Greek minority
Diplomacy
Greece Slams Albania on New Minorities Law
Greece reacted angrily to the adoption by the Albanian parliament on a new law on minorities. Athens says the law restricts the rights of the Greek minority in Albania.
On Sunday a spokesman for the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Europe
Five Greek MPs in Albanian Parliament
Five out of eight Greeks who ran in Albania's Sunday elections managed to get elected, with Vangelis Dules, President of the Human Rights Party winning marginally in the Democratic Party ballot in the region of Avlonas.
However, the Greek participation...
Greece
Greek Minority Party to Participate in Albanian Elections
The autonomous Greek minority party "Mega" is to participate in the June 25 elections in Albania, according to the Athens News Agency.
The newly-formed party has practically no chance of making it in the Albanian parliament, as 3 percent of...
Culture
Digital Map Traces Turkey’s Minorities’ Cultural Heritage
"Türkiye Kültürel Varlıkları Haritası" (Turkey's Map of Cultural Heritages) is a new digital platform that brings together Armenian, Greek, Jewish and Syriac cultural heritages, says a Daily Sabah report.
Still in progress, the map records information on churches, schools, monasteries,...
Greece
Five Ethnic Greek Villages in Albania Threatened by Fire
Five villages occupied by the ethnic Greek minority in southern Albania were under serious threat from wildfires burning in the Delvine region since Tuesday night and had to evacuate residents, Finiq Mayor Leonidas Christos...
Europe
Newly Published Book Documents Istanbul Pogrom of 1955
Istos Publishing House has published a book in Turkish entitled "Dimitrios Kalumenos'un Objektifinden 6/7 Eylül 1955" (Sept. 6-7, 1955, from the Lens of Dimitrios Kalumenos), which contains a rich collection of photographs provided by former patriarch photographer Dimitrios Kalumenos.
The...
Diaspora
Greek Foreign Ministry: 'Albania's Response on Himare Incident Is Very Encouraging'
Greece’s Foreign Ministry described Albania’s response on Saturday regarding the country's commitment to respect and fully protect individual, religious and property rights of the minorities as "very encouraging."
The statement follows an incident that occurred at the Holy Church of...
Diaspora
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...
Education
Greek Orthodox School to Reopen on Imvros
A Greek Orthodox elementary school is about to reopen on Imvros Island, as the Minister of National Education of Turkey, Nabi Avci announced. The Ministry accepted the demand to re-open the school for the Greek minority in the same...
Europe
Second Arrest Warrant Against Greek Fugitive Naum Disho
The case of activist Naum Disho has become the centre of attention once again. Greek national Disho has been proclaimed a fugitive for the second time, after he was sentenced by an Albanian court to a year of jail...