From kbejko at hotmail.com Wed Jan 2 16:52:16 2002 From: kbejko at hotmail.com (Kreshnik Bejko) Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 16:52:16 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] If you're looking for jobs Message-ID: Despite all the internet hoopla it seems 'having connections' is still pretty much the only way to land a job. And we thought we'd escape the 'miku' curse when we left Albania! enjoy the article and Happy New Years January 2, 2002 Online Job Sites Offer Easy Searches, But Boards Produce Few Actual Hires By KRIS MAHER and RACHEL EMMA SILVERMAN Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL It is hard to get a job in a recessionary environment, no matter what means are used. But some job seekers say they are becoming particularly disenchanted with big online job sites. Users say the boards often have out-of-date listings and that inquiries go unacknowledged by potential employers. In fact, many users are finding that job hunts conducted solely online rarely produce jobs -- a phenomenon made worse by the current economic downturn. Take Grace Dubois. The 37-year-old Connersville, Ind., resident spends roughly five hours a day on the Web job hunting through job boards. Over the past nine months, the unemployed health-care administrator and nutrition consultant has applied for nearly 400 health-care industry jobs online. Yet she has landed only seven job interviews and not many responses from other potential employers. "I don't know if they're even getting my resume," Ms. Dubois complains. "When they list jobs on the Internet, there's often no phone number or name, just an e-mail or a fax [number]. You don't know where your resume is going. There's no acknowledgment. The Internet has made a lot of people lazy." Posted vacancies are often out of date, Ms. Dubois says. She suspects some are designed merely to get information about job seekers into the databases of outside recruiters. Machines, not humans, often match job openings to candidates -- one reason that Ms. Dubois receives numerous e-mails about irrelevant openings. "They keep sending me engineering jobs, which I don't even ask for," she says. Her frustration is a far cry from the way Internet job hunts were supposed to go. The major online job boards offer hundreds of thousands of opportunities, providing job seekers an alternative to searching corporate Web sites and local newspaper help-wanted ads. To job hunters, they have held out the promise of getting a resume in front of a vast pool of potential employers with relative ease. Enticing Online-Jobs Business Inspires a Bold Hostile-Takeover Bid by Yahoo (Dec. 24, 2001) CareerBuilder Venture to Buy Online Recruiter HeadHunter (Aug. 27, 2001) But despite the reach and apparent ease online job searches offer, a surprisingly small proportion of jobs get filled that way. Only 6% of hires for management-level jobs currently occur through any Internet site, compared with 61% for networking, according to a recent study by Drake Beam Morin, a New York firm that provides outplacement counseling services to big companies and advises job seekers on a variety of methods including the job boards. Another study indicates most successful job-search contacts made online in 2001 happened directly at corporate Web sites, not through job boards. At nine big public companies, which combined made more than 62,000 hires last year, 16% of total hires were initiated at the corporate Web site, according to the study, conducted by CareerXroads, a consulting company in Kendall Park, N.J., that publishes an annual guide to job boards and consults with companies on their Web sites. The percentage of hires made through the four biggest job boards, Monster.com (www.monster.com), Hotjobs.com (www.hotjobs.com), CareerBuilder (www.careerbuilder.com) and HeadHunter.net (www.headhunter.net), was far smaller -- 1.4%, 0.39%, 0.29% and 0.27%, respectively. Job seekers should use the Internet to collect information, says Mark Mehler, a CareerXroads principal. But he cautions them against overreliance on the Internet. People should remember "that in the majority of corporations in America, employee referrals are the No. 1 source of how people get hired," he says. Dimitri Boylan, president and chief executive of Hotjobs.com, says it's not the job boards' fault if some resumes attract few responses. "In terms of not getting a reply to a job, that's primarily the company's option," he says, adding, "Right now, they are getting a lot of applicants." Hotjobs.com Ltd. has agreed to be acquired by Yahoo Inc. Mr. Boylan acknowledges the chance that overloaded hiring managers will lose track of applicants. However, "it's less so with an online system than it is with a box full of resumes," he says. Jeff Taylor, founder of Monster.com and a global director at the job board's parent, TMP Worldwide Inc., acknowledges imperfections in database search tools. "I've said that I'll go to my grave trying to improve database searching and tools," he says, adding, "I feel pretty good about the way the system matches up skills with openings and will continue to improve it." Barry Lawrence, a spokesman for CareerBuilder Inc., which recently acquired Headhunter.net, similarly defended the company's sites. Job seekers are "just not as patient as they used to be," he says, citing the current weakened job market. "All job boards can do is bring you to the company's front door," says Tony Lee, general manager of CareerJournal.com (www.careerjournal.com), the executive career site of The Wall Street Journal. Savvy employers, he adds, use automated response systems, so job seekers know their resume has been received. Currently, the biggest complaint among job seekers using CareerJournal is that there aren't enough listings: There are now roughly 23,000 jobs on the site, compared with about 35,000 a year ago, a result of the economic slowdown, Mr. Lee says. In addition to the giant job boards, there are niche sites catering to professions ranging from accounting to weed science. But as the number of job boards has skyrocketed, so has competition among applicants using them -- especially since the unemployment rate began to rise last year. As a result, the frustrations of searching for a job in a slow economy happen at warp speed. "We've never gone through a recession with e-mail and with the Internet," says Cary Smith, director of marketing technology for Cigna Corp., an employee-benefits provider based in Philadelphia. "It has become very easy to create a resume and then transmit it effortlessly and instantaneously to whomever you want to send it to." Indeed, the ease with which candidates can create and send out resumes online has meant that employers trying to fill a post can expect to be deluged. Daniel Parrillo, president of Strategi, a small Stockton, Calif., technology-recruiting firm, recently posted an opening for an engineering vice president on five job boards at 4 p.m. By the time he arrived at work the next morning, he had 321 electronic resumes from people whose experience ranged from chief operating officer to help-desk troubleshooter. Several days later, he still hadn't even opened 71 of the responses. "I probably do have one diamond in the rough in those 71 e-mails I still have to get to," Mr. Parillo says. "But unfortunately, if I do find this person, they're going to get into the process too late." He estimates he'll eventually respond to about 80% of the applicants, in most cases sending a "canned e-mail" note. Write to Kris Maher at kris.maher at wsj.com