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Kiara Tito
Kiara Tito (born 18 January 1996) is an Albanian television presenter, actress and model. Biography Early life and education Kiara Tito was born on 18 January 1996, in Lushnjë, Albania. She was raised in Italy and later returned to Albania to live in Tirana. At age 13, she began participating in modeling and beauty contests, winning the title of "Miss Intelligence." Tito graduated from Barleti University in Tirana with a degree in political science. Career In 2015, Tito was selected from among 200 candidates by public vote to present the show ''Top Select'' on Top Channel. Following this, she appeared in various music videos and hosted different events. In 2018, she competed alongside environmentalist Sazan Guri in the fifth season of the dance competition ''Dance With Me Albania'' on TV Klan. She also hosted the plastic surgery-themed program ''Doktor Plastik'' on ABC News Albania. In 2020, she presented the show ''Style Star'' on ABC for two seasons. In 2022, Tito par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lushnjë
Lushnjë (; locally ''Lushnje'' ; sq-definite, Lushnja) is a city and municipality in west-central Albania. The municipality's population is 63,135 as of the 2023 census, in a total area of . History In January 1920, Lushnje was a provisional capital of Albania and the place of the Congress of Lushnje. Chieftains of Albania assembled in the town and declared Tirana first a provisional and then the definitive capital of Albania. 3 km away from Lushnjë is the Savra Field. This field is on the Lushnjë-Fier road. Here the first battle between Principality of Zeta and Principality of Albania, Ottoman Empire occurred in 1385 (the Battle of Savra). In this battle Balsha II, the Lord of Lower Zeta from 1378 to 1385, was killed. Along with Fier, Lushnjë was the main district of the concentration camps during the Communist Regime; the camps included the villages of Savër, Gradishtë, Bedat, Gjazë, Rrapëz, and Plug. Geography Lushnje is in a hot Mediterranea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Channel
Top Channel is a national commercial television network in Tirana, Albania, founded by Dritan Hoxha in 2001. It is part of the Top Media Group, one of the largest media conglomerates in Albania, which includes Top Albania Radio, Top Gold Radio, My Music Radio, daily newspaper Shqip, daily magazine Shqip Magazine, coffee producer Lori Caffe, Digitalb, Top News, VGA Studio, musicAL, Dritan Hoxha Media Foundation and Imperial Cinemas. History Top Channel was established in 2000 and began experimental broadcasts on 30 July 2001 from the International Centre for Culture (''Qendra Ndërkombëtare e Kulturës''), also known as the Pyramid of Tirana. It officially started broadcasting on 20 December 2001 and quickly became a generalist television channel. In 2003, a national survey ranked Top Channel as the most-watched TV station in Albania with 50% of the audience share, up from 11.9% in 2002. Its rise in popularity was attributed to its high-quality broadcasting technology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portokalli
''Portokalli'' () is an Albanian weekly night sketch comedy and variety show that airs on Top Channel. It began airing on 31 December 2003 and it includes stand-up comedy and live music which makes it similar to the American late-night live television show ''Saturday Night Live''. The show is known to make fun of everyday problems through humor and satire. It also makes fun of political figures such as Sali Berisha, Edi Rama, Hashim Thaçi, Ramush Haradinaj, Lulzim Basha, Ilir Meta, Jozefina Topalli and Alfred Moisiu, including other world leaders like Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin, Aleksandar Vučić, Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician and dictator who has served as supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is the third son of Kim ..., Angela Merkel and their relations with Albania. Portokalli reaches an audience of many ages and it is fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin Barleti University
Marin Barleti University (UMB) () is a private institution of higher education in Albania named after the 15th-century historian/humanist, Marin Barleti, author of the historic account on the Skanderbeg epics. The university was established in 2005 by Marin Barleti Ltd, which is part of DUDAJ Group. Its campus is in Tirana National Park and has facilities such as a sports yard and cafeteria which provide for the student's social lives. The university offers majors and minors in fields such as information technologies, business law, marketing, international business, international relations, management, public administration, English, and social psychology. It provides library and computing and networking resources, and major campus buildings are wired to the university network. As part of the Dudaj Group, MBU offers students the opportunity to practice their knowledge through internships or summer jobs at business activities of the group. MBU provides financial aid schemes to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luiz Ejlli
