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Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), 96-12-06Albanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at <http://www.telpress.it/ata>Albanian Telegraphic AgencyCONTENTS
[01] CONGRATULATIONS BY ALBANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF U.S. CONGRESSTIRANA, DEC 6 (ATA) - The chairman of the Presidency of the People's Assembly, Pjeter Arbnori, congratulated through a telegram the chairman of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress, Mewt Gingrich on occasion of his election to this post."We hope that the relations between the U.S. and Albania will expand further in the future, and in this context, the inter-parliamentary relations as well," the telegram writes. kei/xh/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[02] SEMINAR ON ETHICS IN JOURNALISM STARTS PROCEEDINGSTIRANA, DEC 6 (ATA) By Atlant Frasheri: The code of ethics in journalism, the rights and duties of the journalist, the code of press in Germany were some of the main problems discussed during the seminar "The ethics in journalism", which was organized in the Palace of Congresses by Konrad Adenauer" foundation.Jurgen Propze, member of the Press Council in Germany, and envoy of DPA, spoke about the organization of press in this country. Albanian journalist Apollon Bace talked about the Albanian press and problems of its ethics, who pointed out several violations of the ethics and their origin. The seminar continues the proceedings today. /eva/mt/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[03] COURSE "ENGLISH 2000" MARKS SUCCESS DURING FIRST SIX MONTHSTIRANA, DEC 5 (ATA) By Atlant Frasheri: The course of learning the English language by the Albanian military men was considered very successful after the first six months, during the visit of Defence Minister Safet Zhulali in the military English language center of the army."The aim of this course is to give knowledge of English to Albanian military men, considering our goals for the integration of Albania into the political and military euroatlantic structures", said during the presentation of the ongoing activity the manager of this center, Mike Harrison. The course is held in four stages. After the presentation, Minister Zhulali, together with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, Tessoriere and the Attache of the United Kingdom, Wiltshire, visited the grounds of this center. Tessoriere, estimating the will of military men to learn foreign languages as a possibility to communicate with military men from different nationalities, said that a center for learning the Albanian language is opened in the University of London. The center, which started its activity on May 1996 is a cooperation between the Government of Great Britain with the Albanian Defence Ministry. At the same time, the English Defence Ministry have helped in equipping the center. The activity of this center is spread in Kukes and Vlora district, and it is thought to be opened soon even in Gjirokastra. /kled/mt/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[04] TIRANA COURT TURNS DOWN REQUEST OF KOLANECI FOR A CHANGE OF HIS FORM OF CUSTODYTIRANA, DEC 6 (ATA) - The Tirana Court yesterday refuted a request by defendant Klement Kolaneci for the change of the form of custody from his arrest in jail into a lighter detention.The judge Petrit Kaja found the request unmotivated in view of the danger of the penal act of Kolaneci and demanded the beginning of the penal case for Klement Kolancei, the son-in-law of the late dictator Enver Hoxha, arrested under charges of being involved in the activity of the terrorist organization "Albanian Justice revenge." He is accused of having deposited at his house the money stolen by the organization. The investigation made so far prove of many meetings of Kolaneci with Orik Shyti, the head of the gang, which Kolaneci's wife has described as part of the work of her husband as an architect. At the beginning, Pranvera Hoxha, Kolaneci's wife and the daughter of Enver Hoxha, has declared that the 600 thousand dollars in her husband's safe are fruit of his several year work. Later she said that only a few money were found in the safe, as much as were needed for the salaries of the workers of her husband. After the session yesterday, Kolaneci was sent back to the jail in Durres. The organization "Albanian justice revenge" is responsible for a great number of crimes and violent thefts. The members of this organization are also responsible for the bomb explosion in the Vefa supermarket in the centre of Tirana on Feb. 26, 1996 and for the killing of the director of jails, Bujar Kaloshi on July 26 this year. kled/xh/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[05] PRESS REVIEWTIRANA, DEC. 6 (ATA) - Rilindja Demokratike writes: "Meeting of SP Leading Council of Tirana fails." The paper makes coverage of the meeting of Albanian President Sali Berisha with the Regional Director for Europe and UNDP, Anton Kruiderink and publishes the address of deputy premier and foreign minister of Albania Tritan Shehu held in the Peace Implementation conference in London.Zeri i Popullit writes: "Unjustified postponement of the Tirana Leading Committee meeting." The paper also writes: "1000 schools not proper for classes," and "Trade deficit increases." Rilindja also carries the address of Shehu in London, under the title "For a stable peace Dayton is not enough," and writes that Albanians have demonstrated for the independence of Kosova in front of the building where the peace conference is being held. The paper writes about the meeting of Berisha with Kruiderink, regional director for Europe and UNDP, under the title "New projects for Albania are ready." Albania writes about an abortive analysis of the SP Leading Committee of Tirana: "Nano (SP chairman) has definitely lost Tirana." The paper carries an editorial entitled "Historic chances of the Serbian opposition: "Bosnia is not sufficient...No lasting peace without Kosova." Lajmi i Dites carries the address of Shehu in London under the title "Regional stability - sensitive and delicate question." The paper writes that court refutes a request for the change of the form of custody for Klement Kolaneci, son-in-law of late dictator Hoxha. Kolaneci is arrested under charges of being involved in the activity of the terrorist organization "Albanian justice revenge." Koha Jone writes: "SP chairman for Tirana annuls a meeting of the Leading Committee." The paper carries an editorial "U.S-Albania: a case to be tested again." Dita Informacion writes: "Situation of usury without the queen Sude," with regard to the interruption of the usury activity of a woman named Sude. The paper writes "Quarrel in SP of Tirana." The paper writes about the seminar