Greece (Greek: Ελλάδα, romanized: Elláda, ), officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa.Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast.

Languages of Greece; Official: Greek (Demotic) Regional: ... Since the 1990s, large numbers of Albanian immigrants have arrived in Greece, forming the largest immigrant group (443,550 in the 2001 census). Due to immigration, Albanian is considered as one of the widely spoken foreign languages in the country. ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...

Terminology. Other terms for a sworn virgin include, in English, Albanian virgin or avowed virgin; in Serbo-Croatian: Virdžina, in Albanian: burrnesha, vajzë e betuar (most common today, and used in situations in which the parents make the decision when the person is a baby or child), and various words cognate with "virgin" – virgjineshë, virgjereshë, verginesa, virgjin, vergjinesha; in ...

a 502,546 Albanian citizens, an additional 43,751 Kosovo Albanians, 260,000 Arbëreshë people and 169.644 Albanians who have acquired the Italian citizenship b Albanians are not recognized as a minority in Turkey. However approximately 500,000 people are reported to profess an Albanian identity. Of those with full or partial Albanian ancestry and others who have adopted …

The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania (Albanian: Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë), commonly known as the Albanian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Albania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church.It declared its autocephaly in 1922 through its Congress of 1922, and gained recognition from the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1937.

The Albanian language is the official language of Albania and Kosovo and co-official in North Macedonia and Montenegro.Albanian is a recognised minority language in Croatia, Italy, Romania and in Serbia.Albanian is also spoken by a minority in Greece, specifically in the Thesprotia and Preveza regional units and in a few villages in Ioannina and Florina regional units in Greece.

Nationalist fervor ran high in Albanian immigrant communities in North America. ... Bashkim Zeneli, former Albanian ambassador to Greece, said that about 900,000 Albanians have emigrated to Greece in 20 years, and around 200,000 of them have returned to Albania. From this, around 240,000 are said to be Muslim by heritage, and around 85,000 have ...

The history of the Jews in Greece can be traced back to at least the fourth century BCE. The oldest and the most characteristic Jewish group that has inhabited Greece are the Romaniotes, also known as "Greek Jews."The term "Greek Jew" is predominantly used for any Jew that lives in or originates from the modern region of Greece.. Aside from the Romaniotes, a distinct Jewish …

The Kingdom of Greece (Greek: Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος [vaˈsili.on tis eˈlaðos]) was established in 1832 and was the successor state to the First Hellenic Republic.It was internationally recognised by the Treaty of Constantinople, where Greece also secured its full independence from the Ottoman Empire after nearly four centuries.. The Kingdom of Greece was dissolved in ...

Albanian Americans (Albanian: shqiptaro-amerikanët) are Americans of full or partial Albanian ancestry and heritage in the United States.They trace their ancestry to the territories with a large Albanian population in the Balkans among others to Albania, Italy, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro.They are adherents of different religions and are predominantly Muslims and …