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ATA News from Albania (96-07-10) #2Albanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at <http://www.telpress.it/ata>Albanian Telegraphic AgencyCONTENTS
[01] GOLD BELL BACK TO ST. GJERGJI CHURCHTIRANA, JULY 10 (ATA)- A church bell, 600 kg, with a 60% gold content and the rest made of precious metals, worth $ 15 million was brought back to the old church of Albania, St. Gjergj, in the Puka town, northern Albania, the newspaper Albania said on Wednesday.The paper says that a team of three Albanian senior officials of Catholic belief obtained the bell from the Court. The bell had been held for two years by the Tirana court as a material evidence for the conviction of three authors that had stolen it. The lawyer M.Ndoja had kept secret the place the bell in the court. The bell was made in Vatican in 1825 and brought to Albania in 1828. It was afterwards installed in the Gjegjan church in Puka. In 1991 the bell was stolen by three citizens, who managed to take it to Kapshtica of Korca to sell it like over 2200 cult objects illegally sold in Greece by thieves, the paper says. The three thiefs were intercepted and sentenced up to 13 years term. The gold bell is one of the 1000 bells destroyed by the 50 year old communist regime and one of the 112 bells missing in the years 1989- 1992. The latest stolen bell is that of the church in Kozara of Berat which was stolen in the summer of 1995. kled/lm/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[02] UITUA SECRETARY GENERAL MEETS GREEK LABOUR INSTITUTE REPRESENTATIVESTIRANA, JULY 10 (ATA)- The Secretary General of the Union of the Independent Trade Unions of Albania (UITUA), Fatmir Musaku, met in Tirana on Wednesday with representatives of the Greek Labour Institute, Dr. Janis Kavziz and Zabas Ronpolis.They have come to Albania to hold a three day seminar with members of UITUA for the defence of the social question. Musaku discussed with the Greek guests the issue of Albanian emigrants' legalisation in Greece. Dr. Kavzis stressed that the Greek Trade Unions agreed to the legalisation of Albanian emigrants as soon as possible and for this issue they had also addressed to the Greek parliament. Musaku said that UITUA committed itself to cooperation and understanding in the common trade union field as an additional guarantee in the multilateral relations between the two countries. kled/lm/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[03] CHAIRMAN OF GERMAN BUNDESTAG FOREIGN COMMISSION TO VISIT ALBANIATIRANA, JULY 10 (ATA)-By A.Frasheri, The chairman of the German Bundestag Foreign Policy Commission and CDU envoy, Dr.Karl Heine Hornhues, will pay a formal visit to Albania from July 11 to 13, the People's Assembly Press and Information Department reports.Hornhues will be accompanied by the secretary of the German Bundestag Foreign Policy Commission, Mr. Guido Large. Hornhues is planned to met Albanian statesman, President of the Republic Sali Berisha, Speaker of Parliament Pjeter Arbnori and representatives of various political parties. s.sh/kled/lm/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[04] GERMANY ACCORDS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ALBANIANS FOR 1997-1998TIRANA, JULY 10 (ATA)-By F.Nikolla, The German Federal Republic will accord scholarships for Albanian students and citizens also for 1997-1998, the German embassy press secretary in Tirana, Gerald Wolf, reports through a statement.The one year scholarships will be offered to postgraduates. Summer scholarships will also be applied for advanced students, who will be provided with the possibility of staying for several weeks in Germany, to engage in a certain topic. While for the German linguistics scholars and scientists scholarships will be offered for a three to six month period. The test of the candidates is scheduled by the beginning of December this year.s.sh/kled/lm/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[05] PRESIDENT RUGOVA LEAVES FOR GERMANYPRISTINA, JULY 10 (ATA)-President of the Republic of Kosova Ibrahim Rugova left Wednesday for Germany, at the invitation of Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel, the Kosova Information Center reports.Rugova will meet the German Foreign Minister Kinkel on Thursday. p.ta/kled/lm/sh/ From the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at http://www.telpress.it/ataAlbanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |