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Distribution of Catholic believers in Albania as according to the 2011 census. According to the 2011 Albanian census, 10.03% of the population affiliated with Catholicism, while 56.7% were Muslims, 13.79% undeclared, 6.75% Orthodox believers, 5.49% other, 2.5% Atheists, 2.09% Bektashis and 0.14% other Christians. [9]
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According to the numbers given by the government in 2010 it was stated that Eastern Orthodoxy was practiced by about 20% of Albanians within Albania. [6] In the disputed 2011 census the percentage of Orthodox believers was listed as 6.75% of the population. [5] Albania is historically linked with both the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy ...
Source: [9] [10] 1–2 January – New Year holidays; 14 March – Day of summer; 22 March – Nowruz Day; 30 March – Eid al-Fitr; 20 April – Catholic Easter Sunday; 20 April – Orthodox Easter; 1 May – Labour Day; 6 June – The Day of Kurban Bayram; 5 September – Saint Teresa's Consecration Day; 28 November – Flag and Independence Day
Albania differs from other regions in the Balkans in that the peak of Islamization in Albania occurred much later: 16th century Ottoman census data showed that sanjaks where Albanians lived remained overwhelmingly Christian with Muslims making up no more than 5% in most areas (Ohrid 1.9%, Shkodra 4.5%, Elbasan 5.5%, Vlora 1.8%, Dukagjin 0% ...
In the June 2013 parliamentary elections the PKD was part of the Alliance for a European Albania, led by the Socialist Party. [3] It received 0.5% of the vote, winning a single seat in Parliament. [3] In the 2017 elections the party's vote share fell to 0.2% and it lost parliamentary representation. During the 2021 election it joined the ...
The number of Evangelical Protestants in Albania has risen from approximately 8000 in 1998, [4] to approximately 14,000 in the early 2020s. [5] However, in the 2011 census, 70% of respondents refused to declare belief in any of the listed faiths.
9 March 1997: The Christian Democratic Party is one of 10 main parties that signed a declaration to overcome the 1997 rebellion in Albania. 12 March 1997: National Reconciliation Government is formed and the Christian Democratic Party is represented in cabinet by the Minister of Culture, Engjell Ndocaj.