and Rachel Emma Silverman at rachel.silverman at wsj.com _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com From aalibali at yahoo.com Wed Jan 2 21:52:08 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:52:08 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] ZERI I POPULLIT - 30.12.2001 Message-ID: <20020103025208.11783.qmail@web11502.mail.yahoo.com> Ristrukturimi i ushtris?, thembra e Akilit n? 10-vje?arin e ardhsh?m Ristrukturimi do t? p?rfshij? Ministrin? e Mbrojtjes, Shtabin e P?rgjithsh?m, Forcat Tok?sore, Forcat Ajrore, Forcat Detare, Komandat Mb?shtet?se, si at? t? st?rvitjes, doktrinave dhe logjistike TIRANE- Ristrukturimi i Forcave t? Armatosura t? Shqip?ris? si faktor i r?nd?sish?m i integrimit n? strukturat euroatlantike, p?rb?n objektivin strategjik t? dhjet?vje?arit 2001-2010 p?r Ministrin? e Mbrojtjes dhe p?r gjith? strukturat e tjera t? shtetit shqiptar. Ky ristrukturim, i urdh?ruar nga Presidenti i Republik?s Rexhep Meidani, n? 11 Prill t? vitit 2000, ?sht? nd?rmarr? mbi baz?n e nevojave t? p?rcaktuara, p?r t? ardhmen e struktur?s, kapaciteteve, doktrinave, infrastruktur?s ushtarake, t? cilat konvergojn? me ekspertiz?n e ekipeve t? NATO-s n? Shqip?ri. Rruga n?p?r t? cil?n duhet t? kaloj? ky ristrukturim ?sht? bazuar n? nj? projekt t? p?rbashk?t bashk?punimi t? Ministris? s? Mbrojtjes shqiptare, Shtabit t? P?rgjithsh?m dhe Departamentit t? Mbrojtjes s? SHBA, si dhe nga mb?shtetja e t? gjith? partner?ve t? saj nd?rkomb?tar?. Ristrukturimi i FA shqiptare duhet t? mb?shtetet n? burime reale t? Shqip?ris?; demokratizimi i vendit, forcimi i ekonomis?, sistemi arsimor, gjyq?sor, zhvillimi i infrastruktur?s, shoq?ris? civile etj. Gjithashtu kushtet e reja t? siguris? komb?tare p?rfshijn? luft?n dhe p?rballimin me trafiqet e paligjshme t? t? gjitha llojeve, terrorizmin, krimin e organizuar, korrupsionin, l?vizjen e pakontrolluar t? njer?zve, mang?sit? n? funksionimin e institucioneve te shtetit ligjor, etj. Ky projekt bazohet n? dokumentin e vler?simit t? mbrojtjes,realizuar n? bashk?punim me Departamentin Amerikan t? Mbrojtjes. Por ky proces ka nevoj? edhe p?r nj? kosto financiare, p?rmir?sime n? legjislacion, p?rfshirje n? axhend?n e Ministris? s? Pun?ve t? Jashtme, etj. Shqip?ria po synon t? krijoj? nj? forc? m? t? vog?l (nga 31000 n? 14000-16000 vet?, deri n? vitin 2006), por me aft?si m? t? m?dha operacionale dhe nd?rvepruese, nd?rsa n? vitin 2010 nj? forc? m? moderne, m? t? pajisur, m? t? l?vizshme, dhe m? t? mb?shtetur nga ana logjistike. Kjo k?rkon formulimin e Strategjis? Ushtarake Komb?tare, hartimin e doktrin?s s? P?rbashk?t t? FA, ngritjen e Sistemit t? Menaxhimit t? Burimeve Njer?zore, ngritjen e Sistemit t? Planifikimit, Programimit dhe Buxhetimit shum?vje?ar. Lidhur me struktur?n e ardhshme t? FA-s?, ajo do t? p?rmbledh? Ministrin? e Mbrojtjes, Shtabin e P?rgjithsh?m, Forcat Tok?sore, Forcat Ajrore, Forcat Detare, Komandat Mb?shtet?se, si at? t? st?rvitjes, doktrinave dhe logjistike --------------------------------- Kronologji e ngjarjeve t? ndodhura gjat? vitit 2001 18 Prill- Kryeministri Ilir Meta takon n? Tiran? gjeneralin amerikan Gregory Rountree me t? cilin diskutoi p?r Planin e Implementimit 2001-2010, n? risrukturimin e FA shqiptare. Zbatimii k?tij plani, do t? adaptoj? nje sistem shumevje?ar planifikimi me t? gjith? ministrit? dhe n? ve?anti, me Ministrin? e Mbrojtjes 8 Maj - Kryeministri shqiptar Ilir Meta merr pjes? n? Mbledhjen e K?shillit t? Atlantikut Verior, n? Bruksel, n? kuad?r t? prezantimit t? planit komb?tar t? vitit 2001 p?r an?tar?sim n? NATO. 16 Maj - Sekretari i P?rgjithsh?m i NATO-s, Lordi Xhorxh Robertson, viziton Tiran?n dhe shpreh mb?shtetjen dhe angazhimin e NATO-s p?r t? vazhduar ndihm?n dhe asistenc?n n? pro?esin e ristrukturimit t? Forcave t? Armatosura t? Shqip?ris?, si dhe integrimit t? saj, n? strukturat Euro-Atlantike. 