In the Grec plateau of Malesia e Madhe, on June 23, 1911, the General Assembly of Albanian leaders convened, which approved the “Greek Memorandum” a historical document containing requirements for the creation of an autonomous Albanian province. It was drafted by Ismail Qemali and Luigj Gurakuqi; Appeared to the Turkish Government and the Great Powers and was also printed as a separate brochure. Known as the “Red Book”, the document contained 12 requests for territorial and administrative autonomy of Albania, among which the recognition of the Albanian nation, the unification of the vilayet with the Albanian population, the cessation of the Albanian civil and financial administration, the creation of judicial bodies, The gendarmerie and the police with the local, the use in the administration in the courts and assemblies of the Albanian language, etc.
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8 May 1926, was concluded the agreement between the Albanian Government and the Serbian-Albanian Bank
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8 May 1937, King Zog I decreed the Law on Changing the Names of Some Cities, Villages, Wards, Rivers, etc