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Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), 99-09-12Albanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at <http://www.telpress.it/ata>Albanian Telegraphic AgencyCONTENTS
[01] Qafe Bote customs to begin operation soonSARANDE, Sept 12 (ATA)-By Sh. Hajno, The Qafe Bote Customs point which borders Greece, 37 km from Sarande, will soon begin operation, formal sources of Sarande customs, on which the new customs point of Qafe Bote will depend, reported.Meanwhile, the Greek side has completed the provisional building of the customs earlier. Sources from Sarande customs say that the first to cross the new border point will be cars, while vans and other heavy vehicles will be allowed to cross after the building of the customs compound and of the road linking Qafe Bote with Sarande. The Qafe Bote border point served for the first time for the crossing of Albanian and Greek citizens in the Spring of 1997, when the southern region was engulfed by riots. /led/lm/ D'Arc Avenue 23, Tirana, Albania E-Mail: Albanian Telegraphic Agency[02] Some 1.5 kg of cocaine seized at Rinas airportTIRANE, Sept 12 (ATA)-By Th. Thanasi, A 25-year-old citizen from Tirane residing in New York was caught with 1,5 kg of drug which he was bringing to Albania on Saturday.Elton Kapo Resuli was detained on Saturday by the Rinas criminal police forces in cooperation with those of the Tirane police department, sources from the capital police reported. Resuli, born in Tirane and inhabitant in New York, returned from the U.S. by the Austria Lines of the New-York-Vienna-Tirane line. This has been the fourth cause that police seize and sequester drugs at Rinas airport. /led/lm/ D'Arc Avenue 23, Tirana, Albania E-Mail: Albanian Telegraphic Agency[03] Rraklli again protagonist in BundesligaTIRANE, Sept 12 (ATA)-By B. Meta, Altin Rraklli again scores goal in Bundesliga.It has been Saturday's match against VFB Stuttgart when the football player of the Albanian national team was confirmed as the inspirer of Unterhaching, at this season of Bundesliga. At this match, Rraklli scored the first goal, opening the way for the second goal kicked by the veteran of the German football, Kogl, in this historic victory 2-0 for Unterhaching against Stuttgart. While the Albanian football players show their capabilities in the European championships, they are still unable to do this for their national teams. /led/lm/ D'Arc Avenue 23, Tirana, Albania E-Mail: Albanian Telegraphic Agency[04] Some 70 billion lire on projects of Albanian ministriesTIRANE, Sept 12 (ATA)-By E. Nepravishta, The Protocol-Agreement between Italy and Albania, signed in Italy this weekend, is worth 70 billion lire (around 50 million dollars), the Ministry of Information reported on Sunday.Follows the distribution of this fund: The Council of Ministers- 8.540.000.000 lire, the Ministry of Public Economy and Privatisation - 5.000.000.000 lire, the Ministry of Public Order - 18.000.000.000 lire, the Ministry of Justice - 6.000.000.000 lire, the Ministry of Finance - 5.000.000.000 lire, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food - 5.000.000.000 lire, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport - 19.000.000.000 lire, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports - 12.500.000.000 lire and the Ministry of Health - 960.000.000 lire. This amount has been earmarked for the realisation of their projects. /lh/lm/ D'Arc Avenue 23, Tirana, Albania E-Mail: Albanian Telegraphic Agency[05] Project to protect national park of Prespa introducedKORCE, Sept 12 (ATA)-By B. Fejzullai, The project for the protection and development of their national park of Prespa, Korce district, was introduced on Saturday.The project provides the protection and development of an area of 25 000 hectares of forests and pastures of the Prespa zone and of 5000 hectares of the Prespa e Madhe and Prespa e Vogel lakes, according to Fori Palloci, director of the district foreign service departments. The German Government will provide some 35 million DM for the realisation of this long-term project. Palloci adds that a building to deal with the protection and development of the National Park of Prespa has been rehabilitated in Gorice e Vogel through a fund of 60 000 DM provided by the German NGO "Euronatyra". /lh/lm/ D'Arc Avenue 23, Tirana, Albania E-Mail: Albanian Telegraphic Agency[06] Delegation of Albanian opposition to visit U.S. for first timeTIRANE, Sept 12 (ATA)-By A. Haxhiu,A delegation of the opposition, composed of representatives of the Democratic and Republican parties, will travel to the U.S. soon.This is the first time the State Department has extended an invitation to the democratic forces, this time in opposition, to discuss the situation in Albania. The aim of the visit, the RP chairman Fatmir Mediu said, is renewal of the relations between the Albanian opposition forces and the U.S., after a crisis they experienced during 1977. Mediu said that the visit was also enabled by the idea launched by the DP deputy-chairman, Genc Pollo, on the unification of the Albanian opposition. "I hold this has attracted the attention of the U.S. administration and institutions, as an idea which can bring about something new in the Albanian politics, also considering a rational cooperation between the politicians and the political forces," said Mediu. /lh/lm/ D'Arc Avenue 23, Tirana, Albania E-Mail: Albanian Telegraphic Agency[07] NGO-s countinue assisting Kosove childrenELBASAN, Sep 12 (ATA) By M.Lulja: NGOs which exercise their activities in the city of Elbasan since months ago are assisting the Kosove children with clothes and food items and are organizing several activities for them. The number of Kosove children sheltered in the city of Elbasan amounts to 310 people. 30 of these children are accommodated in the ex- officers house, while the rest are settled in the families of this city.The activities carried out by the NGO-s aim at removing the stress the Kosove children went through during the Serb occupation. According to the chief of Elbasan town-hall cabinet, Mimoza Hasekiu, the non-governmental associations CRS, CEFA have set up for these children special hosting centers where they can play at any time, and have opened courses of foreign languages, computer and the art of embroidering for the time they are staying in Albania. Hasekiu reported that UNHCR has studied the situation of these Kosovars and decided for them to pass the winter in this city because they have no living possibilities in Kosove. /ANI.A.KE/A.A/ D'Arc Avenue 23, Tirana, Albania E-Mail: From the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at http://www.telpress.it/ataAlbanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |