On April 4th, 2009 the Republic of Albania became a member of the North Atlantic Alliance, or as it is called briefly NATO. The biggest military and political organization of our day was established on April 4th, 1945 with the Alliance Treaty, signed in Washington. Initially has grouped Belgium, Canada, Denmark, United States, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands and Portugal. NATO has created a highly branched organism, composed by more than 200 different military, political and technical councils, of commissions, committees and expert groups. Its main organs are the session of the NATO Council and the Defence Planning Committee.
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17th September the day of peace
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17th September 1499, 20.000 Albanians invite the nephew of Skanderbeg to lead the war against the ottomans
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17th September 1827, the politician, poet, publicist Pashko Vasa was born
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17th September 1914, Esat Pasha signed the first agreement with Serbia
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17th September 1919, the leaders of Shkodra protest against the terror of the Italian military