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The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is a development finance institution wholly owned by the Government of South Africa.The bank intends to "accelerate sustainable socio-economic development in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) by driving financial and non-financial investments in the social and economic infrastructure sectors".
The Illyrian kingdom centred in what is now Albania was the dominant power before the rise of Macedon. [7] In the 2nd century BC, the Roman Republic annexed the region, and after the division of the Roman Empire it became part of Byzantium. The first known Albanian autonomous principality, Arbanon, was established in the 12th century.
Districts of Albania from 1959–1991. Districts of Albania from 1991–2000. Districts (Albanian: rreth or rrethet) were first and second-level administrative divisions of Albania from 1913–2000.
Former seat of the National Bank of Albania on Piazza della Repubblica, Rome (formerly Piazza dell'Esedra) Former Durrës office, inaugurated in 1928 and the center of the bank's Albanian operations until 1938; the date 1925 on the facade refers to the founding of the bank and Durrës branch Interior hall of the Durrës building, lately a branch of Banka Kombëtare Tregtare
Albanian nationalists dislike the expression "Greater Albania" and prefer to use the term "Ethnic Albania". [11] Ethnic Albania (Albanian: Shqipëria Etnike) is a term used primarily by Albanian nationalists to denote the territories claimed as the traditional homeland of ethnic Albanians, despite these lands also being inhabited by many non-Albanians. [12]
Type Image Symbol National flag [1]: Flag of Albania. The flag of Albania (Albanian: Flamuri i Shqipërisë) is a red flag with a black double-headed eagle in the centre. A banner with a double-headed eagle is attested as having been used by several Albanian principalities since the early Middle Ages such as the Muzaka, Thopia, Kastrioti and Dukagjini families.
[7] Four main ethnographic regions traditionally compose Southern Albania: Myzeqeja , Toskëria , Labëria , and Chamëria . [ 8 ] In a broader context, Toskëria is sometimes used to describe the whole cultural and linguistic area of southern Albanians (also broadly referred to as Tosks ), in duality with Gegëria , which on the other hand is ...
7: Statute of the People's Republic of Albania → Changes made to the constitution (5 July 1950) 14 March 1946 8: Constitution of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania → Law on the main constitutional provisions (29 April 1991) 28 December 1976 9: Constitution of the Republic of Albania 28 November 1998