Albania
is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on
the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares land
borders with Montenegro, Kosovo, North
Macedoniaand Greece. Tirana is its
capital and largest city. The term
Albania is the medieval Latin name of the country. It may be derived from the
Illyrian tribe of Albani, from the city
of Albanopolis located northeast of Durrës. During the Middle Ages, the
Albanians called their country Arbëri or Arbëni and referred to themselves as
Arbëreshë or Arbëneshë.Likely that today there
would be so many searches in the web on ‘Albania’ !! (I did !!)
Labour has won 72 seats but needs 76 to govern without relying on the Greens or independents for confidence and supply - voting for the government’s budget legislation… .. .. following !!
The
2022 Australian federal election was held on 21 May 2022 to elect members of
the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Liberal/National coalition
government led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison sought to win a fourth
consecutive term in office. It was challenged by the opposition, the Labor
Party led by Anthony Albanese. The Greens, United Australia, One Nation, other
minor parties, and independents also contested the election. Late on election night, Morrison conceded the
election and announced his forthcoming resignation as Liberal leader and Albanese was sworn in as Prime Minister today.
Anthony
Albanese has officially been sworn in as Australia’s 31st prime minister, marking
the first time a person with a non-Anglo surname has held the office.How do you
pronounce the new Australian Prime Minister ? It’s been hypothesised the prime
minister may feel a sense of conflict about fully embracing his Italian surname
as he was brought up by his mother and only met his Italian father, Carlo,
after his mother’s death in 2002. Italian
isn’t an inflexible language and has various regional differences and dialects.
According to ancestry.com, the title Albanese hails from southern Italy and is
an ethnic name for “an Albanian”, describing someone from Albania or one of the
Albanian settlements in Italy.
The prime minister
of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The
prime minister heads the executive branch of the federal government of
Australia and is also accountable to federal parliament under the principles of
responsible government. Formally appointed by the governor-general, the office
of the prime minister is governed by Westminster system convention as it is not
described in the Australian constitution. To become prime minister, a
politician should be able to command the confidence of the House of
Representatives. As such, the prime minister is typically the leader of the
majority party or coalition. Prime ministers do not have a set duration or
number of terms, but an individual's term generally ends when their political
party loses a federal election, or they lose or relinquish the leadership of
their party.
Thirty-one
people have served as prime minister, the first of whom was Edmund Barton
taking office on 1 January 1901 following federation. The longest-serving prime
minister was Robert Menzies, who served over 18 years, and the shortest-serving
was Frank Forde, who served one week.
The incoming parliament
will be the most diverse in the nation’s history, and comes at a time when half
of Australia’s six state premiers have non-Anglo surnames. Despite more than
three decades in public life, the pronunciation of Albanese’s Italian surname
remains a thing of controversy. In short, Albanese has used, and answers to,
multiple variations of his surname. In interviews, he’s told reporters it’s
easier to just call him Albo. Early in his parliamentary career, Albanese
pronounced his surname “Al-ba-neez”, rhyming with cheese. In her 2016 biography
of Albanese, the Saturday Paper journalist Karen Middleton said that gradually
the pronunciation of his name became “more flexible”, as a form of political
convenience. Speaking on Channel 10’s The Project in 2019, Albanese was played
a clip of politicians pronouncing his surname in alternate ways, including
members of his own party.
“So I’m not
terribly precious about it, which is why Albo is a lot easier; you can’t get
that wrong.” – said the new Prime Minister.
Interesting !
23.5.2022.
Nice one .. literarture as also current affairs - Sujatha
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