Albanian families who hosted persecuted Jews in World War II were awarded medals on Holocaust Day on Friday, while other activities were held in Tirana to remember the solidarity people demonstrated under the Nazis.
Albania held a series of activities on Friday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day and commemorate the bravery of Albanians in fully protecting their Jewish community from Nazi persecution during World War II.
Greetings by the Speaker of the Knesset to the Delegation from the Parliament of Albania
Knesset Plenum, January 17, 2017
Members of Knesset,
It is my pleasure to welcome the delegation from the Parliament of Albania that is currently visiting Israel, whose members are currently sitting in the Visitors Gallery. Welcome, distinguished guests, to Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, and to the Knesset, the seat of our democracy.
Around 800 representatives of the Albanian diaspora from all around the world are gathering for the first-ever such summit in Tirana, aimed at harnessing the energies of dynamic emigre communities.
Pope Francis has praised this little Balkan nation for its notable religious tolerance, saying it should serve as an example for the world.
Although this was the first time I’d met Hasib Buba, I had already heard his voice a number of times echoing through the winding streets and alleyways of Berat, a small city in south-central Albania.
I was depply saddened by the passing away of Shimon Peres, the 9th President of Israel, and through You, I would like to convey to the familly members of the late and loved ones, and also to the Israeli people and government, most heartfelt and sincere condolences.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint on Sunday, honoring the tiny nun for having taken in society's most unwanted and for having shamed world leaders for the "crimes of poverty they themselves created."
Francis held up Mother Teresa as the model for a Catholic Church that goes to the peripheries to find poor, wounded souls during a canonization Mass that drew an estimated 120,000 people—rich and poor, powerful and homeless—to a sun-filled St. Peter's Square.