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Kosova: Diaspora Sends Home 500 Million Euros Annually

The Kosovan diaspora, mainly in Western Europe, according to experts, continue to be a major source of income for many Kosovo families. “Their primary objective is to support their families in Kosovo, which [in turn] contributes to a lower level of poverty [in the country],” says Edita Krasniqi, an economist. She says Kosovo lacks an [...]

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(Shqip) Kronika e zezë në diasporë- përmbledhje lajmesh

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Albanians became US citizens at Battle of Saratoga site

In America’s birthday which was yesterday, it was a re-birth of sorts for nearly two dozen people who came to the United States from around the world to build new lives and live the American dream. They obtained new citizenship after taking the oath of allegiance in a moving ceremony at the Saratoga National Historical [...]

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(Shqip) Poshtërohet diaspora

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Albanian immigrants leaving Greece in droves

Statistically, Greece and Italy host the largest populations of Albanian expatriates. The Albanian government admits the remittances from Albanian emigrants in Greece have dropped, but says the country is not experiencing the negative effects it feared. Despite the contradictory opinions among politicians, Albanian emigrants keep coming back, some to settle permanently, others waiting for better [...]

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Albanian community gathering at the first Australia-wide Albanian National Day celebration at Footscray Park, 1994. Source: E.S. Lloga

First mosques in Australia and America were built by Albanians

Between 1901 and the beginning of World War II, approximately 700,000 new settlers arrived and Australia’s population grew to around seven million. Among these new settlers were young Albanian and Bosnian Muslims whose European heritage made them more compatible with the White Australia Policy. Travel documents and personal declarations are held in the National Archives of Australia, [...]

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