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Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), 96-12-10Albanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at <http://www.telpress.it/ata>Albanian Telegraphic AgencyCONTENTS
[01] FIVE SPEEDBOATS WHICH CARRIED ILLEGAL PEOPLE TO GREECE BLOCKEDSARANDA, DEC. 9 (ATA) - Sh Hajno: Forces of the Police Commissariat in Saranda, Southern Albania, blocked five private speedboats which carried illegal people from Saranda coast to Corfu of Greece, a source of the commissariat told ATA.The blocked speedboats are expected to be sequestered by competent bodies. Police forces have kept a close eye during the last three months on the coast of Saranda, including the Ksamil-Stillo and Saranda-Borsh areas. They have managed to lower the number of illegal people going to the Greece island of Corfu, 7 miles from Saranda. am/kei/xh/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[02] CHAIRMEN OF REPUBLICAN AND CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTIES OF ALBANIA DISCUSS COOPERATIONTIRANA, DEC 9 (ATA) - By Agim Baci: The chairmen of the parties of the government coalition, of the Republican Party, Sabri Godo and the Christian Democratic Party Zef Bushati met in the RP headquarters Monday.The meeting between Godo and Bushati focused on the present problems of the two parties, the promotion of cooperation between the two parties and the question of the approval of the constitution. Regarding the meeting held upon the invitation of Bushati, Godo told ATA that it concentrated on "the cooperation between the two parties, recognition of the problems of the two parties, without reaching any concrete conclusion." Bushati considered positive the further development of the cooperation between the two parties which belong to the right wing and added that they had discussed many problems in the meeting, but he did not made any concrete pronunciation. kei/xh/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[03] MAYOR OF ATHENS TO VISIT SARANDA AND GJIROKASTRASARANDA, DEC 9 (ATA)- By Sh. Hajno, The Mayor of Athens, Dimitris Avramopoulos, is visiting the Saranda and Gjirokastra districts, southern Albania, on December 19.The visit has also been confirmed by the Greek General Consul in Gjirokastra, Nikos Kanellos, during a meeting with the chairman of the Saranda district Council, Thoma Papagjika, and the deputy chairman of this council, Kosta Barka. Kanellos congratulated the local government leaders for the new duty and expressed himself in favour of further promoting the Greek-Albanian relations in all fields of mutual interest. This is the second visit of the Athens' mayor to these districts, after that of last August 31, at the head of the group of mayors of several cities of Northern Greece. Avromopoulos is declared "citizen of honour" of Gjirokastra. kei/lm/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[04] THREE PEOPLE ARRESTED IN SARANDASARANDA, DEC 9 (ATA) - By Shkelqim Hajno: Defendants Rexhep Brahimi and Mark Gjonaj were tried by Saranda court yesterday under the charge of theft in cooperation, a judge of this court told ATA. Brahimi was a member of rapid police unit.Yesterday, Saranda court arrested Jonuz Benko, 62, accused of having intentionally injured gravely the citizen Allkush Tushe. Investigation continues. ake/jz/xh/Z/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[05] BOOK "DISCOVERY OF ALBANIA" PRESENTED IN ITALYTIRANA, DEC 9 (ATA) - By Eva Allushi: The book "Discovery of Albania," with authors Ardian Vehbiu and Rando Devole was presented in the State University in Milan and was considered as a capability of the Albanians to dialogue with the world.Published by "Paoline" publishing house, the book was described as "modern and necessary." Visar Zhiti, representative of Albanian Embassy in Italy, pointed out through an essay the values of the book qualified as "the diplomacy of the sincere truth." kei/xh/Z/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[06] TWO ALBANIANS INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFIC IN ATHENSGJIROKASTER, DEC 9 (ATA)- By Hysni Cani, Greek police arrested in Athens two drug traffickers, one Albanian and one Greek, who cooperated in the transporting, packing and selling cocaine and hashish, according to the Greek newspaper "Elefterotipia".The arrested traffickers are Gani Aga from Albania and Jorgos Dhinisopulos from Greece. According to Athens' police, cocaine came from the Netherlands, while the hashish from Albania. The drug was smuggled into Greece by an Albanian trafficker. Aga, carried drug to a "medical clinic", which in fact was a drug laboratory, where its was processed and packed to be handed over to the drug addicts. One of the main traffickers was the Greek owner of the "clinic", Ilia Gajtaneris. a.ke/kei/lm/Z/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[07] CONFERENCE TO SENSITIZE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS TO PROTECT BUTRINTTIRANA, DEC 9 (ATA)- By Eva Allushi, The sensitization of international organisations to protect and study Butrint was the aim of the conference held in Athens