“TO CHANGE THE HISTORIAN”
INTERVIEW/ “A BILATERAL COMMISSION TO REMOVE OFFENSIVE LABELS”
Ferit Duka: The Turks, not 500 years of occupiers
History Professor: Scientific texts must be stripped of political language. After the 16th century there was economic and cultural development within the Empire
INTERVIEW/ “A BILATERAL COMMISSION TO REMOVE OFFENSIVE LABELS”
“TO CHANGE THE HISTORIAN”
Ferit Duka: The Turks, not 500 years of occupiers
History Professor: Scientific texts must be stripped of political language.
After the 16th century there was economic and cultural development within the Empire
By FATMIRA NIKOLLI
The Albanian history under the Ottoman Empire should be revised.” This was the statement made yesterday by the historian of this period, Prof. Dr. Ferit Duka. He added that “the revision of history should be carried out by joint commissions of experts, so that the textbooks are cleansed of the inappropriate terminology used when it comes to presenting the history of the peoples of the region, and also when speaking about contacts and relations between them.” During an interview for “Gazeta Shqiptare”, Professor Duka, among the best known for this period, said that history must be stripped of the language of hatred used by politics, because political language lies outside the science of history. “History must be stripped of any offensive labeling of peoples and various social, cultural, etc. groups,” Duka declared, thus becoming the first Albanian to come out in favor of revising the textbooks, after the request made by the Turkish government to that of Kosovo...
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RUDINA XHUNGA SHARES THE ENGAGEMENT SWEETS: NOW I AM HAPPY
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DIPLOMAT DRITAN HILA
RUDINA XHUNGA SHARES THE ENGAGEMENT SWEETS:
NOW I AM HAPPY
On page 30
The sad balance of power
Comment of the Day
By AFRIM KRASNIQI
Two years ago the Albanian parliament gave its vote of confidence to an unusual governing majority: a coalition of numbers between the right-wing PD, the left-wing LSI,...
The sad balance of power
Continues on page 27
Arvizu: Berisha no. 1, Nano no. 2, Rama artist
“21 JANUARY, THE POLICE ACTED VERY RIGHTLY”
Arvizu:
Berisha no. 1,
Nano no. 2,
Rama artist
On page 3
Crowds for enrollment, police protect elite schools
“HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS”
Crowds for enrollment,
police protect
elite schools
Supplement
Stalin and Tito, a conversation in 1946 about Albania
RUSSIAN ARCHIVES
Stalin and
Tito, a conversation
in 1946 about
Albania
On pages 24-25
Agricultural University, the names of 134 winning professors
Agricultural University,
the names of 134
winning professors
On page 11
Milo: The US should understand us, our vote at the UN in favor of Palestine
Our former ambassador to Israel: Support for the American veto
Milo: The US should understand us,
our vote at the UN in favor of Palestine
(In the photo:) Former Foreign Minister Paskal Milo, our former ambassador to Israel Tonin Gjuraj, UN Headquarters in New York
The UN session in New York leaves the Albanian government in a difficult diplomatic position. The European Union supports recognition of the new state
Diplomat Tonin Gjuraj: This is not the moment; such a resolution should be supported. The government should ask Israel to recognize Kosovo
On pages 6-7
Agim Fagu: The behind-the-scenes of my departure from KOKSH
INTERVIEW
Agim Fagu:
The behind-the-scenes
of my departure
from KOKSH
On page 28
Basha meets Volfarti: Intervention for traffic
THE MAYOR
Basha meets
Volfarti:
Intervention
for traffic
On page 11
For now, calm
Yesterday in “The Economist”
On Wednesday, after the visit to Kosovo, I wrote that, having been predisposed for a “big clash”. And in fact, one day later, at the Security Forum...
TIM JUDAH
For now, calm
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