Scamander – The Dardanian Prince and King of Chaonia and Lower Albania
The article explores the tradition of Scamander (Helenus), a Trojan prince who survived the Trojan War and became king in Epirus. Known as a prophet and warrior, Scamander advised Greek leaders during the war and later guided Pyrrhus safely to Epirus, where he founded Butrint and ruled Chaonia. Classical sources describe his marriage to Andromache…
Lord Byron: Albania comprises part of Macedonia, Illyria, Chaonia, and Epirus.
“Land of Albania! let me bend mine eyes On thee, thou rugged Nurse of savage men! Albania comprises part of Macedonia, Illyria, Chaonia, and Epirus. Iskander is the Turkish word for Alexander; and the celebrated Scanderbeg (Lord Alexander) is alluded to in the third and fourth lines of the thirty-eighth stanza. I do not know…
The Tradition of Antenor and its historical possibility
The article explores the ancient tradition that Antenor, a respected Trojan elder in Homer’s Iliad, may have led a migration from Troy to the northern Adriatic after the city’s fall. Classical traditions preserved by Livy describe Antenor and a group of Paphlagonian Eneti settling in what became known as Venetia, driving out local peoples and…
The Biggest Lies of History: The Forgery of “Historical Truth”
The Biggest Lies of History: The Forgery of “Historical Truth” by Frank Fabian argues that much of accepted history is based on forged, altered, or falsely attributed sources. The book challenges mainstream historiography by claiming that key historical documents were created long after the events they describe, often to serve political, religious, or ideological goals.…
The Kingdom of Illyria (Illyricum) between the Roman and Greek Empires
This ancient map of the Balkans is not merely geographic but a historical testimony based on Roman and Hellenic sources. It clearly distinguishes Illyria as a separate ethnic, cultural, and administrative space from the Hellenic world, challenging modern ideological interpretations. Illyria appears as a coherent region with its own identity, while the Hellenic world is…
The 280 year old Flag of Arberia of the Arbereshe Petrotta family
The 280-year-old Flag of Arbëria is the oldest Albanian flag that still exists and it lives among the Arbëresh (Albanians of Italy) people. It bears the exact date 1744 and has been preserved under the care of the patriotic Arbëresh family Petrotta.
This family gave the Arbëresh (Albanian) culture many figures, such as: Gaetano Tani…
The Albanian colony of Gjakova in Sarajevo
The Albanian colony of Gjakova in Sarajevo. Painting is titled “At the Latin Bridge in Sarajevo”, Friedrich Alois Schönn, 1883, oil on canvas, 172 by 270 centimeters. Source Axanel. Albanians have been present in Bosnia and Herzegovina for centuries and, together with Jews and Roma, they were the largest minority community in Bosnia and Herzegovina,…
Greek map intentionally removes the Albanian and Vlach element
From the perspective of a new ethnological map of Greece, Albanians are exterminated as a nationality. The following map was made by Professor George Soteriadis of the University of Athens to correct “ethnological inaccuracies”. This map does not show language, but Professor George calls “national consciousness” as the only criterion that satisfies nationality. Those parts…
Ku u vra Avdi Hysa ne vitin 1862? (Where was Avdi Hysa killed in 1862?)
Ku u vra Avdi Hysa ne vitin 1862? (Where was Avdi Hysa killed? With the help of AI, and analysing Gjergj Fishtas words, and through new discoveries of where Oso Kuka fought, I may have found out exactly where the shepherd Avdi Hysa (Avdi Hisa) of Vranina was killed by Vulo Radovic in 1862. On…
The Montenegrin attacks on the Albanians of Rjepçi, Muriqi, Shkodër, Shestan, Cetinje, Podgorica, Moraca and Zhablak in 1861
The 1861 Montenegrin raids on northern Albanian villages exemplify localized cross-border violence during the Ottoman period. Motivated by trade restrictions and regional tensions, Montenegrin forces attacked settlements including Muriqi, Shestan, and Rjepshi, resulting in civilian casualties and widespread destruction. Albanian villagers mounted effective resistance in several cases, while Ottoman forces intervened to stabilize the region.…
Serbian historian Rade Mihaljčič: We are newcomers, the Albanians are indigenous
Serbian historian Rade Mihaljčič: We are newcomers, the Albanians are indigenous. School textbook for students in the Preševo Valley acknowledges historical fact. Serbian historians and media react: Mihaljčič is a “self-hating Serb”. Preševo, December 1 (AIP) – In the textbooks for Albanian students in the Preševo Valley, which talk about the history and origin of…
Albanian medieval families of Tivar (Antivari)
Familjet mesjetare shqiptare të Tivarit (Antivari). The article presents an overview of noble and significant families of medieval Antibari (Bar/Tivar), based on documentary evidence from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. It highlights families of Albanian, Romance, and Slavic origin, documenting their presence in urban life, trade, administration, and the Church. Although many families are…
Kulla e Oso Kukes ne Vranine (The Tower of Oso Kuka in Vranina)
