[ALBSA-Info] Prominent Arvanite dies

[Kreshnik Bejko]

Prominent Arvanites Lobbyist Dies


ATHENS - Aristides Kola, a Greek lawyer who led the Besa group that sought 
to develop the identity of Greeks of medieval Albanian origin, died in 
Athens on Thursday.

Kola created Besa in the 70s, and contributed to the known history of the 
Arvanites, Albanians who migrated in the middle ages from Albania to Greece.

Last year, Kola was a lone voice in Greece in supporting the NATO 
air-strikes against Yugoslavia, in defence of the human rights of Albanians 
in Kosovo.

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