Academy of Sciences and Arts Responds to VLEN’s Initiative

Commenting on VLEN’s initiative to found an ethnic Albanian academy, the Academy of Sciences and Arts said it had always been open to all citizens meeting the high membership criteria, regardless of ethnic, religious, or any affiliation.

Since the founding, it added, it has had members from all ethnic communities.

“We highlight that, as in the case with countries from the region and everywhere in the world, there is only one national academy that represents the country within the European and other international associations of academies,” the Academy stated.