Many historians, researchers and publicists have written that the Albanian border guard Oso Kuka defended Albanian territory at the Lesendro castle, or at the Castle of Vranina, against the Montenegrin invasion in 1862. However according to a recent discovery, the Kulla (fortified tower) where Oso Kuka and his 20 men fought was in fact located…
720 villages in Nish and Toplica were inhabited by Albanians in 1878
Marin Mema says in a documentary from 2022 that Nish was in fact inhabited by a majority Albanian population in 1878. Many villages like Arbanash, Grguri, Cungula, Berbadoc, Muzhaq, Katun, Kastrat, Zhuzh, Kalludra and Konjufcë were all Albanian. Iironically, the very start of the documentary begins with more Serbian oppression. 720 villages in Nish and…
The Albanians of Rozhajë who today are assimilated into Bosniaks
According to Marin Memas documentary from 2024, during the last century, Rozhajë was a city with an Albanian majority. Today, the city has only 5% Albanians. This due to Serbo-Montenegrin violence, assimilation and oppression for the past 100 years. Out of 29,000 inhabitants in the city, only 5% are considered Albanian. The rest are registered…
Veliki Radojko Đuričanin: Serbian Chetniks participated in the Massacre of Velika and Polimje in 1944
According to Radojko Đuričanin, eyewitness to the Velika massacre of July 28, 1944, Serbian Chetniks participated in the killings of civilians in Polimje and Velike. (Radojko Đuričanin, “Chetnik propaganda prevented women, children and the elderly from leaving their homes”, portal Aktuelno, 24. VIII-2020). Veliki Radojko Đuričanin: Serbian Chetniks participated in the Massacre of Velika and…
A painting depicting an Albanian couple in love from 1843
A painting depicting an Albanian couple in love from 1843. Findens Tableaux of National Character, Beauty and Costume. William Finden (1787-1852)
Prelë Tuli of Mërturi (1852–1918)
Prelë Tuli, also known as Prel Tuli (Dedndreaj), was a prominent Albanian leader born in 1852 in Salca, Mërturi, during a period when Albanian lands were under Ottoman rule. He grew up in a difficult historical context marked by frequent reprisals and the heavy impact of imperial governance on the highland regions, especially in Nikaj-Mërtur,…
Sworn Virgins and the Virgins Vow: Albanian Women Who Become Men
Sworn Virgins and the Virgins Vow: Albanian women who become Men. Albanian Proto-Feminism: Equality through Renunciation in a Patriarchal Honor Society. The Virgins Vow is a religious vow with civil rights consequences, which carries weight, is the vow of a girl to remain unmarried. According to religious weight, we must distinguish between the vow of…
An Albanian conversation in Gurakuqi quarter of Gjuhadol in Shkodër during the start of the Montenegrin invasion in 1912
The text is a historical vignette set in Shkodra on 8 October 1912, the day Montenegro began its attack at the start of the First Balkan War. Through a street conversation between two local men, it captures the tense atmosphere of rumor, fear, and expectation spreading through the city. The men express deep resentment toward…
Illyrian and Dardanian tribes in the region of Mitrovica and the Roman complex of Municipium Dardanorum 300 years before the Carpathian Slavic migrations
In the region of Mitrovica (from Saint Demetrius, or Shen Mitri) during the Roman era, prior to the Slavic migrations, there lived a number of Illyrian and Dardanian tribes; the Dardani, Galabri, and Enchelei. The Romans created the Municipium Dardanorum, a mining complex, around 27 km nort of Mitrovica, in the Municipality of Soqanicë, close…
Frederick Moore: The Albanians are pure Europeans, unconscious of the West
English journalist Frederick Moore portrays early-20th-century Albania as a “romantic” yet lawless land shaped by Ottoman neglect, tribal autonomy, and strict unwritten customs. He describes fortified villages, blood feuds, and the dominance of the gun over formal justice, comparing Albania to a densely populated “Wild West.” Moore argues that Albanians, whom he considers of ancient…
The Origin of the Germanic languages and the Indo-Europeanising of North Europe
The article rejects a northern European homeland for Indo-European languages and argues that their modern distribution in northern Europe is secondary. Germanic, Baltic, and Slavic peoples are shown to be late arrivals in their present territories. The author proposes that the Veneti–Illyrians played a central role in transmitting Indo-European language, writing, and cultural elements from…
The oldest alphabet we know of was most likely Pelasgian, and not Greek
The text addresses a debate over the origin of the first alphabet, rejecting both the Phoenician and exclusively Greek claims. It argues that the alphabet introduced into ancient Greece predates the Greeks themselves and should be attributed to the Pelasgians, a pre-Greek population. Ancient sources indicate that early writing entered the region before the Greek…
Albanian genetic ancestry
This study analyzes Albanian paternal lineages using Y-chromosome data from 1,322 participants in the Albanian DNA Project “Roots.” The results show that a small fraction of Albanian paternal ancestry (1–4%) dates back to Neolithic farmers who entered the Balkans over 4,500 years ago. The majority (72–77%) originates from Bronze Age and Iron Age Balkan populations,…
