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font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">1916–1920</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px 3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Koritsa.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of"><img alt="Flag of" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_Koritsa.svg/125px-Flag_of_Koritsa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_Koritsa.svg/188px-Flag_of_Koritsa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_Koritsa.svg/250px-Flag_of_Koritsa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> </div> <div>Flag</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:1914_albania_en.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Albania after its fragmentation in 1916[1]"><img alt="Albania after its fragmentation in 1916[1]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/1914_albania_en.svg/250px-1914_albania_en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="469" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/1914_albania_en.svg/375px-1914_albania_en.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/1914_albania_en.svg/500px-1914_albania_en.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="624" data-file-height="1170" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption"><a href="/wiki/Albania_(toponym)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albania (toponym)">Albania</a> after its fragmentation in 1916<big><sup id="cite_ref-SteinN.Y.)2000_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SteinN.Y.)2000-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></big></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Protectorate of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" title="Korçë">Korçë</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Common languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">14-member local government</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Prefect of Police<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1916-1920 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Themistokli Gërmenji</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Historical era</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Protocol signed </div></th><td class="infobox-data">December 10, 1916</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• French Army depart </div></th><td class="infobox-data">June 15, 1920</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data">Korçë frange</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Albania_%281915%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Albania_%281915%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Albania_%281915%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Albania_%281915%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Albania_%281915%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Albania_%281915%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Albania" title="Principality of Albania">Principality of Albania</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Albania" title="Principality of Albania">Principality of Albania</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Albania_%281915%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Albania_%281915%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Albania_%281915%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Albania_%281915%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Albania_%281915%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Albania_%281915%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Autonomous Province of Korçë</b> (<a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: <i lang="sq">Krahina Autonome e Korçës</i>), sometimes referred to as <b>Republic of Korçë</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">République de Koritza</i>), was an autonomous legal entity established in 27/10 December 1916, by the local French forces after the city of <a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" title="Korçë">Korçë</a> fell under their control during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, and which lasted until 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHötte201711_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHötte201711-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to developments in the <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Front_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonian Front (World War I)">Macedonian Front</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> the city of <a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" title="Korçë">Korçë</a> came under French control (1916–20). During this time 14 representatives of Korçë and French Colonel Descoins signed a protocol that proclaimed the Autonomous Albanian Province of Korçë under the military protection of the French army and with <a href="/wiki/Themistokli_G%C3%ABrmenji" title="Themistokli Gërmenji">Themistokli Gërmenji</a> as <i>Prefect of Police</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Schmidt-Neke1987_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-Neke1987-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pearson2004103_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearson2004103-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new authorities introduced <a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> as the official language and replaced <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greek</a> schools with <a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanian</a> ones, which were forbidden during the Greek administration of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Pearson2006103_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearson2006103-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was also a <a href="/wiki/Albanian_National_Lyceum" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian National Lyceum">French school in Korçë</a> and one of its many students, and later teachers, was <a href="/wiki/Enver_Hoxha" title="Enver Hoxha">Enver Hoxha</a>, the future leader of communist Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-ehox_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ehox-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Republic of Korçë was established in 1916 during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHötte201711_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHötte201711-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austro-Hungarian</a> army invaded northern Albania in the spring of 1916, the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Bulgaria">Kingdom of Bulgaria</a>'s army occupied the eastern parts of Albania, including the city of <a href="/wiki/Elbassan" class="mw-redirect" title="Elbassan">Elbassan</a> (which was later handed over to <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a>). The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of France">French</a> army occupied <a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" title="Korçë">Korçë</a> and its surrounding areas on November 29, 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHötte201711_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHötte201711-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> occupied the port of <a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB" title="Vlorë">Vlorë</a> and the region of south <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Albania" title="Principality of Albania">Principality of Albania</a> in December 1914 and in the autumn 1916. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northern_Epirus_question">Northern Epirus question</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Northern Epirus question"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Northern_Epirus" title="Northern Epirus">Northern Epirus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Northern_Epirus" title="Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus">Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus</a></div> <p>Southern Albania is a region with substantial <a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanian</a> (both Muslim and Orthodox), <a href="/wiki/Aromanians" title="Aromanians">Aromanian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greek</a> communities. The Greek national view was to classify all Aromanians and Orthodox Albanians as part of the Greek minority.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Great_Power" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Power">Great Powers</a> signed the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Northern_Epirus#Treaty_of_London_and_Protocol_of_Florence" title="Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus">Protocol of Florence</a> and awarded the region to the newly founded <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Albania" title="Principality of Albania">Principality of Albania</a> on December 17, 1913. To avert the possibility of Albania taking control of the region as Greek forces were withdrawn, pro-Greek <a href="/wiki/Epirotes" class="mw-redirect" title="Epirotes">Epirotes</a> decided to declare their own separate political identity.<sup id="cite_ref-Kondis_1976:_124_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kondis_1976:_124-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Serbia-WW1-4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Serbia-WW1-4.jpg/220px-Serbia-WW1-4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Serbia-WW1-4.jpg/330px-Serbia-WW1-4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Serbia-WW1-4.jpg/440px-Serbia-WW1-4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1023" data-file-height="347" /></a><figcaption>Operation of connecting Italian troops with <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allies</a> on <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_front_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonian front (World War I)">Macedonian front</a> in period December 1915 – December 1916</figcaption></figure> <p>On February 28, 1914, the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Northern_Epirus" title="Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus">Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus</a><sup id="cite_ref-autonomos_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autonomos-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was declared in Gjirokastër and a provisional government was formed.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Protocol_of_Corfu" title="Protocol of Corfu">Protocol of Corfu</a> was signed on May 17, 1914, and the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Albania" title="Principality of Albania">Albanian government</a> officially recognized the area of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Epirus" title="Northern Epirus">Northern Epirus</a> as an autonomous region within the Albanian state.<sup id="cite_ref-Miller518_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller518-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> (July 1914), the situation in Albania became unstable and political chaos ensued. 