Albanian nationalism

A decision to change the flag waving from a tall pole at  at the entrance to Pristina, at the place known as "the roundabout", has divided the public in Kosovo.

Up until Tuesday, the red and black Albanian national flag waved from the pole - but Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj then gave an order to replace it with Kosovo's own flag.

The current circumstances with regard to the solution of the "Macedonian" issue are, historically speaking, the most positive.

I will mention a few reasons why.

Recent by Albanian Prime Minister Albania Edi Rama are "fully in accord with the widespread Greater Albania ambitions."

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this in a comment by the Information and Press Department "regarding statements by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on the Macedonian parliament passing the Law on the Use of Languages."

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this in a comment by the Information and Press Department "regarding statements by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on the Macedonian parliament passing the Law on the Use of Languages."

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci says the Albanians are "a nation with two sovereign states and a dream of joining Euro-Atlantic institutions."

"We are one nation with two sovereign states. Both of our states have one dream, they have one goal, integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions," Thaci said at a ceremony marking 105 years since the proclamation of independence of Albania, and Albanian National Flag Day, Beta has reported.

Kosovo Liberation Army veterans marked Albanian independence day by protesting against the convictions of 33 ethnic Albanians found guilty of involvement in a deadly gun battle with police in Kumanovo, Macedonia.

The governments of Albania and Kosovo signed agreements on Monday establishing the co-financing of offices aimed at educating the Albanian diaspora from both countries by creating new cultural centres.

The fourth joint meeting of the two countries' governments was held in Korca, a city in southeastern Albania. The unification of the diaspora was its primary focus.

Kosovo police arrested three Vetevenedosje MPs, Albin Kurti, former leader of Vetevendosje, Albulena Haxhiu and Donika Kadaj Bujupi, at around 10am on Friday in Pristina while they were going to parliament to attend a session.

Kosovo has declared neighboring Albania's independence day a national holiday.

A government statement on November 23 said that Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj had made November 28 a "day of Albanians…to respect historical and cultural values and good family and social traditions."