It would seem heresy and absurd to deny the albanianism of the poetry of Girolamo De Rada. But whoever wants to be sincere, at least among the Albanians of Albania, cannot deny that there is something that sounds foreign to them; and this explains how in Albania, the poetry of De Rada, first admitte…

La corrente dei patrioti che perorava il risorgimento della nazione  a rivista « Albania» (1897 1909), edita prima a Bruxelles e poi a Londra e diretta dall’incomparabile stilista Faik Konitzà. Molti scrittori le si schierarono attorno. Per la prima volta articoli e saggi e versi di Gheghi e Toschi …

Gli usi che portano a stabilire il sesso del nascituro non differiscono molto tra le comunita albanesi del Molise (1). Cosi a Ururi si cerca di indovinarlo dalla forma che il ventre della gestante presenta: se a punta, sara maschio, se rotondo, sara femmina; oppure dal modo di alzarsi della gestante…

     « Apë »   quhet në Shkodër e ndër rrethe  vllau mâ i madh: ka të   njâjtin veshtrim si në disa vise tjera të Shqipnis fjala   « lalë ».   Apë na thirrshim gjyshin. Ndoshta i kish mbetë ky emën pse ishte mâ i madhi ndër vëllazën. Por, në Shkodër, kështu u …

The United Nations are long-term active in the fight against corruption, a phenomenon troubling developed and undeveloped nations alike. Quite recently, through GA Resolution no. 75/194, asset recovery eventually gained new momentum, with a series of recommendations towards the UN Member States. Hen…

The article aims to retrace the role of the Council of Europe (CoE) in the fight against corruption. The analysis focuses on the institution of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), mandated to monitoring and evaluating the implementation of CoE instruments in subiecta materia, according t…

This paper aims to examine the phenomena of corruption and money laundering, outlining the relationship of “continuity” running between them. The analysis presented here focuses on the evolution of modern criminal networks and their methods in recent years. The results highlight the points of conver…

EU membership accentuates values. The current emphasis is a case of EU idealism, of stricter conditionality in response to political ideology and governance. Democracy is tantamount to liberal democracy, but at the same time pluralism is an integral part of the conditionality. This raises the questi…

This article aims to underline how the Western Balkans are an area of fundamental geo-strategic interest for the security inside and outside Europe. Its geostrategic importance was even more evident when, since 2015, the Western Balkans havebeen crossed by one of the most impressive migratory routes…

Constitutions and the International Charters of Rights are concerned to ensure the judicial verification of the unlawfulness of facts in compliance with the inalienable rights of the person and the presumption of innocence. Today, modern criminal procedural law, which has always been conditioned by …

Cybercrimes, cyber terrorism and cyber war are the pandemic of the 21st century. This problem existed before, but lately they have spread with a rapid speed, and have modified from their basic appearance, which makes them difficult to follow. The purpose of this paper is to show the need for a cyber…

The right to asylum in Albania is part of the fundamental human rights and freedoms sanctioned in the Constitution of Albania and the domestic legislation. Starting from the dark communist period of human rights in Albania, until today, the right to asylum has evolved continuously. This article will…