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Stiven llupa

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Stiven llupa
@stivenllupa Jun 30, 2017, 3:19 PM UTC

My first cultural shock in Germany

I moved in Germany October 15th 2015. In two weeks I was ready to move in my flat-share and the days following it, I was already planning to go and do the infamous Anmeldung. If you don't know what a…

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@stivenllupa Jun 21, 2017, 12:49 PM UTC

Why the world calls us Albania and the origin of the name Shqipëri

Albanians call themselves shqiptar, their country Shqipëri, Shqipni (Gheg), but the nation is historically known worldwide, as already apparent, as Albanais, Albanese etc., and their country as Alban…

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@stivenllupa Jun 19, 2017, 8:52 AM UTC

On Albania and the lack of Turkish minorities contrary to the region

I got asked a question some time ago: Why doesn't Albania have an Ottoman Turkish minority? When I first read it I was also surprised and then, it looked like there was some sort of Turkish removal i…

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@stivenllupa Jun 17, 2017, 9:26 AM UTC

What are Albanians ethnically?

This type of question pops up occasionally and up to a point it really baffles me, but at the same time, in the age of information, it is a valid question. I am not surprised that even though it has…

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@stivenllupa Jun 16, 2017, 8:52 AM UTC

How is life in northern Albania?

It means that maybe Premier League will not be aired in northern Albania because irony is a beautiful creature. In northern Albania, lies the city of Kukës, or how we call the UK, New Kukës. Northern…

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@stivenllupa Jun 15, 2017, 8:59 AM UTC

What would be considered taboo in Albania?

Some taboos that are basically superstitions: Throwing your garbage at night. Reason: It’s bad. No one gives any more detail, I have always thought it is a way to avoid going out at night since you m…

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@stivenllupa Jun 14, 2017, 8:27 AM UTC

How difficult is the Albanian language compared to other Indo-European languages?

Let’s make a 1 to 10 scale of difficulty, where 1 is a “breeze” and 10 is “why me”. If you are interested to learn Albanian the rate of your progress will be highly influenced by your native language…

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Stiven llupa
@stivenllupa Jun 13, 2017, 8:29 AM UTC

An Albanian fool trying to shed some light one topic at a time

Greetings to all Steemit users! I am Stiven Llupa, born in Tirana Albania, currently working somewhere in Berlin. I started writing in 2009 in a blog of mine (Glauko.al) and re-vamped it in 2015. The…

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