Albanian schools teach about "territorial injustices"
High school fourth graders in Albania are being taught that several territories in the Balkans have been "unjustly given" to neighboring countries.
Friday, 22.03.2013.
15:19
BELGRADE High school fourth graders in Albania are being taught that several territories in the Balkans have been "unjustly given" to neighboring countries. A geography textbook that the Beta news agency has had a chance to see thus reads that "eastern Kosovo" was "given to Serbia" in this way, and that the same is true of the towns of Bar, Podgorica and Plav, which are part of Montenegro. Albanian schools teach about "territorial injustices" Further, the textbook marks Montenegrin towns of Ulcinj, Plav, Gusinje and Rozaje as "Albanian areas in Montenegro". Albania first emerged as a state in 1912 - however, the textbook claims that these areas were "until 1912 parts of the compact geopolitical whole of Albania", which were "conquered by Montenegro in the wake of the Balkan Wars and the (Ottoman) Turks' capitulation". The geography school book, on page 13, blames the Berlin Congress of 1878 for "making decisions at the expense of the Albanian people" by "unjustly giving Serbia the eastern part of Kosovo with Vranga (likely Vranje), and Bar, Podgorica and Gusinje to Montenegro". On page 197, Albanian students have a chance to learn geography through questions and exercises, which include the following: "Point to Albanian regions in the area of Montenegro on the map", "How and when did these areas secede from the geopolitical space of Albania?", "What is the future of these areas and how can their economic and cultural condition be improved?" The front page of the textbook shows a map of Albania with "Albanian areas" in Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, and Greece, as well as Kosovo. Beside Kosovo, another supposed "Albanian area" in Serbia is singled out - the region of the towns of Bujanovac and Presevo. All the "Albanian areas" are graphically separate from the map of Albania, but are marked in the same color. A map of the Balkan peninsula that doesn't highlight 'territorial injustices' Beta
Albanian schools teach about "territorial injustices"
Further, the textbook marks Montenegrin towns of Ulcinj, Plav, Gusinje and Rožaje as "Albanian areas in Montenegro".Albania first emerged as a state in 1912 - however, the textbook claims that these areas were "until 1912 parts of the compact geopolitical whole of Albania", which were "conquered by Montenegro in the wake of the Balkan Wars and the (Ottoman) Turks' capitulation".
The geography school book, on page 13, blames the Berlin Congress of 1878 for "making decisions at the expense of the Albanian people" by "unjustly giving Serbia the eastern part of Kosovo with Vranga (likely Vranje), and Bar, Podgorica and Gusinje to Montenegro".
On page 197, Albanian students have a chance to learn geography through questions and exercises, which include the following: "Point to Albanian regions in the area of Montenegro on the map", "How and when did these areas secede from the geopolitical space of Albania?", "What is the future of these areas and how can their economic and cultural condition be improved?"
The front page of the textbook shows a map of Albania with "Albanian areas" in Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, and Greece, as well as Kosovo. Beside Kosovo, another supposed "Albanian area" in Serbia is singled out - the region of the towns of Bujanovac and Preševo.
All the "Albanian areas" are graphically separate from the map of Albania, but are marked in the same color.
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