A commission of 12 ministers will be established soon to co-ordinate the next census in Albania, State Minister Genc Pollo announced on Thursday. He explained that the headcount will also record ethnic and religious composition in an effort to end frequent disagreement on those figures. Experts and academics have criticised this aspect of the census, [...]
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Posted on 16 January 2010 | Category: Albania, news
The hope that the Albanian leadership will soon conduct an objective census under the supervision of the Council of Europe – which will include Greeks living in that country – was expressed by the Parliamentary Speaker Philippos Petsalnikos and the presidents of the Omonia organisation, Vassilis Bolanos (foto), and of the Human Rights Unity Party, [...]
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Posted on 15 January 2010 | Category: Albania, news
Pasok leader George Papandreou met with representatives of Greek expatriates from Albania yesterday, telling them that the Greek state’s self-evident obligation was to assure full restitution for Northern Epirots in Greece. He made specific commitments in this direction, referring to immediate bestowing of Greek nationality on those eligible, examination of their social security issues, protection [...]
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Posted on 06 June 2009 | Category: Albania, news