Northern Epirus was under Greek administration during the First Balkan War ( 1912 -- 1913 ) .
It was then awarded to the newly founded Albanian state by the Florence Protocol ( 1913 ) .
Northern Epirus was under Greek administration during the First Balkan War ( 1912 -- 1913 ) , but it was then awarded to the newly founded Albanian state by the Florence Protocol ( 1913 ) .