AKERON-TOURS
A short history
Albanians are autochthonous on their territory.Formerly, they lived in a larger territory than in that today's, but after various invasions, they were obliged to fold up inside their current borders.
Romans were the first to attack this country to have of it the possession and to convert his inhabitants to Catholicism.
Later, Albania was part of Byzance, which the majority population had converted to orthodox religion.
In the Middle Ages, the Albanians faced, heroically, during a quarter of century the biggest empire of the XVth century. A headed our national hero George Kastriote Skanderbeg. The Albanians have also helped the Greek revolution of 1821.
After the 5 centuries of slavery, the Albanians won their national independence, but Europe admitted this independance on only half the territories inhabited by Albanians. Two years only after this independence, the first world war bursts and Albania is transformed into battlefield. It is after some years when the country finds peace.
In 1925 the first Albanian Republic was proclaimed. From 1928 till 1939 the country was governed by a monarch. During World War II Albania is part of the big antifaschiste alliance constituted by the allies.
From 1944 till 1990 the country is governed by Enver Hoxha and Ramiz Alia. Country made progress, but centralised economy had only not much met the needs of the population. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the opening in democracy in Eastern Europe, the Albanians could overturn the ancient communist regime.
Currently, Albania is a parliamentary Republic which has just entered NATO and that hopes to be part of the European Union.