Calendar January 14, 2026
1943 - During World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and...
“From Liri Belishova, Beqir Balluku, and Spiro Koleka, and why Enver Hoxha did not participate…?” / Two rare photos of the official Albanian delegation discovered at Stalin’s funeral ceremonies, Moscow, March 1953
Memorie.al /Exactly 72 years ago, as the dawn of March 5, 1953 approached, the leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph...
“Amet Bey grabbed the officer by the throat and pulled out a dagger, placing it against the Italian’s neck…” / The memoirs of a former signatory of Independence about Ahmet Zogu, who protected the government emerged from the Congress of Lushnje.
By Hajredin Bey Cakrani Part Three Memorie.al / In Durrës, I meet Abdi Bey (Toptani) and he tells me quietly...
“During the Monarchy period, the magazine ‘Shqiptarja’ wrote that these ladies organized several swimming competitions and a major automobile race in Korça…” / The unknown history of publicist Ikbal Çika.
By Raina Kovaçi Memorie.al / The strengthening of the Albanian state, and specifically the adoption of contemporary legislation - where...
“If the culprit was habitually intoxicated, the death penalty is commuted to heavy imprisonment for twenty years, and life imprisonment is commuted to imprisonment from ten to twenty years…” / What did the Penal Code of 1928 provide for?
By Dashnor Kaloçi Part Six Memorie.al / The history of parliamentary elections in our country, or more accurately the attempts...
“Temperature, -25 degrees, snow 2 to 3 m., dozens dead from avalanches, thousands of hectares of land and houses flooded…” / The secret document is revealed regarding the severe weather that “brought Albania to its knees,” January 7-15, 1985
By Dashnor KALOÇI Part One Memorie.al / The extremely difficult situation the country is passing through these days as a...
Calendar January 12, 2026
1910 - The first public broadcast on a radio takes place. During this broadcast, the opera Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci...
“They sent a card even from Paris, when at the end of 1919 in Vlora, someone had arrived who said he was an envoy of the American President Wilson himself, and at the house of…” / The memoirs of the former signatory of Independence.
By Hajredin Bej Cakrani Part Two Memorie.al / In Durrës, I meet Abdi Bey (Toptani) and he tells me quietly...