Attending the event moderated by Prof. Dr. Neritan Ceka, were President of the Academy of Sciences Skënder Gjinushi, Vice President Vasil Tole, Scientific Secretary Shaban Sinani, as well as academicians, well-known researchers and students of the Faculty of History.

Xhufi spoke about the obscure period of the Middle Ages, which is considered its first period, i.e. the early Middle Ages.

Speaking about the history of Albania, we should pay homage to the Albanian professors and especially to Aleks Buda, who created the Albanian historiographical school.

Further on, Xhufi said that, “The Venice Archive is like an endless mine, where there are about 2500 files with materials about Albania. I have only processed 110 files for six months there, but in regard to the 2400 files that are not examined yet, there is needed an organized work and new staff must be created for this research. There are hundreds of Albanian students in Italian universities, but there are no students studying classical letters, ancient Greek, Latin, etc., which are necessary for albanological studies”.

He also presented a range of problems that hinder illumination of early medieval history.

In the end he said that, “Medieval Albania was a thriving country with independent cities and city-states, as Milan Shuflaj writes, which illuminated the history of Albanians in the territories of former Illyria”./ k.s/p.s./