy
Memorie.al / A tribute article for the great chief reformer of Albanian education: MIRASH IVANAJ (March 12, 1891 – September...
“At that time, Arifi was in love with a beautiful Turkish woman named Guli, whom one late evening, in Yenikoy on the shores of the Bosphorus, he…”/ The story of two Albanian brothers Arif and Abedin Dino in European letters
Part One Memorie.al /In his dialogue with the great French poet Alain Bosquet, Yashar Kemal remembered in Paris his youth...
“When I asked my uncle, Esat Dishnica, about Beqir Minxhozi one day, he told me; Beqir should never mention Qemal Stafa, he knows why…”! / Rare testimony about the event of May 5, ’42
By Ahmet Xhavit Delvina Part Two Memorie.al /I am writing this event, which I handled as the "conductor" and which...
Calendar March 10, 2026
1906 - The Courrieres mine disaster, the worst ever in Europe, kills 1100 miners in northern France. An explosion of...
“How I freed from the courtroom four of my childhood friends, who had beaten and wounded their supervisor in the Torovica prison…”?! / The memoirs of the former prosecutor, the friend of Shkodra’s “vagabonds”
By Sokol Parruca Part Seven - Rare testimonies of the well-known jurist Sokol Parruca, regarding Shkodra’s football icons over the...
“Most honored General, the highlander would sooner accept death than the unsparing rod being laid across his back; and I, as the deputy of the region…” / The letter of Prof. Kol Prela to Mehmet Shehu, December ’45.
By Prel Milani Part One Memorie.al / The historic deputy of Shkodra, Professor Kolë Prela, were sacrificed 75 years ago...