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Greek Flag Burned Outside OMONOIA Offices in Albania

A Greek flag was burned outside the offices of the "OMONOIA" organization by unknown individuals on Monday night in the Agious Saranta area in south Albania. The Democratic Union of the National Greek Minority OMONOIA is an organization located in southern...

Albania: Omonoia’s Notice on Greek Language

The Democratic Union of the Greek Minority, Omonoia, appealed to the Albanian government to pass the law on minorities which will clearly provide for the use of each minority’s mother tongue. The organization made an official notice on the occasion...

Albania: ‘Omonoia’ Elects New President

As of yesterday, January 11, 2015 Leonidas Pappas is the new President of the Greek minority organization Omonoia in Albania. During the organization conference in Saranda, Albania, the 41-year-old Leonidas Pappas, a civil engineer, was elected president, with 190 votes...

Albania: “Omonoia” Complains About Violation of Greek Minority’s Rights

The Greek organization "Omonoia" has accused Albania's left-wing governing coalition of "non-respect of the pre-election and post-election agreements and continuous violation of human rights and demands of Greek National Minority in the fields of administrative reform, education, ownership and equal...

Albania: Omonoia Seeking Union of Himara and Loukovo

The Democratic Union of the Greek minority, "Omonoia" has expressed with an official announcement, its opposition to the proposed administrative division in the region of Himara, Albania. "Omonia" has proposed the union of Himara and the region of Loukovo and will intensify its...

Omonoia Celebrates 22nd Anniversary

Omonoia, the social, political and cultural organization in Albania that promotes minority rights for the Greek minority in the south of the country, narked its 22nd anniversary with a gathering of leaders of politics, the church and community. The new...

OMONOIA Measures the Size of Greek Minority in Albania

The Democratic Union of the Greek Minority (DEEM) - Omonoia, a social, political and cultural organization in Albania that promotes minority rights for the Greek National Minority in the south - has formed a special committee to record the...

“Omonoia” Proceeds With Census of Greek Minority in Albania

The organization of the Greek minority in Albania “Omonoia” announced the conduction of a census that will depict the dynamics of the Greek presence in the country. The Census Committee, chaired by the President of Omonoia Mr. Vassilis Bolanos, held...

“Omonoia” Publications Release New Book By Greek Ambassador in Romania

Texts written during Georgios D. Poukamisas' tenure in Romania as Ambassador of Greece are included in his new book. In his second book, published in Romanian by “Omonoia” publications, titled “Journeys in time and space. Following the meanders of history”,...

Vasilis Bolanos Reelected President of National Greek Minority “OMONOIA”, Albania

The 8th Conference of the Democratic Union of National Greek Minority “OMONOIA” was held on January 29th, in Saranda, Albania. The Conference proved once more, the trust of the Greeks of Northern Hepirus to their political organ. The Conference...

«OMONOIA» support Greece solidarity fund

The initiative for the voluntary collection of donations which will be exclusively allocated for the reduction of Greece’s public debt, under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Greece, Mr. Karolos Papoulias is welcomed by the Greeks...

Greek Minority in Albania Celebrates “OXI Day”

The Greek minority in Albania enthusiastically commemorated the October 28th “OXI Day” in a series of celebrations that lasted three days. Celebrations started on Thursday, when students from Greek schools of Agioi Saranda participated in an art program in the...

How Many Members in Albania’s Greek Minority?

 Vasil Bollano is the chairman of “Omonoia,” an association which represents the rights of Albania’s Greek minority. In a press conference that took place in Tirana, Mr. Bollano presented the results of a survey concerning the number of members...

Albania’s Greeks Want Political Plums

After the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, announced his new government in which no minister from the Greek minority participates, the organization Omonoia, a social, political and cultural organization in  Albania that promotes minority rights for the Greek minority...

Church, Ethnic Greeks Reject Albanian Census

Official results of a census held in 2011 in Albania are unacceptable and unrealistic, the Orthodox Church of Albania has stated. The Democratic Union of the Greek Minority Omonoia has requested the Albanian government and the international community not...