On April 25, 1911, the Assembly of emigrants was held in the church of Fandi in Bucharest, which announced the decision to declare Albania independent from the Ottoman Empire.

On April 25, 1921, the “Atdheu” /Fatherland/ Federation was founded in Vlora.

On April 25, 1933, the prominent Hungarian albanologist Baron Franc Nopça passed away. For several years he worked in Albania as a specialist in the field of geology and pantheology, where he was also attracted by characteristic and original ethnographic studies.

On April 25, 2003, Robert Shvarc, an outstanding personality of our national culture, died in Tirana at the age of 71. Shvarci, as a rare translator, renewed the tradition of translating Noli, Konica, Kuteli, as well as the works of the most famous European and Latin American authors. Robert Shvarc has been an ardent defender and prominent researcher of the Albanian language. For his artistic values, he was awarded the high title “Great Master”. The well-known translator Robert Shvarc received this title shortly after receiving another title, that of Honorary Citizen of Tirana. This title was given to him on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

Shvarc translated some of the world’s greatest works into Albanian, among which we can mention the novels of Remarque, Goethe, Fojtvanger, Apic, Traven and Markez. He passed away on April 25, 2003, after a long heart disease.

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