Ndarje të trishtuara (Një vështrim historik - juridik mbi martesat midis shtetasve shqiptarë dhe të huaj)
Tristful separations: a historic-juridical regard on the marriages between albanian and foreign citizens

Summary/Abstract: A society that was under the control of the Party-State, implicated the same control on its cellule as well; the family and the person. The struggling relationships of the couples that were created during this period between Albanian and foreign citizens, principally from countries of the ex-Communist Block, were part of this occurrence. This issue is observed within the legislation of that time, as well as within the political orientations and extra legal practices of the party and state structures. In order to build the new supporting intelligence, the Communist government of Albania sent quite a few Albanian youngsters in the Universities of USSR and other countries of 'the camp' for studies. It was absolutely natural and understandable that love relationships would evolve between the students. Not few of them were proved stable and towards marital commitments, creating thus, a need for a solution. The Albanian legislation changed several times depending to the changes that underwent the Soviet legislation on marriages, which allowed marriages only between couples from communist countries. This was the situation until 1960. Later on, the aggravation of the ideological and political relations between the Communist Party of Albania and the Communist Party of USSR brought the interruption of the economic, cultural, military and diplomatic rapports between the two countries. This state of alert and war declared by the Party-State was imposed on all the structures of the Albanian society, even on its cellule, the family. Under this situation, the families that went under the principal challenge were those of the ex-students married to foreign women and that now had become military, scientific, and cultural personalities. Politics intervened aggressively in their private life. Built on the feeling of pure love, part of these couples resisted against the political storm. However, most of them were separated, leaving behind tears and memories. According to a report of the Ministry of Home Affairs, until November 1963, 66 foreign women permanently returned to their countries. The fact that other motives might have influenced the separation of these families cannot be excluded. However, the determinant factor was the political one.

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