13 Shtator - Ambasadori amerikan n? Tiran?, Joseph Limrecht, gjat? nj? takimi me Ministrin e Mbrojtjes Pandeli Majko, ka b?r? t? ditur ardhjen n? Shqip?ri t? ekspert?ve ushtarak? amerikan?, p?r t? punuar s? bashku me ushtarak?t shqiptar? p?r zbatimin e masave t? p?rcaktuara n? Dokumentin e Vler?simit t? Mbrojtjes. 26 Shtator - prezantohet Projekti i p?rbashk?t amerikano-shqiptar p?r ristrukturimin e FA p?r vitet 2001-2010, n? Ministrin? e Mbrojtjes, n? prani t? ministrit Pandeli Majko dhe kryetar?ve t? grupeve parlamentare te Mbrojtjes, t? Jasht?m dhe t? Financave. 26 Tetor- prezantohet n? Tiran?, nga ana e Ministris? s? Mbrojtjes, n? konferenc?n komb?tare me tem? " Ristrukturimi i forcave t? armatosura objektiv strategjik i periudhes 2001-2100", projekti i p?rbashk?t i SHBA dhe Ministris? s? Mbrojtjes s? Shqip?ris? p?r ristrukturimin. 26 Tetor- Ambasadori i SHBA n? Shqip?ri, Jozeph Limprecht, shpreh n? Konferenc? komb?tare t? ristrikturimit t? Fa shqiptare, mb?shtetjen n? m?nyr? aktive t? SHBA , me rekomandime dhe burime, p?r k?t? ristrukturim. 20 N?ntor- Ministrit t? Mbrojtjes, Pandeli Majko, i dor?zohet dokumenti zyrtar i Vler?simit t? Mbrojtjes t? Republik?s s? Shqip?ris?, nga Zv/sekretari amerikan i Mbrojtjes s? SHBA-s?, Paul Wolfowitz, gjat? vizit?s s? z Majko n? Pentagon. Marrja n? dor?zim e k?tij dokumenti "sh?non fillimin e procesit t? zbatimit t? Planit 10-vje?ar t? ristrukturimit t? Forcave t? Armatosura". 21 N?ntor- Ministri i Mbrojtjes, Pandeli Majko, diskuton n? SHBA me ushtarak? t? lart? amerikan? pro?esin e ristrukturimit t? Forcave t? Armatosura t? Shqip?ris?. 23 N?ntor- Ministri i Mbrojtjes, Pandeli Majko, n? takimin e zhvilluar n? Kanada, me homologun e tij kanadez, Arthur Egleton, shprehu nevoj?n e bashk?punimit mes dy Ministrive respektive, n? mb?shtetje t? ristrukturimit t? FA-s? n? Shqip?ri 9 Dhjetor-Gjermania ka d?rguar nj? ndihm? me 74 automjete dhe nj? sasi ndihmash logjistike dhe mjek?sore p?r ushtrin?. Ndihma ka ardhur n? baz? t? Protokoll-Marr?veshjes mes dy qeverive p?rkat?se, n? kuad?r t? ristrukturimit. 18 Dhjetor- Qeveria e Holland?s i dhuron Spitalit Ushtarak t? Tiran?s pajisje dhe aparatura t? ndryshme mjek?sore, n? nj? vler? prej 400 mij? USD, p?r modernizimin dhe ngritjen e sh?rbimit mjek?sor t? spitalit, n? kuad?r t? ristrukturimit t? p?rgjithsh?m t? ushtris?. 17 Dhjetor- Departamenti i Mbrojtjes i SHBA prezanton n? Ministrin? e Mbrojtjes shqiptare projektin me rekomandimet p?rfundimtare p?r Ristrukturimin e FA shqiptare p?r 2002-2010. Ky projekt do t? filloj? t? zbatohet gjat? vitit 2002, mbi baz?n e 8 programeve themelore dhe gjat? dy fazave kryesore. P?rgatiti Ylli Kurti --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online at Yahoo! Greetings. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Fri Jan 4 07:38:34 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 04:38:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] The Connection Talk Show on the Balkans Message-ID: <20020104123834.72501.qmail@web11502.mail.yahoo.com> THE CONNECTION SHOW AT WBUR REVISITING THE BALKANS January 3, 2002 Moderator: Dick Gordon Introduction: It is a lawless, windswept, cold and mountainous land. A place where soldiers, mercenaries and guerrilla fighters, still hide in distant valleys and remote caves. And this is not Afghanistan. This is the Balkans: Macedonia, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro. A part of the world that has fallen below the West's radar. A place where crippled economies and a lack of law and order rear converts to a criminal lifestyle, where discontent combines with scant opportunity to turn young men with nothing better to do into fanatics. What position should America have towards the Balkans in the war against terrorism? Post in our International Forum And as America's war on terrorism hones in on targets beyond Afghanistan, some old ground may have to be the new priority. The Balkans, battlefields of the past, terrorist safe haven of the present, and criminal breeding ground of the future. The state of the Congo right now. --> --> Guests: Misha Glenny, author of ?The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers 1804 ? 