Между Македония, България и Албания – Голо Бърдо (Албания) и балканските национализми
Among Macedonia, Bulgaria and Albania: Golo Brdo (Albania) and Balkan Nationalisms

Summary/Abstract: The text represents the area of Golo Brdo, which after the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) following the decision of the Ambassadors' Conference in London (1913) remains in the territory of Albania. Before the creation of the so-called First Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) in 1918 Golo Brdo is seen only as a Bulgarian region. In the twentieth century, however, with the dynamics of state-political context of the Balkans the community in Golo Brdo is also subjected to different influences and its identity today is placed among Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania. The text presents precisely the views of each of these countries: Bulgarian glance insists on the historical memory of Bulgarian origin and Bulgarian language, although Bulgaria's relations with this community for nearly 50 years have been lost and recovered only after the democratic changes in both countries; Macedonian "version" defines the people of Golo Brdo as Macedonians in the sense of ethnic and national concept, as the dialect and geographic proximity, as well as the common border are an argument for these claims, but also an opportunity for close contact with the community; the Albanian position nowadays is relatively neutral, though in Albania is recognized a "Macedonian" minority – an act made in the context of diplomatic relations between Albania and the (then) Yugoslavia (and refers mainly Mala Prespa region), and still today the inhabitants of Golo Brdo are free to choose their self-determination for censuses in Republic of Albania.

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