"Albania and Romania collude to weaken Greeks"

[Constantin84]

The Romanian Senate has allowed the Latin-speaking Greek minority in southern Albania, known as the Vlahoi (Βλάχοι), to get Romanian citizenship.

According to this law, in order to obtain Romanian citizenship, in addition to being of Vlaho origin, you must also have knowledge of the Latin language and some knowledge of Romanian civilisation.

Although the majority of the Latin-speaking Vlahoi in Albania identify as Greek, Romania is working very hard to Romanianize them. In 2013, a Romanian Information Center opened up in the town of Koritsa (Κορυτσά, Albanian: Korçë), that teaches the Romanian language, culture and heritage for free – and on top of that, even offer some students free travel to European Union member state, Romania.

Koritsa is considered one of the centres for the Greek community in Northern Epirus, southern Albania.

It is little surprise that Romanian-identifying Vlahoi only exist in places where Romanian language schools are set up with the blessing of the Albanian government.

In order to put pressure on the Greek minority in Northern Epirus (about 120,000 people) and control the social awakening of Hellenism, Albania recognised a Romanian-Vlahoi minority in 2012.

Romania believes that because the Vlahoi speak a language similar to Romanian, they are in fact Romanian and not Greek

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/05/...-collude-to-weaken-greeks-in-northern-epirus/

 

[Trango Towers]

Why do people always want to change others. Why cant we just celebrate the fact we are different and still live in peace

 

[Constantin84]

Why do people always want to change others. Why cant we just celebrate the fact we are different and still live in peace

Ask the Greeks.....as per them "the Vlachs speak a language similar to Romanian but they are Greeks "...can't really argue with this logic

 

[Trango Towers]

Ask the Greeks.....as per them "the Vlachs speak a language similar to Romanian but they are Greeks "...can't really argue with this logic

If you read my post my statement was for everyone

 

[waz]

The Romanian Senate has allowed the Latin-speaking Greek minority in southern Albania, known as the Vlahoi (Βλάχοι), to get Romanian citizenship.

According to this law, in order to obtain Romanian citizenship, in addition to being of Vlaho origin, you must also have knowledge of the Latin language and some knowledge of Romanian civilisation.

Although the majority of the Latin-speaking Vlahoi in Albania identify as Greek, Romania is working very hard to Romanianize them. In 2013, a Romanian Information Center opened up in the town of Koritsa (Κορυτσά, Albanian: Korçë), that teaches the Romanian language, culture and heritage for free – and on top of that, even offer some students free travel to European Union member state, Romania.

Koritsa is considered one of the centres for the Greek community in Northern Epirus, southern Albania.

It is little surprise that Romanian-identifying Vlahoi only exist in places where Romanian language schools are set up with the blessing of the Albanian government.

In order to put pressure on the Greek minority in Northern Epirus (about 120,000 people) and control the social awakening of Hellenism, Albania recognised a Romanian-Vlahoi minority in 2012.

Romania believes that because the Vlahoi speak a language similar to Romanian, they are in fact Romanian and not Greek

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/05/...-collude-to-weaken-greeks-in-northern-epirus/

The Romanians have their work cut out for them, no way can they win this fight.

They need Vlad aka Dracula;

 

[Constantin84]

The Romanians have their work cut out for them, no way can they win this fight.

They need Vlad aka Dracula;

Lol

Romania considers Vlachs related not exactly Romanians. A large part of the Vlach population in the Balkans already migrated to Romania at the beginning of the 20th century as they've been persecuted by the Greeks, Bulgarians and Serbs, all trying to assimilate them.

 

[waz]

Lol

Romania considers Vlachs related not exactly Romanians. A large part of the Vlach population in the Balkans already migrated to Romania at the beginning of the 20th century as they've been persecuted by the Greeks, Bulgarians and Serbs, all trying to assimilate them.

Thanks for this, often Eastern and Central European history gets ignored, in part due to the attention being on the tradtionally stronger north of Europe and the South.
Why are they trying to assimilate them? I thought one being Christian, orthodox as well, and being culturally similar would mean they are fine.

 

[Constantin84]

Thanks for this, often Eastern and Central European history gets ignored, in part due to the attention being on the tradtionally stronger north of Europe and the South.
Why are they trying to assimilate them? I thought one being Christian, orthodox as well, and being culturally similar would mean they are fine.

Because in the Balkans you can plant your flag where your people are and ethnicity trumps religion.

 

[waz]

Because in the Balkans you can plant your flag where your people are and ethnicity trumps religion.

Ah yes.

 

[Nein]

Romanian-Albanian Union when will it happen??

 

[Constantin84]

Romanian-Albanian Union when will it happen??

Truth be told, we always had great relations.I remember having Albanian classmates in highschool, they had scholarships in here, which seemed weird at the time.

 

[Nein]

Truth be told, we always had great relations.I remember having Albanian classmates in highschool, they had scholarships in here, which seemed weird at the time.

Romanian is from Latin am I right not to mention you guys are not slavs.

Interesting how the Greeks, Albanians and Romanians are the non slavs of the Balkans.

While most Balkan countries are slavic.

All I know is Dacians, Thracians and Ilyrians tend to be related to one another. Still fascinating how your language is from Latin especially in the Balkans. England was ruled for centuries by the Romans but it has lost everything Latin while Romania being ruled by the Romans for like 200 years became fully Latin.

 

[bosanski vojnik]

Why do people always want to change others. Why cant we just celebrate the fact we are different and still live in peace

lol this is the Balkans where everybody is under threat of assimilation. That being said the Vlachs are a people most similar to Romanians so If anybody deserves to be assimilated by Romania it is them. Heck Romania should come over to Bosnia and start an assimilation program over here and they might just solve our Serb problem as well.

Romanian is from Latin am I right not to mention you guys are not slavs.

Interesting how the Greeks, Albanians and Romanians are the non slavs of the Balkans.

While most Balkan countries are slavic.

All I know is Dacians, Thracians and Ilyrians tend to be related to one another. Still fascinating how your language is from Latin especially in the Balkans. England was ruled for centuries by the Romans but it has lost everything Latin while Romania being ruled by the Romans for like 200 years became fully Latin.

Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks are mostly paelo-Balkanic people as well. Gene studies show that people from ex-yu countries are mainly of Illyrian and Thracian stock. They were just slavic-ized around the 7th century but their blood is mostly tied to the region and not to Russia. Paelo-Balkan people are known to be tall , fair skinned, good looking..

 

[Avicenna]

In honor of Borat being filmed in Romania.

On a serious note, the Balkans is such an intriguing region of the world.

Also, anything to make things easier for Turkey is OK with me.

 

[Nein]

lol this is the Balkans where everybody is under threat of assimilation. That being said the Vlachs are a people most similar to Romanians so If anybody deserves to be assimilated by Romania it is them. Heck Romania should come over to Bosnia and start an assimilation program over here and they might just solve our Serb problem as well.



Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks are mostly paelo-Balkanic people as well. Gene studies show that people from ex-yu countries are mainly of Illyrian and Thracian stock. They were just slavic-ized around the 7th century but their blood is mostly tied to the region and not to Russia. Paelo-Balkan people are known to be tall , fair skinned, good looking..

Thats true the Slavic invasions changed the balkans forever.