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Gjurgjaj at the Congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN): We represent the interests of the Macedonian national minority in Albania

Chairman of the Macedonian Association “Ilinden”-Tirana, Nikolla Gjurgjaj represents the organization at the Congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), which is being held from today until September 20 in Helsinki, Finland, where he represents the interests of the Macedonian National Minority in the Republic of Albania.

Nikolla Gjurgjaj, Chairman of the Macedonian Association “Ilinden”-Tirana, represents the organization at the Congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), which is being held from today until September 20 in Helsinki, Finland, where he represents the interests of the Macedonian national minority in the Republic of Albania.

It is an honor and privilege for me, as the President of the Macedonian Association “Ilinden”-Tirana, to represent the organization at the Congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), to be held in Helsinki, Finland, from September 17 to 20, 2026. For eleven years, as an equal member of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), we have actively participated in the work of this European organization and represent the interests of the Macedonian National Minority in the Republic of Albania, writes Gjurgjaj in his Facebook post.

This, he adds, serves as an opportunity to gain new experiences, strengthen cooperation with minorities across Europe, and promote Macedonian identity, language, culture, and traditions. “We proudly represent the Macedonian National Minority from the Republic of Albania at the European level,” states Gjurgjaj’s Facebook post.

The President of the Macedonian Association “Ilinden”-Tirana, Nikolla Gjurgjaj met with the Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia, His Beatitude Mr. Stefan

His Beatitude Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia, Mr. Stefan, received today in his office Nikolla Gjurgjaj, President of the Macedonian Association “Ilinden”-Tirana.

It was a great pleasure and honor, on behalf of the association and the Macedonian National Minority in the Republic of Albania, to personally present him with the “Ilinden” Certificate of Gratitude. In a friendly and cordial conversation, the mutual willingness to promote cooperation was expressed.

Chairman of the Macedonian Association “Ilinden”-Tirana, Nikolla Gjurgjaj informed His Beatitude Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia, Mr. Stefan, about the situation and challenges faced by members of the Macedonian National Minority in Albania, as well as about the activities and current engagement of the association.

I expressed great gratitude for the honor of meeting and talking with His Beatitude Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia, Mr. Stefan, and on this occasion, I also gave him copies of the Macedonian newspaper “Ilinden” and the Brochure of the Working Group of Slavic Minorities (AGSM) in FUEN in Macedonian, emphasized Gjurgjaj.