• The Kanun (also Gheg Albanian: Kanû/-ja, other names include Albanian: doke, zakon, venom, usull, itifatk, adet, sharte, udhë, rrugë) is a set of Albanian...
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    newspaper published in London between 1890 and 1898 Kanun (Albania), the traditional clan law of Albania Kanun (Mandaean month), a month of the Mandaean calendar...
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    judiciary. Many Albanians see the courts as corrupt or ineffective, and prefer the perceived self-government offered by adherence to the Kanun, alongside state...
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    Albania (/ælˈbeɪniə, ɔːl-/ a(w)l-BAY-nee-ə; Albanian: Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë), is...
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    the most particular elements of the Albanian tribal structure is its dependence on the Kanun, a code of Albanian oral customary laws. Most tribes engaged...
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    developed system in southern Albania. One of the most particular elements of the Albanian tribal structure is its dependence on the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini. This...
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  • century, is distinguished among several Kanuns. The Kanun has provided some level of self-government for the Albanians under foreign rule and thereby democracy...
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  • customary law (Kanun) Albanian art Albanian traditional tattooing Albanian clothing Albanian dances Albanian war dances Albanian epic poetry Albanian hospitality...
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    Code of Lekë Dukagjini (category Culture of Albania)
    surroundings. The Kanun of Lek Dukagjini was named after Lekë Dukagjini (1410–1481), a medieval prince of Dukagjini who ruled in northern Albania and codified...
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    those in southern Albania. The Kanun is a set of Albanian traditional customary laws, which has directed all the aspects of the Albanian tribal society....
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    "Komisionet". parlament.al (in Albanian). Gjeçovi, Shtjefën; Fox, Leonard, eds. (1989). Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit [The Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini]. Translated...
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    northern Albania and Kosovo from the Ottoman era until the 20th century. The Kanun is not a religious document; many groups follow it, including Albanian Orthodox...
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    The qanun, kanun, ganoun or kanoon (Arabic: قانون, romanized: qānūn; Armenian: քանոն, romanized: k’anon; Sorani Kurdish: قانون, romanized: qānūn; Greek:...
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    Albania is an ethnically homogeneous country, where the overwhelming majority of the population speaks Albanian, which is also the official language....
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  • There are 15 official public holidays observed in Albania. If a non-working public holiday falls on the weekend, then the first working day afterwards...
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  • higher academic institutions based in Albania. Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education Academy of Sciences of Albania Centre for Research and Development...
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  • conduct in the Albanian traditional customary law (Kanun), which has directed all the aspects of Albanian tribal society. The Albanian adjective besnik...
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    economy in Albania, after the period under the communist Party of Labour. Traditional Gheg Albanian culture was based on the 500-year-old Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini...
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  • The traditional Albanian clothing (Albanian: Veshjet Tradicionale Shqiptare; Veshjet Kombëtare; Veshjet Popullore or Kostumet Kombëtare) includes more...
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  • Kanun Customary Law inContemporary Albania" (PDF). js.ugd.edu.mk. pp. 11–14. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. "Traditional Food of Albania"...
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    Tattooing among Albanians is a long-standing tradition that has been practiced since Illyrian times, kept alive in the mountainous areas of the western...
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  • Demographic features of the population of Albania include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious...
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  • Television in Albania was first introduced in 1960. RTSH dominated the Albanian broadcasting field up to the mid-1990s, a period when privately owned...
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    not turned over to the Germans thanks to an Albanian set of laws which is known as the Besa from the Kanun. During the communist dictatorship of Enver...
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  • This is a list of heads of state of Albania who have served since the Declaration of Independence of 1912. Since the collapse of the communist regime...
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    The flag of Albania (Albanian: Flamuri i Shqipërisë) depicts a silhouetted black double-headed eagle in the center of a red background. The red stands...
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    Socialist Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë), officially as the People's Republic of Albania from 1946 until 1976...
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  • Albania is a secular and religiously diverse country with no official religion and thus, freedom of religion, belief and conscience are guaranteed under...
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  • Albania is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, in which the president of Albania is the head of state and the prime minister of Albania is...
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    The Albania national football team (Albanian: Kombëtarja e futbollit të Shqipërisë) represents Albania in men's international football. It is governed...
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