Albanian General Staff
The General Staff of the Armed Forces (GS; sq, Shtabi i Përgjithshëm i Forcave të Armatosura), is the highest military structure of the Albanian Armed Forces. It was established as a joint strategic staff and functions according to NATO standards. The incumbent Chief of the General Staff is Major General Bajram Begaj. History The position was formed on 4 May 1913 under the auspices of the Provisional Government of Albania. In January 1920, after the establishment of the government in the Lushnjë Congress, the staff structure was restored and was headed by Lieutenant Colonel Ali Shefqet Shkupi. On 7 April 1939, as a result of the Italian invasion of Albania, the Albanian Armed Forces General Staff ceased to exist. In July 1943, the Partisan General Staff of the Albanian National Liberation Army was formed in Elbasan County. Although it did not have the traditional structure of a regular army headquarters, it had its own originality and organizational features, consisting of ...
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Tirana
Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance. Due to its location at the Plain of Tirana and the close proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, the city is particularly influenced by a Mediterranean seasonal climate. It is among the wettest and sunniest cities in Europe, with 2,544 hours of sun per year. Tirana was founded as a city in 1614 by the Ottoman Albanian general Sylejman Pasha Bargjini and flourished by then around the Old Mosque and the ''türbe''. The area that today corresponds to the city's territory has been continuously inhabited since the Iron Age. It was inhabited by Illyrians, and was most likely the core of the Illyrian Kingdom of the Taulantii, which in Classical Antiquity was centred in the hinterland of Epidamnus. Following the Illyrian Wars it wa ...
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