INDEPENDENCE OF ALBANIA AND THE OPPOSITIONS OF OTHER BALKAN STATES

The birth of the Albanian nation in 1912 faced simultaneously the opposition of the Balkan states. Their goal was to receive as much territories as they could from the heritage of the Ottoman Empire, which was dissolving at that time. Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria and Montenegro wanted to kill two birds with one stone. Remove from the Balkan the High Gate, but also the territorial adjustment in accordance with their interests. In the meantime the political elite of Albania were in a dilemma, either by declaring the independence or seeking autonomy but based on the symbolic dependency from Istanbul. The initiation of the First Balkan War pushed the Albanians in declaring the independence, whereas the army alliance of the Balkan states was advancing even more. The Conference of Ambassadors in London issued much hope, but had a very dramatic result for Albanians. Their territories were broken into pieces, in favor of the Balkan states.