George Finlay in 1851: Albanians form the bulk of the Greek nation
“The Albanian population of the Greek kingdom amounts to about 200,000 souls, and the entire race in Europe is not believed to number more than one and a quarter million. In continental Greece they occupy the whole of Attica and Megaris, with the exception of the capitals, the greater part of Boeotia, and a portion…
The E-V13 Hablogroup of Albanians
Haplogroup E-V13 is the most common paternal lineage among Albanians, comprising about 28% of male ancestry. Genetic evidence indicates a Bronze Age common ancestor around 4,900–5,100 years ago, following earlier Neolithic expansions of haplogroup E into Europe. Modern and ancient DNA data suggest that E-V13 first spread in the central Balkans, between the Pannonian Basin…
Joshua Whatmough: The oldest German document is written in the Sub-Alpine or North-Etruscan alphabet from a helmet in Negau of Styria (modern day Austria)
Linguist Joshua Whatmough in his research paper on the Illyrian Ossi tribe (This Ossi tribe spoke the language of the Panions and had their own traditions), located in German territory, documents that: “We should not be surprised then, to find that what is claimed to be the oldest German document, is written in the Sub-Alpine…
Giuseppe Crispis theory of the Albanian language and Trojan origin
Giuseppe Crispi’s 1831 work reflects early 19th-century scholarly theories about the origins of the Albanian people and language, drawing heavily on the ideas of the geographer Conrad Malte-Brun. Crispi reports claims that the Albanians of Epirus and Macedonia descended from Trojans and Dardanians, arguing that while the legend of Aeneas may be mythical, broader Trojan…
15th century Ottoman tax registers of Albanian names and districts of Kelmendi, Liçen, Selçisha, Içpajë and Muriqi
According to the Ottoman register of 1497, translated by S. Pulaha, in the Kelmendi district two villages are mentioned: Selçisha, with the village of Liçen, and Ispaja with the villages of Gjonović, Lešović, Murić and Kolemad (-h). Also, individuals are mentioned who may be the founders of the main trunk of the tribe: Vukza, son…
The Albanian Papa Kristo Negovani and his murder by the Greeks of Crete and the Despot of Kostur
117 years ago, on February 12, 1905, Papa Kristo Negovani, one of the most patriotic priests of the Renaissance period, was stabbed to death by Greek gendarmeries brought from Crete. Papa Kristo Negovani settled for some time in Romania where he worked as a carpenter. In the atmosphere of patriotic Albanian societies, he became part of…
Father Martin Gjoka (1890-1940) of Tivari (Antivari)
Father Martin Gjoka (Tivar, April 2, 1890 – Shkodër, February 3, 1940), was a Franciscan friar, teacher, composer, collector and researcher of the musical folklore of the northern highlands. He was born in Tivar on April 2, 1890, baptized with the name Matí, the son of Filip and Marie Siroviqi. His father was a captain…
The lies of Aleksandar Vučić about the Serbian terrorist attack and the injuries of Police officer Ekrem Neziri
Aleksandar Vučić, the former Minister of Propaganda during the Milošević era, in the absence of any pretext or justification for the criminal actions of the groups he leads, has returned to his previous main role, that of propagandist. One of his many lies concerns the injury of police officer Ekrem Neziri, who was allegedly injured…
Qazim Namani: Serbian forgeries and lies about folk costumes
The Serbian statehood and national identity were shaped in the 19th century through Russian pan-Slavic strategy and the assimilation of Orthodox Albanians and Vlachs in the central Balkans. It links the Serbian project Načertanije (1844) to Russian influence and to rulers of alleged Albanian origin who later oppressed and displaced Albanians. The author accuses Serbian…
Dutch researcher Willem Vermeer’s book destroys Serbian lies about Kosovo
The book challenges long-standing Serbian propaganda about Kosovo’s demography and history. Dutch researcher Willem Vermeer shows that Albanians have been a clear majority in Kosovo for centuries, a fact confirmed by Yugoslav censuses from 1921 to 1961, even though these were conducted under pro-Serb governments. Claims that Albanians were numerically inferior are therefore misleading. The…
International report refutes Serbian lies about ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Serbs in Kosovo
An international report by the European Stability Initiative (ESI) rejects Serbian claims of “ethnic cleansing” of Serbs in Kosovo, stating that no international organization has found evidence to support them. The report highlights how Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has repeatedly used inflammatory rhetoric, warning of pogroms and possible military intervention, despite a lack of verified…
Opinion: Regression in the name of progress: the anatomy of Serbian disease
The culture, education and history of the Serbs is made up of hatred, lies, deception, manipulation, theft, plunder, intrigue, fabrication, filth, slander, murder, massacre and genocide, which run parallel like links of the same chain and bind the Serbian people themselves, holding them hostage to their own stupidity.