1999?; Ambassador James Pardew, US Envoy to the Balkans; and Susan Woodward, Professor of Political Science at The Graduate Center at the City University of New York. www.wbur.org --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online at Yahoo! Greetings. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From mxhabrahimi at babson.edu Fri Jan 4 12:05:00 2002 From: mxhabrahimi at babson.edu (Mirjan Xhabrahimi - Undergraduate Student) Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 12:05:00 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Koha Jone Message-ID: <3C326113@webmail.babson.edu> In Response to the Koha Jone article titled: "Greket, atentat marinareve shqiptare." The article is very disturbing. It provokes anger, boiling anger, whose only consequence is to produce a hammer and place in the hands of the victims. That hammer, heavy with anger, will one day come down on the Greek bastards, and then justice will be done. It's only a question of time. A Winston Churchill quote, with a slight modification, might well be relevant: "Those who are sowing the wind, will reap the whirlwind." mx >===== Original Message From Agron Alibali ===== >Greket, atentat marinareve shqiptare >Shpresa Dine Sarande - Kur ne 8 dhjetor te ketij viti, media greke dha lajmin se nga shperthimi i nje ule gazi ne anijen "Violeta" ne Korfuz vdiq nje shqiptar dhe nje tjeter u plagos, te gjithe menduan se fatkeqeve u kishte ndodhur nje aksident. Por ne fakt nuk ka ndodhur keshtu. Niazi Demko, i mbijetuari i asaj tragjedie, deklaron gati pas nje muaji se gjithcka ka qene nje atentat me eksploziv i manipuluar ne menyre qe pronari te merrte demshperblim. E per fat te keq, dy shqiptaret mbeten viktima. Aqif Buzi mbeti i vdekur, ndersa vet Niaziu mori disa demtime. Jo vetem media, por edhe policia greke u manupuluan per te thene se aty kishte shperthyer nje ul gazi,por ne fakt ne anije nuk ka pasur fare te tille. Ne kete menyre, Demko zbulon fijet e nje skandali te ri qe ka te beje me rracizmin grek ndaj shqiptareve. > > >Deshimtari i vetem Niazi Demko tregon: >Niazi Demko erdhi ne Sarande nga spitali i Korfuzit pas 3 ditesh mjekimesh aty. E gjetem ne shtepine e tij nen kujdesin e vazhdueshem te se shoqes se vet. Njeri i qete, edhe pse me plage pjeserisht ne trup dhe me sume ne kemben e majte. Ishte ende i tronditur por me ciltersi u shpreh: Shyqyr zotit qe shpetova gjalle, edhe per faktin qe te them ato qe me jane grumbulluar ne shpirt. E them me plot gojen, na vrane, sepse isha vete dhe per kete nuk ma ndryshon dot mendjen askush. Dhe me e keqja, shteti yne nuk beri asnje perpjekje te dije se kush ishte e verteta mbi ate ngjarje makabre. Te mos kete pasur kohe valle? Apo nuk deshi. Faktikisht mua deri tani nuk me ka ardhur askush nga autoritetet kompetente te vendit apo edhe me lart nga Ministria e Rendit ndoshta dhe nga Ministria e Jashtme dhe te mesojne mire se si na ndodhi, apo te bejne edhe ata ekspertizen e tyre. Mos ndoshta valle e kane lene per te ardhur dhe interesuar kur une te jem sheruar nga plaget? Nuk mund ta kuptoj ke! >te "pergjumje" me dashje te shtetit. Kemi 10 vjet qe punojme ne keto anije dhe kemi bere nje pune te zeze te detyruar, sa per t'u ushqyer, kur i thone nje fjale. Po nje gje duhet te dini se kemi qene edhe ne dikur ushtarake, madje kuadro, une oficer marine dhe i miri Aqif