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Municipality: Kukës (Shqipëri)

Kukës

Also known as: Kukësi, Kukes
The town with apartment blocks below a snow-capped mountain.
The centre of Kukës seen from the east, December 2017.Photo: Albinfo · 2017-12 · CC BY 4.0

Related events

1 events
  1. 24 March 1999 – 9 June 1999The mass expulsion of Albanians, March–June 1999Evidence status: Judicially established. Established in a final court judgment. It covers only what the court found, not every later interpretation.

Photographs

Military helicopter on the ground next to a blue-covered truck, mountains behind.
Swiss Air Force Super Puma helicopter in service for UNHCR in Kukës, summer 1999, shortly after the Kosovo War.Photo: Albinfo · 1999 · CC BY 3.0The identification of this image is not fully certain.
Lake and town beneath a large snow-covered mountain.
Kukës seen from the north with Mount Gjallica (2485 m) and Lake Fierza, December 2017.Photo: Albinfo · 2017-12 · CC BY 4.0
A woman cooks over an open fire beside a red tractor; two men stand in front of a tarpaulin-covered lorry.
Refugees from Kosovo with tractors and lorries in Kukës during the 1999 exodus, photographed by Jonuz Kola.Photo: Jonuz Kola · 1999 · CC BY-SA 4.0The identification of this image is not fully certain.
Kofi Annan at microphones, surrounded by journalists, camera operators and officials.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Kukës during the 1999 Kosovo crisis, photographed by Jonuz Kola.Photo: Jonuz Kola · 1999 · CC BY-SA 4.0The identification of this image is not fully certain.

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