Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), 97-10-06

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CONTENTS

[01] TWO ALBANIAN DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL IN BERLIN

[02] GATHERING OF WEAPONS CONTINUES IN TIRANE

[03] TWO PEOPLE WITH FAKE PASSPORTS DETAINED

[04] INDISPENSABLE NEED TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT IN ALL ITS REFORMS - FRESSH

[05] GROUP OF COUNTERFEITERS INTERCEPTED IN SARANDE

[06] TALKS TO IMPLEMENT AGREEMENT ON EDUCATION TO RESUME IN PRISHTINE

[07] Albania to be encompassed into gas international network

[08] NANO SAYS RUB RUST OFF RELATIONSHIPS WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

[09] FRESSH AND FRPD PROTEST IN SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVA STUDENTS

[10] ENERGETIC SYSTEM TO BE INVOLVED IN INVESTMENTS

[11] MINERS STRIKE FOR WAGES

[12] New investments guaranteed

[13] Exchange rate with little variation

[14] New investments guaranteed

[15] Miners on strike for wages

[16] ALBANIAN PRESIDENT PRAISES COOPERATION BETWEEN YOUTH GROUPINGS

[17] POLICE DETAIN YOUNG MAN WITH NARCOTIC HERBS

[18] PERSON ATTACKS POLICE PATROL IN KORCE

[01] TWO ALBANIAN DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL IN BERLIN

The documentary film of Xhuvani "Tirane '96," a co-production of Alba-Film-Studio and Euro-Vefa-Television has been presented so far in Italy, France, and Greece.

Whereas the documentary film "Kenga (The Song)" of producer Pluton Vasi through a contemporary view makes the tragic history of the Albanian song until the eve of the last Song Festival on Radio-Television, held in 1996.

This film won the first prize in the World Film of Archives for the documentary film held in Badenbaden of Germany. ssh/kled/xh/Z

[02] GATHERING OF WEAPONS CONTINUES IN TIRANE

Statistics of the Police department of the district show that only yesterday police have accumulated 157 rifles, 96 automatic rifles, 17 heavy and light machine guns, 2 antitank grenades, 27 400 bullets and some other military equipment. ssh/jz/xh/sh/

[03] TWO PEOPLE WITH FAKE PASSPORTS DETAINED

Police sequestered from Aliaj as material proofs 4 fake Albanian passports, a Macedonian, a Macedonian identification document, a Yugoslav driving licence, a diploma and a Slovenian passport, whereas from Ramadani they sequestered three false passports, two German and one Albanian and an amount of heroin. ssh/jz/xh/sh/

[04] INDISPENSABLE NEED TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT IN ALL ITS REFORMS - FRESSH

This organization will also ask from the Government in the future to respect its fundamental and electoral program after the difficult crisis in the country is overcome, said Meta. He pointed out that the Congress stressed that Albania needs indispensably and urgently the creation of a single national youth council, in which all youth forums, political and non-political, will be united to strengthen the voice and presence of the youth in the political, social and civil life in Albania, because youth is divided in some different organizations.

A special place in the congress was devoted to the question of Kosova and the national question in general. FRESSH promised to find and use all forms of solidarity in the future with the students of Kosova and all the Albanian people there.

The 3rd congress of FRESSH was held in Tirane on October 4-5, 1997. On the second day, the congress approved some changes to the program and the statute of FRESSH. The congress also approved a resolution on the situation in Kosove, denouncing energetically the Serbian violence towards Albanian teachers. ake/kled/xh/sh/

[05] GROUP OF COUNTERFEITERS INTERCEPTED IN SARANDE

The criminal police chief in the district police commissariat, Belul Sinani, told ATA that the sequestrated documents include 42 passports for abroad, of which 11 with Greek visas, 35 international licenses, the seal of the Greek consulate and of the district police.

A computer and an electric stove, which served for sticking photos on passports were as well sequestrated.

