The President of the Macedonian Association “Ilinden”-Tirana, Nikolla Gjurgjaj, presented the “Ilinden” Award to Dr. Hartmut Leipner, President of AGSM and Vice President of FUEN

The President of the Macedonian Association “Ilinden”-Tirana, Nikolla Gjurgjaj, within the framework of the 29th Seminar of the Working Group of Slavic Minorities in Europe, organized by the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) in cooperation with the association, presented the “Ilinden” Award to Dr. Hartmut Leipner, President of the Working Group of Slavic Minorities (AGSM) and Vice President of FUEN, and Matic Germovšek Žnidaršić, Coordinator of the Working Group of Slavic Minorities (AGSM) at FUEN.

The “Ilinden” Award for 2026 was awarded to the Slavic Minority Working Group (AGSM) at FUEN, for a special contribution to the Macedonian national minority in the Republic of Albania and for the support of the Macedonian Association “Ilinden”-Tirana.

“It was a great honor for me, on behalf of the Macedonian society and national minority in the Republic of Albania, to personally present the honorary award to the respected Dr. Hartmut Leipner”, said Nikolla Gjurgjaj.