Vol167 Greece And Albania 1908 1914

The following publication is an exact reprint of the 1976 first edition, originally published by the Institute for Balkan Studies in Thessaloniki, Greece. Since its publication this book has become a reference work for all students and scholars of Albanian History and Greek-Albanian relations. Being out of print and very difficult to find second hand, we had many requests from colleagues and younger students on where they could find and obtain the book. In 2007 the book was also translated and published in Albanian by Agim I. Tartari without the consent of the author. Subsequent unauthorized editions published in Tirana in 2020 by the Albanian Institute for International Studies have forced the author to make the book available again through printed and e -book editions . The 1976 first edition ends with the signing of the Protocol of Corfu on May 17, 1914, although there were many chapters left in the Greek-Albanian relations. B. Kondis had continued his research during the next two decades and expanded the timeline well into the 1920's with his extensive research on the Protocol of Kapestitsa and the subsequent recognition of the Albanian Independence in 1921. These issues have been addressed through many articles published during his tenure as Director and President of the Institute of Balkan Studies in Thessaloniki Greece. He has also written three books regarding Greek-Albanian relations, Greece and Albania in the 20th Century (published in 1996-1997 in Greek and Albanian editions), Venizelos and the Koritsa Question (published in 2018 in Greek) and a book about his grandfather bearing the same name, Vasil Kondis, who was a prominent personality working as a lawyer in Koritsa and involved in many of the events covered in the present book (published in 2022 in Greek) In August 2022 the second edition of this book was finally published adding more than sixty pages of new material including new articles and documents from the P.R.O. London and A.Y.E. Athens.. It is available from Amazon.com in Kindle, Paperback and Hardcover editions.

The following publication is a digitally enhanced update of the 1976 first edition, originally published by the Institute for Balkan Studies in Thessaloniki, Greece. Since its publication this book has become a reference work for all students and scholars of Albanian History and Greek-Albanian relations. Being out of print and very difficult to find second hand, we had many requests from colleagues and younger students on where they could find and obtain the book. In 2007 the book was also translated and published in Albanian by Agim I. Tartari without the consent of the author. Subsequent unauthorized editions published in Tirana in 2020 by the Albanian Institute for International Studies have forced the author to make the book available again through printed and e -book editions. In Addendum I, one can find material regarding the last period of the Greek-Albanian rapprochement program. Part one sheds some light on the secret agreement of January 22, 1907 between Ismail Kemal Bey Vlora and the Greek Government of Giorgos Theotokis. In part two, I have included the secret negotiations between Faik Bey Konitza, and Lysimachos Kavtanzoglou, the Greek charge d'Affaires at Washington, from 1911 to 1912. Kemal and Konitza were "frenemies" with very different views on the rapprochement with Greece: Konitza favored the old concept of the Greco-Albanian dualistic state, while Kemal always envisioned an independent Albania. For the sake of completion, I have included a new chapter regarding the origin and formation of the Balkan League (Chapter 5). This was the only point of criticism from peers at the time of the publication of the first edition, as this is a key moment in Greek-Albanian relationships. After the territorial definition of Albania by the Porte in September 12, 1912, the dream of a "Greater Albania" comprised of the four vilayets (Shkodër, Kosova, Janina and Monastir) was real, although short-lived. This event forced Venizelos' hand to seek a temporary alliance with former enemy Bulgaria. Eventually Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war against the Ottoman Empire and thus the First Balkan War was a reality. In this book the connection between the Aegean Islands and Northern Epirus was also stressed for the first time. After the Balkan wars, the Greek forces were in control of both the NE Aegean Islands and parts of Northern Epirus. At the London Peace Conference of the Ambassadors during 1912-1913, the two issues were linked by the chair of the conference, the British minister for foreign affairs Edward Grey. Finally Greece in compensation for her loss of Northern Epirus, was to obtain legal recognition of all the Aegean Islands in her possession but accepted to return to Turkey Imbros, Tenedos and Castellorizo. The Dodecanese remained under Italian occupation and were not included in the final exchange. The solution of returning them to Turkey under an autonomous regime proposed by Venizelos and Grey was not realized either. The issue of the Aegean Islands although closely linked with the Albanian issue was not expanded in the first edition as the emphasis was mainly on the effects of the February 13th 1914 decision on Northern Epirus. In Addendum II, there are three new articles regarding the Aegean Islands at the time of the London Conference of the Ambassadors, which are closely linked and supplement Chapter 7. Part IV includes a selection of important documents from the London P.R.O. dating from 1913 to 1914, which the author could not include in 1976 due to the technological limitations of that time.

In January 1914 the eccentric adventurer Captain Duncan Heaton-Armstrong, "on the look out for a more stable career", applied for the post of Private Secretary to the newly appointed King of Albania - the German Prince William of Wied. Heaton-Armstrong describes, with vibrancy, directness and humour, a miniature royal court in a desperately poor and remote corner of Europe. As the First World War engulfed the Balkans in August 1914, two royal infants were escorted back to Germany by Heaton-Armstrong, who was promptly made the first prisoner of war. His remarkable account has been edited for this, the first general edition.

This is the official report of the International Law Commission to the General Assembly on its seventy-third session dated 18 April-3 June and 4 July-5 August 2022.

This text, The Decisive Solution is an eloquent assessment on one of the most profound issues facing the indigenous minority communities around the world in general and a roadmap specifically articulated for the indigenous Muslim minority in America for self determination. In this text Shaykh Muhammad Shareef lays down a case against the historical and continuous discriminatory practises of the American government against it's indigenous communities, such as the 1st Nation Native Americans, Hispanics, Africans and Muslim minorities. The Shaykh highlights the fact that the powers that be, will violate their own laws and principles in order to deny it's indigenous populations true liberty. In the face of such tyranny, this book is a revolutionary ideal.