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The Albanian National Awakening (Albanian: Rilindja or Rilindja Kombëtare), commonly known as the Albanian Renaissance or Albanian Revival, is a period throughout the 19th and 20th century of a cultural, political, and social movement in the Albanian history where the Albanian people gathered strength to establish an independent cultural and political life, as well as the country of Albania.
The term Turco-Albanian is a compound made up of the words Turk and Albanian. The word Albanian was and still is a term used as an ethnonym. [15] Whereas the word Turk was viewed at times by Western Europeans [16] [17] or by non Muslim Balkan peoples as being synonymous with Muslim.
The Albanian revolt of 1912 (Albanian: Kryengritja e vitit 1912, "Uprising of 1912"), was the last revolt against the Ottoman Empire's rule in Albania and lasted from January until August 1912. [1] [2] [3] The revolt ended when the Ottoman government agreed to fulfill the rebels' demands on 4 September 1912.
The Albanian Declaration of Independence ( Albanian: Deklarata e Pavarësisë) was the declaration of independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire. Independent Albania was proclaimed in Vlorë on 28 November 1912. Six days later the Assembly of Vlorë formed the first Government of Albania which was led by Ismail Qemali and the Council of ...
Until the start of World War Two in 1939, most Albanians in Australia had no interest in becoming naturalised; many of them planned to return to Albania. With the threat of conflict in Europe, some Albanians returned there to retrieve their families. [54]
The Albania national football team ( Albanian: Kombëtarja e futbollit të Shqipërisë) represents Albania in men's international football, and is governed by the Albanian Football Federation (FSHF), the governing body for football in Albania . Albania competes in three major international football tournaments: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA ...
In Switzerland, no statistics have been collected so far on how many people call themselves Albanians. Based on the 2000 census, the number of Albanian speakers was estimated at 170,000. Based on the 2000 census, the number of Albanian speakers was estimated at 170,000.
