{"id":81777,"date":"2025-12-10T15:35:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=81777"},"modified":"2025-12-10T16:06:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:06:48","slug":"berisha-anti-depopulation-package-the-first-step-to-save-the-country-from-becoming-deserted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/berisha-anti-depopulation-package-the-first-step-to-save-the-country-from-becoming-deserted\/","title":{"rendered":"Berisha: Anti-Depopulation Package, the First Step to Save the Country from Becoming Deserted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"304\">Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha, during his speech at a press conference, spoke about the opposition\u2019s plans to counter the depopulation of the country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"436\">Berisha emphasized that the anti-depopulation package is the first step that must be taken to save Albania from becoming deserted.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"556\">He directed accusations at the government, stating that the country has never experienced such levels of depopulation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"558\" data-end=\"716\">\u201cNaturally, this package is only the first necessary step to mark a turning point aimed at saving Albania from the complete desertification of its population.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"718\" data-end=\"872\">Erasure, disappearance. The history of nations is a history of their birth, flourishing, but also their extinction. Albanians do not deserve to disappear.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"1050\">Albanians deserve to thrive in their ancestral lands, from the Illyrian era until today. What is happening is the greatest demographic catastrophe in the history of our nation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1275\">Never have Albanians experienced such depopulation\u2014not from any occupation, not from any disease, not from any epidemic. This is the issue I wanted to bring to you, and the one we will defend in parliament,\u201d Berisha stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha, during his speech at a press conference, spoke about the opposition\u2019s plans to counter the depopulation of the country. Berisha emphasized that the anti-depopulation package is the first step that must be taken to save Albania from becoming deserted. 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