Prende or Premte is the dawn goddess, goddess of love, beauty, fertility, health and protector of women, in the Albanian pagan mythology. She is also called Afër-dita, an Albanian phrase meaning "near day", "the day is near", or "dawn", in association with the cult of the planet Venus, the morning and evening star. She is referred to as Zoja Prenne or Zoja e Bukuris. Her sacred day is Friday, named in Albanian after her: e premte, premtja. She reflects features belonging to the original Indo-European dawn goddess. A remarkable reflection associated with the Indo-European dawn goddess is the Albanian tradition according to which Prende is the daughter of the sky god – Zojz.
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.
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 former footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Hamburger SV, Turbine Potsdam and Cloppenburg. She represented Germany internationally at youth levels U19, U21 and U23.
David Tukiçi was born in 1956 in Shkodër, Albania. Also known as David Tukiqi, he is an Albanian composer, conductor and singer. He also holds Italian citizenship.
Afërdita Dreshaj is an Albanian-American singer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was 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 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.
Tallava or Talava is a music genre originating from Albanian-speaking Roma communities in Kosovo as well as in North Macedonia, with a presence in Albania. Having originated in the Roma community in Kosovo in the 1990s, it evokes regional Balkan musical styles and has become popular in Albania and North Macedonia. It is identified as part of the wider pop-folk genre of the Southeastern Europe, which includes Chalga from Bulgaria, Skiladiko from Greece, Manele from Romania and turbo-folk from Serbia.
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.
The Congress of Elbasan, also known among 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.
Besnik Podvorica, is a Kosovo Albanian former professional basketball player who played most of the time for Sigal Prishtina in Kosovo Superleague.
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 reality competition 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.
Afërdita Deva-Zuna is a Kosovar university professor, researcher in the field of family pedagogy, and author of pedagogical works and studies. She made significant contributions to the development of pedagogical thought in Kosovo.
Baki Jashari is a Kosovar composer, conductor, and music educator who directed the Kosovo Philharmonic from 2006 to 2024. He studied composition at the Academy of Music at Ljubljana, graduating in 1984. He would later move back to Ljubljana, conducting the Academy's string orchestra from 1990 to 2000. He was also director of the Professional Choir of Radio Television of Pristina, from 1987 to 1990.
