Calendar May 21, 2026
1937 – A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research solution to operate on the flowing ice of...
“How did the great master, Prenkë Jakova, work with us young girls and the entire amateur troupe, when we staged the first Albanian opera, ‘Mrika’ in 1958…”? / The rare testimony of Marie Gajtani (Luka)
From Adela Kolea Memorie.al/ "Yes, you read clearly: with pleasure I bring you some new 'old things'. 'Why and how?'...
“How could King Nikola of Montenegro think of imposing the religious conversion of Albanian Muslims by force and arms…”/ Unknown interview of Ismail Qemali with the Italian journalist, April 1913
Memorie.al / This are the interview that Ismail Qemali (Ismail bey Vlora) gave to an Italian journalist in Rome on...
“I have denounced several times the behavior of investigators N. Gjikopulli and K. Gazeli, who have made me bleed and…”/ The rare testimony of a former political prisoner: After ’90, my investigator was sent away by diplomats…!
Second part Memorie.al / In the program "Live to Tell" produced years ago on Shijak TV, the well-known journalist and moderator...
Calendar May 20, 2026
1903 - Ernest Koliqi, poet, novelist, essayist, translator, journalist, playwright, albanologist, teacher and Albanian publisher, is born in Shkodra. He...
“In the first months of 1921, the Supreme Court of Sharia requested the Ministry of Education to grant it the right to inspect religious subjects…”/ The unknown history of the Albanian state’s relations with religious religions
By Dr. Hasan Bello Memorie.al – With the Declaration of Independence of Albania and the establishment of the independent Albanian...
“The Symphonic Poem, which caused the fury of the Bolsheviks, was composed by Khachaturian on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the October Revolution, but in 1948 he was sent to Armenia for…” / New book by journalist and diplomat Bashkim Trenova
By Bashkim Trenova Part Fifteen NAZIBOLSHEVISM – LITERATURE AND THE ARTS PREFACE Memorie.al – Historians, political philosophers, intellectuals from...
“With the exception of two or three people, 22 of those who were shot had personal acquaintances with Enver Hoxha, and with my mother, he…”/ The rare testimony of former political prisoner, Gëzim Peshkëpia
First part Memorie.al – In the show “Live to Tell” (Rrno për me tregue) broadcast several years ago on Shijak...