TIRANA, July 13 /ATA/ The director of the Authority for Information on Former State Security Documents, Gentiana Sula, reported on Thursday in the Assembly about the activity during 2022.
Sula announced that during 2022 there are 210 verified candidates or officials, of whom 6 are referenced in the documents of the former Security.
“We have received 65 institutional requests, 555 individual applications, 9 requests for collaborators, 295 requests for rehabilitation and compensation purposes and issuance of certification for the period of internship or imprisonment; 122 study and media requests, with 463 files made available, with about 60,771 pages. 74,579 archival documents were declassified, 1,019 physical files and 175 microfilmed files were digitized,” she said.
During the year 2022, according to Sula, cooperation with government institutions was intensified to throw light on the fate of those who went missing during communism.
Also, she announced that the work is running apace to complete the declassification and digitization of files, excluding those that threaten national security.
“A total of about 75,000 archival documents have been declassified. The legal changes have resulted in a fivefold increase in declassified documents,” she declared.
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