Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 17, Summer 2021
- Anglo-Albanian Association
- Nov 18
- 2 min read
Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 17, Summer 2021
Albanian Parliamentary election, 25th April 2021 - Stephen Nash summarises the results.
Gjirokastër’s Architectural Heritage - Louise Schofield looks back over twenty years of involvement in preserving Gjirokastër’s astonishing architecture.
Albania’s Wider Architectural Heritage - Jonathan Brooker visits the prisons at Spaç and Tepelenë and asks if the state is doing enough to protect these important historical sites.
Exhibition review - Carolyn Perry in Durrës enjoys Rrugica të Jetuara, an exhibition of paintings by local artist Emjona Stasi.
Film review - Fjoralba Miraka reviews Derë e hapur (Open Door) (2019) directed by Florenc Papas which she describes as “a love letter to the Albanian landscape”.
On editing Reg Hibbert’s SOE Diaries, Albania 1943-44 - Jane Nicolov describes the challenges she faced when she began sorting her father’s wartime diaries for publication.
Albania at the OSCE - John Watkins reports on the OSCE’s conference in Vienna in April 2021 where its report, Foreign Terrorist Fighters - Addressing Current Challenges was discussed. The conference was chaired by Igli Hasani, Albania’s Permanent Representative on the OSCE.
The Albanians of Transcaucasia - Stephen Nash wonders whether the Albanians of Transcaucasia are related to the Albanians in the Balkan peninsula.
Dukagjin: a multi-faceted Albanian name - Michael Gunn looks into the history of one of Albania’s most famous names.
Book preview - Albanian Nationalism after the Cold War by Miranda Vickers.
A visit to Kosovo, 2001 - Rodney Oliver describes a visit to Kosovo in the aftermath of the liberation war.
Letter from the Albanian lands - “Nevinson”
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