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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17th September the day of peace
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17th September 1499, 20.000 Albanians invite the nephew of Skanderbeg to lead the war against the ottomans
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17th September 1827, the politician, poet, publicist Pashko Vasa was born
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17th September 1914, Esat Pasha signed the first agreement with Serbia
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17th September 1919, the leaders of Shkodra protest against the terror of the Italian military