[ALBSA-Info] IDs for Greeks of Alvania

[Kreshnik Bejko]

>From: ardian kanina <ardi5 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: alb-club at alb-net.com
>To: alb-club at alb-net.com
>Subject: [Alb-club] Bastardi  Alexandros Mallias  !!!!!
>Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 02:02:37 -0700 (PDT)
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>Greek politicians address ethnic Greeks at religious
>festival in Albania
>
>HIMARRA, 17/08/2000 (ANA)
>Ethnic Greeks in Albania are to be supplied with
>special identity cards, the Greek Ambassador to
>Albania Alexandros Mallias told the residents of
>Himarra on Wednesday.

Say I want to have one of them IDs. How'd they prove
that I am not a Greek? (assume that I speak the Hellenic
tongue in both versions Homeric and modern and that I
have lived in North Epirus for x yrs)

>He also urged Albanian Greeks to be the best possible
>ambassadors of Hellenism in order to help develop
>Greek-Albanian relations. "We must work together to
>drive away the clouds, if there are any," he said.
>
>Mallias was speaking at the festival in honor of the
>Virgin Mary at Himarra, which since last year has
>become something of an event in Albania, culminating
>in the traditional feast at Elies complete with local
>polyphonic choral group.
>
>Adding to the festive atmosphere was a satellite
>transmission from Foreign Minister George Papandreou,
>who told the gathering:
>
>"My thoughts are always with you, not only on days of
>joy and holidays but always. Your rights are sacred
>and we will insist that they remain as international
>agreements for ethnic minorities prescribe.
>
>"Keep your traditions alive, as now with your
>polyphonic group, for the development of which
>[Greece] will provide 1,500,000 drachmas and an
>honorary distinction from the Greek State."
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>
>Me nderime Ardi !!!!
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