{"id":5357,"date":"2009-06-05T13:12:32","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T12:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/web\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2018-11-24T13:14:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T12:14:02","slug":"press-release-tirana-june-5-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/blog\/2009\/06\/05\/press-release-tirana-june-5-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release Tirana, June 5, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Drita Ivanaj<\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><strong>President of the Ivanaj Foundations<br \/>\nNew York \u2013 Tirana<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-201 imgborder\" title=\"M&amp;M Ivanaj Foundation in Albania\" src=\"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_2_large-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"M&amp;M Ivanaj Foundation in Albania\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_2_large-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_2_large-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_2_large-540x405.jpg 540w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_2_large.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today I am delighted to announce that I have finally physical control of the Ivanaj property in Tirana, Albania, the title of which I had legally obtained in 1995 as the only heir to my family possessions.<\/p>\n<p>After 14 years of untangling all the legal and procedural issues, justice has prevailed and I now have the great pleasure and honor to put my property at the disposal of the Ivanaj Foundations created by me in New York in 1995 and in Tirana in 1996, in memory of my father Martin and my uncle Mirash.<\/p>\n<p>It has been 70 years, almost to the day, that my family had to evacuate these premises as the property was confiscated by the Fascist government in 1939.\u00a0 After WWII the property was claimed by the Communist dictatorship and held for over half a century.\u00a0 The military unit that\u00a0 freely used my land and home, even during these years of Albanian democratization, has been relocated and has relinquished the property.<\/p>\n<p>My life\u2019s dream is becoming a reality and the outcome of that dream will be that the Ivanaj Foundations will have their own quarters in Tirana where my family\u2019s original Albanian flag, which I preserved for this day, will proudly fly again. \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_1_large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-200 imgborder\" title=\"M&amp;M Ivanaj Foundation in Albania\" src=\"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_1_large-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"M&amp;M Ivanaj Foundation in Albania\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_1_large-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_1_large-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_1_large-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_1_large-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_1_large-540x405.jpg 540w, https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/property_1_large.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cheers, Albania!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Drita Ivanaj President of the Ivanaj Foundations New York \u2013 Tirana Today I am delighted to announce that I have finally physical control of the Ivanaj property in Tirana, Albania, the title of which I had legally obtained in 1995 as the only heir to my family possessions. 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