The Albanian nationality was accorded to a football coach but not to the Orthodox Archbishop of Albania
March 28, 2015. The president of Albania Mr. Bougiar Nisani accorded the Albanian nationality to a football coach in order to honor him for his work and his service to the Albanian football team De Biazi. Contrary, several last years, Archbishop’s Anastasios (Giannoulatos) petitions for the Albanian nationality have been rejected by different Albanian government’s bodies, as reports himara.gr.
The Albanian authorities still continue to deny the Albanian nationality to the Orthodox Archbishop. On the background of the accordance of the Albanian nationality to the coach the refusal of it to the Orthodox Archbishop, who has been exercising his functions for 22 years since 1992, could be considered as discrimination and humiliation.