Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 18, Autumn 2021

Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 18, Autumn 2021

Interview with Alastair King-Smith - just before he left the UK, Alastair King-Smith spoke to the Gazette about the challenges facing him in his new post as British Ambassador to Albania.  

Translating the Bible into Albanian - Neil Rees describes the first attempts to translate the Bible into Albanian in the early nineteenth century.  

The Së bashku translation of the Bible into Albanian - Altin Hysi describes how in 2020, Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant scholars completed the translation of the original Hebrew and Greek texts into Albanian.  

Book review - Joanna Hanson reviews Albanian Nationalism after the Cold War by Miranda Vickers.

Book review - Pat Swire reviews Causes of the destruction of the Cham Albanian Minority in Greece by Azem Kovaci.

Music review - Adam Yamey enjoys an evening of Russian music conducted by Olsi Qinami.

Studying in England: an Albanian teenager’s perspective - Anda Kadia describes her new life at an English boarding school.

Fifty years of touring Albania - Neil Taylor looks forward to leading a tour to Albania to mark Regent Holidays’ fiftieth anniversary.  

The Albanian Warrior’s Sword Dance - Michael Gunn believes that that Scottish Highlanders were not the only ones to do a sword dance to prepare for battle.  

A Lost Landmark and a Treasured Map - Adam Yamey falls in love with an Austro-Hungarian map of Albania published in 1925.  

Letter from Albania - “Nevinson”

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