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When Noah helps tutor his Albanian girlfriend for the SAT (yes, his girlfriend is conveniently studying for the SAT), he constantly reminds her that she is thinking too deeply about the test questions. And though Noah waxes philosophical about the implications of his teaching, he can barely pay his rent, health insurance, or loans...
DIED. IBRAHIM RUGOVA, 61, President of U.N.-administered Kosovo and a leader of the decades-long quest by the province's ethnic Albanian majority for independence from Serbia; of lung cancer; in Pristina...
Over 30 members of the Albanian community from Harvard and the Greater Boston area donned red—the color of Albania’s flag—and enjoyed food and a movie screening in Adams House on Friday evening to celebrate the official recognition of the Harvard College Albanian Club. The club’s kickoff event also marked Albanian Independence Day, which is observed at the end of November. “I’m really happy today,” said the club’s vice president, Borana Toska...
Kosovo is a part of Serbia and Montenegro, a loose union of states, but it has been under the protection of a United Nations force since 1999, when fighting broke out between Serbian forces and pro-independence elements of the Albanian majority in Kosovo...
Roma in Kosovo are in danger from a deadly combination of a toxic environment and bureaucratic stalemate. In November 1999, in the aftermath of the war in Kosovo, about 200 Roma, driven from their homes by ethnic Albanian extremists, were placed in refugee camps near Trepca, one of the largest lead-and-zinc mines in Europe. Last June, the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted blood tests on 75 Roma adults and children in the camps; 44 proved to be massively contaminated by lead. The camps have still not been evacuated. Refugees live "the life of animals," says Agron Qosa...