Congressman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs committee and co-chair of the Albanian Issues Caucus, speaks at VOA Albanian Service's 70th anniversary celebration in Washington on May 7th, 2013.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Philip Reeker paid tribute to the Voice of America’s Albanian Service Tuesday, May 7th 2013, as the service marked the 70th anniversary of its first broadcast in 1943.
In a lighthearted moment, former U.S. Ambassador to Albania William Ryerson recounted preparations for then U.S. Secretary of State James Baker’s 1991 visit to Albania after the two countries established diplomatic ties.
Former Senator, Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), speaks at VOA Albanian Service's 70th anniversary celebration in Washington on May 7th, 2013.
VOA Albanian Service's anniversary celebration features the story of two Albanian women, Zamira Edwards and Isabela Cocoli, who fled Albania and later began long careers at the Voice of America. (May 7th 2013)
Zamira Edwards shares her unique story and the impact of VOA Albanian Service in her speech at the service's 70th anniversary celebration in Washington on May 7th, 2013.
The President of Albania, Bujar Nishani, congratulates VOA's Albanian Service on its 70th anniversary, May 7th, 2013.
Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga said, “VOA was the only voice reporting during the war [in Kosovo] and the refugee crisis that our people could listen to…may the Voice of America never go silent.”
