Albanian diaspora, the Glossary

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1. 200 relations: Al-Albani, Albani family, Albania, Albanian Americans, Albanian Australians, Albanian Declaration of Independence, Albanian language, Albanian mafia, Albanian name, Albanian National Awakening, Albanian New Zealanders, Albanians, Albanians in Austria, Albanians in Belgium, Albanians in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albanians in Bulgaria, Albanians in Canada, Albanians in France, Albanians in Germany, Albanians in Greece, Albanians in Hungary, Albanians in Italy, Albanians in Montenegro, Albanians in North Macedonia, Albanians in Romania, Albanians in Serbia, Albanians in Slovenia, Albanians in Spain, Albanians in the Netherlands, Albanians in the United Kingdom, Albanians in Turkey, Albanians in Ukraine, Albanians of Croatia, Albanology, Aleksandër Moisiu, American Community Survey, Anna Oxa, Antonio Gramsci, Arbëreshë people, Argentina, Argentines, Aristocracy, Armenia, Arta Muçaj, Aruj Barbarossa, Auckland, Australia, Austria, Ava Max, Bebe Rexha, ... Expand index (150 more) »

Al-Albani

Muhammad Nasir al-Din (19142 October 1999), known by his al-Albani (the Albanian), was an Albanian Islamic scholar known for being a famous muhaddith.

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Albani family

The Albani were an aristocratic Roman family from the 16th to the 19th century.

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Albania

Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Albanian Americans

Albanian Americans (shqiptaro-amerikanët) are Americans of full or partial Albanian ancestry and heritage in the United States.

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Albanian Australians

Albanian Australians (Shqiptarë Australian) are residents of Australia who have Albanian heritage or descent; many are from Albania and North Macedonia but some are from Kosovo, Montenegro, Greece, Turkey, Bosnia and Italy.

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Albanian Declaration of Independence

The Albanian Declaration of Independence (Albanian: Deklarata e Pavarësisë) was the declaration of independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire.

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Albanian language

Albanian (endonym: shqip, gjuha shqipe, or arbërisht) is an Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group.

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Albanian mafia

Albanian mafia or Albanian organized crime (Mafia Shqiptare) are the general terms used for criminal organizations based in Albania or composed of ethnic Albanians.

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Albanian name

Albanian names are names that are used by Albanians in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, or the diaspora.

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Albanian National Awakening

The Albanian National Awakening (Rilindja or Rilindja Kombëtare), commonly known as the Albanian Renaissance or Albanian Revival, is a period throughout the 19th and 20th century of a cultural, political, and social movement in the Albanian history where the Albanian people gathered strength to establish an independent cultural and political life, as well as the country of Albania.

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Albanian New Zealanders

Albanian New Zealanders (Shqiptarë Zelandez) are residents of New Zealand who are of Albanian heritage or descent, often from Kosovo, with smaller numbers from Albania and a few from North Macedonia.

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Albanians

The Albanians (Shqiptarët) are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language.

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Albanians in Austria

The Albanians in Austria (Albaner in Österreich; Shqiptarët në Austri) refers to the Albanian migrants in Austria and their descendants.

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Albanians in Belgium

Albanians in Belgium are Albanians that live in Belgium or are Belgians of Albanian descent.

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Albanians in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Albanians of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Shqiptarët në Bosnje dhe Hercegovinë) are people of full or partial Albanian ancestry and heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Albanians in Bulgaria

Albanians (албанци, albantsi) are a minority ethnic group in Bulgaria (Bullgaria).

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Albanians in Canada

Albanian Canadians (shqiptaro-kanadezët; albanais-canadien) are Canadians of full or partial Albanian ancestry and heritage in Canada.

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Albanians in France

The Albanians in France constitute an ethnic minority of the country as immigrants.

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Albanians in Germany

The Albanians in Germany (Albaner in Deutschland; Shqiptarët në Gjermani) refers to the Albanian migrants in Germany and their descendants.

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Albanians in Greece

Albanians in Greece (Shqiptarët në Greqi; translit) are people of Albanian ethnicity or ancestry who live in or originate from areas within modern Greece.

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Albanians in Hungary

Albanians in Hungary (magyarországi albánok) are ethnic Albanians living in Hungary.

