What is "shqiponjat"

Shqiponjat may be:

• Shqiponjat (Ultras)
• Shqiponjat (police unit)

Shqiponjat (English: "The Eagles") or Skuadra Shqiponjat ("Eagle Team") is a quick intervention group of the Albanian state police (unofficial info: equipped and trained by Italian police). They are the most specialized quick intervention unit after F.N.SH (Forcat e Nderhyrjes se Shpejt/ Force of Rapid Intervention unit) in the Albanian police. They were disbanded in 2013 but they quickly returned in 2014.

Shqiponjat ("The Eagles") is a popular Italo- Albanian folk group based in Santa Sofia d'Epiro, Calabria, Italy. The group was created in 1994 by women to support and spread the Arbëreshë culture of their home town through traditional dresses, dances such as Arbëreshë, Valle Pogonishte, Valle, Dardhare, Lulet e Sheshit and songs like Valle Dardhare, Valle Valle and Kosovare. The group has gained popularity and has won festivals, touring in Italy and once in Albania.