The Albanian Petani family of Brisk and Krajë
This article discusses the coat of arms of the Petani family from the Albanian region of Brisk, and Archbishop of Shibenik Gjon Petani, scion of this noble Krajë family of Shkodër, the first Arbëresh doctor of theological sciences. Gjon Petani was born in Brisk in 1715. Together with his brother, he led the emigration of…
The Ancient Pelasgians
The ancient Pelasgians constitute a very early layer of Balkan and Mediterranean civilization, emphasizing the connection between the Albanian language, mythology and terms that were later adopted by the ancient Greeks. The main argument is based on etymology, cosmogonic mythology and cultural heritage. Gea (Γῆ) is identified as earth, while Uranus (οὐρανός) as sky. The…
An Albanian song from Kshnellah
KANGË KSHNELLASH […] “Mos pingroni, o qoktha o huta Tesh permallshem bje lahuta Krishti i vocerr syt po i myllë O barii, mjeft mâ me fyllë” (Sekushi ka Kshnellat e veta, e ne kemi tonat Credit: Ledi Shamku Shkreli
Albanian hero Kadri Beba (1878-1947) from Ribari i Madhë
Kadri Babi was an Albanian her who was persecuted by the Kingdom of Serbs, Slovenes and Croats. Born in 1878, he grew up fighting for Albanian liberty and freedom. In 1937 he was sentenced to prison by the Serbs for anti-government activities. In 1941 he was appointed as leader of the Lypjan Municipality and he…
Debunking Serbianisation (Slavicisation) of Albanians of Kërçova and the Serbian cultural appropriation of Albanian Tirqe wool
In the photo we can see Veselinka Veljanovic Najdovic dressed in Albanian wool costume or “Tirqe”. The outfit, characteristic of Albanian folklore and tradition, shows that the inhabitants of Veselinkas village Kërçova were subject to Serbization and Slavization. Serbian propaganda states that Veselinka Veljanović was “born in 1890 in Kërçova in Old Serbian Empire (now…
Serbian propaganda and lies from the Radničke Novine about Albanians 110 years ago
Reading the bourgeois press, which as if with one voice and with special instructions writes about the Albanians (Arnauts) as a lazy and thieving people, a people who are accustomed to living off the sweat of others, one simply has to remain shocked when one comes into personal contact with this people and passes the…
Declarations of E. Buxhovi on the demolition of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Prishtina – Scandalous and against Serbian interests
The text presents a strong response by E. Buxhovi to the Serbian Orthodox Raška–Prizren Diocese, following criticism of his public statements about the events of 2004 and the Serbian Orthodox church built in 1996 on the grounds of the University of Prishtina. Buxhovi argues that the church was a politically imposed and violent structure associated…
Lies, myths and crime in the name of God in the Serbian Orthodox Church
The German cleric, Krystostomus Grill, published a voluminous study on the work of Bishop Nikola Velinirović, which shows the role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the creation of the myth of Kosovo, which during the first Serbian imperialist wars in the Balkans served to nourish the idea of creating a Greater Serbia through “holy…
The Sutorman Incident of 1991: How 750 Albanians of Ulqin refused to fight for the Serbian war and were surrounded by the military
30 years ago, (1991) the Albanians of Montenegro were in danger of being massacred like they had at the massacre of Tivar in 1945, when over 4,000 Albanians were killed by Serbs. Around 750 young men from the area of Ane e Malit, Ulqin and several other villages with Albanians in Montenegro when it was…
A Study of Collective Narcissism, Sociopathy and Psychopathy in Serbian society
Personality traits associated with narcissism and sociopathy (commonly operationalized through psychopathy and antisocial traits) have received increasing attention in psychological research worldwide. In Serbia, a growing body of empirical studies has examined these traits primarily through the Dark Triad and Dark Tetrad frameworks. This article provides a narrative review of available academic research focusing on…
Kosovo (Dardania) as “The Cradle of Serbia” or “Heart of Serbia” is a myth
“Medieval Kosovo is often referred to as ‘the cradle of the Serbs’, as if it had been a Serb heartland from the outset; but the reality was rather different. Just over 800 years separate the arrival of the Serbs in the Balkans in the seventh century from the final Ottoman conquest in the 1450s: out…
The Muslim Tragedy in the Context of the Disintegration of Southeastern Europe (1989-1999)
This article discusses the contributions of Euro-American and NATO powers to stop the Serbian war crimes and ethnic and religious cleansing in Bosnia and Kosovo. Slobodan Milosevic chose Kosovo as the territorial and historical-national focal point (omphalos) for the official proclamation of his ideal of savior of the Orthodox population of Kosovo. His position as…
The Gostivar Tragedy of July 9, 1997 where 3 Albanians were killed and 135 were injured by Macedonian police
“Multiethnic” Macedonia, 6 years after the independence of the state, massacred innocent Albanian citizens in the city of Gostivar, 3 killed, 135 injured, hundreds of citizens arrested, including the mayor of Gostivar and the leaders of the Tetovo Municipality. Tragedy with nationalism, hatred, anger and victims.
