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Skënder Zogu
Skënder Zogu (born 3 June 1933) is an Albanian author and member of the House of Zogu. He is the son of Prince Xhelal Zogu, half-brother of King Zog. Biography Skënder (Alexander) Zogu was born to Prince Xhelal Zogu (half-brother of Zog I of Albania) and Faika Minxhalliu on 3 June 1933 in Davos, Switzerland. He studied at the Huddersfield College of Technology, which later became the University of Huddersfield. During his time at university, he was the vice president and then president of the Student Union. After graduating with a degree in Textile and Color Chemistry, Zogu worker for a period of time for Francolor. He went on to work as a textile sales manager at KVK Danemark. On 9 April 1961, Zogu was present when Zog I of Albania died while in exile at Hôpital Foch in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Zogu organized the funeral, which was held two days later. Zogu recounts his uncle dying in a memoir released in 2017. The book, which has a translated title of ''A life in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Peza
Alfred Peza (Peqin, 27 February 1967) is a journalist and politician who has served as general director of Albanian public broadcaster (RTSH) from June 2023 to September 2024, resigning after allegations of sexual harassment against him surfaced in the media. He was elected unanimously by the Supervisory Council of RTSH for a five-year mandate. Peza, known for his extensive experience in journalism, editing, media analysis, lecturing, and leadership in various media outlets, had ambitious plans to elevate standards at RTSH, aiming to make it 'great once again in this digital era'. Prior to his role at RTSH Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (; ; formerly TVSH , now mostly referred to as RTSH ) is the national public broadcasting company of Albania. Founded in 1938, it operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as we ..., Peza served as a member of parliament for the ruling Socialist Party between 2013 and 2017, being the deputy chair of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Births
Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls "Pakistan, Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Xhelal Pasha Zogolli
Xhelal Pasha Zogolli was the hereditary governor of Mati, father of Xhemal Pasha Zogu and grandfather of King Zog I. Life Xhelal Pasha Zogolli was born in the Mati region of modern-day Albania (it was a part of the Ottoman Empire when he was born). His father was Mahmud Pasha Zogolli, and his family was a Muslim Albanian beylik family of landowners, with feudal authority over the region of Mati. Xhelal Pasha Zogolli was educated privately. He served in the Montenegrin War of 1852-53. Later, he visited Russia and, inspired by Russians, attempted a local rebellion against Ottoman rule after his return which was unsuccessful because of the low participation. He married Ruqiya Khanum Ruhijé Hanem, from the wealthy Alltuni family of Kavajë. He had ownership of the Burgajet Castle, near Burrel in northern Albania, and his son Xhemal Pasha Zogu was born there in 1860. He apparently died by poison by Ottoman agents in Vienna, Austria, even though this claim is not yet proven. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xhemal Pasha Zogu
Xhemal Pasha Zogu (; 1860–1911), also known as Jamal Pasha or Jamal Pasha Zogolli, was the Hereditary Governor of Mati, Albania (at the time part of the Ottoman Empire). He was the father of King Zog I of Albania. Born at Burgajet Castle, Mati (or Constantinople), in 1860, he was the third son of Xhelal Pasha Zogolli and Ruhije Alltuni, from the wealthy Alltuni family of Kavajë. He was educated privately and became Hereditary Governor of Mati upon the death of his older brother, Riza. During the Great Eastern Crisis, a meeting held in Debar (1880) by Albanian notables deciding on the course of action regarding the Ottoman cessation of Ulcinj to Montenegro, Xhemal was in the pro-government group advocating no action be taken and was against a declaration of Albanian autonomy in the Balkans. Xhemal married Zenja Malika Khanum (Melek Hanem) (Castle Burgajet, Mati, c. 1860 - Castle Burgajet, Mati, 1884), his first cousin, in Mati in 1880; after she died in childbirth in 1884 he m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Fidelity (Albania)
The Order of Besa (), also known as the Order of Fidelity, was established by Zog I of Albania, Ahmet Zogu (later King Zog I) when he was President of Albania. Founded on 22 December 1926, it was initially awarded in four classes (1. Grand Cordon with star–''Kordon i Madh me Yll'', 2. Grand Officer–''Oficer i Madh'', 3. Commander–''Komandar'', and 4. Knight–''Kalorës'') and a medal. It was limited to six ordinary recipients of Albanian nationality, and was not awardable to foreigners. It was remodelled in 1932 and reduced to three classes: # Grand Cordon with star–''Kordon i Madh me Yll'' # Commander–''Komandar'' # Knight–''Kalorës''. It remained limited to only six ordinary recipients of Albanian nationality, and not awardable to foreigners. The order was retained under the Albanian Kingdom (1939–43), Kingdom of Albania of Vittorio Emanuele III, King Vittorio Emanuele III until 1943, and by the House of Zogu as a dynastic order. At its last remodelling, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leka, Crown Prince Of Albania (born 1939)
Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (Leka Skënder Zogu; 5 April 193930 November 2011) was the only son of King Zog I and Queen Geraldine of Albania. He was called Crown Prince Skander at birth. After his father's death in 1961, Leka was the pretender to the Kingdom of Albania (1928–39), Albanian throne, and his supporters referred to him as ''King Leka I''. Biography Early life and education Leka was born on April 5, 1939, in the Presidential Palace, Tirana, Royal Palace of Tirana in the Kingdom of Albania (1928–39), Kingdom of Albania. He was named Crown Prince Skander and his birth was celebrated with a 101-gun salute and a military parade. Leka was the son of Zog of Albania, King Zog I of Albania and Geraldine of Albania, Queen Geraldine of Albania; and was also an eighth cousin of U.S. President Richard Nixon through his maternal grandmother, a New York socialite. Just two days after his birth, King Zog I was forced into exile after Benito Mussolini's army invaded the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Skanderbeg (1925–45)
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of different ways * Hierarchy, an arrangement of items that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another * an action or inaction that must be obeyed, mandated by someone in authority People * Orders (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Order'' (film), a 2005 Russian film * ''Order'' (album), a 2009 album by Maroon * "Order", a 2016 song from '' Brand New Maid'' by Band-Maid * ''Orders'' (1974 film), a film by Michel Brault * "Orders" (''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'') Business * Blanket order, a purchase order to allow multiple delivery dates over a period of time * Money order or postal order, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel One (Albania)
Ora News is a regional and online television news channel based in Tirana, Albania, which was founded on January 31, 2007. The news director is Miriam Ndroqi. The Albanian Media Monitoring Board evaluated Ora News as the most balanced news presenter of the parliamentary elections in June 2009 and again in May 2011 for the local elections. See also *Television in Albania References External links Official website"Ora News" programming from Top Channel TV {{Television in Albania Television networks in Albania Mass media in Tirana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazeta Tema
Gazeta Tema (; stylised as short TemA; ) is a politically unaffiliated daily newspaper published in Tirana, Albania in the Albanian language. Founded in July 1999, ''TemA'' is one of the oldest daily newspapers in Albania and currently sells about 15,000 daily copies nationwide. ''Tema Online'' is the online version of Tema daily newspaper is currently one of the most popular websites in Albania, offering news, comments and entertainment. The website has on average 800,000 to 1,000,000 visits per day according to TemA. TemA Online also provides an English edition for its international readers and expats. ''Gazeta TemA'' has become well known for breaking several high-profile cases such as the personal involvement of the son of former PM Berisha in arm deals for Afghan soldiers, the privatisation of the Albanian state oil refinery ARMO by controversial Albanian businessman Rezart Taci, the publishing of leaked nude pictures of current PM Edi Rama etc. The relentless scrutiny and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legality Movement Party
The Legality Movement Party (, abbr. PLL) is a monarchist political party in Albania led by Shpetim Axhami. It supports the restoration of the Albanian monarchy under the House of Zogu, with the house's current head Prince Leka crowned as king. The party has also been characterised as conservative and nationalist. The PLL claims a direct continuity with the original Legality Movement active during World War II, as its founding members were former Legality Movement members or supporters. Exiled members of the Legality Movement held their first congress in exile in 1962, and the party was formed in 1992 after the fall of communism in Albania. The party has seen minor electoral success since contesting its first election in 1996, but it has largely remained outside of parliament for most of its history. History The PLL traces its roots back to the Legality Movement (1943–1944), a royalist political and paramilitary organisation active during World War II which sought to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