recently by the Athens based British Archaeological Institute.The conference entitled:"Butrint and new archaeological researches" aimed at sensitizing the EU, UNESCO, U.N to help protect and study Butrint, antique town in Southern Albania. "Butrint has been the major centre of the Roman and Byzantium culture in the Balkans", Richard Hodges, Director of the British Archaeological School in Rome and leader of the British-Albanian team carrying out new researches in this zone, told the participants. The conference was attended by a large number of foreign scholars and specialists. The Albanian scholar and archaeologist, Neritan Ceka, was present as well. The idea of Hodge "consists in opening Butrint as a tourist centre and the protection of this zone with the creation of a national park". Some 40 000 dollars accorded by UNESCO for restorations and excavations in the antique town of Butrint have begun to be released recently. The antique theatre of Butrint as well as a series of major buildings of this town date back to the 6th-4th century before our era. Acropolis and the town's surrounding walls with huge stones date back to the 8th - 5th century before our era. kei/lm/z/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[08] PRESS REVIEWTIRANA, DEC 10 (ATA) - "Rilindja Demokratike" carries the address of President Berisha held in the ceremony on occasion of Dec. 8 - the national day of Albanian youth, under the title "Extraordinary contribution to the fates of national history." "President Berisha meets with Italian Interior Minister, Napolitano" the paper runs. RD writes about the meeting of Mr Napolitano with Albanian Premier Meksi, under the title "Free movement and seasonal employment." Stop to traffickers and crime" writes the paper about a news conference yesterday by the Italian Interior Minister and Albanian Interior Minister, respectively Napolitano and Shamata. The paper also carries an article on events in Serbia."Coordination among firms demanded" writes Republika about the firms dealing with usury. "Italy, open gate for Albania" writes the paper regarding the signing of a bilateral agreement between Albanian and Italian police for cooperation in the fight against crime, illegal immigrants and prostitution. In the feature Sport the paper writes that "FIFA determines the rules for 2002 World Cup." Under the title "Total support from UITUA for the solution of demands" Sindikalisti makes a coverage of the extended meeting of the Independent trade union of transport. In its second page the paper writes "The world prays for the health of Mother Theresa." "The cross-road of Serbian opposition" is the title of today's editorial in Albania. "People should think well before they lend money to firms" writes this paper. Italy and Albania bring distance between them closer" writes the paper about the meetings of Napolitano with Albanian personalities. Under the title "Berisha: December 8, a storm which overthrew the dictatorship" Albania writes about the ceremony held on occasion of the national youth day. Dita Informacion writes in the feature "Actualities" about the meetings of Napolitano with Berisha, Meksi and Shamata citing Napolitano as saying that priority should be attached to legal emigration. Gazeta Shqiptare writes under the title "Tentacles of Mafia in Albania" on a detailed survey of the Attorney General office in Albania about organized crime and its relations with foreign mafia. eva/xh/Z/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[09] ALBANIAN DEPUTY PREMIER AND FOREIGN MINISTER LEAVES FOR BRUSSELSTIRANA, DEC 10 (ATA) - The Albanian Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister, Tritan Shehu, started Tuesday for Brussels.Shehu will participate in the current meeting of the Northern Atlantic Cooperation Council, attending will also be NATO member countries, the Initiative of Partnership for Peace, as well as Russia. The meeting will treat issues of the current cooperation between the partner countries and the Alliance, in the framework of the multilateral activity, as well as on the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and round it. /jz/mt/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[10] THIRD ROCK FESTIVAL OPENS IN TIRANATIRANA, DEC 10 (ATA) By Atlant Frasheri: The third Rock Festival, organized by the Democratic Party Youth Forum (DPYF), was opened Monday in the International Cultural Center.The conduct of this festival during these days aims at revoking the historic days of December 1990, when the students fought hand to hand with the communist dictatorship, and managed to achieve the main request, which was the political pluralism. It is the third time that DPYF organizes the Rock Festival. Attending the festival this year will be 14 groups, which will contest during four days with their best works of this year. Along with "The Huch", "Ice- breakers", "Centaur", "Radical Obscurity", "Meteor", "Black Moon", "Mocks", which come from Tirana, Elbasani, Durresi, Shkodra, etc., are also invited groups from other Albanian territories of the Balkans. DPYF aims at organizing this festival every