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href="/wiki/History_of_Albania" title="History of Albania">History of <span class="fn org label">Albania</span></a></th> </tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 0.4em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State emblem of Albania"><img alt="State emblem of Albania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="383" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)">Early History</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Origin_of_the_Albanians" title="Origin of the Albanians">Origin of the Albanians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illyria" title="Illyria">Illyria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illyrians" title="Illyrians">Illyrians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Roman_province)" title="Macedonia (Roman province)">Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illyricum_(Roman_province)" title="Illyricum (Roman province)">Illyricum</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Albania_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Albania in the Middle Ages">Medieval</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania_under_the_Byzantine_Empire" title="Albania under the Byzantine Empire">Byzantine rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania_under_the_Bulgarian_Empire" title="Albania under the Bulgarian Empire">Bulgarian rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Arbanon" title="Principality of Arbanon">Principality of Arbanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Albania_(medieval)" title="Kingdom of Albania (medieval)">Angevin Kingdom of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Albania_(medieval)" title="Principality of Albania (medieval)">Principality of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania_under_Serbia_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Albania under Serbia in the Middle Ages">Serbian rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_principalities" title="Albanian principalities">Principalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Lezh%C3%AB" title="League of Lezhë">League of Lezhë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Albania" title="Venetian Albania">Venetian Albania</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)">Early modern</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Mirdita" class="mw-redirect" title="Principality of Mirdita">Principality of Mirdita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania_under_the_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Albania under the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamization_of_Albania" title="Islamization of Albania">Islamization of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Albania" title="Sanjak of Albania">Sanjak of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Scutari" title="Sanjak of Scutari">Sanjak of Scutari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Dibra" title="Sanjak of Dibra">Sanjak of Dibra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scutari_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Scutari Vilayet">Scutari Vilayet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janina_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Janina Vilayet">Janina Vilayet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manastir_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Manastir Vilayet">Manastir Vilayet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo Vilayet">Kosovo Vilayet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Pashaliks" title="Albanian Pashaliks">Pashaliks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Albanian_Beys" title="Massacre of the Albanian Beys">Massacre of the <i>beys</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_National_Awakening" title="Albanian National Awakening">National Awakening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolts_of_1833%E2%80%931839" title="Albanian revolts of 1833–1839">Revolts of 1833–1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uprising_of_Dervish_Cara" title="Uprising of Dervish Cara">Revolt of 1843–1844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1845" title="Albanian revolt of 1845">Revolt of 1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1847" title="Albanian revolt of 1847">Revolt of 1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Prizren" title="League of Prizren">League of Prizren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Peja" title="League of Peja">League of Peja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1910" title="Albanian revolt of 1910">Revolt of 1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1911" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian revolt of 1911">Revolt of 1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_De%C3%A7iq" title="Battle of Deçiq">Battle of Deçiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1912" title="Albanian revolt of 1912">Revolt of 1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Vilayet" title="Albanian Vilayet">Albanian Vilayet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Albanian Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_art" title="Albanian art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Albania" title="Constitution of Albania">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Albania" title="Economy of Albania">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Albanian_monarchs" title="List of Albanian monarchs">Monarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Armed_Forces" title="Albanian Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_name" title="Albanian name">Names</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Albanian_history" title="Timeline of Albanian history">Timeline</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output 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administration (October 1914–September 1916)</a></div> <p>On October 27, 1914, after approval from the <a href="/wiki/Great_Powers" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Powers">Great Powers</a>, the Greek army re-entered the area.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Greek administration, and while the First World War continued, it had been agreed between Greece, Italy and the Great Powers that the final settlement of the Northern Epirote issue should be left to the future, after the war ended. After <a href="/wiki/Venizelos" title="Venizelos">Venizelos</a>' resignation in December however, the succeeding royalist governments were determined to exploit the situation and pre-determine the region's future by incorporating it formally within the Greek state. In the first months of 1916, Northern Epirus participated in the <a href="/wiki/Greek_legislative_election,_December_1915" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek legislative election, December 1915">Greek elections</a> and elected 16 representatives for the Greek Parliament. In March, the region's union with Greece was officially declared, and the area was divided into the <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Greece" title="Prefectures of Greece">prefectures</a> of Argyrokastro and Korytsa.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bulgarian_occupation_of_Korçë"><span id="Bulgarian_occupation_of_Kor.C3.A7.C3.AB"></span>Bulgarian occupation of Korçë</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bulgarian occupation of Korçë"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_occupation_of_Albania" title="Bulgarian occupation of Albania">Bulgarian occupation of Albania</a></div> <p>After the beginning of Bulgaria's engagement in <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> on the side of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Powers" title="Central Powers">Central Powers</a> in autumn 1915, many ethnic <a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanians</a> joined the Bulgarians who gave them weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Bulgaria">Kingdom of Bulgaria</a> used its army to occupy the eastern part of Albania<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_occupation_of_Albania" title="Bulgarian occupation of Albania">occupation of Albania</a>. </p><p>After the occupation of the eastern parts of Albania, inclusive of the city of Elbasan,<sup id="cite_ref-Pearson2004103_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearson2004103-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on August 18, 1916, the <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_army" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulgarian army">Bulgarian army</a>, probably attempting to join Austrian forces in <a href="/wiki/Albania_(toponym)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albania (toponym)">Albania</a> and in a combined attack on the Italian army, occupied <a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" title="Korçë">Korçë</a> and ejected the Greek garrison from the city.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bulgaria's objective was to persuade the Albanian leaders to elect <a href="/wiki/Prince_Kiril_of_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Kiril of Bulgaria">Prince Kiril</a>, second son of <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_I_of_Bulgaria" title="Ferdinand I of Bulgaria">Ferdinand I of Bulgaria</a>, as their king.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An additional reason for the Bulgarian occupation of Korçë was that Bulgarian positions in <a href="/wiki/Bitolj" class="mw-redirect" title="Bitolj">Bitolj</a> would be seriously threatened if the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allies</a> gained control of Korçë.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albanian_nationalist_movement_and_the_Habsburg_Empire">Albanian nationalist movement and the Habsburg Empire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Albanian nationalist movement and the Habsburg Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the Habsburg forces first advanced into Albania at the tail of the fleeing Serbian forces, they were greeted as liberators, and the Albanian nationalist movement was enthusiastic about their willingness to allow Albanian self government under their wing, and the various Albanian schools they opened across Albania and Kosovo. However, this enthusiasm dimmed after Albanian leaders learned that "assemblies for political purposes were prohibited in districts occupied by Imperial armies", and the disarmament order given by the Austrians was widely resented and even resisted to an extent. As a result, <a href="/wiki/Cheta_(armed_group)" title="Cheta (armed group)">chetas</a> in the area of Korçë led by Themistokli Gërmenji, Mihal Grameno and Sali Butka became interested in other alliances. They would ultimately call for cooperation with the French, because it seemed that the French were inclined to respect what they considered to be Albanian national rights.<sup id="cite_ref-DestaniElsieTarzani_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DestaniElsieTarzani-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="French_occupation_of_Korçë"><span id="French_occupation_of_Kor.C3.A7.C3.AB"></span>French occupation of Korçë</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: French occupation of Korçë"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Korce_French_Cemetery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Korce_French_Cemetery.jpg/220px-Korce_French_Cemetery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Korce_French_Cemetery.jpg/330px-Korce_French_Cemetery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Korce_French_Cemetery.jpg/440px-Korce_French_Cemetery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>French military cemetery in Korçë</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maurice_Sarrail.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Maurice_Sarrail.jpg/220px-Maurice_Sarrail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Maurice_Sarrail.jpg/330px-Maurice_Sarrail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Maurice_Sarrail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="405" data-file-height="498" /></a><figcaption>General Maurice Sarrail, commander of the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allied</a> forces on the <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_front_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonian front (World War I)">Macedonian front</a></figcaption></figure> <p>French troops entered Korçë on November 29, 1916, during a <a href="/wiki/Military_operation" title="Military operation">military operation</a> that aimed to connect the Allied front in <a href="/wiki/Thessalon%C3%ADki" class="mw-redirect" title="Thessaloníki">Thessaloníki</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_front_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonian front (World War I)">Macedonian front</a> to the region in south <a href="/wiki/Albania_(toponym)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albania (toponym)">Albania</a>, which was held by the Italian troops.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> French troops in Korçë were under General <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Sarrail" title="Maurice Sarrail">Maurice Sarrail</a>, and under direct command of <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Colonel</a> Descoins.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were two groups of rebels active in the region of Korçë, one was led by Themistokli Gërmenji and another by <a href="/wiki/Sali_Butka" title="Sali Butka">Sali Butka</a>. In the meantime, Albanian irregular bands, headed by Butka and cooperating with the Austrian forces, sacked <a href="/wiki/Moscopole" title="Moscopole">Moscopole</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-mariia_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mariia-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and threatened that Korçë would suffer the same fate if it did not raise the Albanian flag and surrender to Albanian authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Establishment">Establishment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Establishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Occupation_de_la_ville_de_Koritza_(24-27_janvier_1917)_-_Koritza_(anciennement)_;_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB_(actuellement)_-_M%C3%A9diath%C3%A8que_de_l%27architecture_et_du_patrimoine_-_APOR095130.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Occupation_de_la_ville_de_Koritza_%2824-27_janvier_1917%29_-_Koritza_%28anciennement%29_%3B_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB_%28actuellement%29_-_M%C3%A9diath%C3%A8que_de_l%27architecture_et_du_patrimoine_-_APOR095130.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Occupation_de_la_ville_de_Koritza_%2824-27_janvier_1917%29_-_Koritza_%28anciennement%29_%3B_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB_%28actuellement%29_-_M%C3%A9diath%C3%A8que_de_l%27architecture_et_du_patrimoine_-_APOR095130.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Occupation_de_la_ville_de_Koritza_%2824-27_janvier_1917%29_-_Koritza_%28anciennement%29_%3B_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB_%28actuellement%29_-_M%C3%A9diath%C3%A8que_de_l%27architecture_et_du_patrimoine_-_APOR095130.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="718" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tonkinese_Tirailleurs" class="mw-redirect" title="Tonkinese Tirailleurs">Tonkinese (Vietnamese) Tirailleurs</a> in Korçë, January 1917.</figcaption></figure> <p>Colonel Descoins made arrangements with the leading Albanian nationalists from Korçë.<sup id="cite_ref-Pearson2004103_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearson2004103-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> French officers had a meeting with Themistokli Gërmenji on November 24, 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (April 2020)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Themistokli Gërmenji came to Korçë from <a href="/wiki/Pogradec" title="Pogradec">Pogradec</a>, which was occupied by the armies of Austria-Hungary and <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_occupation_of_Albania" title="Bulgarian occupation of Albania">Bulgaria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (April 2020)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The French officers appointed a commission led by Gërmenji. The commission had fourteen members, seven Christians and seven Muslims. The members of this commission were: Rafail Adhami, Kostandin Nocka, Nikolla Vangjeli, Vasil Singjeli, Vasil Kondi, Llambro Mborja, Thimi Cale, Shaqir Shabani, Tefik Rushiti, Hysen Dishnica, Emin Rakipi, Qani Dishnica, Sali Babani and Haki Shemshedini.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The commission held a meeting on December 10 at 9 am in the Saint George's School and Gërmenji held a speech to the gathered men and after the meeting led the commission to the prefecture. In the prefecture they met with Colonel Descoins and with the other French officers. Haki Shemshedini approached to Colonel Descoins on behalf of the commission. Colonel Descoins informed the commission that they should sign a protocol. On December 10, 1916, Colonel Descoins and the commission signed a protocol, according to which an autonomous province would be established on the territories of Korçë, <a href="/wiki/Bilishti" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilishti">Bilishti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolonja" class="mw-redirect" title="Kolonja">Kolonja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Opar,_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Opar, Albania">Opar</a> and Gora. It was also agreed that the 14 members of the commission would make up the administrative council, responsible for maintaining order.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protocol">Protocol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Protocol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The text of the protocol, which stated that it was made according to the wishes of the Albanian delegates of <a href="/wiki/Qadaa" class="mw-redirect" title="Qadaa">kaza</a> of Korçë, had 9 points that are summarized below:<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>the autonomous province of Korçë is established by this protocol, and refers to the territory of Korçë, <a href="/wiki/Bilishti" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilishti">Bilishti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolonja" class="mw-redirect" title="Kolonja">Kolonja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Opar,_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Opar, Albania">Opar</a> and Gora</li> <li>the kaza Korçë will be governed by the Administrative Council with 14 members, half Christian and half Muslim</li> <li>appointments to the positions in the kaza will be made by French military authorities, based on the proposal of the administrative council</li> <li>for maintaining order in the kaza, the prefect of police will be responsible, using newly established gendarmerie and police</li> <li>there shall be established a special unit of "Albanian gendarmerie mobile" which would be responsible for safeguarding the territory's independence and freedom of its people</li> <li>for the same purpose there can be established a regular battalion of volunteers</li> <li>Police, gendarmerie and volunteer troops would be under superior authority of the French officer</li> <li>the official language is Albanian</li> <li>the flag of the kaza Korçë will be traditional Skanderbeg flag with tricolor <a href="/wiki/French_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="French flag">French flag</a></li></ol> <p>The new authorities in Korçë organized the police force and <a href="/wiki/Gendarmerie" title="Gendarmerie">gendarmerie</a>, a post office system and issued postage stamps.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (April 2020)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statute">Statute</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Statute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 27, 1917, General <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Sarrail" title="Maurice Sarrail">Maurice Sarrail</a> proclaimed a new statute which repealed constitutional protocol. The Administration was entrusted to the commander of the army group Malik. The Administrative Council was replaced with an Advisory Council which was reduced to 12 members (still half Muslims and half Christians). Territory under French administration was divided on two parts, north (Pogradec) and south (Republic of Korçë) of Devolli.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Themistokli_G%C3%ABrmenji_(portret).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Themistokli_G%C3%ABrmenji_%28portret%29.jpg/226px-Themistokli_G%C3%ABrmenji_%28portret%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="226" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Themistokli_G%C3%ABrmenji_%28portret%29.jpg/338px-Themistokli_G%C3%ABrmenji_%28portret%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Themistokli_G%C3%ABrmenji_%28portret%29.jpg/451px-Themistokli_G%C3%ABrmenji_%28portret%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2123" data-file-height="2822" /></a><figcaption>Themistokli Gërmenji, Albanian nationalist leader and prefect of the Autonomous Republic</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administration">Administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 10, 1916, Henry Descoins, the commander of the French garrison of Korçë, with the approval of Maurice Sarrail, declared the Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë,<sup id="cite_ref-Sakelariou_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sakelariou-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and appointed Themistokli Gërmenji as <a href="/wiki/Prefect" title="Prefect">prefect</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the following period the Greeks of the city were persecuted by the Albanian nationalist elements that aimed at acquiring control over Korçë. As a result, the local Greeks asked the French authorities to prolong their occupation until the end of World War I.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the period of March 1917 – February 1918, Qani Dishnica was appointed as the Chairman of the Albanian Administrative Council.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the French side, the delegated governors of the Republic of Korçë were Henri Descoins (December 10, 1916 – May 11, 1917), Salle (1917–1919) and Reynard Lespinasse<sup id="cite_ref-Pearson2006_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearson2006-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (June 1919 – May 26, 1920).<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The French delegated governors appointed an officer to be their delegate to the Council. The first officer appointed was reserve Lieutenant Bargeton, who was replaced in the middle of January 1917 by a Lieutenant Siegfried.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Autonomous Province of Korçë is often cited as an example of early 20th-century international administration and intervention.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag needs to be fact-checked with the cited source(s). (September 2024)">verification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The French introduced various reforms to improve local governance. They established a framework for a modern administrative system, which included the creation of municipal councils and the implementation of new laws and regulations aimed at ensuring justice and order.