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Greek PM Tsipras is an Albanian, claims "historian"
An Albanian "historian" claimed Greek people did not exist in modern-day Greece during a live show on one of Albania’s top TV talk shows. In her hyper-nationalistic, anti-Greek rant, which was apparently influenced by an old piece by satirical publication “The Onion”,
EU postpones FYROM accession talks for 2019
Denmark, France and the Netherlands have postponed the start of FYROM's and Albania's accession negotiations with the EU. This was stated by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, coming out of the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg.
The remains of 108 fallen WWII Greek soldiers recovered in Albania
The remains of 108 Greek soldiers killed during a WWII advance of Greek forces in Albania, as Greece repelled an attempted invasion by Italian forces in 1940-41, have so far been unearthed during an ongoing search at Dragot (Tepeleni) in Albania, the Hellenic National Defence General Staff announced on Thursday. None of the remains have yet been identified, the announcement said.