In April 1736, Codex number 72 of Berat was transcribed, a monument of our medieval culture with precious artistic and historical values. The codex mentions several composers of the time, including Jan Kukuzeli, one of the most prominent figures of Albanian musical art.

On April 16, 1917, the intellectual Hilë Mosi established in Shkodër the library with an Albanian profile with a fund of 6000 volumes. It served as the nucleus for the establishment of the national library, a name it officially received five years later, in 1922.

In April 1999, the streets of all the cities of Kosovo were filled with a long column of Albanians who were displaced. The Serbs aimed at ethnic cleansing, through massacres and mass displacement, implementing ‘Operation Horse Shoe’. The forcibly displaced from Gjakova and Suhareka experienced the worst Serbian violence.

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