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cultural relations also saw substantial changes during the French administration. The presence of French troops and officials introduced Western European cultural influences to Korçë.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The French promoted education and cultural exchange, supporting the establishment of schools and cultural institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>France intended to help in establishing 200 elementary schools on <a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian language</a>, as part of the strategy of Albanian national affirmation.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, all the Greek schools were forced to close down, while the Greek element of the city was persecuted.<sup id="cite_ref-Sakelariou_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sakelariou-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Albanian_National_Lyceum" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian National Lyceum">Albanian National Lyceum</a></i> (French: <i lang="fr">Le lycée de Korça</i>, <a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: <i lang="sq">Liceu Kombëtar i Korçës</i>) high school in Korçë was established in 1917. French authorities claim that they banned opening of the high school because they did not want to offend their Greek allies led by <a href="/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos" title="Eleftherios Venizelos">Eleftherios Venizelos</a>' <a href="/wiki/Movement_of_National_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Movement of National Defence">Movement of National Defence</a>, who claimed rights over the area.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some sources find this claim inappropriate, considering that the French Lycée in Thessaloníki sent professor Vital Gerson to lead a small team of three Albanian professors to join a French officer, who gave some notions of French culture, on the opening ceremony of the school.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The French National Lyceum was the first Albanian high school that was open to the students of all faiths.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Currency">Currency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Currency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB_frange" title="Korçë frange">Korçë frange</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Currency_of_the_Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Currency_of_the_Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB.jpg/208px-Currency_of_the_Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB.jpg" decoding="async" width="208" height="526" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Currency_of_the_Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="630" /></a><figcaption>The currency of the Autonomous Province of Korçë.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>frange</i> (<a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>) or <i>franc</i> (French) was the currency of the Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë between 1917 and 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was subdivided into 100 <i>centimes</i>. The currency was introduced during the period of French occupation. It was only issued in paper money form, with notes issued in denominations of 50 centimes, 1 and 5 frange. Both <a href="/wiki/Paper_money" class="mw-redirect" title="Paper money">paper money</a> and <a href="/wiki/Post_stamp" class="mw-redirect" title="Post stamp">post stamps</a> were engraved by the soldier Davier (a student of <a href="/wiki/Louis-Oscar_Roty" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis-Oscar Roty">Louis-Oscar Roty</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In terms of infrastructure, the French occupation brought significant developments. The French authorities invested in the construction and improvement of roads, bridges, and public buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pogradec">Pogradec</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Pogradec"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 1917, General <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Sarrail" title="Maurice Sarrail">Maurice Sarrail</a> undertook an action against the armies of Austria-Hungary and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> in Albania, and on September 9 French troops captured <a href="/wiki/Pogradec" title="Pogradec">Pogradec</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pearson2004103_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearson2004103-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together with the armies of Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary, there were <a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanians</a>, led by Hysejn Nikolica, fighting against the French troops.<sup id="cite_ref-Pearson2004103_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearson2004103-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Themistokli Gërmenji was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Croix_de_Guerre" title="Croix de Guerre">Croix de Guerre</a> in November 1917, for his participation in the French capture of Pogradec with the battalion from Korçë.<sup id="cite_ref-Pearson2004103_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearson2004103-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the French government considered appointing <a href="/wiki/Essad_Pasha_Toptani" class="mw-redirect" title="Essad Pasha Toptani">Essad Pasha Toptani</a> to govern the Pogradec region<sup id="cite_ref-Pearson2004103_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearson2004103-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it remained under French administration. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Albanian rifle regiment was formed, and served as vanguard for the French forces. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disestablishment_and_aftermath">Disestablishment and aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Disestablishment and aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1917, General Salle reported that the attempt at cooperation between Christians and Muslims had resulted in frequent difficulties.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of 1917 Gërmenji was accused of collaboration with the <a href="/wiki/Central_Powers" title="Central Powers">Central Powers</a> and executed in <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a> after being sentenced to death by the French military court.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>General Salle removed the already limited <a href="/wiki/Autonomy" title="Autonomy">autonomy</a> of the Council on February 16, 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Armistice" title="Armistice">armistices</a> and <a href="/wiki/Capitulation_(surrender)" title="Capitulation (surrender)">capitulations</a> at the end of <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, it was agreed that France and Italy should continue to govern the territories they occupied, and that France, Italy and the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> together should govern <a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Shkodër</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the French army moved from Korçë on June 15, 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the French army left Korçë, the fate of the territory that it administered was decided by the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Peace_Conference,_1919" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris Peace Conference, 1919">Paris Peace Conference in 1919</a>. </p><p>On December 12, 1916, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> demanded explanations from the <a href="/wiki/French_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="French Ministry of Foreign Affairs">French Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a>, through its ambassador, stating that the establishment of the Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë violated the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_London_(1915)" title="Treaty of London (1915)">Treaty of London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a> used the French precedent in Korçë to justify the proclamation of the independence of Albania under its protectorate on January 3, 1917, in <a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Shkodër</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_(1861%E2%80%931946)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)">Kingdom of Italy</a> followed suit when proclaiming the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Protectorate_on_southern_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Protectorate on southern Albania">independence of Albania under its protectorate</a> on June 23, 1917, in <a href="/wiki/Gjirokastra" class="mw-redirect" title="Gjirokastra">Gjirokastra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because General <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Sarrail" title="Maurice Sarrail">Maurice Sarrail</a> had demonstrated a tendency to interfere in politics, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Georges_Clemenceau" title="Georges Clemenceau">Georges Clemenceau</a> relieved him of his command in December 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was a strong French influence in Korçë even after the Autonomous Republic ceased to exist. The <a href="/wiki/Albanian_National_Lyceum" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian National Lyceum">Albanian National Lyceum</a> remained active until 1939; a <a href="/wiki/French_Military_Cemetery,_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" title="French Military Cemetery, Korçë">French Military Cemetery</a> was built and remains today in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Sarrail" title="Maurice Sarrail">Maurice Sarrail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Military_Cemetery,_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" title="French Military Cemetery, Korçë">French Military Cemetery, Korçë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Protectorate_on_southern_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Protectorate on southern Albania">Italian Protectorate on southern Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_French_possessions_and_colonies" title="List of French possessions and colonies">List of French possessions and colonies</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB_Crisis_(1916-1920)" class="mw-redirect" title="Korçë Crisis (1916-1920)">Korçë Crisis (1916-1920)</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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London: I.B. Tauris. p. 90. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86064-541-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-86064-541-0"><bdi>1-86064-541-0</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 11,</span> 2011</span>. <q>Albanian became the official language and Albanian schools replaced Greek ones</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Reign+of+Prince+Wied&rft.btitle=The+Albanians%3A+a+modern+history&rft.place=London&rft.pages=90&rft.pub=I.B.