Calendar May 05, 2026
1942 - Qemal Stafa is killed. Also a writer of poems and literary essays under the pseudonym Brutus, which were...
“Before the 1950s, the United States was actively engaged in a plot to overthrow the government of Enver Hoxha with paramilitary forces, but…”/ New York Times article, January 1991
Memorie.al / “The United States of America will resume full diplomatic relations with Albania, effective Friday, ending a 52-year break,”...
“When the death warrant for eight people was read at the Kino-‘Rozafat’ and the hall, almost collapsed from the applause, the crazy and frantic screams of the ‘people’, Father Mati Prenushi…”/ Memories of the famous friar
From Father Zef Pllumi Memorie.al / After that long and difficult journey, I arrived at the Narrow Bridge. I stopped:...
“Foreign concession companies have not discovered any oil, gas, copper or chromium resources, etc., but have exploited Albania’s resources and…”/ Reflections of Eng. Alfred Frashëri
By Prof. Dr. Alfred Frashëri Part Three – Without bread and without oil, there is no independence and progress for...
“The Brigade Commander in Durrës, Faik Kolasi, is friends with comrade Kiço Mustaqi, in the Central Committee with Gafurr Çuçi, with raki and roasted lamb, or turkey…”/ Anonymous letter sent to Kadri Hazbiu in ’81
Memorie.al / Finally, the one who publicly expressed concern was Dritëro Agolli; “I am afraid that with these denunciations by...
“Major Maclean, Captain Smiley and I spent the whole day persuading Mehmet Shehu to attack those 20 Germans, but he and his battalion commanders were afraid…”/ Unknown British Documents
Part One Memorie.al / The document we publish in this article is a report by British Major Kemp, a very...
“The Duce’s dolphin, Count Ciano, who was extremely reckless in choosing his political tactics, also predicted the assassination of Zog and on October 27, 1938…”/ Writing of the famous Italian journalist
By Indro Montanelli Memorie.al/ The famous Italian journalist, who left an undeniable mark with his work not only in Italy...
Calendar May 04, 2026
1870 - Born in Shkodra, Pashk Bardhi studied high school and later theology in Bosnia with his friend Gjergj Fishta....
“The real author of the novel ‘Tradhtia’ is Haki Limani, while Kapllan Resulbegović has appropriated the authorship, helped by UDB networks, which…”/ Reflections of the well-known publicist from Skopje
The Enigma of the Novel “Betrayal” Memorie.al / In the history of Albanian letters in Kosovo and Macedonia, we...
From Kolë Vjerdha with the number 1, to Nazmi Mandia, Kel Temali, Faik Quku, Fadil Kruja and Ragip Curri, to surgeon Mark Mirashi, who retired with ‘Mifa’ and…”/ The unknown history of the city that walked on two wheels
The First Bicycle in Albania, 1907 in Shkodër, Brought by the Swedish...