an Albanian autonomous province within the Ottoman Empire. This was to act as an intermediary phase towards the implementation of external self-determination.3 The political elite, although not integrated within the Ottoman system, formulated the idea for Albanian state development. As the Albanian national movement of 1912 reached its peak, Kosovo Balkans. /  42°N 22°E  / 42; 22. The Balkans ( / ˈbɔːlkənz / BAWL-kənz ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. [1] [2] [3] The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the whole of Bulgaria. The Regia Marina occupied Pola and Sebenico, which became the capital of the Military Government of Dalmatia. It occupied also all Tyrol by the III Corps of the First Army with 20–22,000 soldiers. Other theaters Balkans Italian troops in Thessaloniki, 1916. Italian troops played a major role in the defence of Albania against Austria-Hungary. The botanical exploration of Albania in its modern sense started in the mid-nineteenth century with the collections and publications of A. Grisebach, E. Weiss and C. Grimus von Grimburg, who followed the road from Prizren to Shkoder or were active in the hinterland of the harbours on the Adriatic Sea. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, A. Baldacci, N. Košanin and I In Albania, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00 ). [1] Daylight saving time, which moves one hour ahead to Central European Summer Time, is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST). [2] Albania adopted CET in 1914. 13. Albania (1913-present) Crisis Phase (May 30, 1913-April 1, 1914): The Ottoman Empire relinquish its sovereignty over Albania on May 30, 1913, and the Concert of Europe’s ambassadors meeting in London recognized the independence and neutrality of the Principality of Albania on July 29, 1913. In 1927 alone, the Albanian military ordered 20,000 rifles, 40 mountain guns, 120 machine guns, and other supplies from Italy. Royal Albanian Army Albanian soldiers in April 1939, during the Italian invasion of Albania. The Royal Albanian Army (Albanian: Ushtria Mbretërore Shqiptare) was the army of King Zogu from 1928 until 1939. BsvlZ1.

capital of albania in 1914