Northern Epirus

Northern Epirus is the historical region of what has become southern Albania where there is a Greek minority of around 300,000. The government of Greece claims that this territory is inhabited mostly by Greeks, whereas the government of Albania maintains that it is Albanian territory with Greek minorities. There are villages in the south of Albania where Greek is the predominant language. Lately, there have been many small incidents between the Greek minorities and Albanian authorities over issues such as alleged interference in local southern Albanian politics by the government of Greece, the raising of the Greek flag on Albanian territory, the language taught in school, etc.; however, the issues have for the most part been non-violent. The region is mostly Greek Orthodox in religion.

History

Historically, the name "Northern Epirus" came into being in 1913 when the Florence Protocol awarded part of the territory of newly-liberated Epirus to Albania.

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