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…

The Global Commission on Election, Democracy and Security defines election integrity as “election that is based on the democratic principles of universal suffrage and political equality as reflected in international standards and agreements, and is professional, impartial, and transparent in its pre…

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…

Me rastin e 25 vjetorit të nënshkrimit të Deklaratës së Barcelonës, Bashkimi evropian po përgatitet të përfundojë një partneritet të rinovuar me vendet e bregut jugor të Detit Mesdhe, i cili përbëhet nga pesë pika kyçe: zhvillimi njerëzor, qeverisja e mirë dhe sundimi i shtetit të së drejtës, të dre…

Punimi trajton temën e imigracionit nga pikëpamja e zbatimit të sanksioneve penale si një rezultat i shkeljes së rregullave që e qeverisin atë. Analiza fillon me demonstrimin e papërshtatshmërisë së sistemit të pritjes së migrantëve të përgatitur nga BashkimiEvropian (Rregullorja e Dublinit), me çës…

The chronology of the written Albanian literature is above all related to the patchy texts and unique works from the content point-of-view, as each initial definition and of the presence in them of some textual elements defining the particularity and also the common thematic that makes possible a ge…

I was suggested to participate in the second session of the International Albanological Conference in the format lectio magistralis. For some days and weeks, I was somewhat undecided whether to hold this presentation, or another one.Decades ago, since my dissertation on the Albanian heroic legendary…

"Gjergj Kastrioti-Scanderbeg (1405-17.01.1468) is the most important national hero and the greatest strategist and statesman of Albanians who led the war for freedom against the Ottoman occupation for the political-national union of the Albanians.2The many frequent military victories glorified Scand…

Every anniversary of events or of big national personalities is always a good impetus to further reflect and deepen more in their study, to extract new point-of views in their less illuminated sides.The 550 anniversary of Gjergj Kastrioti's death is such a great motive. Scanderbeg's war against the …

This year in Albania and abroad marks the celebration of the 600- birth anniversary of Gjergj Kastrioti-Scanderbeg. His place and role in the Albanian and European history are of an extraordinary importance. He organized and led for circa a quarter a century the Albanian people war against the Ottom…

Political events contribute a small part of the historical context when describing and analyzing the political history of any period. The science of history is a set of specified relationships encompassing different historic matters that focus and organize inquiry to describe, explain, and predict d…

Since the beginning of the Ottoman invasions in the Balkans, Ragusa served as a center of information for the Christian Europe related to the circumstances in Albania due to the wars against the Ottoman invader, and through Ragusa were kept the connections with the Hungarian king Sigismund.Therefore…