Police sources said today that the above facilities might have been stolen from the district police commissariat during the period of riots. s.sh/jz/lm/Z

[06] TALKS TO IMPLEMENT AGREEMENT ON EDUCATION TO RESUME IN PRISHTINE

Well-informed sources say that, according to all signs, the meeting of the Albanian-Serb group, three to three, is expected to be held on Thursday, October 9, and concrete results are expected.

President Rugova also pointed to the possibility of this meeting at his latest news conference in Prishtine.

Rugova has said he expects good results and asked from the Serb side to be ready to cooperate for the implementation of the agreement signed one year ago. b.j/p.ta/kled/lm/sh/

[07] Albania to be encompassed into gas international network

The Ministry of Economy and Privatization has envisaged that up to year 2000 the annual consumption of gas and oil should reach 1 million tons.

"Gas should gain priority for heating and industrial use," sources from the ministry report. Based on figures, gas covers only 0,8 percent of country's needs, but it is planned that until year 2000 gas should cover 20 percent of them.

There are four projects to link Albania with gas international network, one with Italy, two others through Greece and Macedonia and the last is via Montenegro.

"In the framework of these projects, the ministry is developing talks with the biggest gas supplier, Gazprom of Russia," said Ilir Ciko, chief of negotiations at the ministry.

While for gas extraction and processing many projects exist, the situation is not the same regarding oil sector. According to Ciko oil production from the existing fields should reach 650,000 ton until year 2000.

To meet the demands for hydrocabure, the first steps are the maximum exploitation of existing reserves, not leaving aside the effectiveness of Albpetrol company management and the introduction of foreign shares the company has with other foreign oil companies in form of joint ventures.

Other projects regard the renovation of Ballshi oil refinery, those of oil and gas pipelines, where the reconstruction of existing Vlora oil pipeline is given priority.

[08] NANO SAYS RUB RUST OFF RELATIONSHIPS WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

"In your activity, you should be based on the criteria on how effective the activity of the ambassadors is in support of the government program and defence of the national interests," Nano said.

In the meeting, attended by Foreign Minister Paskal Milo and Secretary of State for Euro Atlantic Integration Maqo Lakrori, the premier praised the selection of new ambassadors as known intellectuals and experienced without political distinctions.

Considering present developments in Europe and especially in the Balkans, the Premier Nano focused on the tasks of the Albanian diplomacy from the point of view of safeguarding national issue.

He spoke about new positions and visions of the Albanian foreign policy in relation with international European partners and broader, and especially with Balkan neighbours.

"We favour a Balkan without walls," Fatos Nano said insisting that "in a hot Balkan full of problems, the only wayout is dialogue and not violence."

"A conceivable and organising reform in the Foreign Ministry's structures is needed," Nano said. pas/ak/k

[09] FRESSH AND FRPD PROTEST IN SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVA STUDENTS

The manifestation, initiated by the Albanian Euro-Socialist Youth Forum (FRESSH) and the Youth Forum of the Albanian Democratic Party (FRPD), started at midday in the square "Mother Teresa", in the front of University of Tirana.

Later, the protesters manifested along the boulevard "Deshmoret e Kombit", carrying slogans on freedoms and rights of citizens in Kosova. The protesters were led by the chairmen of both forums, Ilir Meta and Afrim Krasniqi.

An appeal of FRESSH, FRPD and the Students' League "Dardania," addressed to the UN Secretary General, U.S. President and to the head of states of the European Union, read in the rally, expressed the concern of the Albanian youth for the grave situation of the Kosova youth.

"Through this rally, it publicly protests against the Serbian organized violence and terror on Kosova, which was brutally manifested through the police violence of the regime of Belgrade, exercised on the peaceful protests of students of the Prishtina University," says the appeal.

The Albanian youth also ask the international community to immediately intervene so that the education accord between Serbia and Kosova be respected. /kei/mt/k

[10] ENERGETIC SYSTEM TO BE INVOLVED IN INVESTMENTS

According to the specialists of this ministry, all the projects envisaged, as well as the strategy followed by this ministry, aims at repairing within 1998 what was destroyed during February-March of this year in order to reach to the level of 1996, and also to put into efficiency all possible objects, and to move later on towards privatization.

Some 96 per cent of the electric energy is used for heating and industrial activity.