ASCLEPIUS – The Myth and Etymology of a Divine Lightning
Asclepios, the son of Apollo and the nymph Coronea, is the god of medicine in Greek mythology. His story begins with a tragedy: Coronei, Apollo’s human lover, betrays him with a mortal. When Apollo learns of this, he orders her to be burned at the stake. But before the flames can consume her, Apollo rescues…
Milman Parrys writings of the Albanian Lahutar Sheq Kolaj and the Homeric Legacy
Under the Shadow of Myth: Sheq Kolaj and the Legacy of an Oral World. In the summer of 1932, in the town of Bijelo Polje in northern Montenegro, sat a man in old, worn clothes. In his hand he held an ancient Balkan instrument – the lute (Lahuta).
Photo of Albanians of Rozhajë from the 1970s
This is an old photo from the Albanian region of Rozhajë, now under Serbian jurisdiction after being invaded. The photo is extracted from the cultural and artistic society “Burimi Ibrit”. A special feature is that the entire ensemble wears Albanian national clothes. But they all have Bosnian surnames. The photo is not more than 50…
Philologist Giuseppe Catapano after 40 years of research: Thot (Thoth) spoke Albanian 12,000 years ago
Giuseppe Catapano, a prominent philologist from Rome, presented the results of forty years of research in a major philological work proposing that Albanian, as the continuation of Illyrian, is one of humanity’s most ancient living languages. He argues that Albanian preserves primordial linguistic, legal, and cosmological concepts embedded in ancient civilizations, including Egypt. According to…
List of 100 Illyrian tribes
• Ardians • Dardanians • Taulants • Dasarates • Penestes • Enkeleians • Labeates • Autariates • Delmatians • Liburnians • Japodes • Daorses • Pirustes • Parthines • Bylins • Amantes • Atintanes • Deuni • Sardeates • Grabates • Cavites • Glintes • Ozes • Docleats • Scirts • Bathiates • Boii (Illyrians,…
Pre-Slavic and Pre-Serbian Roman Emperors in Dardanian and Illyrian territory (todays southern Serbia)
Pre-Slavic and Pre-Serbian Roman Emperors in Dardanian and Illyrian territory. Even though the Slavs had not yet emerged, and the Serbian ethnos did not yet exist, in the land of Illyria and Dardania, which later became Serbia, there were Illyrian and Dardanian tribes. Out of these pre-Slavic and autochtonous tribes, 18 Roman Emperors emerged. After…
In the traces of Pelasgian pictographs in Djuxha of Mirdita, where the prehistoric stone was discovered
The discovery of stone with pictograms in Dzhuxha expands the origin and geography of the prehistoric Pelasgian civilization in the territory of Mirdita, in Xibër, Blinisht, Orosh, and in Rubik, in 2015, in cave settlements, objects of the Stone Age, Copper Age and in the formation of the Illyrian-Piruste ethnoculture. I often travel to Albanian…
Why did the Belgrade Museum buy the Albanian heritage painting “Albanian Warrior” in London?
The Belgrade City Museum, with the support of the Serbian state, President Aleksandar Vučić and the Ministry of Finance, as you know, has purchased Paja Jovanović’s painting “Bashibozuku’s Vacation” at Sotheby’s auction in London for 304,800 pounds, including all fees and taxes. Why did the Belgrade Museum buy the Albanian heritage painting “Albanian Warrior” in…
The Greek extremist Constantine Katsifas, Megali Irredentism and his ties to Chetnik Serbs
The extremist actions of Constantine Katsifas and other Greek extremist groups find inspiration in the threatening statements against Albania of Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Defense Minister Panos Kamennos, and members of the Greek Parliament, who do this whenever they are given the opportunity to make threatening speeches about the annexation of southern Albania.
Serbian Machiavelianism: Serbia funds Islamic fundamentalism and extremism in the Balkans
The article discusses allegations that Serbia has funded and organized Islamic extremism in the Western Balkans to weaken Albanian and Bosnian political influence and strain their ties with the EU and US. It cites claims that Serbian authorities allegedly established and funded websites promoting extremist views, manipulated religious leaders (imams), and leveraged intelligence networks to…
Serbian paramilitary forces harass an Albanian elderly in his home
Serbian paramilitary forces harass an Albanian elderly in his home
The history of the Albanian Buçaj tribe and the heroine Kaje Gale Selmanaj who lived to be 100 years old
The men of the Buçaj tribe had long joined the freedom fighters, while the women and children sought refuge far from the routes of Montenegrin attacks. One woman, however, refused to abandon her home and her few belongings: Kaje Gala Selmani. When Montenegrin troops suddenly entered the village, the roads were cut off, preventing her…
The Serbian ethnic cleansing of 12,000 Albanians of Mitrovica in 2000 and the murder of 10 Albanian women, children and elderly
On the night between 3 and 4 February 2000 in the north of Mitrovica, the so-called ‘Bridge Guards’, under the protection of France’s KFOR, killed 10 Albanians, among whom were children, women and the elderly, injured 25 others, while expelling about 12 000 Albanian residents, who were forced to cross to the south of the…
Photos of Albanian civilians, soldiers and professors killed by Serbian Cetniks in 1998-1999
Photos of Albanian civilians, soldiers and professors killed by Serbian Cetniks in 1998-1999. On the 22nd anniversary of the murder by Serbian militias of the intellectual, professor and vice-president of the LDK, Prof. Fehmi Agani. “These are Arkan’s chetniks, in an exclusive interview in 1998 conducted in Kosovo, they admit that they came to Kosovo…
The history of the Albanian Domaneku family
The history of the Domaneku family reflects Albanian resistance to Serbian and partisan-Chetnik violence during World War II. In 1943–1944, several members of the family were executed for opposing the reoccupation of Kosovo. Central to this narrative is Vahide Domaneku, who endured the loss of her husband, son, and relatives with remarkable dignity and became…
The Serbian massacre of Catholic Albanians of Kusar on April 13, 1941
This is a photograph showing a memorial for the Catholic Albanians who were murdered by the Serbian invading troops in the village of Kusar on April 13, 1941. They were:
Gjon Prenkë Gjokaj (1881-1941), Dode Prenkë Gjookaj (1883-1941), Simon Gjokë Gjokaj (1884-1941) and Mihill Simon Gjokaj (1912-1941).
