Prende is the dawn-goddess, goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and protector of women, in the Albanian pagan mythology. She is also called Afërdita in reference to Hylli i Dritës, Afêrdita "the Star of Light, Afêrdita" and to Ylli i Mbrëmjes, Afërdita. According to some Albanian traditions, Prende is the daughter of Zojz, the Albanian sky and lighning god.
Albania competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Five competitors, four men and one woman, took part in three events in two sports.
RTV21 is a broadcaster and media company based in Pristina, Kosovo, which includes a radio, a television station, and six sister stations. Its launch in online radio made it the first Albanian station to air over the internet.
Kënga Magjike 05 took place in the Palace of Congresses in Tirana, Albania. There were two semifinals and a final. 31 songs competed for the win but only 17 made it to the final. In the end, Ema Bytyçi won the first prize. Aleksandër Gjoka was the runner-up. The number of points for each singer was announced by each jury member.
Aferdita Kameraj is a German football defender of Kosovar descent. She currently plays for Cloppenburg in the 2nd Bundesliga.
Albania first participated at the Summer Olympic Games in 1972. They missed the next four games, three of them for political reasons due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, 1984 Summer Olympics boycott and 1988 boycotts, but returned for the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics. They have appeared in all games since then. They made their Winter Olympic Games debut in 2006. Albania normally competes in events that include swimming, athletics, weightlifting, shooting, and wrestling. The country has not yet won an Olympic medal. Along with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Andorra and Monaco, Albania is one of four current European participants that have never won an Olympic medal. They have been represented by the Albanian National Olympic Committee since 1972.
Afërdita Dreshaj is an Albanian-American singer and model. Crowned as Miss Universe Kosovo 2011, Dreshaj represented the nation at the Miss Universe 2011 pageant and finished among the top 16.
Shpat Kasapi is an Albanian-Macedonian singer and songwriter.
Sterjo Spasse was an Albanian prose writer and novelist.
A dawn god or goddess is a deity in a polytheistic religious tradition who is in some sense associated with the dawn. These deities show some relation with the morning, the beginning of the day, and, in some cases, become syncretized with similar solar deities.
Namik Resuli was an Albanian linguist and academic.
Qafshtame National Park resides in the edge of the mountain chain north of Tirana, about 25 kilometers east of Kruja. The park is named after the Qafë-Shtamë passage, and has an area of 2000 hectares, with a beautiful mountain scenery consisting mainly of pine forests, some small lakes and major water sources. The national park was established in 1996 by the Albanian government. It is becoming lately a popular attraction for hiking.
Afërdita Tusha was an Albanian female sports shooter who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games against the men in the 50 metre free pistol, she finished 51st. She was the first woman to represent Albania at the Olympics.
Dumosh is a village located in northeastern Kosovo, in the municipality of Podujevo.
The Congress of Elbasan, also known between Albanians as the Congress of the Albanian schools, was held from 2 to 8 September 1909 in Elbasan, today's Albania, back then part of the Vilayet of Monastir of the Ottoman Empire. The congress, sponsored by the local Bashkimi literary club, was attended by 35 delegates from central and southern Albania.
The Second Assembly of Frashër was one of the regional assemblies organized by the League of Prizren. It was held in Frashër in June 1880. It was attended by representatives of settlements with Albanian population which administratively were part of the vilayets of Ioannina and Manastir. The assembly had as central goal addressing the risk of partition of lands with Albanian populations among neighbouring countries. Among other things, the participants agreed on a proposal to form a central national government which would be formed by the General Assembly of the League of Prizren.
Afërdita Veveçka Priftaj was an Albanian physicist, associate of the Academy of Sciences of Albania and a professor at the Polytechnic University of Tirana. Her research specialized on metals, evaluating their microstructure and mechanical properties, and the effects of severe plastic deformation on nanocrystalline materials.
Big Brother VIP Kosova is a Kosovan reality game show based on the Dutch television show franchise Big Brother. The show follows a number of celebrity contestants, known as housemates, who are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built house. Each week, one of the housemates is evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate named the winner.