+Tauris&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-86064-541-0&rft.aulast=Vickers&rft.aufirst=Miranda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DIzI0uOZ2j6gC%26q%3Drepublic%2Bof%2Bkor%25C3%25A7%25C3%25AB%26pg%3DPA90&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ehox-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ehox_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJaume_Ollé1996" class="citation web cs1">Jaume Ollé (July 15, 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://flagspot.net/flags/al_w1914.html#kor">"Republic of Korçë (1917–1918)"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111124044610/http://flagspot.net/flags/al_w1914.html#kor">Archived</a> from the original on November 24, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 12,</span> 2011</span>. <q>Its most famous student, and later French teacher, was Enver Hoxha</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Republic+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB+%281917%E2%80%931918%29&rft.date=1996-07-15&rft.au=Jaume+Oll%C3%A9&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fflagspot.net%2Fflags%2Fal_w1914.html%23kor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bashkiakorce.gov.al/site/article.php?aid=142&cid=51">"Liceu Francez i Korçës"</a> [French High School in Korçë] (in Albanian). Korçë: Bashkia Korçë. 2010. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110905022729/http://www.bashkiakorce.gov.al/site/article.php?aid=142&cid=51">Archived</a> from the original on September 5, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 14,</span> 2011</span>. <q>Nxënës (1927–1930) dhe mësues (1937–1939) i këtij liceu ka qenë edhe Enver Hoxha. / Apprentice (1927–1930) and teacher (1937–1939) of the Lyceum was the Enver Hoxha.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Liceu+Francez+i+Kor%C3%A7%C3%ABs&rft.place=Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&rft.pub=Bashkia+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&rft.date=2010&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bashkiakorce.gov.al%2Fsite%2Farticle.php%3Faid%3D142%26cid%3D51&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchwandner-Sievers1999" class="citation web cs1">Schwandner-Sievers, Stephanie (March 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511194908/http://www.scribd.com/doc/27814585/The-Albanian-Aromanians-Awakening-Schwandner-Sievers-Stephanie-Edt-1999">"The Albanian Aromanians´ Awakening: Identity Politics and Conflicts in Post-Communist Albania"</a>. EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MINORITY ISSUES (ECMI). p. 3. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/27814585/The-Albanian-Aromanians-Awakening-Schwandner-Sievers-Stephanie-Edt-1999">the original</a> on May 11, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 13,</span> 2011</span>. <q>In the national Greek view, ... Religion, as a criterion of classification, automatically places all the Albanian Aromanians, and also those people who call themselves Albanian Orthodox, into the „Greek minority."<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Albanian+Aromanians%C2%B4+Awakening%3A+Identity+Politics+and+Conflicts+in+Post-Communist+Albania&rft.pages=3&rft.pub=EUROPEAN+CENTRE+FOR+MINORITY+ISSUES+%28ECMI%29&rft.date=1999-03&rft.aulast=Schwandner-Sievers&rft.aufirst=Stephanie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scribd.com%2Fdoc%2F27814585%2FThe-Albanian-Aromanians-Awakening-Schwandner-Sievers-Stephanie-Edt-1999&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kondis_1976:_124-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kondis_1976:_124_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kondis 1976: 124</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-autonomos-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-autonomos_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">in Greek the term <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B1%E1%BD%90%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AF%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:αὐτονομία">autonomos</a> has a dual meaning, it can mean either independent or autonomous.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kondis 1976: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tEloAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Venizelos+that+Valona+should+be+captured%22">p. 93</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Miller518-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Miller518_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HaA18-u7mMMC">The Ottoman Empire and Its Successors, 1801–1927</a>. William Miller. 1966, p.616, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7146-1974-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-7146-1974-4">0-7146-1974-4</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Albanian Question in British Policy and the Italian Intervention, August 1914 – April 1915, P. 109 – 131, Nicola Guy; Greek troops crossed the southern Albanian border at the end of October 1914, officially reoccupying all of southern Albania, exclusive of Vlora, and establishing a military administration by October 27, 1914.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stickney 1924: 57–63</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBataković1992" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Du%C5%A1an_T._Batakovi%C4%87" title="Dušan T. Bataković">Bataković, Dušan</a> (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rastko.rs/kosovo/istorija/kosovo_chronicles/kc_part2d.html">"Albanian Incursions into Serbia"</a>. In Ivan Čolović (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://balkania.tripod.com/resources/history/kosovo_chronicles/index.html"><i>The Kosovo Chronicles</i></a>. Belgrade: Knjižara Plato. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/86-447-0006-5" title="Special:BookSources/86-447-0006-5"><bdi>86-447-0006-5</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 8,</span> 2011</span>. <q>The beginning of the German – Austro-Hungarian offensive against Serbia in autumn, 1915, Bulgaria's engagement in war on the side of the Central Powers and its attack on Serbia, ... Masses of ethnic Albanians recruited into the Serbian army became deserters, and many joined the Bulgarians who gave them arms...Essad Pasha ... fought ... against Albanian companies that joined Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian troops.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Albanian+Incursions+into+Serbia&rft.btitle=The+Kosovo+Chronicles&rft.place=Belgrade&rft.pub=Knji%C5%BEara+Plato&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=86-447-0006-5&rft.aulast=Batakovi%C4%87&rft.aufirst=Du%C5%A1an&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rastko.rs%2Fkosovo%2Fistorija%2Fkosovo_chronicles%2Fkc_part2d.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZogu" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Zogu" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmed Zogu">Zogu, Ahmed</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110717005134/http://www.albanianhistory.net/texts20_1/AH1933.html">"King Zog Tells his Story to Herman Bernstein, former United States Minister to Albania"</a>. New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.albanianhistory.net/texts20_1/AH1933.html">the original</a> on July 17, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 11,</span> 2011</span>. <q>while South Albania was being oppressed by the Greeks, Valona by the Italians, the east by the Bulgarians, and the rest of the country by the Austrians.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=King+Zog+Tells+his+Story+to+Herman+Bernstein%2C+former+United+States+Minister+to+Albania.&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=YIVO+Institute+for+Jewish+Research&rft.aulast=Zogu&rft.aufirst=Ahmed&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.albanianhistory.net%2Ftexts20_1%2FAH1933.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVickers2006" class="citation book cs1">Vickers, Miranda (2006) [1995]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IzI0uOZ2j6gC&q=republic+of+kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&pg=PA90">"The Reign of Prince Wied"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IzI0uOZ2j6gC&q=The+Albanians:+a+modern+history+By+Miranda+Vickers"><i>The Albanians: a modern history</i></a>. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 88. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86064-541-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-86064-541-0"><bdi>1-86064-541-0</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 11,</span> 2011</span>. <q>Bulgarians were pushing into Albania from the East.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Reign+of+Prince+Wied&rft.btitle=The+Albanians%3A+a+modern+history&rft.place=London&rft.pages=88&rft.pub=I.B.+Tauris&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-86064-541-0&rft.aulast=Vickers&rft.aufirst=Miranda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DIzI0uOZ2j6gC%26q%3Drepublic%2Bof%2Bkor%25C3%25A7%25C3%25AB%26pg%3DPA90&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/timeshistoryofwa12londuoft/timeshistoryofwa12londuoft_djvu.txt">"The Times history of the war"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(txt)</span>. <i>The Times</i>. London. p. 85<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 11,</span> 2011</span>. <q>In their invasion of August 18 the Bulgarians had pushed west as far as Koritsa (S.W. of Lake Prespa), whence they ejected the Greek garrison.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=The+Times+history+of+the+war&rft.pages=85&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Ftimeshistoryofwa12londuoft%2Ftimeshistoryofwa12londuoft_djvu.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/timeshistoryofwa12londuoft/timeshistoryofwa12londuoft_djvu.txt">"The Times history of the war"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(txt)</span>. <i>The Times</i>. London. p. 2-2<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 11,</span> 2011</span>. <q>About this time they seem to have been coquetting with the idea of persuading certain of the Albanian leaders to elect Prince Cyril, second son of Tsar Ferdinand, Mbret of Albania.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=The+Times+history+of+the+war&rft.pages=2-2&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Ftimeshistoryofwa12londuoft%2Ftimeshistoryofwa12londuoft_djvu.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/timeshistoryofwa12londuoft/timeshistoryofwa12londuoft_djvu.txt">"The Times history of the war"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(txt)</span>. <i>The Times</i>. London. p. 85<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 11,</span> 2011</span>. <q>This growing threat to the Bulgarians from the west was an important and essential preliminary to the abandonment of Monastir.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=The+Times+history+of+the+war&rft.pages=85&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Ftimeshistoryofwa12londuoft%2Ftimeshistoryofwa12londuoft_djvu.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DestaniElsieTarzani-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DestaniElsieTarzani_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZavalani2015" class="citation book cs1">Zavalani, Tajar (2015). Elsie, Robert; Destani, Bejtullah (eds.). <i>History of Albania</i>. Centre for Albanian Studies. pp. 160–161. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1507595671" title="Special:BookSources/978-1507595671"><bdi>978-1507595671</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+Albania&rft.pages=160-161&rft.pub=Centre+for+Albanian+Studies&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-1507595671&rft.aulast=Zavalani&rft.aufirst=Tajar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/timeshistoryofwa12londuoft/timeshistoryofwa12londuoft_djvu.txt">"The Times history of the war"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(txt)</span>. <i>The Times</i>. 