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In September 7, 2003, members of ANA clashed with Macedonian security forces on the border with Kosovo, which resulted in the death of two ethnic Albanian gunmen and one civilian. [16] In 2004 and 2005 a group of 80 militants [ 32 ] led by a commander of ANA Agim Krasniqi , [ 33 ] controlled the village of Kondovo twice . [ 34 ]
Administrative divisions of Occupied Albania in 1943. Under King Zog, Albania reformed its internal administration under the "Municipal Organic Law" of 1921 and the "Civil Code" of February 1928. The primary division was into 10 prefectures, each led by a prefect. The secondary division was into subprefectures, of which there were 39 in 1927 ...
In 2023 Albania emitted 7.67 million tonnes of greenhouse gases, [172] equivalent to 2.73 tonnes per person, [173] making it a relatively low emitting country. Albania has pledged a 20.9% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030, and net zero by 2050. [174]
The "Free Albania" National Committee was officially constituted on 7 July [1] (although some Albanian sources place it later in time, on 26 August 1949 [2]). Mithat Frashëri was its chairman, with other members of the Directing Board being: Nuçi Kotta (son of the Albanian former Prime Minister Kostaq Kotta ), Abaz Kupi, Said Kryeziu, and Zef ...
Being the smallest faction with no significant influence in Albania, the Allies broke aid with the Legaliteti and aided the Yugoslav Partisans, who in turn backed the Albanian communists. [4] In 1945, the Albanian communists assumed control over Albania at the end of World War II in Europe. Most Legaliteti members were executed or had escaped ...
The discovery of dynamite at the embassy in 1951, as part of an attempted bombing, led to a violent crackdown by the Government of Albania of the time. Following the disintegration of the communist regime in Albania , the building was used for the purpose to house the Office of the President of Albania, having been used for this purpose ...
The Peasant Revolt, also known as the Central Albania Uprising (Albanian: Kryengritja e Shqipërisë së Mesme), was an uprising of peasants from central Albania, mostly pro-Ottoman Muslims against the regime of Wilhelm, Prince of Albania during 1914.
The mission of the Sigurimi was to prevent counterrevolutions and to suppress opposition to the existing political system. Although groups of Albanian émigrés sought Western support for their efforts to overthrow the Communist government in the late 1940s and early 1950s, they quickly ceased to be a credible threat because of the effectiveness of the Sigurimi.