DiTV - Video about immigration of Dibrans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwniB_rhHYg

Dibra Lake 2011

Always a pleasure to look at and it's the only thing that still attracts me to travel over 3,000 miles away, two transfer flights, and go through the balkan border experience and the great nation of "Macedonia".

Mixergy.com - interview with Ilir Sela, founder of Mypizza.com

Mixergy.com is a website that presents visitors with ideas and inspiration by presenting stories of successful upstart businesses and their founders. This month, they featured an interview of Dibra's own, Ilir Sela, founder of mypizza.com

Scanderbeg's great grandson visits Dibra

The great grandson of Ggjergj Kastrioti (George Castrioti), the Albanian Hero and legendary commander visited Dibra e madhe recently.

Georgo Maria Kastriota currently resides in Napoli, Italy. He is the 14th generation of the legendary Albanian Hero. "I have come to my house" he declared in Dibra.

It is widely accepted that George Kastrioti was from the Dibra area. It was in Dibra where he first returned to Albania and with 300 Dibran reinforcements he began his journey to Kruja and to the heroic 20 year resistance to the Ottoman Empire.

Shoqata Atdhetare Dibrane - Version 2011.1

There seems to be renewed energy from Shoqata Atdhetare Dibrane, a non for profit organization based in New York. Let's hope that the new director (Ilir Rusi) and new website (dibra.us) will produce more fruitful results and provide the Dibran community in New York with much needed portal and community services then the previous board of directors.



Here is a list of the current members:

Executive Officers/ Ekzekutive

Ilirian Rusi - Chairman/Kryetar
Agron Sela - Vice-Chairman/Nën-kryetar

Abduraman Duka – Treasurer/Arkëtar

Ago Maqellara - Treasurer/Arkëtar

Selaudin Radoveshi – Asst.Treasurer/Ndihmës Arkëtari

Adriatik Pilku - Secretary/Sekretar & Executive Director

Muharem Borova – Asst.Secretary/Ndihmës Sekretari

Board of Trustees/ Bordi Drejtues

Adice Veliu

Bajram Dede

Bardhul Mashkulli
Bardhul Kllobocishta

Besim Ramadani

Bujar Sezairi

Daut Ame

Xheladin Pjeca

Dritan Kllobocishta

Fisnik Daci

Haxhi Maqellara

Ibrahim Kolari

Muharem Shehu

Selman Ferati

Ylber Pilku

Albanian Parliament Design Proposal

The Viennese architectural firm of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU has won the first prize for their design of the new Albanian Parliament building in the capital Tirana. The design concept incorporates fundumental democratic values such as openess, transparency and public co determionation.

Blerim Cami - American Success Story

Here is a short interview with Blerim Cami, The Dibran Bussinessman who in just 8 years, was able to move to New york from Dibra and realize the American dream. Blerim studied veterinary medicine in Zagreb, Croatia. After graduation he moved to New York where he was forced to shift professions, take on various jobs and through Dibran wits and perseverance, he was able to save enough money and invest in opening his own Allstate Branch which he now runs and manages.