Other Albanians killed by Serbs in 1913 were
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Albanian hero Mustaf Koka who killed two Serbian Secret Service agents of the UDBA
Mustaf Koka, a teacher from Kokaj, Kosovo, was educated in Albania and trained militarily against Yugoslav occupation. Assigned to teach in Remnik, he was pressured by UDBA security agents to cooperate against local Albanian resistance fighters but refused, killing two pursuing agents. Escaping with his wife to his home village, he instructed his mother to…
List of names of the Serbian war criminals who killed Albanian civilians at the Massacre of Krushë
Ovo je skenirani dokument koji prikazuje spisak imena srpskih ratnih zločinaca i ubica koji su masakrirali desetine albanskih civila u masakru u Kruši. Николић Раде
Николић Витко
Николић Живко
Петковић Вукадин
Станковић Станислав
Петковић Добри
Николић Од Крста
Цветковић Бошко
Петковић Спасава
Тасић Србољуб
This is a scanned document showing a list of names of…
Serbian Chetniks fleeing from the Albanian KLA fighters at the battle of Pashtrik on August 9, 1998
This photo published by Esat Shala shows Serbian Cetnik paramilitaries, responsible for atrocities and war crimes, fleeing after loosing the battle against the KLA (UCK) Albanians at Pashtrik. Serbian Chetniks fleeing from the Albanian KLA fighters at the battle of Pashtrik on August 9, 1998
Serb and Yugoslav imprisonment, torture and murder of Albanians
“UNPRECEDENTED JUDICIAL TERROR
Zijah SHEMSIU, (34), Përlepnica, worker (13 years in prison)
Sami KURTESHI (24), Gjilan student (9 years in prison)
Fetah SHEMSIU, (26, Përlepnica, worker (5.6 years in prison)
Taip ZEKA, (40), Gjilan, brother of Kadri Zeka, worker (5.6 years in prison)
Hasan SHEMSIU, (60), Përlepnica, farmer (4 years in prison)
Shaban SHEMSIU (37),…
The tower of the Albanian Bekëhasani family in Lower Ratish burned down by Turks in 1909, by Serbs in 1918, by Yugoslav Serbs in 1944 and by Cetnik Serbs in 1999
The Tower of the Bekëhasani family of Lower Ratish was rebuilt after every war. It was the base of the Albanian Kachak movement for centuries, and is now called the Tower of Asllan Hasanaj. It was burned by the Ottomans in 1909, by Serbia in 1918 and by the Yugoslavs in 1944 and lastly in…
Albanian martyr Zija Shemsiu who was tortured and murdered in prison by the Serbs in Belgrad
Malsor Grajqefvci writes of Zija Shemsiu, an Albanian who was murdered by Serbs in Belgrad in prison. Albanian martyr Zija Shemsiu who was murdered in prison by the Serbs Belgrad in prison
Serbian Cetnik torture of the Albanian fighter Ramadan at the Battle of Cakorr in 1941 who was left for dead and saved by the Germans of Wehrmacht
In 1941, the now deceased Ramadan was captured alive by the Serbian Cetniks at the Battle of Qakor. The Serbs first gouged out his eye with a bayonet and then cut his neck, thinking he was dead. After a while, he regained consciousness and survived for about three days by eating grass. Then the German…
Albanian martyrs Rexhep Cakë Hasanaj and Ali Mete Pozhari
This article is dedicated to the two fighters of the Albanian forces who resisted the Serbian Cetnik attacks in World War II. Ali Met Pozhari came from a patriotic family that gave a lot for the Albanian cause and is the head of the Berisha tribe. Rexhep Cakë Hasanaj came from a patriotic family of…
When the Ottoman Albanian artillery in Kumanovë almost forced the Serbian invaders to retreat in November 1912
In November 1912, my great-grandfather Jashari left this village with a prepared group of horses and mules, with which they had carried weapons and gunpowder for the Ottoman army (now in decline) at the Kumanovo front. However, an Albanian who was an artillery commander in the Ottoman army, rashly gave the order to fire towards…
When Serbs shelled the family home of a two-year old boy named Arbër Hajdari in March 1999
Esat Shalas writes that in Dobrushë e Epërme, on March 1999, Arbër Hajdari, a two-year-old child, was wounded and rendered unconscious when he was shot in the village where he lived with his family. The Serbian army and police shelled the family home. When Serbs shelled the family home of a two-year old boy named…
When Serbian troops massacred 8 members of Saranda Bogujevci’s family and fired 16 bullets at her in 1999
Saranda Bogujevci had 8 members of her family killed by the Serbian troops in the Massacre of Podujevo and she survived with 16 bullets in her body.
