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The Congress of Lushnja started its work. On January 21, 1920, at 10:00 a.m., after the preliminary announcement throughout Albania and Kosova, the first meeting of the National Assembly (National Assembly) was held in Lushnja. Since not all delegates had arrived, the proceedings of the Assembly were postponed until later. (In the photo: Minutes of the first meeting, 1920)<\/i><\/p>\n

Text:<\/strong> History of the Albanian people – Vol. III,<\/i> Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Toena”, Tirana, 2007, page 145.<\/p>\n

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

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

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