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Albania joined the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon), a free trade area separate from the rest of the world. December: Albanian Communists thought to be supporters of Yugoslavian Prime Minister Tito were purged. 1950: Britain and the United States begin inserting unsuccessful anticommunist Albanian guerrilla units into Albania. July
Throughout the world there are many cities that were once national capitals but no longer have that status because the country ceased to exist, the capital was moved, or the capital city was renamed. This is a list of such cities, sorted by country and then by date.
The Serbs, who largely dictated Yugoslavia's foreign policy after World War I, strove to take over northern Albania, and the Greeks sought to control southern Albania. A delegation sent by a postwar Albanian National Assembly that met at Durrës in December 1918 defended Albanian interests at the Paris Peace Conference , but the conference ...
Alexander the Great on the first Albanian 1 Lek coin. The lek was introduced as the first Albanian currency in February 1926. [2] Before then, Albania was a country without a currency, adhering to a gold standard for the fixation of commercial values. Before the First World War, the Ottoman Turkish piastre was in full circulation
Tirana [b] (/ t ɪ ˈ r ɑː n ə / ⓘ tih-RAH-nə, [10] [11] Albanian pronunciation:; Gheg Albanian: Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania.It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance.
1920 - 9 February: Tirana becomes provisional capital of Albania. [3] [4] 1921 - Albanian Vocational School founded. [9] 1922 National Library headquartered in Tirana. [10] Albanian Orthodox Church gained its independence. 1923 - Muslim Community of Albania headquartered in Tirana. 1925 Bektashi order moved its headquarters in Tirana. [11]
Tirana is the capital and largest ... of Enver Hoxha was a significant epoch in modern Albanian history. ... Albania became the world's first ...
This is a list of years in Albania. See also the timeline of Albanian history . For only articles about years in Albania that have been written, see Category:Years in Albania .