 The government issued a decree ordering people to change their religious names to "pure Albanian names", while newborns had to receive non-religious names.Albanian names have changed dramatically with more opting for foreign, English or Romance names in recent times than traditional Balkan names.In addition Albanians from Albania tend to focus on names that are Greek, Italian, Western European as opposed to those in Kosovo, North Macedonia and elsewhere that are either religious, local, geographic or related to traditionalism.