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October 25 ...., about the same time, the French occupied Koritsa.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=The+Times+history+of+the+war&rft.pages=85&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Ftimeshistoryofwa12londuoft%2Ftimeshistoryofwa12londuoft_djvu.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJaume_Ollé1996" class="citation web cs1">Jaume Ollé (July 15, 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://flagspot.net/flags/al_w1914.html#kor">"Republic of Korçë (1917–1918)"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111124044610/http://flagspot.net/flags/al_w1914.html#kor">Archived</a> from the original on November 24, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 12,</span> 2011</span>. <q>by order of the French General Sarrail, ... Colonel Descoins</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Republic+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB+%281917%E2%80%931918%29&rft.date=1996-07-15&rft.au=Jaume+Oll%C3%A9&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fflagspot.net%2Fflags%2Fal_w1914.html%23kor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mariia-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mariia_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nikolaeva Todorova Marii︠a︡. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xM2Q_l4CfNAC"><i>Balkan identities: nation and memory.</i></a> C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2004. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85065-715-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85065-715-6">978-1-85065-715-6</a>, pp. 108–109.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">M. V. Sakellariou. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UV1oAAAAMAAJ&q=argyropoulos">Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization</a>. Ekdotikē Athēnōn, 1997, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-960-213-371-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-960-213-371-2">978-960-213-371-2</a>, p. 384</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJacques1995" class="citation cs2">Jacques, Edwin E. (1995), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IJ2s9sQ9bGkC&q=Edwin+E+Jacques"><i>The Albanians: an ethnic history from prehistoric times to the present</i></a>, McFarland & Co., p. 363, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89950-932-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89950-932-7"><bdi>978-0-89950-932-7</bdi></a>, <q>On 24 November Germenji went to Korcha to confer with the French</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Albanians%3A+an+ethnic+history+from+prehistoric+times+to+the+present&rft.pages=363&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Co.&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-89950-932-7&rft.aulast=Jacques&rft.aufirst=Edwin+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DIJ2s9sQ9bGkC%26q%3DEdwin%2BE%2BJacques&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJacques1995" class="citation cs2">Jacques, Edwin E. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 14,</span> 2011</span>. <q>Në këtë komision, që mori përsipër barrën e kujdesjes për vendin dhe u paraqit përpara kolonelit, bënin pjesë: Rafail Adhami, Kostandin Nocka, Nikolla Vangjeli, Vasil Singjeli, Vasil Kondi, Llambro Mborja, Thimi Cale, Shaqir Shabani, Tefik Rushiti, Hysen Dishnica, Emin Rakipi, Qani Dishnica, Sali Babani dhe Haki Shemshedini.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=92+vjet+m%C3%AB+par%C3%AB+10+Dhjetor+1916%E2%80%932008+%E2%80%93+KRAHINA+%22AUTONOME%22+E+KOR%C3%87%C3%8BS&rft.pub=kosova.albemigrant&rft.date=2008-12-05&rft.aulast=Sharxhi&rft.aufirst=Dergoi+Mirel&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkosova.albemigrant.com%2F%3Fp%3D4418&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSharxhi2008" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Sharxhi, Dergoi Mirel (December 5, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kosova.albemigrant.com/?p=4418">"92 vjet më parë 10 Dhjetor 1916–2008 – KRAHINA "AUTONOME" E KORÇËS"</a> (in Albanian). kosova.albemigrant. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110707104948/http://kosova.albemigrant.com/?p=4418">Archived</a> from the original on July 7, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 14,</span> 2011</span>. <q>Haki Mborja i drejtohet komandantit francez e i tregon qëllimin e ardhjes së tyre. Komandanti i priti me buzëqeshje, duke thënë, se duhet bërë protokoll. U bë protokolli. Sipas protokollit të 10 dhjetorit , qyteti i Korcës, Bilishti, Kolonja, Opari dhe Gora, formonin një krahinë "autonome", që do të administrohej nga shqiptarët, nën mbrojtjen e autoriteteve franceze. 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(1995), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IJ2s9sQ9bGkC&q=Edwin+E+Jacques"><i>The Albanians: an ethnic history from prehistoric times to the present</i></a>, McFarland & Co., p. 363, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89950-932-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89950-932-7"><bdi>978-0-89950-932-7</bdi></a>, <q>... seting up the police force and gendarmerie... a post office system and issued stamps and paper money</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Albanians%3A+an+ethnic+history+from+prehistoric+times+to+the+present&rft.pages=363&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Co.&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-89950-932-7&rft.aulast=Jacques&rft.aufirst=Edwin+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DIJ2s9sQ9bGkC%26q%3DEdwin%2BE%2BJacques&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPopescu" class="citation journal cs1">Popescu, Stefan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cairn.info/revue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm">"Les français et la république de Kortcha (1916–1920)"</a>. <i>Guerres Mondiales et Conflits Contemporains</i>. <b>213</b> (1). 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Krause Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87341-149-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-87341-149-8"><bdi>0-87341-149-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Standard+Catalog+of+World+Paper+Money%3A+Specialized+Issues&rft.edition=6th&rft.pub=Krause+Publications&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=0-87341-149-8&rft.au=Pick%2C+Albert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobert1998" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Robert, Guillaume (December 1, 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://journals.openedition.org/balkanologie/261?lang=en">"L'Albanie et la France dans l'entre-deux-guerres: une relation privilégiée ?"</a>. <i>Balkanologie. Revue d'études pluridisciplinaires</i> (in French). <b>2</b> (2). <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.4000%2Fbalkanologie.261">10.4000/balkanologie.261</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1279-7952">1279-7952</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Balkanologie.+Revue+d%27%C3%A9tudes+pluridisciplinaires&rft.atitle=L%27Albanie+et+la+France+dans+l%27entre-deux-guerres%3A+une+relation+privil%C3%A9gi%C3%A9e+%3F&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=2&rft.date=1998-12-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.4000%2Fbalkanologie.261&rft.issn=1279-7952&rft.aulast=Robert&rft.aufirst=Guillaume&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.openedition.org%2Fbalkanologie%2F261%3Flang%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAugris2000" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Augris, Etienne (December 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110126101006/http://balkanologie.revues.org/index315.html">"Korçë dans la Grande Guerre:Le sud-est albanais sous administration française (1916–1918)"</a> (in French). France: Balkanologie, Vol. IV, n°2. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://balkanologie.revues.org/index315.html">the original</a> on January 26, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 17,</span> 2011</span>. <q>« La coopération des chrétiens et des musulmans a donné lieu, comme il fallait s'y attendre, à de fréquentes difficultés. Elle a montré, une fois de plus qu'en Albanie, le sentiment religieux était nettement plus fort que le sentiment de patrie »</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB+dans+la+Grande+Guerre%3ALe+sud-est+albanais+sous+administration+fran%C3%A7aise+%281916%E2%80%931918%29&rft.place=France&rft.pub=Balkanologie%2C+Vol.+IV%2C+n%C2%B02&rft.date=2000-12&rft.aulast=Augris&rft.aufirst=Etienne&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbalkanologie.revues.org%2Findex315.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAugris2000" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Augris, Etienne (December 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110126101006/http://balkanologie.revues.org/index315.html">"Korçë dans la Grande Guerre:Le sud-est albanais sous administration française (1916–1918)"</a> (in French). France: Balkanologie, Vol. IV, n°2. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://balkanologie.revues.org/index315.html">the original</a> on January 26, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 17,</span> 2011</span>. <q>Germenji, dont nous avons vu le rôle et les ambitions est envoyé à Salonique, jugé par un tribunal militaire et exécuté.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB+dans+la+Grande+Guerre%3ALe+sud-est+albanais+sous+administration+fran%C3%A7aise+%281916%E2%80%931918%29&rft.place=France&rft.pub=Balkanologie%2C+Vol.+IV%2C+n%C2%B02&rft.date=2000-12&rft.aulast=Augris&rft.aufirst=Etienne&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbalkanologie.revues.org%2Findex315.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPopescu" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Popescu, Stefan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110126021428/http://www.cairn.info/revue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm">"Les français et la république de Kortcha (1916–1920)"</a>. <i>Guerres Mondiales et Conflits Contemporains</i> (in French). France: Cairn info. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3917%2Fgmcc.213.0077">10.3917/gmcc.213.0077</a></span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cairn.info/revue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm">the original</a> on January 26, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 17,</span> 2011</span>. <q>Le 16 février 1918, le général Salle, commandant du groupe Malik, supprime l'autonomie déjà réduite de la République albanaise.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Guerres+Mondiales+et+Conflits+Contemporains&rft.atitle=Les+fran%C3%A7ais+et+la+r%C3%A9publique+de+Kortcha+%281916%E2%80%931920%29&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3917%2Fgmcc.213.0077&rft.aulast=Popescu&rft.aufirst=Stefan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cairn.info%2Frevue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPopescu" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Popescu, Stefan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cairn.info/revue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm">"Les français et la république de Kortcha (1916–1920)"</a>. <i>Guerres Mondiales et Conflits Contemporains</i> (in French). France: Cairn info: 85. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3917%2Fgmcc.213.0077">10.3917/gmcc.213.0077</a></span>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110126021428/http://www.cairn.info/revue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm">Archived</a> from the original on January 26, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 17,</span> 2011</span>. <q>Après l'armistice il fut convenu que Français et Italiens administreraient chacun les territoires qu'ils occupaient, tandis qu'une administration franco-italo-anglaise était organisée à Scutari</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Guerres+Mondiales+et+Conflits+Contemporains&rft.atitle=Les+fran%C3%A7ais+et+la+r%C3%A9publique+de+Kortcha+%281916%E2%80%931920%29&rft.pages=85&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3917%2Fgmcc.213.0077&rft.aulast=Popescu&rft.aufirst=Stefan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cairn.info%2Frevue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPopescu" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Popescu, Stefan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110126021428/http://www.cairn.info/revue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm">"Les français et la république de Kortcha (1916–1920)"</a>. <i>Guerres Mondiales et Conflits Contemporains</i> (in French). France: Cairn info. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3917%2Fgmcc.213.0077">10.3917/gmcc.213.0077</a></span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cairn.info/revue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm">the original</a> on January 26, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 17,</span> 2011</span>. <q>15 juin 1920 : Retrait des Français</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Guerres+Mondiales+et+Conflits+Contemporains&rft.atitle=Les+fran%C3%A7ais+et+la+r%C3%A9publique+de+Kortcha+%281916%E2%80%931920%29&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3917%2Fgmcc.213.0077&rft.aulast=Popescu&rft.aufirst=Stefan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cairn.info%2Frevue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPopescu" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Popescu, Stefan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110126021428/http://www.cairn.info/revue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm">"Les français et la république de Kortcha (1916–1920)"</a>. <i>Guerres Mondiales et Conflits Contemporains</i> (in French). France: Cairn info. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3917%2Fgmcc.213.0077">10.3917/gmcc.213.0077</a></span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cairn.info/revue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm">the original</a> on January 26, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 17,</span> 2011</span>. <q>La signature de ce Protocole contrevient aux stipulations du traité de Londres ...Par conséquent, l'Italie demanda des explications au quai d'Orsay, par l'intermédiaire de son ambassadeur, le 12 décembre 1916.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Guerres+Mondiales+et+Conflits+Contemporains&rft.atitle=Les+fran%C3%A7ais+et+la+r%C3%A9publique+de+Kortcha+%281916%E2%80%931920%29&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3917%2Fgmcc.213.0077&rft.aulast=Popescu&rft.aufirst=Stefan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cairn.info%2Frevue-guerres-mondiales-et-conflits-contemporains-2004-1-page-77.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJaume_Ollé1996" class="citation web cs1">Jaume Ollé (July 15, 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://flagspot.net/flags/al_w1914.html#kor">"Republic of Korçë (1917–1918)"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111124044610/http://flagspot.net/flags/al_w1914.html#kor">Archived</a> from the original on November 24, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 12,</span> 2011</span>. <q>On 23 June 1917, Italy proclaimed the independence of Albania under her protectorate, justifying this with the French precedent in Korçë. Austria-Hungary had done it before on 3 January 1917.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Republic+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB+%281917%E2%80%931918%29&rft.date=1996-07-15&rft.au=Jaume+Oll%C3%A9&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fflagspot.net%2Fflags%2Fal_w1914.html%23kor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDuffy2009" class="citation web cs1">Duffy, Michael (August 22, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/sarrail.htm">"Who's Who – Maurice Sarrail"</a>. firstworldwar.com. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101214181040/http://firstworldwar.com/bio/sarrail.htm">Archived</a> from the original on December 14, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 14,</span> 2011</span>. <q>Indulging in political intrigue throughout, Sarrail's tenure as commander was brought to an abrupt – and surprisingly a politically inconsequential – end by Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau in December 1917.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Who%27s+Who+%E2%80%93+Maurice+Sarrail&rft.pub=firstworldwar.com&rft.date=2009-08-22&rft.aulast=Duffy&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.firstworldwar.com%2Fbio%2Fsarrail.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJaume_Ollé1996" class="citation web cs1">Jaume Ollé (July 15, 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://flagspot.net/flags/al_w1914.html#kor">"Republic of Korçë (1917–1918)"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111124044610/http://flagspot.net/flags/al_w1914.html#kor">Archived</a> from the original on November 24, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 12,</span> 2011</span>. <q>the French influence remained strong in Korçë and the French Secondary School, founded in 1917, remained active until the Second World War... There is also a French war cemetery in Korçë.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Republic+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB+%281917%E2%80%931918%29&rft.date=1996-07-15&rft.au=Jaume+Oll%C3%A9&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fflagspot.net%2Fflags%2Fal_w1914.html%23kor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFÇami1999" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Çami, Muin (1999), <i>Shqiptarët dhe francezët në Korçe (1916–1920)</i> (in Albanian), Dituria, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-99927-31-37-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-99927-31-37-6"><bdi>978-99927-31-37-6</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Shqiptar%C3%ABt+dhe+francez%C3%ABt+n%C3%AB+Kor%C3%A7e+%281916%E2%80%931920%29&rft.pub=Dituria&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-99927-31-37-6&rft.aulast=%C3%87ami&rft.aufirst=Muin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutonomous+Province+of+Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAugris2000" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Augris, Etienne (December 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110126101006/http://balkanologie.revues.org/index315.html">"Korçë dans la Grande Guerre : Le sud-est albanais sous administration française (1916–1918)"</a> (in French). 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Province of Korçë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_over_Albania" title="Italian protectorate over Albania">Italian protectorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlora_War" title="Vlora War">Vlora War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Mirdita" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Mirdita">Republic of Mirdita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Republic_(1925%E2%80%931928)" title="Albanian Republic (1925–1928)">Albanian Republic (1925–1928)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1928%E2%80%931939)" title="Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)">Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943)" title="Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)">Union with Italian kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Albania" title="Italian invasion of Albania">Italian invasion of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Albania" title="German occupation of Albania">German Nazi occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Albania" title="The Holocaust in Albania">The Holocaust in Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Albania" title="World War II in Albania">Albanian resistance during World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Socialist_Republic_of_Albania" title="People's Socialist Republic of Albania">Communist Albania (1946–91)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Orthography_Congress" title="Albanian Orthography Congress">Orthography Congress (1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Post-Communist_Albania" title="History of Post-Communist Albania">Post-Communist Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Albanian_civil_unrest" title="1997 Albanian civil unrest">1997 Civil Unrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Albania–NATO relations">NATO membership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Albania to the European Union">EU Accession</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Origin_of_the_Albanians" title="Origin of the Albanians">Origins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Albanian_history" title="Timeline of Albanian history">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archives_in_Albania" title="List of archives in Albania">Archives</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania"><img alt="Albania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="383" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Albania" title="Geography of Albania">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Landscape</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Albania" title="List of mountains in Albania">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Albania" title="List of rivers of Albania">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Albania" title="List of lakes of Albania">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Albania" title="List of islands of Albania">Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Albania" title="Environment of Albania">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Albania" title="Climate of Albania">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_of_Albania" title="Biodiversity of Albania">Biodiversity</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Fauna_of_Albania" title="Category:Fauna of Albania">Habitat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Albania" title="Protected areas of Albania">Protected areas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Albania" title="Politics of Albania">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Executive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Albania)" title="Council of Ministers (Albania)">Government</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Category:Government_agencies_of_Albania" title="Category:Government agencies of Albania">agencies</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Albania" title="President of Albania">Head of state</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Albania" title="List of heads of state of Albania">list</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Albania" title="Prime Minister of