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Albanians in Italy

The Albanians in Italy (Albanesi in Italia; Shqiptarët në Itali) refers to the Albanian migrants in Italy and their descendants.

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Albanians in Montenegro

Albanians in Montenegro (Shqiptarët e Malit të Zi; translit) are ethnic Albanians who constitute 4.91% of Montenegro's total population.

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Albanians in North Macedonia

Albanians in North Macedonia (Shqiptarët në Maqedoninë e Veriut, translit) are ethnic Albanians who constitute the second largest ethnic group in North Macedonia, forming 446,245 individuals or 24.3% of the resident population.

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Albanians in Romania

Albanians in Romania are an officially recognized ethnic minority, with one seat reserved in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies to the League of Albanians of Romania (Liga Albanezilor din România).

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Albanians in Serbia

Albanians in Serbia (Albanci u Srbiji; Shqiptarët në Serbi) are a recognized national minority in Serbia.

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Albanians in Slovenia

The Albanians in Slovenia constitute an ethnic minority of the country as immigrants.

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Albanians in Spain

The Albanians in Spain (Shqiptarët në Spanjë; Albaneses en España) are people of full or partial Albanian ancestry and heritage in Spain.

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Albanians in the Netherlands

Albanians in the Netherlands number up to 12, 000 people.

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Albanians in the United Kingdom

Albanians in the United Kingdom include immigrants from Albania and ethnic Albanians from Kosovo.

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Albanians in Turkey

Albanians in Turkey (Shqiptarët në Turqi; Türkiye'deki Arnavutlar) are ethnic Albanian citizens and denizens of Turkey.

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Albanians in Ukraine

The Albanians in Ukraine (Албанці в Україні (арнаути); Albanian: Shqiptarët në Ukrainë) are an ethnic minority group located mainly in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Budjak.

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Albanians of Croatia

The Albanians of Croatia (Shqiptarët në Kroaci; Albanci u Hrvatskoj) are people of full or partial Albanian ancestry and heritage who are an ethnic minority in Croatia.

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Albanology

Albanology, also known as Albanian studies, is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the language, costume, literature, art, culture and history of Albanians.

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Aleksandër Moisiu

Alexander Moissi (Aleksandër Moisiu; Alessandro Moissi; 2 April 1879 – 22 March 1935) was an Austrian stage actor of Albanian origin.

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The American Community Survey (ACS) is an annual demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Anna Oxa

Anna Hoxha (born 28 April 1961), known professionally as Anna Oxa, is an Italian singer, actress and television presenter.

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Antonio Gramsci

Antonio Francesco Gramsci (22 January 1891 – 27 April 1937) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, linguist, journalist, writer, and politician.

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Arbëreshë people

The Arbëreshë (Arbëreshët e Italisë; Albanesi d'Italia), also known as Albanians of Italy or Italo-Albanians, are an Albanian ethnolinguistic group minority historically settled in Southern and Insular Italy (in the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, Molise, mostly concentrated in the region of Calabria and Sicily).

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Argentines

Argentines are the people identified with the country of Argentina.

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Aristocracy

Aristocracy is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats.

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Armenia

Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia.

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Arta Muçaj

Arta Muçaj (born 24 December 1975) is an Albanian actress from Kosovo.

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Aruj Barbarossa

Aruj Barbarossa (1474 – 1518), known as Oruç Reis (عروج بربروس) to the Turks, was an Ottoman corsair who became Sultan of Algiers.

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Auckland

Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth largest city in Oceania.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Ava Max

Amanda Ava Koci (born Amanda Koçi; February 16, 1994), known professionally as Ava Max, is an American singer and songwriter.

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Bebe Rexha

Bleta Rexha (born August 30, 1989) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.

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Burim Myftiu

Burim Myftiu (born 1961) is an Albanian American contemporary photographer.

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Calabria

Calabria is a region in southern Italy.

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Calgary

Calgary is the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Christianity in Albania

Christianity in Albania began when Christians arrived in Illyria soon after the time of Jesus, with a bishop being appointed in Dyrrhachium (Epidamnus) in 58AD.

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Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire

The Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire (Klasik Çağ) concerns the history of the Ottoman Empire from the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 until the second half of the sixteenth century, roughly the end of the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–1566).

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Claudio Martelli

Claudio Martelli (born 24 September 1943) is an Italian former politician and journalist.

