Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on August 26, 1910. Her family was of Albanian descent. At the age of twelve, she felt strongly the call of God. She knew she had to be a missionary to spread the love of Christ. At the age of eighteen she left her parental […]
Saimir Pirgu figures among the brightest stars in today’s international operatic firmament and has been celebrated at every major international operatic venue, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Teatro alla Scala, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Paris Opéra, the Berlin Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper, the Zurich Opera, Barcelona’s Liceu, the San […]
Joseph DioGuardi (born September 20, 1940) is an American certified public accountant and a Republican politician. DioGuardi served in the House of Representatives representing the 20th Congressional district of New York from 1985 to 1989. He was also the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in New York during the 2010 special election.
DioGuardi, a former partner at Arthur Andersen & Co., also serves as president of the Albanian American Civic League, […]
Anthony Athanas (born 1911- 2015 in Korça, Albania), was an Albanian immigrant who moved to New York when he was 5 and who turned a stretch of abandoned landfill on Boston’s waterfront into one of the most successful restaurants in the country. Besides being a successful businessman, Anthony Athanas was well-known in the Albanian community […]
James Adam Belushi was born June 15, 1954, in Chicago, to Agnes Demetri (Samaras) and Adam Anastos Belushi, a restaurant owner. His father was an Albanian immigrant and his mother was also of Albanian descent. He grew up in Wheaton, Illinois. He attended the College of DuPage and Southern Illinois University, where he graduated with […]
Eliza Dushku was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Judith (Rasmussen), a political science professor, and Philip R. Dushku, a teacher and administrator. Her father is Albanian and her mother is American (of Danish, Irish, English, and German descent). She was discovered at the end of a five-month search throughout the United States for the perfect […]
Fadil Berisha is an Albanian-American photographer based in New York City. Fadil was born in Kosovo in 1960, and migrated to New York City at the age of nine where he would soon discover his passion for photography, fashion and beauty. Prior to his arrival in NYC, Fadil moved to Italy for a year in […]
Sopranoja shqiptare me famë botërore, Ermonela Jaho, është vlerësuar maksimalisht nga mediat prestigjoze si BBC, Daily Telegraph dhe The Independent. Ajo ka performuar në shumë opera të botës, duke përfshirë Royal Opera në Londër, Metropolitan Opera në Nju Jork, Berliner Statsoper, Paris Champs Elysees-Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Opera Kompania e Filadelfias, Opera e Marsejës, […]
Inva Mula was born in Tirana, Albania. Inva’s parents recognized her musical talent at an early age and encouraged her to study the piano and train her voice; she took singing lessons from her mother from the age of sixteen.
The young singer later graduated from the Tirana Academy of Arts and took her examination in […]
The Prime Minister has approved the proposal of the State Minister of Diaspora to appoint a state coordinator responsible for study programs and donors that offer study abroad scholarships. The Deputy Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, Mr. Redi Shtino is appointed as the state coordinator.
The Deputy Minister of Education, Sports and Youth is responsible […]
