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Albanisation (or Albanianisation) is the linguistic or cultural assimilation to the Albanian language and Albanian culture.

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Known as Plazhi i Grave in Albanian.

Finally, Italy called for the Albanian government to establish teaching of the Italian language in all Albanian schools, a demand that was swiftly refused by Zog.

)Establishing longer relations, Albanian is often compared to Balto Slavic on the one hand and Germanic on the other, both of which share a number of isoglosses with Albanian.

The Albanian National Awakening or the National Renaissance or the National Revival () refers to the period in the history of Albania from 1870 until the Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912.

There is no protection for non Albanian communities from being out voted.

The Protestant reforms invigorated hopes for the development of the local language and literary tradition when cleric Gjon Buzuku brought into the Albanian language the Catholic liturgy, trying to do for the Albanian language what Luther did for German.

The next most widely spoken languages are Russian (1.3 ), Arabic (0.6 ), Albanian (0.5 ).

During the first incident, Royal Navy ships came under fire from Albanian fortifications.

(f) That there is no universal jurisdiction of the Albanian courts in cases involving torture

The US and West European countries began shepherding Kosovo s new Albanian authorities toward statehood.

At HuffPost Travel, American actress Eliza Dushku writes about her Albanian roots and her travel to Albania.

Under communism, pupils were taught only Albanian history and culture, even in Greek language classes at the primary level.

Then there is the unresolved status of Kosovo, where the Albanian majority demands independence, and extremists threaten to fight for it.

Following the protests, the Albanian government refused to host the dismantling of 1,300 metric tons of Syria's sarin, mustard and other agents.

After eight years of international administration, Kosovo s Albanian majority has tasted freedom and is eager for full independence.

Meshari (The Missal) by Gjon Buzuku, published in 1555, is considered the first literary work of written Albanian.

The refined level of the language and the stabilised orthography must be the result of an earlier tradition of written Albanian, a tradition that is not well understood.

Bujar Faik Nishani (born 29 September 1966 ) is an Albanian politician who has been President of Albania since July 2012.

We are certain that the primary effort to ensure the implementation of standards must be taken by the Albanian leadership of the Provisional Institutions of Self Government.

A credible investigation requires full backing from the authorities in Albania and from the newly established EU mission in Kosovo.

Environmentalists gathered on November 12th in the Albanian capital of Tirana to protest their country's plan to accept chemical weapons from Syria.

At the onset of World War II he asked to join the Greek army in the Albanian front against Italy, but was rejected because he was under age.

Every opportunity we have to inform the international community about the extremely difficult position of the Serbian and other non Albanian communities in the province is extremely important to us. Today's meeting, however, is of special significance.

Mr. Čović deplored the situation of Kosovo Serbs in the province which he considered unacceptably poor due to the lack of protection of non Albanian communities.

Alba Longa (occasionally written Albalonga in Italian sources) was an ancient city of Latium in central Italy, southeast of Rome, in the Alban Hills.

However, I will reiterate once again that by writing embellished reports that serve to satisfy those needs, a poor compromise is made for the Albanian majority.

Kosovo s Albanian authorities have for years made no significant decision without receiving the imprimatur of the European Union and, especially, the United States.

The likelihood is that early next year most of the European Union s member nations will recognize the Albanian majority enclave on Serbia s southern edge as an independent state.

Moreover, the fears of the non Albanian communities are being fuelled by all kinds of incidents that often are not eliciting due reaction from local political leaders.

Allow me to remind the Council that the seat of the District Court is in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, and that the President of the Court and all other employees are members of the Albanian national community.

The report does not reflect sufficiently on the problem of organized crime  a problem that even Albanian parliamentary parties point out as an evil that permeates all segments of life in the province.

Minorities especially Kosovo Serbs in predominantly Albanian areas, but also Kosovo Albanians in northern municipalities do not feel safe travelling through majority areas.

The country, along with Contessa Entellina and Piana degli Albanesi, is one of three ethnic Albanian community in Sicily, where the old Albanian language (arbërisht) is still spoken.

The report does not mention the fact that the Assembly and the Government of Kosovo and Metohija are not truly multi ethnic, since no protection is provided for non Albanian communities against outvoting.

The cultural renaissance was first of all expressed through the development of the Albanian language in the area of church texts and publications, mainly of the Catholic region in the North, but also of the Orthodox in the South.

Even at the risk of being reproached again, I cannot but repeat that the conditions of life of Serbs and other non Albanians in the province are unacceptably poor.

The media in Kosovo and Metohija are promoting hate speech on a regular basis and are broadcasting falsehoods about Serbian and other non Albanian communities they have been engaged in a campaign for the province's independence, and carry hardly any Serbian language broadcasts.

TOXO is a group of five non governmental organizations (K.A.TH.V., E.K.K.Y.TH.K.A., KEDE, Arsis and the Albanian Organization UAW) which creates centres for the reception and protection (refuges) of victims of international trafficking in Thessaloniki, Athens, Ioannina and Albania.

In 1999, the US led NATO into war against Slobodan Milosevic s Serbia to end gross violations of the rights of Kosovo s majority Albanians.

But, with Kosovo s ethnic Albanian majority demanding its own state, and with Russia refusing to recognize UN mediator Martti Ahtisaari s plan for conditional independence, the US is preparing to go it alone.

I would like to remind the Security Council that the aforesaid report commented critically on and indicated the absence of results in achieving standards, particularly in the area of respect for the rights of the non Albanian communities.

In 1998 1999 Serbia had embarked on violent repression of Kosovo s ethnic Albanian majority, driving roughly 400,000 Kosovars from their homes.