British special operations captain Vicki Wentworth crying in Kaçanik in June 1999 during the burial of over 15 children aged 8 months to 6 years massacred by the Serbian army.
This is an article about Captain Vicki Wentworth from Swansea, in the United Kingdom, viewing a mass grave of Albanian civilians massacred by Serbian invaders on 1999-06-14. Vicki, who was part of many special operations against the Soviets, had stated that Serbian crimes against children in Kosovo are the most inhumane in history, not even…
When the militarily superior Serbia was defeated by the small KLA Albanian guerilla (UÇK) on June 6, 1999
Serbia during its aggressions against Albanians was forced capitulate on 09.06. 1999. Despite being superior in military strength, with jets, tanks and artillery, the Serbian troops lost to a small KLA army. When the Albanians launched “Operation Arrow” the Serbs were forced to capitulate in Kumanovo to NATO, as they viewed it as shameful to…
The Albanian heroine Yllka Domi who fell heroically on May 7, 1999 at the Battle of Çabrati defending her home from Serbian invaders
The Albanian heroine Yllka Domi who fell heroically on May 7, 1999 at the Battle of Çabrati defending her home from Serbian invaders
When the Serbian invaders lost 7,000 troops invading the Albanian regions of Bardhoc, Bicaj, Morinë, Uki i Vjerrë, Gjegjni and Përbregu in 1912
On November 15, 1912, Luma was involved in the flames of the First Balkan War for independence against the Serbian army. During three days, the people of Luma fought fierce battles against a Serbian attack reinforced with the entire arsenal of weapons of the time. When the Serbian invaders lost 7,000 troops invading the Albanian…
The Serbian paper Radničke novine“, no. 223, November 22, 1913: The Serbian massacre of the Albanians of Luma carried ut by Jurišić and Milićević
On November 22, 1913 the Serbian soldier Dimitrija Tucovićija, nicknamed “Certi”, wrote a letter to the Serbian paper “Radničke novine“ about the Serbian atrocities and massacre of the Albanians of Lume. The massacre was carried out by Serb captain Jurisic (Jurišićita) and Lieutenant Colonel Miliqevic (Milićevićem). The Serbian paper Radničke novine“, no. 223, November 22,…
Fahri Xharra: The creation of Serbia and the Albanian Kelmendi tribe
In the fund archive AS- ZAL-1/107, the document “Yugoslavian Post” no. 3535 dated 07.01.1940 “Klimenti i njojati oseçaji” (Kelmedi and how they felt themselves) by the author Ibrahim Lutfiq is preserved. Reading the book “Milorad Bošnjak – Slobodan Jakovljević: KARAĐORĐEVIĆI – skrivena istorija” – Karađorđevićët – Histori e měshehur” one reads so many archival sources.…
When the Serbs killed the 11-year old boy Shemsi Elshani after the ceasefire was declared
“Fellow villager and school friend Shemsi Elshani, a young boy who was fetching water for his father in the mountains, was killed by the Serbian Chetnik army at the time when the ceasefire was declared, but the Serbian state was treacherous and killed Shemsi, who was only 11 years old.”
The Serbian massacres of the Albanians of Lubisht (Lybishtë) in 1912-1999
Lybishtë village in the Karadak region experienced severe Serbian violence from 1908 to 1999. Numerous Albanian civilians and fighters were killed in repeated attacks, including major massacres in 1912–1913 when around 90 men and boys were executed by Serbian Chetnik units. Additional killings occurred in 1918, 1925, 1941, and during the Kosovo War in 1999.…
The Albanian heroine and martyr Ganimete Gjylani who fell on August 23, 1998 defending her home from Serbian invaders
The Kosova Liberation Army (KLA) had many brave women in its ranks, brave girls who went into battle side by side with the male fighters and fought the Serbian invaders without batting an eyelid. One of them was the heroine Ganimete Gjylani, who was martyred on August 23, 1998.
Ahmet Zogus actions during the Serbian atrocities in Dibër in 1920
King Ahmet Zog has been attacked and continues to be attacked with the history of the Albanian People’s Liberation Army even today. There is no man without sin, but it is right for everyone to be given justice. Below we can read on his position on the forced departures from the Serbian invaders in the…
The Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) tribe (1913) and the Albanians defending Ulqin (1880)
In this photo we can see members of the native american Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) tribe from 1913 and on the right the Albanians of Ulqin defending the city in 1880. The photos show striking similarities.
