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3 unusual facts about Kukës


Korab Syla

Korab Syla (born 24 November 1992 in Kukësi, Kukës) is an Albanian footballer who plays for KF Përparimi Kukës as a forward.

Task Force ALBA

The primary purpose of the operation was to supply the Refugee camp around the northern Albanian town of Kukës, near the border with Kosovo.

Yvette Pierpaoli

On April 18, 1999, while on a mission to assist refugees from Kosovo, she was one of four people who died in an automobile accident while traveling from Tirana to Kukës, Albania.


Classical music in Kosovo

Prior to any developments of classical music in Kosovo there were amateur activities preceding them that set the environment for later developments, such as the activities of the wind orchestra "Bashkimi" in Skopje, the wind orchestra of Gjakova led by Palok Kurti, the boarding school "Kosova" in Krumë, the fanfare band "Kosova" in Kukës and the Albanian Catholic Church in Prizren.

Song of Tana

In Albania there have been recorded about 70 variants from the regions of Berat, Dibër, Elbasan, Fier, Gjirokastër, Gramsh, Kolonjë, Korçë, Kukës, Lushnjë, Pogradec, Skrapar, Tepelenë and Vlorë.


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