Albania">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Albania" title="Foreign relations of Albania">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Albania" title="List of political parties in Albania">Political parties</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Treaties_of_Albania" title="Category:Treaties of Albania">Treaties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Albania" title="Visa policy of Albania">Visa policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Albania" title="Judiciary of Albania">Judiciary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Vetting_Institutions" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Vetting Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Appellate_College_(Albania)" title="Special Appellate College (Albania)">KPA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institution_of_Public_Commissioners_(Albania)" title="Institution of Public Commissioners (Albania)">IKP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Monitoring_Operation_(Albania)" title="International Monitoring Operation (Albania)">ONM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Qualification_Commission_(Albania)" title="Independent Qualification Commission (Albania)">KPK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Albania" title="Constitution of Albania">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Albania" title="Corruption in Albania">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EURALIUS" title="EURALIUS">EURALIUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SPAK" class="mw-redirect" title="SPAK">SPAK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosecutor_General_(Albania)" title="Prosecutor General (Albania)">Prosecutor General</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Albania" title="Administrative divisions of Albania">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Albania" title="NUTS statistical regions of Albania">NUTS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Albania" title="Counties of Albania">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Albania" title="Municipalities of Albania">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Albania" title="List of cities and towns in Albania">Cities and towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Albania" title="Communes of Albania">Communes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villages_of_Albania" title="Villages of Albania">Villages</a></li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_of_Albania" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maps of Albania">Maps</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Legislature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Albania" title="Elections in Albania">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Albania" title="Parliament of Albania">Assembly</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Albania" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Albania">speakers</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_members_of_the_Parliament_of_Albania" title="Category:Lists of members of the Parliament of Albania">Members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Albania)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Albania)">Opposition</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Albania" title="Human rights in Albania">Human rights</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Albania" title="Abortion in Albania">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Albania" title="Capital punishment in Albania">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_assassinations_in_Albania" title="List of assassinations in Albania">Assassinations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Albania">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avokati_i_Popullit" title="Avokati i Popullit">Ombudsman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Security</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Armed_Forces" title="Albanian Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Police_(Albania)" title="State Police (Albania)">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_mafia" title="Albanian mafia">Organized crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prisons_in_Albania" title="Prisons in Albania">Prisons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_crossings_of_Albania" title="Border crossings of Albania">Border crossings</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Albania" title="Economy of Albania">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Finance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Albania" title="Banking in Albania">Banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_lek" title="Albanian lek">Lek <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Albania" title="Taxation in Albania">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_unions_in_Albania" title="Trade unions in Albania">Trade unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Supreme_Audit_(Albania)" title="State Supreme Audit (Albania)">State Supreme Audit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Retail</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_shopping_malls_in_Albania" title="List of shopping malls in Albania">Shopping centers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_supermarket_chains_in_Albania" title="List of supermarket chains in Albania">Supermarkets</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Albania" title="Agriculture in Albania">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Albania" title="Healthcare in Albania">Healthcare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Albania" title="List of companies of Albania">Companies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Albania" title="Renewable energy in Albania">Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Operators" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Power_Corporation" title="Albanian Power Corporation">KESH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transmission_System_Operator_(Albania)" title="Transmission System Operator (Albania)">OST</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operatori_i_Shp%C3%ABrndarjes_s%C3%AB_Energjis%C3%AB_Elektrike" title="Operatori i Shpërndarjes së Energjisë Elektrike">OSHEE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_Regulatory_Authority_(Albania)" title="Energy Regulatory Authority (Albania)">ERE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Albania" title="List of power stations in Albania">Hydropower plants</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Natural resources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_oil_and_gas_fields_in_Albania" title="List of oil and gas fields in Albania">Oil and gas</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Mining_in_Albania" title="Category:Mining in Albania">Mining</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Highways_in_Albania" title="Highways in Albania">Highways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Albania" title="List of airports in Albania">Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ports_in_Albania" title="List of ports in Albania">Ports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Albania" title="Rail transport in Albania">Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Albania" title="List of bridges in Albania">Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tunnels_in_Albania" title="List of tunnels in Albania">Tunnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Albania" title="List of tallest buildings in Albania">Highrises</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Albania" title="List of tallest structures in Albania">structures</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Albania" title="Telecommunications in Albania">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posta_Shqiptare" title="Posta Shqiptare">Posta Shqiptare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squatting_in_Albania" title="Squatting in Albania">Squatting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Albania" title="Tourism in Albania">Tourism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Monuments" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Monuments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archaeological_sites_in_Albania" title="List of archaeological sites in Albania">Archaeological sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Albania" title="List of castles in Albania">Castles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_Albania" title="List of mosques in Albania">Mosques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tekkes_in_Albania" title="List of tekkes in Albania">Tekkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_Albania" title="List of churches in Albania">Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lighthouses_in_Albania" title="List of lighthouses in Albania">Lighthouses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Adriatic_Sea_Coast" title="Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast">Adriatic Sea Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Ionian_Sea_Coast" title="Albanian Ionian Sea Coast">Ionian Sea Coast</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Albanian_Riviera" title="Albanian Riviera">riviera</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_Albania" title="List of beaches in Albania">Beaches</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:High-contrast-camera-photo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/High-contrast-camera-photo.svg/17px-High-contrast-camera-photo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/High-contrast-camera-photo.svg/26px-High-contrast-camera-photo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/High-contrast-camera-photo.svg/34px-High-contrast-camera-photo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographs_of_Albania" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Photographs of Albania">Images of Albania</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Albania" title="Category:Society of Albania">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Albania" title="Religion in Albania">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevruz_in_Albania" title="Nevruz in Albania">Nevruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_sworn_virgins" title="Balkan sworn virgins">Sworn virgins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Albanian_clothing" title="Traditional Albanian clothing">Costumes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qeleshe" title="Qeleshe">Qeleshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fustanella" title="Fustanella">Fustanella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xhubleta" title="Xhubleta">Xhubleta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brez_(clothing)" title="Brez (clothing)">Brez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opinga" title="Opinga">Opinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xhamadan" title="Xhamadan">Xhamadan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_cuisine" title="Albanian cuisine">Cuisine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiktionary-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wiktionary page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Wiktionary-logo.svg/16px-Wiktionary-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Wiktionary-logo.svg/24px-Wiktionary-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Wiktionary-logo.svg/32px-Wiktionary-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="350" /></a></span> <a 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