Deep divisions prevail within Albania’s ethnic Greek minority

As President Costis Stephanopoulos was mounting the podium to address hundreds of ethnic Greeks gathered in the main square of Dervicani, tension reigned on the sidelines. In view and within earshot of the official Greek delegation and Archbishop Anastassios of Albania, minority officials were having a heated argument as to who should introduce the president, whether it should be the Union of Human Rights Party delegate, the minority’s official parliamentary representative, or the local ethnic Greek authority, elected with the backing of the Socialist Party.
(25.10.04)   Kathimerini English Edition   (by Stavros Tzimas)
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