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The new chairmanship of “Drita<\/i>” society of Romania was elected. This society continued its activity under the direction of Nikolla Na\u00e7o, publishing the newspaper “Shqiptari” (\u201cThe Albanian\u201d) <\/i>(1888), opening the Albanian-Vlach Normal School (1892) for the preparation of Albanian teachers, as well as financially helping Albanian schools in Albania. In 1906, the Bucharest societies “Dituria”, “Shpresa” and partly “Drita” were merged into the society “Bashkimi”. (In the photo: “Drita” patriotic society, Romania.)<\/i><\/p>\n

Text:<\/strong> Albanian encyclopedic dictionary – Vol. 3<\/i>, Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kristalina-KH”, Tirana, 2009, page 2508-2509.<\/p>\n

Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 Central State Archives<\/p>\n

Graphic processing: <\/strong>AHCF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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