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Congress of Manastir

The Congress of Manastir (Kongresi i Manastirit) was an academic conference held in the city of Manastir (now Bitola) from November 14 to 22, 1908, with the goal of standardizing the Albanian alphabet.

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Consul (representative)

A consul is an official representative of a government who resides in a foreign country to assist and protect citizens of the consul's country, and to promote and facilitate commercial and diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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Croatia

Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe.

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Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Fuego" written by Alex Papaconstantinou, Gerlado Sandell, Viktor Svensson, Anderz Wrethov and Didrick.

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Daniele Farlati

Daniele Farlati (22 February 1690 – 25 April 1773) was an ecclesiastical historian.

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Demographics of Albania

Demographic features of the population of Albania include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.

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Demographics of Kosovo

The Kosovo Agency of Statistics monitors various demographic features of the population of Kosovo, such as population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Dua Lipa

Dua Lipa (born 22 August 1995) is an English and Albanian singer and songwriter.

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Edgar Çani

Edgar Junior Çani (born 22 July 1989) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian Serie D club Crema.

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Eduard Abazi

Eduard Abazaj (born 29 November 1963) is an Albanian-Portuguese retired international footballer who played as a left-back.

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Eleni Foureira

Eleni Foureira (Ελένη Φουρέιρα; born Entela Fureraj, Εντέλα Φουρεράι; 7 March 1987) is an Albanian-born Greek singer.

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Eliza Dushku

Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980) is an American and Albanian actress.

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Emigration

Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country).

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Emigration from Kosovo

A substantial emigration from Kosovo has taken place in various phases during the second half of the 20th century.

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Enver Hoxha

Enver Hoxha (16 October 190811 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who was the ruler of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985.

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Erik Lloga

Erik Shaip Lloga (born 1949) is an Albanian Australian sociologist from Melbourne and an Albanian community leader.

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Ernesto Sabato

Ernesto Sabato (June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, painter, and physicist.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2018

The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2021

The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Fadil Berisha

Fadil Berisha is an Albanian-American fashion photographer living in New York City.

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Fall of communism in Albania

The fall of communism in Albania, the last such event in Europe outside the Soviet Union, started in December 1990 with student demonstrations in the capital, Tirana, although protests started in January that year in other cities like Shkodra and Kavaja.

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Farouk of Egypt

Farouk I (فاروق الأول Fārūq al-Awwal; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936 and reigning until his overthrow in a military coup in 1952.

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Fatmire Alushi

Fatmire "Lira" Alushi (born 1 April 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for the Germany national team.

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Ferid Murad

Ferid Murad (September 14, 1936 – September 4, 2023) was an American physician and pharmacologist, and a co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Francesco Crispi

Francesco Crispi (4 October 1818 – 11 August 1901) was an Italian patriot and statesman.

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Funchal

Funchal is the capital, largest city and the municipal seat of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.

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Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Giorgio Basta

Giorgio Basta, Count of Huszt, Gjergj Basta or Gheorghe Basta (1550 – 1607) was an Italian general, diplomat, and writer of Arbëreshë Albanian origin, employed by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to command Habsburg forces in the Long War of 1593–1606. He was later sent to administer Transylvania as an Imperial vassal and to restore Catholicism as the dominant religion in the region.

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Girolamo de Rada

Girolamo de Rada (Arbërisht: Jeronim de Rada; 29 November 181428 February 1903) was an Arbëreshë folklorist, journalist, lawyer, playwright, poet, rilindas and writer.

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Gjon Mili

Gjon Mili (November 28, 1904 – February 14, 1984) was an Albanian photographer from Korçë who developed his profession in America, best known for his work published in ''Life'', in which he photographed artists such as Pablo Picasso.

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Gjon's Tears

Gjon Muharremaj (born 29 June 1998), known professionally as Gjon's Tears, is a Swiss singer and songwriter.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Greek government-debt crisis

Greece faced a sovereign debt crisis in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007–2008.

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Hans-Peter Bartels

Hans-Peter Bartels (born 7 May 1961) is a German politician of the SPD who served as member of the Bundestag for Kiel.

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Home Sweet Home (2016 film)

Home Sweet Home is a 2016 Kosovan drama film directed by Faton Bajraktari.

