a few seconds ago32 years since dictator Enver Hoxha's bust
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)32 years ago, on February 20, 1991, tens of thousands of citizens rose to break down the symbol of communism, a few months after the old regime living its last days allowed political pluralism. The collapse of communist dictator Enver Hoxha's bust was prompted by hunger strikes undertaken by several hundred [...]
32 years ago, on February 20, 1991, tens of thousands of citizens rose to break down the symbol of communism, a few months after the old regime living its last days allowed political pluralism.
The collapse of communist dictator Enver Hoxha's bust was prompted by hunger strikes undertaken by several hundred students to remove the university's name.
February 20th is now designated a national memory day for martyrs and victims of the communist regime. It actually marked the end of the dictatorship in Albania.
Images of those events, in “Square Skenderbej” took the world's lap and once again put Albania in focus of international developments.
The collapse of dictator Enver Hoxha's bust would also mark the breakup with the past and the beginning of a new era, that of democracy.
