In the agreement reached in Vienna on 21–22 April 1941, between Berlin and Rome — represented by German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano — the new political map of the Balkans was determined.

According to this agreement, Italy was to receive the largest part of the Kosovo Plain, including Prishtina, Ferizaj, Gjilan, Kamenica, Drenica, Peja, Gjakova, Prizren, as well as Tetovo, Gostivar, and parts of western Macedonia, thereby creating the so-called “Greater Albania”.

The German zone included the region of Mitrovica, Vushtrri, and Podujeva, due to the industry and the Trepça mines. This was the moment when Kosovo was divided into three zones: Italian, German, and Bulgarian. It was the partition of a single nation at the diplomatic table — not by the will of the Albanians, but through the agreements of the fascist occupiers.

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