Tag: greater albania
Macedonia 06.11.23 | 09:35

Ahmeti promotes the idea of Greater Albania

Ali Ahmeti, the leader of the DUI party which positioned itself as de-facto senior member of the ruling coalition with SDSM, endorsed the Greater Albania idea. Over the weekend Ahmeti, who was an Albanian terrorist commander who started the 2001 civil war in Macedonia, opened a museum that includes a...
Macedonia 01.09.23 | 19:31

Interior Minister announces there will soon be an arrest after the map of Greater Albania was waved in Tetovo

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said that he expects an arrest to be made in the coming days, after Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti was welcomed with maps representing Greater Albania during his visit to Tetovo. The Interior Ministry is focuing on one man who was photographed with the map that...
Macedonia 25.08.23 | 20:35

Greater Albania maps again flown at a political event in Tetovo

Citizens of Tetovo again waved maps of Greater Albania, during an event involving Mayor Bilal Kasami. The move is in apparent protest against the misdemeanor charges filed against Kasami, over the welcoming ceremony for Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti. The ceremony did not include Macedonian state...
Macedonia 23.05.21 | 21:22

Zaev: I am not afraid of Greater Albania, we are a NATO member, but I can’t say “no” with certainty

The Balkan is a small region, where we’re all connected. Although Macedonia has joined NATO, I still worry about non-papers on resolving the Kosovo issue, because not all wounds have healed. The region’s slow EU integration gives rise to non-papers and other radical ideas, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev...
Macedonia 17.02.21 | 10:59

Silegov to name streets in Skopje after the creators of Greater Albania

The mayor of Skopje Petre Silegov announced the renaming of streets in Skopje. Besides the village of Nivici, where the name change was signed, the League of Prizren will be also honored, which founded the idea of a Greater Albania. The list includes names of prominent personalities in the field of urban,...
Macedonia 20.07.20 | 10:40

Dua Lipa promotes Greater Albania

After posting on Instagram a few days ago that Kosovo is not, and will never be, Serbia, the Albanian singer originally from Pristina, Dua Lipa, published a map of Greater Albania on several platforms. au•toch•tho•nous adjective (of an inhabitant of a place) indigenous rather than descended from...
Macedonia 14.05.20 | 15:57

Bulgarian Defense Minister Karakacanov evokes fear of Greater Albania to push Macedonians toward Bulgaria

Bulgarian Defense Minister Krasimir Karakacanov, who recently predicted the soon-to-come unification of Macedonia and Buglaria, used the fear of the Albanian nationalist project to push Macedonians to support Bulgaria. Days after predicting the unification of Macedonia and Bulgaria, Karakacanov calls...
Macedonia 17.11.19 | 20:54

Ganka Samoilova Cvetanovska: No difference between Greater Albania, Greater Serbia and “Macedonia the GReat”

Former Minister of Culture Ganka Samoilovska Cvetanova asked on Twitter whether there is a difference in the concept of Greater Albania, Greater Serbia and the new Greek slogan “Macedonia the GReat”, which was promoted by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Thessaloniki. What is the...
Macedonia 17.11.19 | 10:12

Apasiev: From Zaev, Pendarovski and Dimitrov we can only expect Small Schengen and Greater Albania

Let’s be realistic. From Zaev, Pendarovski and Dimitrov we can only expect SMALL Schengen and GREATER Albania, Professor Dimitar Apasiev wrote on Facebook.
Macedonia 22.05.19 | 14:42

Xhaferi given a map of Greater Albania during a TV show in Kosovo

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi was given a map of Greater Albania while attending a TV show in Kosovo. The promotional video for Xhaferi’s appearance shows him meeting a man wearing the Albanian skullcap who hands him a map of Greater Albania. Among Albanian nationalists, Greater Albania is the...
Macedonia 05.05.19 | 16:41

Islamic chief in Macedonia displayed a map of Greater Albania during his Ramadan greeting

Sulejman Efendi Rexhepi, the controversial reis ul ulema (head) of the Islamic Community in Macedonia, used a map of Greater Albania while congratulating the start of the Muslim month of Ramadan. Rexhepi placed a plaque with the map of Albania, borders extended to include chunks of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
Balkans 23.03.19 | 17:24

NZZ reports on Rama’s flirting with the idea of “Greater Albania”

In a report, the Swiss Neue Zurcher Zeitung paper details nationalist rhetoric from Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama which comes at a time when Kosovo and Serbia are negotiating a possible swap of cities along their border which would make both countries more ethnically homogeneous. In this light, NZZ...

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