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Human capital flight

Human capital flight is the emigration or immigration of individuals who have received advanced training at home.

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Human migration

Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another, with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region).

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Illyricum sacrum

Illyricum sacrum is a multi-volume historical work written in Latin dealing with history of the Catholic Church in the Balkans.

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Immigration from the former Yugoslavia to Switzerland

A significant wave of immigration from the former Yugoslavia to Switzerland occurred during the 1990s and 2000s.

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Inland Empire

The Inland Empire (commonly abbreviated as the IE) is a metropolitan area and region inland of and adjacent to coastal Southern California, centering around the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside, and bordering Los Angeles County to the west and San Diego County to the south.

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Institute of Statistics (Albania)

The Institute of Statistics (Instituti i Statistikave – INSTAT) is an independent public legal entity tasked with producing official statistics in the Republic of Albania.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Italian name

A name in the Italian language consists of a given name (nome), and a surname (cognome); in most contexts, the given name is written before the surname, although in official documents, the surname may be written before the given name or names.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.

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Jim Belushi

James Adam Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an American actor and comedian.

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Joe DioGuardi

Joseph John DioGuardi (born September 20, 1940) is an American certified public accountant and a Republican politician.

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John Belushi

John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor and musician.

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Karaburun tragedy

The Karaburun tragedy of 2004, also known as the 9 January tragedy, was a marine incident that occurred during an attempted sea crossing from northern Albania to Italy by 36 people, including two dinghy operators and the smugglers' leader.

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Kinship

In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated.

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Klaudio Ndoja

Klaudio Ndoja (born May 18, 1985) is a retired Albanian-Italian professional basketball player.

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Kledi Kadiu

Kledi Kadiu (born 7 April 1974) is an Albanian-born, naturalized Italian dancer, choreographer, dance teacher, and television personality.

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Kolkata

Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Kosovo Albanians

The Albanians of Kosovo (Shqiptarët e Kosovës), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars (Kosovarët), constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo.

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Kosovo War

The Kosovo War (Lufta e Kosovës; Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999.

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Lamerica

Lamerica is a 1994 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio.

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Languages of Switzerland

The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh.

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Lee Elia

Lee Constantine Elia (born July 16, 1937) is an American former professional baseball infielder, who played only sparingly in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.

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Lorik Cana

Lorik Agim Cana (born 27 July 1983) is an Albanian former professional footballer.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Luan Krasniqi

Luan Krasniqi (born 10 May 1971) is a German-Albanian actor and former professional boxer.

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Lungro

Lungro (Ungra) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of Italy.

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Madeira

Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira), is one of two autonomous regions of Portugal, the other being the Azores.

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Mahmud II

Mahmud II (Maḥmûd-u s̠ânî, II.; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839.

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Malësi e Madhe

Malësi e Madhe is a municipality in Shkodër County, in northwestern Albania.

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Mandritsa

Mandritsa (Мандрица, "Small dairy") is a village in southernmost Bulgaria, part of Ivaylovgrad municipality, Haskovo Province.

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Mark Gjonaj

Mark Gjonaj (born December 1968) is an American politician who served in the New York City Council from the 13th district from 2018 to 2021.

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Mateo Musacchio

Mateo Pablo Musacchio (born 26 August 1990) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a central defender.

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Mazhar Krasniqi

Mazhar Shukri Krasniqi (1931–2019) was a New Zealand Muslim and Albanian community leader of Kosovar Albanian descent, businessman and human rights activist.

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Mid'hat Frashëri

Mid'hat Bey Frashëri (also known by his pen name as Lumo Skëndo; Fraşerli Mithat Bey; 25 March 1880 – 3 October 1949) was an Albanian diplomat, writer and politician.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Mira Murati

Ermira "Mira" Murati (born 16 December 1988) is an Albanian engineer, researcher, and tech executive, who has been the Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI since 2018.

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Mirela Maniani

Mirela Maniani (Μιρέλα Μανιάνι,, born 21 December 1976) is a Greek retired track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.

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Missionaries of Charity

The Missionaries of Charity (Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate) is a Catholic centralised religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women established in 1950 by Mother Teresa, now known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

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Montenegro

Montenegro is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Mother Teresa

Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu MC (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu,; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity.

