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Albania (/ æ l ˈ b eɪ n i ə, ɔː l ... becoming the Lord of Albania. [58] ... Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Jehovah's Witnesses. ...
The Catholic Church in Albania is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to the numbers given by the government in 2011 it was stated that around 10.03% of the religious population is Catholic. [6] The Albanian census in 2023 note that 8% of Albanians are Catholic.
Throughout its existence the Kingdom saw armed conflict with the Byzantine empire. The kingdom was reduced to a small area in Durrës. Even before the city of Durrës was captured, it was landlocked by Karl Thopia's principality. Declaring himself as Angevin descendant, with the capture of Durrës in 1368 Karl Thopia created the Princedom of ...
Meidani emphasizes Albania's commitment to the creation of "a Europe of the regions" (that is, rather than a continent based on traditional nation-states) and speaks against the desirability of creating a "Greater Albania" that would include ethnic Albanians in neighbouring countries, while stressing the need for closer regional and European ...
From 1335 until 1432 four main principalities were created in Albania. The first of them was the Muzakaj Principality of Berat , created in 1335 in Berat and Myzeqe . The most powerful was the Princedom of Albania , formed after the disestablishment of Kingdom of Albania , by Karl Thopia .
Albania is a secular and religiously diverse country with no official religion and thus, freedom of religion, belief and conscience are guaranteed under the country's constitution. [2] Islam is the most common religion in Albania, followed by Christianity, though religiosity is low and there are many irreligious Albanians.
During the Kosovo crisis (1999) Albania was divided between two positions. [269] The first being an Albanian nationalism motivating Albania to aid and provide refuge for Kosovar Albanian refugees while being a conduit for arming Kosovar Albanians and the second that the country was unable to provide those resources, aid and asylum. [269]
Full Byzantine control over modern Albania was established only after the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria in the early 11th century. In his History written in 1079–1080, Byzantine historian Michael Attaliates referred to the Albanoi as having taken part in a revolt against Constantinople in 1043 and to the Arbanitai as subjects of the duke of ...