December 31 is the last day of the year. We wish our listeners and readers that the New Year brings you health, love, joy in the family. A Happy New Year from Radio Tirana!

On the last day of 1901, Zef Serembe, one of the most lyrical poets of Albanian literature, passed away. He was born in Strigari, Cozenza. He was a student of Jeronim de Rada, a fighter for the unification of Italy and for the liberation of the homeland of the ancestors, Albania, from the five-century Ottoman rule. In 1883, he published the poetic volume Italian poems and original songs translated from Albanian.

On December 31, 1925, Tirana officially took the status as the Capital of Albania.

On December 31, 1936, Dr. Simon Pepa was born in Shkodër. He was lecturer of the Albanian language at the University of Shkodër “Luigj Gurakuqi” for 30 years.

December 31, 1943 – January 2, 1944, the Conference of Bujan, often described as the second League of Prizren, took place in the Highlands of Gjakova. It established the Provincial National Liberation Council for Kosova. Kosovan patriots demanded the secession of Kosova and the Dukagjin Plain from Yugoslavia.

On the evening of December 31, 1945, the clergy Father Gjovani Fausti and Father Daniel Dajani were arrested. After a false trial, they were shot on March 4, 1946.

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