Luiz Ejlli (born 12 July 1985) is an Albanian singer, songwriter, actor, musician, ex-diplomat, reality show star and TV personality. A former winner of the 44th edition of , he also represented Albania in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. After several years of absence on music, he gained popularity and received significant attention following his participation and victory of the second season of the Albanian reality competition '' Big Brother VIP'' on Top Channel. In 2010, Ejlli was appointed by the Albanian Government as First Secretary for Culture, Tourism, and Arts in the Albanian Embassy in Paris, France. Life and career Ejlli was born on 12 July 1985, in Shkodër, Albania. Between 1991 and 2002, he attended the Prenk Jakova Musical secondary school in Shkodër. He debuted in an Albanian version of Idol in Tirana called "Ethet e së premtes mbrëma". After his victory, he participated in the 43rd edition of . He ended in second place with the song "Hëna dhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirana
Tirana ( , ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in Albania, largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance. It is among the wettest and sunniest cities in Europe, with 2,544 hours of sun per year. Tirana was founded in 1614 by Ottoman Albanian general Sulejman Bargjini, Sylejman Pasha Bargjini, centered on the Sulejman Pasha Mosque, Old Mosque and ''Sulejman Pasha Tomb, türbe''. The city was fairly unimportant until the 20th century, when the Congress of Lushnjë proclaimed it as Albania's capital after the Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912. The site of present-day Tirana has been continuously inhabited since the Iron Age and was likely the core of the Illyrian kingdom of the Taulantii, which in classical antiquity was centred in the hinterland of Durrës, Epidamnus. Following the Illyrian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Klan
Televizioni Klan, also shortened to TV Klan, is an Albanian private television network with national coverage, based in Tirana, Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to .... History and profile TV Klan launched as an Albanian joint-venture, with its first broadcast airing on 25 October 1997. It is the first private TV channel in Albania. On 1 August 1998, at 7:30 PM (19:30), TV Klan made its first news report ever on its channel. The first chronicle of TV Klan is about the murder of Taulant Buça. In 2002, ISO rated the channel as the most highly rated in Albania with 21.5% of audience share. As of 2006, the channel's analogue signal covered around 60% of Albania's territory. TV Klan is a media group that includes Klan Plus, Radio Klan, Klan News, Klan Music, ABC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother VIP (Albanian TV Series) Season 2
''Big Brother VIP 2'', was the second season of '' Big Brother VIP'', hosted by Arbana Osmani. The season started airing on 24 December 2022 on Top Channel, and ended after 134 days on 6 May 2023. The whole season, live from the house, the viewers viewed in two live pay-per-view channels, with the name ''Big Brother VIP 1'' and ''Big Brother VIP 2'', which were available on Albanian television platform DigitAlb. Arbër Hajdari returned as opinionist in the live evictions shows and was joined by Zhaklin Lekatari, replacing Balina Bodinaku. Megi Pojani hosted the spin-off show '' Big Brother VIP – Fans' Club'', replacing Dojna Mema. Ardit Cuni was the new opinionist for the spin-off show ''Fans' Club''. A 60-minute radio show '' Big Brother Radio'' was introduced this season, with Elona Duro as the host. Like in the first season, one week after the final of the show, was broadcast a reunion show, with the name '' Post Big Brother VIP''. This season the show was broadcast only f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing With The Stars (Albanian TV Series) Season 9
The ninth season of ''Dancing with the Stars'' premiered on Top Channel on 6 October 2023. Bora Zemani and Eno Popi returned as hosts. Valbona Selimllari was joined on the judging panel by Ilir Shaqiri, who had served as judge when the show aired on Vizion Plus, Lori Bala, who appeared as a professional partner in the previous seasons and season 2 contestant Olta Gixhari. On 29 December 2023, Enxhi Nasufi & Silvester Shuta were announced as the winners of the season, with Sardi Strugaj & Ensa Llaci as the runners-up. Arnita Beqiraj & Eni Balla and Fifi & Graciano Tagani finished in third place. For the first time, it was aired a spin-off show, with the name ''Dancing with the Stars – Fans' Club'' on Top Channel, Kiara Tito hosted the show and Albi Nako was the opinionist. The show premiered on 8 October 2023 and was aired every Sunday at 12:45 pm. The series features debates and conversations about the latest goings on the main show with a studio audience and celebrity panel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Births
1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, killing around 300 people. * January 9– 20 – Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya. * January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of Japan. * January 13 – Italy's Prime Minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government. * January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of Portugal. * January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. Bio promises to restore power following elections scheduled for February. * January 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Television Presenters
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