In Shkodër, the first issue of the newspaper "Hylli i Dritës" was published (1913–1914; 1921–1924; 1930–1944; 1993–1997), a monthly cultural and literary magazine of the Catholic clergy of the Franciscan Order.
Themo Vasi, a communist movement activist, participant in the National Anti-Fascist Liberation War, and a People's Hero, was killed in battle against the German Nazis in the Golem Mountains (Gjirokastër).