The resistance of the Albanians of Dinosha against the Montenegrin invasions (1862-1882) and the atrocities in the Bajrak of Koja (1858)
In this article by Kol Juncaj, we can read of the Albanians of Dinosha in their resistance against the Serbo-Montenegrin attacks. In 1858, the Montenegrins, led by their lord Shqepan Mali, attacked the Bajrak of Koja, where the Montenegrin army slaughtered even the male babies according to the testimony of Kole Bardhi Krcaj from Koja.…
Maria Efthimiou, Professor of the University of Athens, states that Greece was inhabited by Arvanite Albanians
An interesting moment is the opening of Greek schools for Arvanite children on the island of Speca, where one of the teachers writes that “while I was teaching them Greek, the children were teaching me Albanian”.
Maria Efthimiou, a professor of history at the University of Athens, awarded an honorary prize by the Greek presidency,…
A photo of Brahim Uli Kajoshaj, Zef Prëka Berishaj, Selman Juku Dukaj, Prel Kola Kalaj, Marash Tocrri Berishaj, Pretash Nika Camaj, Marash Ujk Dushi Kalaj, Tom Gjon Smaku Berishaj, Mehmet Murati Gjokaj, Kol Zefi i Grudës Ivezaj, Smajl Haxhia Çunmulaj and Malot Pretashi Berishaj
From the left: Brahim Uli Kajoshaj, Zef Prëka Berishaj, Selman Juku Dukaj, Prel Kola Kalaj, Marash Tocrri Berishaj, Pretash Nika Camaj, Marash Ujk Dushi Kalaj, Tom Gjon Smaku Berishaj, Mehmet Murati Gjokaj, Kol Zefi i Grudës Ivezaj, Smajl Haxhia Çunmulaj, Malot Pretashi Berishaj
When a racist Macedonian Slav killed an Albanian child intentionally in 2016
This is a photo of Almir Aliu, intentionally run over by a vehicle by a Macedonian Slav, in a fit of ethnic hatred, on July 1, 2016, in Kumanovo.
When Serbian soldiers cut off the hand of an innocent Albanian child and killed the family in 1999
Esat Shala has published a video where we can see a boy with a missing arm after the Serbian soldiers cut it off after killing his family.
Serbian interview: 700,000 Albanians live in Belgrad
During an interview in a Serbian studio one of the interviewed publicly admit on national television that seven hundred thousand Albanians live in Belgrade alone, which constitutes 58% of the city’s population (1.2 million inhabitants) if we refer to current figures.
Philip J. Cohens book: Serbs participated in the extermination of Jews and Hebrews in World War 2
80 years of Serbian propaganda, propaganda that portrays Serbs as anti-fascists and defenders of Jews during the Holocaust.
Written by a Jew and based on hundreds of sources and documents, the book brings us the truth that Serbs actively participated in the persecution and murder of Jews during World War II and that anti-Semitism…
An Albanian child looks at the bloody shield of the tractor in which Serbs killed two family members, Behram and Baki.
This photo, taken in Kotor on 12 June 1998, published by Albanian hero Esat Shala shows an Albanian child looing at the bloody shield of the tractor in which Serbs killed two family members, Behram and Baki.
Edith Durham: the Albanian is the oldest inhabitant of the Balkans
The article analyzes a British encyclopedic portrayal of Albania discovered by researcher Shyqyri Nimani in an antiquarian collection in Bournemouth. The source, Peoples of All Nations, edited by J. A. Hammerton, includes an extensive section on Albania written mainly by Mary Edith Durham, with contributions by H. T. Montague Bell. The encyclopedia presents Albanians as…
Prof. Oliver Jens Schmitt: The Serbs played a key role as supporters of the Ottomans during their expansion into the Balkans
According to Prof. Oliver Jens Schmitt, the Serbs played a key role as supporters of the Ottomans during their expansion into the Balkans and in the capture of Constantinople. One of the most decisive moments was the Second Battle of Kosovo, where they thwarted a possible alliance between Gjergj Kastrioti and the Hungarian leader, Janos…
When Serbs worked the lands for rich Albanians in Preshevë in 1871
This document states that Serbs worked the land for Albanians. In Prehevo in 1871, about 600 houses are mentioned, of which 570 are Albanian (“Арнауташа”) and about 30 Serb. Serbs are described there as serving the wealthier Albanians as “čivčije” (dependent peasants) and servants, cultivating their land for a certain salary or a small share…
The Serbian propaganda of Vuk Karadžić inspired by German Romanticism and the changing of locations in Albania
Karadžić’s Srpski rječnik (1818), the first dictionary of modern Serbian, reflects this early, Herderian phase of nationalism. Containing approximately 26,000 entries with German and Latin explanations, the dictionary also includes references to Albanian spaces and populations. Notably, the city of Peja (Ipek) is described as being located in Albania. However, in the revised 1852 edition,…
Balkan Academia 