In the end of 2007 and beginning of 2008, Kosova was approaching the day when it would eventually declare its independence. The hectic diplomacy preceding this moment included also the following polemics by H. E. Tonin Gjuraj, Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to Israel.
Fifty years of studing the work of Prof. Çabej in Kosova, 1952-2002
Fifty years before, the passionated researcher Hasan Kaleshi, has published a review for ”Serbo - Croatian – Albanian Dictionary”, co-author of which was Eqrem Çabej. This is the first year a reseacher from Kosova focused the attention of the readers on the name of Professor Çabej, who later, especially during the last thirty years turned to be a synonym of the highest achievements of the science of albanology, and not only of it.
Since the American Stephen Schwartz appeared on Klan TV, during the “Zonë e Lirë” (Free Zone) show moderated by Arian Çani, to give some opinions of his, I happened to hear a wide range of opinions on this (read: scandalous ones), from every kind of person at all cultural levels. This issue, surprisingly, acquired A pan-national dimensions and was interpreted AS an aggression against the Fatherland, our national identity, against our national conscience, against our national symbols and against many, many other terms and concepts which include the adjective “national”.