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Muhammad Ali of Egypt

Muhammad Ali (4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849) was an Ottoman Albanian governor and military commander who was the de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848, considered the founder of modern Egypt.

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Naples

Naples (Napoli; Napule) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.

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Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin) is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine.

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Nordic countries

The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden) are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.

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North Macedonia

North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Peterborough, Ontario

Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in Ontario, Canada, about 125 kilometres (78 miles) northeast of Toronto.

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Piana degli Albanesi

Piana degli Albanesi (Hora e Arbëreshëvet or Hora, Sheshi, Qana) is a comune with 6,128 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily.

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Pope

The pope (papa, from lit) is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church.

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Pope Clement XI

Pope Clement XI (Clemens XI; Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721.

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Porto

Porto, also known as Oporto, is the second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Prizren

Prizren (Prizreni; Призрен) is the second most populous city and municipality of Kosovo and seat of the eponymous municipality and district.

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Regis Philbin

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (August 25, 1931 – July 25, 2020)Archived at and the: was an American television presenter, talk show host, game show host, comedian, actor, and singer.

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Remittance

A remittance is a non-commercial transfer of money by a foreign worker, a member of a diaspora community, or a citizen with familial ties abroad, for household income in their home country or homeland.

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Rexhep Qosja

Rexhep Qosja (born 1936) is an Albanian writer, literary critic and Professor at University of Prishtina.

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Rita Ora

Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Rome

Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.

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Sedefkar Mehmed Agha

Sedefkar Mehmed Agha or Sedefqar Mehmeti of Elbasan (Modern Turkish: Sedefkâr Mehmet Ağa, Albanian: Sedefqar Mehmeti Aga Elbasanit, about 1540–1617) is recorded as the Ottoman Albanian architect of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (the "Blue Mosque") in Istanbul.

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Serbia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.

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Serbia and Montenegro

The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (Državna zajednica Srbija i Crna Gora) or simply Serbia and Montenegro (Srbija i Crna Gora), known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Savezna Republika Jugoslavija), FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija), was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia).

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Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian – also called Serbo-Croat, Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

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Skanderbeg

Gjergj Kastrioti (17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia.

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Southern California

Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Southern Italy

Southern Italy (Sud Italia,, or Italia meridionale,; 'o Sudde; Italia dû Suddi), also known as Meridione or Mezzogiorno (Miezojuorno; Menzujornu), is a macroregion of Italy consisting of its southern regions.

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Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada (StatCan; Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture.

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Statistics Iceland

Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Íslands) is the main official institute providing statistics on the nation of Iceland.

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Stratioti

The Stratioti or Stradioti (στρατιώτες, στρατιώται stratiotes, stratiotai; Stratiotë, Stratiotët, Stradiotë; stradioti, stradiotti, stratioti, strathiotto, strathioti; estradiots; stratioti, stradioti; estradiotes) were mercenary units from the Balkans recruited mainly by states of Southern Europe and Central Europe from the 15th century until the middle of the 18th century.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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Tie Domi

Tahir "Tie" Domi (born November 1, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

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Tirana

Tirana (Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Tragedy of Otranto

The Tragedy of Otranto took place on 28 March 1997 when the Albanian ship Kateri i Radës sank in a collision with the in the Strait of Otranto and at least 84 Albanians, aged 3 months to 69 years, lost their lives.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Unification of Italy

The unification of Italy (Unità d'Italia), also known as the Risorgimento, was the 19th century political and social movement that in 1861 resulted in the consolidation of various states of the Italian Peninsula and its outlying isles into a single state, the Kingdom of Italy.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Urbino

Urbino (Romagnol: Urbìn) is a comune (municipality) in the Italian region of Marche, southwest of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino from 1444 to 1482.

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William G. Gregory

William George "Borneo" Gregory (born May 14, 1957) is an American retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force lieutenant colonel.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia (Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.

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1997 Albanian civil unrest

In 1997, widespread civil unrest struck Albania due to economic problems in the country that were caused by the collapse of pyramid schemes.

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2001 Ukrainian census

The 2001 Ukrainian census is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine.

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2019 Albania earthquake

Northwestern Albania was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicentre 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west-southwest of Mamurras, at 03:54 CET (UTC+1) on 26 November 2019.

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2021 United Kingdom census

The 2021 United Kingdom census is the 23rd official census of the United Kingdom.

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