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The first issue of the newspaper “<\/span>Shk<\/span>u<\/span>pi<\/span>” (“Skopje”) was pub<\/span>li<\/span>shed in 1911-1912 in Skopje, <\/span>ma<\/span>rking it as the only pub<\/span>li<\/span>cation in the Albanian language within the Province of Kosovo and the first newspaper to <\/span>emerge<\/span> in the ter<\/span>ritories of Kosovo and <\/span>Ma<\/span>cedonia. Directed by the reviva<\/span>li<\/span>st and pub<\/span>li<\/span>cist Jashar <\/span>Ereba<\/span>ra<\/span>, “<\/span>Shk<\/span>u<\/span>pi<\/span>” played a significant role in affirming the <\/span>Albanian cause for full independence. <\/span><\/span>(In the photo: The front page of the “<\/em><\/span>Skopjei<\/span><\/em>” newspaper, 1911<\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>Ledi<\/span>o<\/span> Xhoxhi<\/span>, personal archive.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skeda:<\/span>Shk<\/span>u<\/span>pi<\/span>_Newspaper_1_29_August_1911.jpg<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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G<\/span>ra<\/span><\/strong>phic processing<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>AHCF<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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