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Kosova can always count in the support of the United States and of the Albanian-American community

Honorable Madam President Vjosa Osmani, Congratulations on your recent election as the President of the Republic of Kosova. The recent...

Kosova can always count in the support of the United States and of the Albanian-American community

Honorable Madam President Vjosa Osmani, Congratulations on your recent election as the President of the Republic of Kosova. The recent... Read more »

Virtual Visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer to Albania

During a “virtual visit” to Albania April 6, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer met with President Meta, PM... Read more »

NATO leaders: Dwight D. Eisenhower

In all history, this is the first time that an allied headquarters has been set up in peace, to preserve... Read more »

The new book: HOMER’S ILIAD, ADAPTATION TO THE ALBANIAN LANGUAGE AND WRONG EUROPEAN TRANSLATIONS

ABSTRACT Homer’s Iliad is the oldest work written in European literature and as such has been praised by scientific circles... Read more »

Arbëreshë Oral Storytelling with George Richard Manus

Talk & Live Conversation Please join us for an intimate fireside chat with George Richard Manus, an evening of Arbëreshë storytelling... Read more »

DEMOTIC BROUGHT BY WIND OR ALBANIAN FROM THE ROOTS?

By Saimir Lolja The seaport town of Navarino locates in south of Doric (Morea; today, Peloponnese) Peninsula. Its original name... Read more »

SOFRA Movement: The Birth of Albanian LGBTQ+ Activism in America

By Anila Duro, LGBTQ+ Ally and Partner, Adjunct Professor, Researcher & Doctoral Candidate Valentina Djelaj, LGBTQ+ Ally and Partner, Director... Read more »

International Women’s day marked with Acting President Vjosa Osmani and girls from non-majority communities, together with UN Women and British Embassy

On Monday, 8th of March 2021, UN Women jointly the Office of the President, and partner IPKO Foundation, supported by... Read more »

Thank you for your service Ambassador Çitaku

By Harry Bajraktari I would like to thank Ambassador Vlora Çitaku for her service as the representative of Kosova in... Read more »

The Biden Administration Needs a Point Man for the Balkans

By Akri Çipa President Biden and his foreign policy team have a wide array of international challenges to address. The... Read more »

Dr. Rifat Latifi – leading by example – pledges half-a-million dollars for Kosova’s College of Surgeons

Interview of Illyria with Dr. Rifat Latifi Question: Dr. Latifi, in the last days of 2018, the Kosova College of... Read more »

A true New Yorker, who never forgot his Albanian heritage

Skender Ghilaga (September 25, 1936 – January 14, 2021) Skender Ghilaga was born in Dibra, Albania to Haxhi Ghilaga and... Read more »

Bullets Shatter Window of Journalist’s Car in Kosova

By Besim Abazi PRISHTINA, KOSOVA – About midnight Sunday, reporter Shkumbin Kajtazi heard gunshots ring out in Mitrovica, the Kosovar... Read more »

Bipartisan and transatlantic cooperation is needed to resolve the Kosova issue once and for all

Interview with David Phillips, Director, Program on Peace-building and Rights (Institute for the Study of Human Rights – Columbia University)-... Read more »

One year ago, Hurricane Sandy happened

This is the story of how some Albanians of New York and their friends rushed to help those in need... Read more »

Congressman Gary Peters met with Albanian Ambassador to U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Gary Peters met with Albanian Ambassador to the U.S. Gilbert Galanxhi to discuss the... Read more »

Dacic sells Kosova’s deal: “We could have rejected it and become Europe’s North Korea”

By Jovana Gec, Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia April 26, 2013 (AP) – Serbia’s prime minister on Friday urged Parliament to... Read more »

Kosova deal leaves new role, new support for NATO presence

By Steven Beardsley, Stars and Stripes In a region where memories of war are fresh and grievances long-held, last week’s... Read more »

Resistance to Islamist Infiltration Continues in Kosova and Albania

Away from the eyes of the world, ideological Islamists pursue infiltration of the moderate Muslim communities in Kosova and Albania.... Read more »

Serbia, Kosova reach tentative deal on relations

By Don Mevlin BRUSSELS (AP) — Serbia and Kosova reached a potentially historic agreement Friday to normalize relations between... Read more »

Thousands of Serbs protest EU-brokered deal to normalize ties with rival Kosova

By Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — Thousands of Serb demonstrators, chanting “Treason, Treason,” protested Monday against an agreement to normalize... Read more »

Young Albanian actor plays in a web-based thriller series

Alex Dhima from Boston is Connor Solloway, the son of a family hiding a terrible dark secrets –“Family Problems” airs... Read more »

Albanian blood feud kids spend lives in hiding

By Llazar Semini SHKODER, Albania (AP) — Throughout her short life, Marsela has lived in hiding. Few people ever visit.... Read more »

German police return smuggled artifacts to Kosova

Found in 2005 during a separate undisclosed investigation, discovering the pieces in a sports bag belonging to two Serbs By... Read more »

A Pyramid’s Life

A short story by Iva Gjoni It was said that it was similar to the pyramid of Cheops. They built... Read more »

Rob Belushi follows father Jim and uncle John in family business with TV show

By Associated Press CHICAGO — The name on Hollywood audition lists and casting sheets must be unmistakably eye-catching: Rob... Read more »

Illyria newspaper and the Albanian-American community celebrate the 5th anniversary of Kosova’s independence

Hundreds of Albanian-Americans gathered at Pasha Events in Manhattan on Saturday February 16th to celebrate the independence of Kosova.... Read more »

Ani Gjika’s world is animate, almost Ovidian

Her metaphoric, metamorphic imagination roils the poems to an intensity that the tone keeps pressing back down By Rosanna... Read more »

Kosova President Says Independence Is “Irreversible”

By RFE RL (RFE/RL) — President Atifete Jahjaga has said in a televised address that Kosovan independence was “irreversible” and... Read more »