This level is expected to change if other reserves of energy, like oil and gas, are used.

The prevision carried out by the analysis and the projects for energy show that despite the raise by 15 per cent of the production of the electric energy until the years 2000, its consumption will reach 5000 GWh, meanwhile that the energetic system of Albania today has an average consumption up to 4000 GWh. /kei/mt/k

[11] MINERS STRIKE FOR WAGES

Some 500 miners of different sectors participate in the strike organised by the mine's trade union.

The strikers are asking the government for the wages of the last three months and the release of a fund, which will enable them to resume the work in all the sectors.

Mine's director Xhafer Seiti said to ATA that the fund of wages is already approved in principle by the government until December and that the release of a fund is a procedural case. ake/kei/ak/k

[12] New investments guaranteed

Hundred of companies, which suffered damage during March-April period followed the unrest, now consider as an indispensable thing the creation of this Agency in order to protect their future investments.

Experts of the WB said the new Agency will work to guarantee all investments to be carried out in Albania. The Agency will cover all dangers, similar to those, Albania experienced recently, in order to promote new foreign investments.

The Agency will also cooperate with foreign banks to secure credits for investments' continuation all over the country.

[13] Exchange rate with little variation

So $1 was bought with 149,5 lek and sold for 150 lek in Tirana informal market. The Savings Bank opened with an exchange rate of $1=145,5 lek in buying and 150 in selling. On the same level with the previous week, lek was exchanged with other main currencies.

The exchange rate, Monday, 6 1997

Savings Bank

Currency Buy Sell

USD 145,5 150 DM 83 85,4 ITL (1000) 84 87 GRD (100) 51,8 53,6

[14] New investments guaranteed

Hundred of companies, which suffered damage during March-April period followed the unrest, now consider as an indispensable thing the creation of this Agency in order to protect their future investments.

Experts of the WB said the new Agency will work to guarantee all investments to be carried out in Albania. The Agency will cover all dangers, similar to those, Albania experienced recently, in order to promote new foreign investments.

The Agency will also cooperate with foreign banks to secure credits for investments' continuation all over the country.

[15] Miners on strike for wages

Some 500 miners of different sectors participate in the strike organised by the mine's trade union.

The strikers are asking the government for the wages of the last three months and the release of a fund, which will enable them to resume the work in all the sectors.

Mine's director Xhafer Seiti said to Albanian Telegrapic Agency that the fund of wages is already approved in principle by the government until December and that the release of a fund is a procedural case.

[16] ALBANIAN PRESIDENT PRAISES COOPERATION BETWEEN YOUTH GROUPINGS

"This will increasingly influenced as an example for a civilised understanding of policy in general," President Meidani told a meeting of representatives of foreign delegations, which attended the Congress of the Albanian Euro Socialist Youth Forum (FRESSH).

"The Albanian policy is still a hostage of a conflict between the old policy of dismissal and showdown and the new one of integrity and constructiveness of problems facing the society. It is the open outlook, sincerity and non-preconceived mentality of the youth which facilitates the understanding in a national broad-based plan," Meidani said.

Albanian president said that the students and youth of Kosova, that of the Albanians in Macedonia and all the Albanian youth should be active participants in a movement for a democratic and social emancipation and solution of the Albanian national issue.

Meidani said he believes that regional youth cooperation is an initiative that should be encouraged to ease tension created in Balkan policies by prejudices of the history and primitive nationalism. ake/kei/ak/K/

[17] POLICE DETAIN YOUNG MAN WITH NARCOTIC HERBS

The penal case has started against Emiliano Fustani, 18. /a.ke/kei/mt/

[18] PERSON ATTACKS POLICE PATROL IN KORCE

The spokesamn of the Police Directorate in this district told ATA that Spartak Rushani attacked the police patrol by volleys of gunfire and two hand grenades.

Three persons have been injured because of the explosion of grenades, but their life is out of danger.

Rushani is declared wanted by police, because in May he seriously injured a policeman.

He managed to escape the police forces again and his whereabouts are unknown. /a.ke/kei/mt/

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