on the topic "On the ethic of the reporter," held in Tirana Thursday. Gazeta Shqiptare carries an article entitled: "SP meeting of Tirana dispersed: 'it was a putsch,'" and "Today a new editor-in-chief for Zeri i Popullit." The paper also carries an interview with Italian Ambassador in Albania Paolo Foresti, under the title "Napolitano (Interior Minister of Italy) in Tirana for the question of illegal Albanians in Italy." kei/xh/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[06] SOCIALISTS OF TIRANA ACCUSE SP LEADERS OF BEING PARTY USURPERSTIRANA, DEC 6 (ATA) - The socialists of Tirana accused Thursday the leaders of SP Presidency of being putschists and usurpers of the party, meanwhile that from the severe debates it failed the meeting of Tirana Leading Committee, on the analyses of the results of local elections held on October 20th, reports Albania paper on Friday.The conflict bursted out as a result of entering of several SP militants, which according to Albania are publicly known as supporters of the current Presidency and chairman Fatos Nano. Chairman of Tirana Socialist Party's branch Musa Ulqini asked the SP Secretary General, Rexhep Mejdani to get out of the hall all the militants because "they were unilaterally invited by the Presidency ". Further on, the situation became graver after Ulqini called the roll and it came out that there were more names on the list. In this situation the meeting was canceled, reports Albania. Meanwhile, Zeri i Popullit, SP paper, reports that Ulqini and his supporters have violated the SP status by cancelling the meeting. Some times ago, in the meeting of the SP leading Committee different members of this committee had requested resignation of the Presidency, after the local elections of October 20. /kei/mt/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[07] SOME $20 MILLION FOR DISCOVERING COPPER AND CHROME RESOURCESTIRANA, DEC 6 (ATA)- By A.Keko,Two other Canadian companies, "Royal Rod" and "Karma Mining Ltd", have joined the Canadian company "Nebex", which was the first to come to Albania to discover new copper sources. The Mineral and Energy Resources have provided the two companies with licenses. Contracts have also been drafted for a four year period. The three companies will invest some 20 million dollars for the discovery of new copper, gold, silver resources and chrome in some part of Tropoja, northern Albania. The Canadian companies will engage Albanian specialists and workers in carrying out all the works. a.ke/eva/lm/Z/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[08] ALBANIAN JAILED FOR THREAT OF BOMB SUICIDETIRANA, DEC 6 (ATA)- By M. Kora,The Tirana court's panel of judges, presided over by Judge Qazim Gjonaj, on Friday sentenced the man who threatened to blow himself up outside President Sali Berisha's office to 13 years in jail. Ilir Buza, from Fushe-Kruje, on April 19,1996 said he would blow himself up with a hand-grenade unless he was allowed to speak to Berisha, at the moment when the Italian President, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, was coming out of the presidential residence. After a situation which continued for 45 minutes, Buza was overpowered by riot police and was put under arrest until the court and the prosecutor's office decided the sentence term for him. According to the court's panel, although Buza was mentally unstable, but not irresponsible for the act he had committed, he was sentenced to 13 years in jail for attempted terrorism and illegal possession of arms. jz/lm/Z/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[09] ALBANIA SUPPORTS INITIATIVE OF COOPERATION OF SOUTHEASTERN EUROPETIRANA, DEC 6 (ATA)- Albania fully supports the Initiative of Cooperation of Southeastern Europe whose first meeting opened Thursday at the U.S. mission in Geneva.In his address, the Albanian representative, Arben Kallamata, stressed Albania's full and powerful support for this initiative. This meeting, besides the 11 countries that were invited from the region (Yugoslavia - Serbia and Montenegro was not invited), was attended by representatives from the EU countries and Russia. The Albanian representative also regarded as a realistic step the decision taken by the U.S. government to annul the invitation to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He stressed that Albania had constantly expressed worry over the fact that Belgrade did not respect the fundamental standards of human rights, democracy and rule of law. The latest local elections in Serbia proved that the manipulations were not an isolated act of the political stand of Serbia. "The situation in Kosova testifies to a system which systematically and continuously violates all standards of human rights", he said. s.sh/jz/lm/Z/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[10] ITALIAN MOTORBOAT INTERCEPTED IN SHENGJINSHENGJIN, DEC 6 (ATA)-By Z. Pergega, The Albanian border authorities intercepted an Italian motorboat at the port of Shengjini, Northwestern Albania, on Thursday night at about 22.00.The motorboat "Naik Tamare" had left the Molfetta port, Italy, in the direction of the Croat ports. The two-member crew said that during the sail to Croatia to reach fishing agreements their compass and cellular telephone had gone wrong. The Albanian fishing boats had led the motorboat to the Shengjini port. The crew, after answering questions by the police commissariat, have been accommodated in one of the city's hotel until the solution of this problem. jz/lm/Z/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[11] ALBANIAN AND HUNGARIAN NATIONAL THEATRES ESTABLISH RELATIONSTIRANA, DEC 6 (ATA)- By F. Nikolla, An agreement of cooperation between the Albanian and Hungarian national theatres will be signed soon, according to sources of the National Theatre in Tirana.A delegation of the National Theatre, headed by director Tonin Ujka, after visiting the Hungarian theatre, says that the cooperation between the two theatres will be promoted, based on a draft-agreement handed over to the Hungarian side. The agreement envisages exchange of experience and visits between the two institutions. Last year the National Theatre Troupe put on stage the drama "Irons" of the dramatist and President of Hungary, Arpad Genz, a drama which was also seen by Genz himself, during his visit to Albania. Over the last years, the national theatre, the most important centre of dramaturgy in Albania, has established relations of cooperation with the national theatre of Bucharest in Romania and the National Theatre of Warsaw. This troupe has also carried out a series of international theatre activities, the sources say. jz/lm/Z/ From the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at http://www.telpress.it/ataAlbanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |