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Peter Schubert (born 1938 in Dresden, died 1 October 2003 in Berlin) was a German albanologist and diplomat. He worked more than 35 years in the diplomatic service of the former GDR and was an ambassador to Albania.
1956 - 1959 Peter Schubert studied as one of the first Germans at the newly founded University of Tirana Albanian language, literature and history. 1961 he acquired a diploma in linguistics at the Humboldt University of Berlin with a work on the Albanian alphabet.
1962 he entered the diplomatic service of the GDR and worked until 1971 in the Foreign Ministry. During this time he was also twice stationed in the East German embassy in Tirana.
1971-1973 he was sent to an additional studies to the Diplomatic Academy of the Foreign Ministry of the USSR in Moscow.
From 1974 to 1989 he worked again as a Balkans expert in the Foreign Ministry of the GDR. 1989-1990 his career as diplomat ts height, when he acted as the last ambassador of the GDR in Tirana. In this function he experienced at the same time the collapse of the communist systems in both countries - East Germany and Albania.
The end of the GDR and the German reunification forced him a professional reorientation: So he used his deep knowledge as expert and his experience as diplomat in Albania for becoming an advisor for politics and economics. He worked in research projects on Albania and Kosovo and completed several studies on both countries.
The foreign relations of Albania are its relations with other governments and peoples. Foreign relations are conducted through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tirana. The current minister is de jure Prime Minister Edi Rama due to president Ilir Meta's rejection of the role to be held by the de facto minister, Gent Cakaj, a result of 'a lack of experience' from the latter. Albania is a sovereign country in Southern Europe, and the Mediterranean that declared its independence on 28 November 1912. Its foreign policy, has maintained a policy of complementarism by trying to have friendly relations with all countries. Since the collapse of Communism in 1990, Albania has extended its responsibilities and position in European and international affairs, supporting and establishing friendly relations with other nations around the world.
Adamantios Vassilakis, is a distinguished Greek diplomat and negotiator.
Albanian–Greek relations are the bilateral foreign relations between Albania and Greece. Due to the presence of Albanian immigrants in Greece and the Greek minority in Albania, historical and cultural ties as well as the frequent high-level contacts between the governments of Albania and Greece, the two countries today maintain strong, yet at times complicated, diplomatic relations.
The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs is a department of the Albanian Government, in charge of diplomacy, foreign policy and the process of admission of Albania into the European Union. The ministry also provides support to Albanian citizens residing abroad. In September 2017, the ministry was restructured and it was merged with the Ministry of European Integration.
Albanian–Russian relations are foreign relations between the Republic of Albania and the Russian Federation. The establishment of diplomatic relations between Albania and the Soviet Union happened on April 7, 1924. Both countries were also allies in the Warsaw Pact.
Wilhelm Eduard Freiherr von Schoen (Schön) was a German diplomat. He was especially known as German ambassador in Paris at the beginning of World War I and as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the German Empire.
The Albanians in Germany refers to the Albanian migrants in Germany and their descendants. They mostly trace their origins to Albania, Kosovo and to a lesser extent to North Macedonia and other Albanian-speaking territories in the Balkan Peninsula. Their exact number is difficult to determine as some ethnic Albanians hold German, North Macedonian, Serbian or another Former Yugoslavian citizenship.
Albania–Denmark relations are foreign relations between Albania and Denmark. Albania has an embassy in Copenhagen, and Denmark has an embassy in Tirana. About 8,000 Albanians live in Denmark. Both countries are members of NATO. Diplomatic relations were established in 1970. On 23 June 1971, a trade agreement was signed.
Vlad Lupan is the former Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations. Between 2010-2011 he was a Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, Deputy Chairman of the Liberal Party. He is a former diplomat from the Republic of Moldova. He has been the Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Moldova since August 2010. Vlad Lupan served for 12 years in the diplomatic service of his country and in his last posting he was the director of the NATO Department in the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova. Since 2008 he was a civil society expert on EU, NATO, security sector reform issues, as well as an external efficiency evaluator and, at the same time, had his show on Vocea Basarabiei radio station.
Ilir Boçka is an Albanian career diplomat, currently serving as Albania's Ambassador to Serbia. He briefly served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1992.
The Myth of Skanderbeg is one of the main constitutive myths of Albanian nationalism. In the late nineteenth century during the Albanian struggle and Albanian National Awakening, Skanderbeg became a symbol for Albanians and he was turned into a national Albanian hero and myth.
Ylljet Aliçka is an Albanian writer and scriptwriter. He is in Albania mostly known as the author of the controversial novel A story with internationals, which satirises the diplomatic elite accredited in Albania.
Theodor Anton Max Ippen was an Albanologist and diplomat from Austria-Hungary. Ippen belonged to the group of Albanologists who published their works on Albania through the state-financed institutes of Austria-Hungary in order to create the Albanian national consciousness which he believed would be beneficial for Dual Monarchy. Ippen supported the establishment of an independent nation-state of Albanians. He served as diplomat in Shkoder, Pljevlja, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Athens and London where he advised ambassador of Austria-Hungary during London Conference which ended with signing of the London treaty and a decision to establish the Principality of Albania reached on 29 July 1913. During the period between 1921 and 1927, he was a member of the International Danube Commission.
Albania—Romania relations refers to the bilateral relations of Albania and Romania. Albania has an embassy in Bucharest and Romania an embassy in Tirana and a consulate in Korçë. On 16 December 2013, a celebration was held in Romania celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations.
Maximilian Lambertz was an Austrian linguist, folklorist, and a major personality of Albanology.
Albania–Germany relations refer to the current and historical relations of Albania and Germany. Albania has an embassy in Berlin, a general consulate in Munich and 2 honorary consulates in Essen and Stuttgart. Germany has an embassy in Tirana.
Zef Mazi is a former Albanian diplomat who has been serving as Special Assistant to the Director General for Strategy at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 2011, where he has been in charge for Agency-wide strategy formulation, planning and implementation, as well as risk-management and knowledge management.
Anila Wilmsis an Albanian writer living in Germany.
The Albanian–Polish relations refers to historical and current bilateral relations between the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Poland.
Johann Sattler is an Austrian diplomat. Since September 2019 he serves as the EU Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