year./eva/mt/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[11] FUND OF EUROPEAN UNION FOR EXPLOITATION OF SOLAR ENERGYTIRANA, DEC 10 (ATA) By A. Milo:The European Union has accorded a fund of 350 000 ECU for the exploitation of the solar energy through solar panels. Official sources from the Ministry of Mines and Energetics Resources told ATA that this project is held in the framework of the PHARE Program and envisages to create 1000 solar panels in the western lowland of Albania. The specialists of energetics thinks that some 70 solar panels exist in houses and institutions of Albania. Many private companies import and sell solar panels in Albania, but their price is very high, they are expensive. In the "International Fair '96", organized recently in Tirana, their price varied from 1300 to 1500 USD. It is expected in Albania to be set up a special line for producing solar panels. /eva/mt/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[12] ALBANIAN INTERIOR MINISTER LEAVES FOR AUSTRIATIRANA, DEC 10 (ATA) - Upon an invitation of the Federal Interior Minister of Austria, the Albanian Interior Minister, Halit Shamata, left Tuesday for an official visit in Austria, Interior Ministry spokesman reports.During this visit, the Albanian minister and his Austrian counterpart will sign the Agreement of Bilateral Cooperation in the field of fight against the organized crime and the illegal drug-trafficking. In the agenda of the visit, there are also expected meetings with the President of the Federal Council of Austria, the Secretary General for the Foreign Policy in the Austria Foreign Ministry, dr. Albert Rohan, with the Mayor of Vienna, who is at the same time Deputy chairman of the Austrian Social-Democratic Party, Michael Haupl, etc./kled/mt/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[13] ALBANIAN DELEGATION IN SESSION OF PABSEK GENERAL ASSEMBLYTIRANA, DEC 10 (ATA) - A delegation of the Albanian Parliament will participate in the 8th plenary session of the General Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, which will be held from December 10-12 in Tbilis of Georgia, Parliament spokesman reports.The delegation is made up of deputies Bardhyl Musaj, Idriz Xhumara and Isa Sinani. Different issues, regarding economy, culture, education, technology, will be discussed in this session. /a.ke/kled/mt/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[14] UNICEF TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN TIRANA CENTER AND SUBURBSTIRANA, DEC 10 (ATA) By Flora Nikolla: UNICEF will protect the life of the children where they live, in city and surroundings, declared the representative of the United Nations Fund on urgent help for children, Giancarlo Rotigliano during a news conference given Tuesday, on the verge of the 50th anniversary of UNICEF foundation.UNICEF started its activity in Albania in 1991 with the mission to provide urgent aids, and during the second stage the activity of this fund was focused on the development of the country. "After the first aids with foodstuff, clothes and fundamental equipment, we turned to the project for saving the public health, mass vaccination of children and pregnant women, where we can mention the great help of UNICEF to provide the vaccine against polio," said Rotigliano among others. With regard to its programs, this fund has closely cooperated with non- governmental organizations, Albanian and foreign ones, and we can mention the delivery of one million dollars per year by UNICEF in every country it operates. We have invested another 1 million dollars in Albania during 1996 on diarrhea diseases, and $155, 000 on education", said Rotigliano during the news conference today in Tirana. /kled/mt/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[15] ULQINI: TIRANA SP IN EXPECTANCY OF MEJDANITIRANA, DEC 10 (ATA) By Agim Fagu: The "marathon" meeting of Tirana Socialist Party Leading Committee was postponed again, because it is expected the SP Secretary General, Rexhep Mejdani, to come back."I think that the marathon of this meeting may end by next week, after Mejdani will come back from America, because he is the main delegate of SP Presidency", Socialist Party's branch of Tirana Musa Ulqini told ATA. But everything is clear on the postponements of this meeting. The socialists of Tirana have requested the resignation of Nano and of SP Presidency. Ulqini was accused by SP Presidency of being the only person responsible for the postponement of the meeting. "We have approved the report and the counter-reply towards misinformation in press. The decisions are taken first by the branch presidency and after that they are approved by the Leading Committee. Every other interpretation done on my behalf is mistaken and tendentious", said Ulqini. The branch of Tirana has opened once again the "file" of accuses against the SP presidency and chairman Nano, to enrich it with the accuses of Tirana socialists. /kled/mt/ From the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at http://www.telpress.it/ataAlbanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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