Serious questions are raised by the publication of an article in the official magazine of the Ministry of Defense Albanian (Gazeta “Ushtria”), on the occasion of the 147th anniversary of the Berlin Congress.
The article is accompanied by a map that presents extensively Greek Lands as “historical Albanian areas”, with names and areas in square kilometers.
In particular, such as Reports Himara.grthe map displays Corfu (as Korfuz – 641 sq. Km), Igoumenitsa (Gumenicë – 615 sq. Km), Preveza (Preveze – 1036 sq. Km), Arta (Artë – 1602 sq. Km (Grevenë – 1536 sq. Km), within the so -called “National Albania”.
This is a condition that in combination with the depiction of Greek soils He directly refers to the alienated theory of “Greater Albania”which is adopted by nationalist circles of the neighboring country.
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Beyond that, the magazine’s article refers to Berlin as a “historical injustice” at the expense of the Albanians, implying that the mentioned territories “belonged” to Albania and were removed. However, The Albanian state had not even been founded in 1878while Epirus and Grevena were under Ottoman administration (until 1912-3 when they were liberated by the Greek army) and inhabited by a majority by a Greek population.
The particular seriousness of the case, continues Himara.gr, lies in the fact that The map comes from the official magazine itself of the Albanian Defense Ministry, at a time that is seeking to join the EU.
It is worth remembering that on November 3, 2024, within the Greek territory, and specifically in Thessaloniki, Edi Rama reiterated in front of Albanian immigrants that “Northern Epirus is a term that has died”.