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Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), 98-10-04Albanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at <http://www.telpress.it/ata>Albanian Telegraphic AgencyCONTENTS
[01] Kosova refugees keep arriving in HasHAS, Oct 4 (ATA)-By R. Hoxha,Rainy weather and the intensity of fighting near the Albania- Yugoslavia border have increased the number of the Kosova refugees in the district of Has. "The number of the Kosova refugees in this district last week amounted to over 250," said the coordinator of the refugee office for the district of Kukes and Has, Jonuz Kola. Since June, when the Serb military and police machine started offensive in Kosova, over 3000 Kosovars have arrived in the Has district. Some 900 refugees have stayed here, the others have not enrolled at the respective office as they have left for other areas of the country, says Kola. Meanwhile, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the Red Cross keep supplying the refugees with food and other supplies. However, the mounting number of refugees in this district requires measures to increase aid in this area, Kola concludes. /dast/lm/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[02] New government should immediately start work to stabilise situation - AnnanTIRANA, Oct 3 (ATA)-U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan told Albania's Foreign Minister Paskal Milo on Friday that the new government should immediately start work to stabilise the situation in Albania.The Foreign Ministry's press and information department reports that Milo, during his stay in New York, also met with Didior Oportti, President of the U.N. General Assembly and Foreign Minister of Uruguay. The participants in the meeting interested themselves in further details about the latest developments in Albania and the formation of the new government. Milo informed them of the performance to restore order, fight corruption and contraband, reform the system of Justice, and draft a constitution. The Kosova situation occupied an important place at this meeting. Oportti stressed that in Kosova we have to do a flagrant violation of human rights and stressed that "NATO is preparing several concrete plans to use force in Kosova." "The humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating, more over now with winter approaching," he said. /dast/lm/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[03] Hajdaraga: Albanian army ready to realise its noble mission in defence of the countryTIRANA, Oct 3 (ATA)-By E. Koraqi, Defence Minister Luan Hajdaraga, at a meeting with Prime Minister Pandeli Majko on Saturday, stressed that the Albanian army will be ready to realise its noble mission in defence of the country.Hajdaraga congratulated Prime Minister Majko for the new office and familiarised him with the army's plans and programmes to reconstruct and return it to normality. The programmes to reconstruct the army have been conceived in three main stages, said Hajdaraga. The first stage, September-December '97, considered as a phase of emergency, aimed at bringing under control the military asset, which escaped damage, to secure and guard establishments. The second phase, January-December '98, aims at restoring the army structures to normality, while the third phase January '99-December 2000, aims at putting the army on the parameters of full normality, in compliance with the Euro-Atlantic standards. Also attending the meeting of Prime Minister Majko with senior officials of the Defence Ministry were deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Governmental Coordination Ilir Meta, and the Secretary of State for European Integration, Maqo Lakrori. /dast/lm/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[04] German army provides help for Albanian armyTIRANA, Oct 3 (ATA)-By E. Koraqi, German aid for the Albanian army has arrived in Durres on Saturday, under an agreement between the armies of the two countries, Defence Ministry sources told ATA.The aid consists of intercommunication and medical materials and equipment. Present in receiving this aid were the head of the Intercommunication Department, Colonel Baki Bala, the Director of the Military Hospital, Colonel Engjell Mastori and the German coordinator at the Defence Ministry, Colonel Berner. /dast/lm/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[05] Dozens of Albanians found killed and massacred in KosovaPRISHTINE, OCT 3 /ATA correspondent Behlul Jashari reports that dozens of Albanians killed and massacred were found in various regions of Kosova on Saturday.Sources from the Council for the Defence of Human Rights say that 20 Albanians have been found killed in the suburbs of Gllogoc, seven in Jezerc of Ferizaj, five in the suburbs of Suhareke and several others in other regions of Kosova. According to the Kosova Information Centre, an injured Albanian from the suburb of Suhareke, who is being treated in the Prizren hospital, has said that the Serb forces have massacred his wife and children. /dast/lm/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[06] Talks on two latest border incidents fail-Yugoslav side does not show up-TIRANA, Oct 4 (ATA)-The local mixed commissions had scheduled for Saturday meetings on the latest border incidents but they failed as the Yugoslav side did not show up, according to the spokesman of the Albanian Public Order Ministry. He said the first meeting, at 12.30, would discuss the incident of September 30 '98 at the border police post of Padesh, Tropoje District, while the second meeting the incident of October 2, at the D7 border post in Pogaj, Has district. /dast/lm/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[07] Meeting of Interior Ministers of Black Sea InitiativeTIRANA, Oct. 4 (ATA) - The fight against criminality in the region through strengthening the cooperation between the countries participant in the Black Sea Initiative was in the center of the meeting of the Interior Ministers of this Initiative. Albania also participates in this organization.Attending the meeting, held on 1 and 2 of October in Corfu, was also the Albanian deputy Minister of Public Order, Ilir Cano, the spokesman of this ministry reported. The spokesman also stressed that Cano held working meetings with senior officials of the Ministries of Greece and Turkey with whom he discussed about the continuation of cooperation for a more efficacious fight against crime. The high ranking representatives of the ministries of these countries reconfirmed their deep support for the Albanian police, ends the spokesman of the Order Ministry. /dast/mt/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[08] Kosova Albanian dragged by a tank from Petrova to ShtimePRISHTINA, Oct. 4 (ATA) - The Serb police dragged by a tank a Kosova Albanian, inhabitant of Dobresh village (Southeastern Kosova), from Petrova to Shtime (some 30 km.)The Serb forces arrested on September 30 Bislim Bislimi from Dobresh, who after being dressed with the uniforms of the Kosova Liberation Army, was dragged by a tank up to Shtime, the Kosova Information Center reported, referring to sources from the Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms in Prishtina. Bislimi is actually in the hospital of Prishtina in a very grave health situation. /dast/mt/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[09] PM Marjanovic has cheated Serb people, says AnticPRISHTINA, Oct. 4 (ATA) - The Democratic Party of Serbia stressed recently through its spokesman, Antic, that the Serb Prime Minister, Mirko Marjanovic should bear the responsibility as collaborator for the death of too many people in Kosova, the Kosova Information Center reported.The spokesman Cedomir Antic stressed that Marjanovic has cheated the people of Serbia when declaring that the situation in Kosova is quiet. /dast/mt/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[10] Majko will not take part in Antalya SummitTIRANA, Oct. 4 (ATA) - Albania Prime Minister Pandeli Majko annulled his visit in Antalya, Turkey, where he was supposed to participate in the meeting of the head of governments from Southeastern European countries. This meeting is going to be held on October 12-13, Premier's spokesman reported.The spokesman reports that "due to the very grave situation and the intensification of the Serb violence and repression on the Kosova Albanians and the possible developments there, also due to the respective influence it has on our country, Premier Majko considers impossible his participation in this Summit. He has charged the Foreign Minister, Paskal Milo, to represent the Albanian government in this high ranking meeting. The Summit of Antalya is held in the framework of the creation of democratic scopes of integration and institutionalization of contacts that help the coexistence among nations. /dast/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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