{"id":79955,"date":"2025-08-25T15:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=79955"},"modified":"2025-08-25T18:10:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:10:32","slug":"depopulation-of-arberesh-village-mayor-appeals-to-meloni-we-are-abandoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/depopulation-of-arberesh-village-mayor-appeals-to-meloni-we-are-abandoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Depopulation of Arb\u00ebresh Village, Mayor Appeals to Meloni: We Are Abandoned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In San Paolo Albanese, the smallest municipality in the Basilicata region, with just 204 inhabitants, the effects of depopulation and lack of services have begun to be felt.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"316\" data-end=\"441\">Mayor Mose\u2019 Antonio Troiano refuses to give up and has spoken out against the new national strategic plan for inland areas.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"569\">\u201cWe are completely abandoned,\u201d the mayor told the news agency <em data-start=\"505\" data-end=\"511\">ANSA<\/em>, addressing an appeal to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"695\">\u201cI invite her to come visit us and witness firsthand the difficulties faced by small inland municipalities,\u201d Troiano said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"846\">Located in Val Sarmento, at an altitude of 843 meters, San Paolo Albanese was founded by the Arb\u00ebresh people, with its origins dating back to 1534.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"971\">The residents still preserve Arb\u00ebresh traditions, customs, language, Greek-Byzantine religious rites, and folk festivals.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"1081\">The mayor rejected the national strategic plan, arguing that the document contains an unacceptable phrase.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1083\" data-end=\"1243\">\u201cThe document states that the chronic decline of the population is irreversible, and therefore must be accompanied with dignity toward the end,\u201d Troiano said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1245\" data-end=\"1386\">According to him, this is a choice that cannot be accepted, and thus his invitation to Prime Minister Meloni also extends to her ministers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1388\" data-end=\"1563\">\u201cThey should visit us to see up close the values of this community, the hardships we are enduring, and to give a signal of hope to the younger generations,\u201d the mayor added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In San Paolo Albanese, the smallest municipality in the Basilicata region, with just 204 inhabitants, the effects of depopulation and lack of services have begun to be felt. 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