Calendar March 09, 2026
1916 - During the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa directs nearly 500 Mexican attackers in an attack against the border town...
“Oh my son, I myself brought you to the prison door, because it is better for me to bring food here than flowers to your grave…!”/ The memories of the former prosecutor about the most terrible case of his career in the Shkodra investigation office.
By Sokol Parruca Part Six - Rare testimonies of the well-known jurist Sokol Parruca about the icons of Shkodran football...
“From the Cham Issue, the ‘August 1949 Provocations,’ and the Absurd Law of War, to the Colonels’ Junta and…” / Reflections of the well-known scholar and diplomat on the Greece we want.
Memorie.al /Almost 50 years ago, precisely on November 25, 1973, de facto, the right-wing Colonels’ Junta in Greece - which...
“Men and women with axes and shovels attacked the young people from Tirana who were demolishing the minaret, A. Basha tried to hit the party secretary in the head…”/The Sigurimi report on the Shupal incident, May ’67, is revealed
By DASHNOR KALOÇI Memorie.al/ Although Enver Hoxha's communist regime had begun its war and attacks on religious institutions and various...
“When Anton Mazreku, at a meeting with sports fans at the ‘Ali Kelmendi’ Palace of Culture, was asked the surprising question: who was the greatest footballer, Lushta or Boriçi, he…”/ The testimony of the famous sports journalist
Memorie.al /I got to know Anton Mazreku up close nearly half a century ago. It must have been shortly after...
“In the years 1940-41, Enver Hoxha, as if jokingly, asked our father; “Hey Neki Bey, I believe that Nuredin Bey Vlora’s brother has been entrusted with the custody of their family’s money…”?! / The rare testimony of Esat Dishnica’s nephew
By Ahmet Xhavit Delvina Part Three Memorie.al/ I am writing about this event, which I experienced as a "conductor" and...
“The communist terror over the village of Zgosht did not stop during 1945, after on March 14, on Summer Day, the partisans set fire to the houses of Zylyf Shpata…”/ The unknown side of the “National Liberation War”
By Ali Buzra Part Twenty-One LIFE UNDER PRESSURE AND SUFFERING ASSESSMENTS, COMMENTS, NARRATIVES Memorie.al / At the request...
Calendar March 08, 2026
1910 - German Communists Rosa Luxemburg, and Clara Zetkin, propose establishing International Women's Day. During the development of the International...
“Pogradec erected a monument to its lyricist, Lasgushi, but our Shkodra, when will it erect one to its son, the great Albanian lyricist…”!? /Memoirs of a friend of Shkodra artists
By Sokol Parruca Part Five Rare testimonies of the well-known jurist Sokol Parruca regarding Shkodra's football icons over the years...
“It was an awkward moment in Elbasan when members of our group began singing and dancing to ‘Tuca Tuca’ by Raffaella Carrà, but a Party official…” / The report of the Italian photographer, in ’82.
By Onide Donati (Photographer) - A photographic journey to Albania, during the country’s time of isolation - Memorie.al /...