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Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), 97-01-04Albanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at <http://www.telpress.it/ata>Albanian Telegraphic AgencyCONTENTS
[01] A CALENDAR ON ENVIRONMENT TO BE PUBLISHED IN ALBANIATIRANA, JAN 4 (ATA) - By Miranda Kora: At the beginning of February, a calendar on environment for 1997 will be published and distributed free of charge in Albania by the Association of Biologists of Albania."500 copies of the four pages calendar will have photos from the environment in Albania and the activities to protect it, accompanied with messages," said Artan Trebicka, coordinator of the project of the association. The project is financed by the local office in Tirana of the Regional Environmental Centre REC, with headquarters in Budapest. Also a written document has been prepared and sent to 48 non- governmental environmental organizations and foundations of Albania in order to accumulate the information needed about the celebrations of the environment. kled/xh/e Albanian Telegraphic Agency[02] NEW CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE PREFECTURE OF SHKODRASHKODRA, JAN 4 (ATA) - In the prefecture of Shkodra, Northwestern Albania, the national construction branch enterprise constructed 1000 flats during 1996, of which 900 in the district of Shkodra, 60 in Malesi e Madhe and 40 in the district of Puka.Besides the construction with state funds, there were also constructions made by individuals, inhabitants of this prefecture. Private individuals have built over 1 500 buildings, mainly villas in the district of Shkodra, 300 in Malesi e Madhe and 50 in the Puka district. ssh/kled/xh/sh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[03] LUSHNJE: PUBLIC INVESTMENTS WILL BE 9 PER CENT HIGHERLUSHNJA, JAN 4 (ATA) - By Ilir Manka: Public investments in Lushnja during this year will be 9 per cent higher than in 1996. Most of these investments will be provided by the state budget and will be used for the hospital of the city and an aqueduct.With investments by the World Bank and the state budget, reconstruction of some schools and the construction of 6 new eight form and secondary schools will continue. ake/kled/xh/e Albanian Telegraphic Agency[04] SAUBERMACHER SAYS "A NEW YEAR WITH A NEW FACE OF TIRANA"TIRANA, JAN 4 (ATA)- By M. Allushi, The new year found the cleaning firm "Saubermacher" at work.It had pledged that the New Year would put a new face to Tirana. "The workers of the Saubermacher firm worked in three shifts on December 31, and January 1st and 2nd to clean up after the traditional festivity of the New Year," the firm's manager, Gert Nuraj, said. The Austrian and Italian firms have been assigned to clean up the streets and public places of Tirana. eva/lm Albanian Telegraphic Agency[05] ALBANIA FULLY SUPPORTS GONZALEZ'S REPORTTIRANA, JAN 4 (ATA)- Albanian fully backed Spanish premier Felipe Gonzalez's report on the November 17 local polls in Serbia which was examined at the special session of the Permanent Council of this organisation in Vienna on Friday.The Press and Information office of the Albanian Foreign Ministry announces that the Albanian representative, Zef Mazi, expressed in his speech Albania's full support of the report and called for its complete and prompt implementation. The session endorsed the report of Gonzalez, special envoy of the OSCE chairman, and its recommendations and called for its prompt implementation. The essence of the report is the request that the Serb government recognises the victory of the opposition in 14 cities of the country, also including Belgrade. Various participants speaking at the session described the decision of the Serb government to annul the elections result as a failure of the legitimacy of the political system at home which at the same time compromises the relations of the Yugoslav federation with the rest of the world. The Permanent Council rejected the presence of the Yugoslav representative in it. The EU, U.S. and Albanian representatives opposed the integration of the Yugoslav Federation into OSCE as well. "Albania keeps to the opinion that it is still early to think of Yugoslavia's integration into OSCE," Albanian representative Zef Mazi said. Expressing full support of the OSCE report, the representative of the Netherlands, which is the current holder of the EU presidency, on behalf of the later asked the Serb authorities to show self-control and not hinder the peaceful protests. The chairman of the U.S. mission, Sam Brown, asked that the OSCE recommendations be completely and promptly implemented by Belgrade. He also requested that the issue of the national rights of the Kosova Albanian be considered seriously. One of the recommendation presented in the report by Gonzalez is the return of the OSCE mission to Kosova. Albanian representative Mazi, too, urged the solution of the Kosova issue and raised the need of changes there. "The solution will be a result of the political dialogue between the Albanians and Serbs, at the presence of a third side, and in accordance with the will of the Kosova people," the announcement of the Foreign Ministry Press and Information Office cites Mazi as saying. s.sh/jz/lm/Z/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[06] CAR THIEVES DETAINED IN ELBASANELBASAN, JAN 4 (ATA)- Four car thieves were intercepted and detained last night, according to a source of the Elbasan district police commissariat.Following denunciations on January 1 and 2 on the robbery of six cars of the "Benz", "Audi" and "Volkswagen" type, parked on the streets of this city, the police forces undertook an organised operation intercepting and detaining the authors of the theft aged between 20-25, inhabitants of Elbasan. The source says the thieves are accused of robbery against citizens. s.sh/jz/lm/Z/ From the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at http://www.telpress.it/ataAlbanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |