On 9 July 1999, Albania was admitted as the 35th member of the Council of Europe’s Social Development Fund. Established since 1956, this is the oldest intergovernmental European financial institution. As a multilateral developmental bank, it supports projects to assist refugees and victims of natural disasters, projects on health, education, job creation and infrastructure development.
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27 August 1462, the victorious battle of George Castriot Skanderbeg in Ohrid
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27 August 1787, Ottoman forces have unsuccessfully attempted to suppress Bushatllinjt
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27 August 1879, the South Albanian League required to Sultan the territorial administrative autonomy for Albania
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27 August 1900, died the Austrian albanologist Gustav Mayer
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27 August 1913, “Përlindja e Shqipërisë” wrote the article about building a new Albania