Albania Opens the door [1] By Dusko Doder  Photographs by Nicole Bengiveno Lexo artikullin në shqip                                                                              Leggi l'articolo in italiano Dusko Doder, winner of the Overseas Press Club award fo…

Albania, Alone Against the World [1] Article and photographs by Mehmet Biber   Lexo artikullin në shqip  Leggi l'articolo in italiano "Let us fulfill all our obligations and smash t…

Albania today: two million souls ten thousand policemen [1] Text and photos by Fernand Gigon         Lexo artikullin në shqip                                              Leggi l'articolo in italiano                                      This is the first co…

A Historic Day Giulio Caprin Trieste, March 6, 1914 I had asked my dear colleague Simplicius, with whom I frequently collaborated, for a portrait—even an imaginary one—of the newly appointed ruler, Prince Wied, the Mbret of Albania. My colleague replied: “An interestin…

La Domenica del Corriere, February 1–8, 1914 In the distant future, Albanian history will need many pages to recount the long and arduous negotiations required to realize the project of the European Powers—though it would be more accurate to say Italy and Austria, …

Berat Albania, [1]     Berati's citadel crowns the upper Town To the modern seeker for the unusual along geographic byways, this old stronghold serves as a colorful reminder of Albania's turbulent past, when now Sicily and Naples, now Turkey, Austria, and…

The Italo-Albanians of Sicily Since the 15th century, a diaspora of Albanian-speaking people from the Balkans has been rooted in several Sicilian towns, including Piana degli Albanesi, Contessa Entellina, Mezzojuso, Palazzo Adriano, and S. Cristina Gela. Today, over …