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Insurgency of Epirote Greeks in Southern Albania
Part of Cold War tensions and Greek–Albanian minority issues
Flag used by Greek Epirote activists
Date 1948 – 1958 Location Southern Albania (Northern Epirus region) Status Albanian victory Territorial changes Annexation of Northern Epirus failed Beginning of the persecution of Greeks in Northern Epirus
Belligerents
Greek nationalist insurgents («Central Committee of the Northern Epirote Struggle»)	Communist Albania (People’s Army, Sigurimi security forces)
Commanders and leaders
Panteleimon Kotokos; Stefanos Venakidhis; Nikolaos Pagos	Enver Hoxha’s regime; Sigurimi agents
Strength
~7,300 (active members) [oai_citation_attribution:3‡reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/kosovo/comments/hswyf1?utm_source=chatgpt.com)	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

During the Cold War (1948–1958), ethnic Greek activists from the region known to Greeks as Northern Epirus (southern Albania) organized an armed resistance movement under the banner of the Central Committee of the Northern Epirote Struggle (KEVA). With roughly 7,300 members, KEVA sought either autonomy for the Greek minority or outright union with Greece [oai_citation_attribution:2‡en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_Northern_Epirote_Struggle?utm_source=chatgpt.com).

Operating with support from external Greek nationalist circles and tacit backing from Western intelligence, KEVA conducted covert operations—such as Operation Valuable—along the Greek–Albanian border [oai_citation_attribution:1‡en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_Northern_Epirote_Struggle?utm_source=chatgpt.com). The Albanian communist government, under Enver Hoxha, responded with a sweeping security crackdown: deploying the People’s Army and Sigurimi secret police, forcibly relocating Greek families, banning Greek language and religious expression, and imprisoning suspected insurgents [oai_citation_attribution:0‡hellasjournal.com](https://hellasjournal.com/2023/09/mayor-fredi-beleri-incarceration-albanias-decades-long-persecution-of-greeks-a-1945-report-from-the-new-york-times/?utm_source=chatgpt.com).

By the late 1950s, the insurgency had been effectively crushed. The Greek minority remained under tight government control, with significant cultural and political restrictions lasting until the collapse of communist rule in 1991.

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