site.btaAlbania Home to One of Oldest Bulgarian Communities in Balkans, Scholar Spas Tashev Says

The Bulgarians in Albania are an extremely interesting community and they are among the oldest Bulgarian communities in the Balkans, while also being the youngest in terms of recognition - they were recognized in 2017, Assoc. Prof. Spas Tashev, a demographer, said on Friday at a press conference on "The 2023 Census in Albania and the Bulgarian National Minority: results and implications for the Western Balkans." The event took place at the Institute for Population and Human Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.