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Castle of Kruja

The Krujë Castle is a castle in the city of Krujë, Albania and the center of Skanderbeg’s resistance against the Ottoman Empire. During the Albanian Revolt of 1432-1436 the city was unsuccessfully besieged by Andrea Thopia and Ottoman rule was restored. After Skanderbeg’s resistance in 1443 the castle withstood three massive sieges from the Turks respectively in 1450, 1466 and 1467 with garrisons usually no larger than 2,000-3,000 men under Skanderbeg’s command.

HOW LOCAL INSTITUTIONS AND WELL ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATIONS COULD BE PART OF A PROGRAM SUCH AS ORIGINAL?

On December 11, we launched the #OriginAL, a program that aims to provide a volunteer, educational and cultural experience for Diaspora Youth that will strengthen their sense of ethnic identity and create long-lasting connections, especially with their youth peers in our homeland countries. During the launching we facilitated a panel to shed light on existing activities …

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SAVE THE DATE – ‘ORIGINAL’ LAUNCHING CONFERENCE, DECEMBER 11, 2021

GERMIN and the Global Albanians Foundation (GAF) are excited to announce OriginAL. OriginAL is our new joint program patterned on the idea of Birthright Israel, Birthright Armenia, and similar programs in other countries. We aim to provide an educational and cultural experience for Diaspora Youth that will strengthen their sense of ethnic identity, and create long-lasting connections, especially …

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Get ready! / Bëhuni gati!

Application will open on May 25th, 2022.

Aplikimi hapet më datë 25 Maj, 2022.