nenkryetar dege dhe kemi sherbyer me nder dhe pergjegjesi ne detyren tone. Dhe te flakemi keshtu, nuk mund ta kuptoj. > >Ngjarja > >"Ate dite te shtune une, Aqifi dhe pjestaret e tjere te ekuipazhit po punonim tek anija "Camelia" per ta pasur ate gati ne cdo drejtim se prisnim kontroll nga Ministria e Marines se Greqise, e cila do te jepte firmen per te vazhduar me tej kjo anije aktivitetin e vet. Rreth ores 19.30, me oren greke, bashke me Aqifin shkuam tek anija "Violeta", se shoku im aty flinte, ndersa une flija tek "Mimoza", por ate nate shkova per shoqeri. Pasi beme pak muhabet e pime nga nje cigare, une i thashe se do te dilja pak per te mbaruar nje porosi qe kisha, atehere Aqifi me tha se ne se do te kthehesha rreth ores 21.30-22.15 (gjithmone sipas ores greke) me sill edhe mua 4 sufllaqe per te ngrene darke. Nga ora 21.00, 21.15 me merr ne telefon dhe me thote qe eja se jam ne nje lokal bashke me 3 shoke. Qendruam atje deri ne oren 23.00 dhe u kthyem ne anije. Ai u kthye me shpejt se kishte bicikleten ndersa mua me shoqeri nje shok me makinen e vet deri afer anijes. Aqifi kishte vene edhe dushin per! > t'u lare. Pime cigare, beme dhe muhabet, duke pare edhe televizor. Nderkohe ai shkoi ne kabinen e tij dhe u vesh me rrobat qe rrinte zakonisht ne anije, me tuta sporti, mori mjetet dhe shkoi per t'u lare. Mua, duke pare televizor, me kishte zene gjumi ne divan. Rreth gjysme ore me vone u zgjova nga nje shperthim i fuqishem. Cohem dhe u tmerrova kur pashe se gjithshka ne sallonin e anijes ishte shkaterruar ndersa Aqifi ndodhej i shtrire 1 m larg kembeve te mia pa jete. I fola sa i fola por pashe qe ai kishte mbaruar. I ishte prere dora e majte, barkun komplet e kishte te hapur dhe i kishin dale jashte gjithe organet e brendshme, ndersa pjesen e majte te fytyres e kishte shume te demtuar aq sa nuk njihej fare. Pas kesaj pashe qe banaku kishte marre flake. U perpoqa me nje bluze, qe e gjeta aty, per ta shuarsadopak ate dhe dola mbrapa anijes per t'u folur shokeve qe flinin tek anijet e tjera. Nuk me degjuan. U ktheva perseri ne anije, ku zjarri kish filluar te rritej. Gjeta fiks! >en e anijes dhe e fika ate dhe ashtu i plagosur sic isha e me nje zhurme ne vesh, shkova tek shoket per te kerkuar ndihme. Ata erdhen menjehere dhe njekohesisht njoftuan edhe organet kompetente te portit. Kur erdhen ata erdhi edhe ambulanca dhe mua me cuan ne spital. Isha plagosur ne krahun e majte, kembe, ne sy dhe veshet nga shperthimi me benin shume zhurme. Madje nga vizita mjekesore me thane se me ishte care timpani i veshit te majte dhe veshin tjeter te demtuar per shkallen e degjimit. Nuk e kuptoj pse ne spital te Korfuzit me trajtuan me nje indiference te dukshme dhe jo me nje terapi intensive ashtu sic e kisha te nevojshme. Vizitat mjekesore nuk m'u bene te plota dhe se nga spitali me nxorren si me force. Dhe kur mjekja ligjore e Korfuzit kerkoi llogari per terapine e cunguar qe me ishte bere mjeku i spitalit si per inat erdhi dhe me hoqi serumet me force. Nga spitali per te traget ika me makine te policise se portit. Nga ana e kapitenerise greke u moren masa dhe me de! >rguan edhe nje ushtar per te me ruajtur sipas rregullave qe ata kane per gjithe marinaret. Madje ushtari kur vuri re qendrimin e mjekut kirurg te spitalit nuk iku per asnje moment nga dhoma ime per te mos u krijuar ndonje problem. Nje numer gazetaresh dhe kameramanesh erdhen ne spital per te kontakutar me mua, por asnje nuk u lejua ne asnje moment. Vazhdimisht merresha ne pyetje nga punonjes te sigurimit te portit dhe ata me hidhnin versione se gjoja shperthimi kishte ndodhur nga ulat e gazit. Kundershtova me force dhe argumentova bindshem se ai shperthim nuk ishte nga ula gazi, pasi ne anije, ne radhe te pare, nuk kishte ul gazi te instaluar. Edhe dy te vogla kafeje qe ishin ne anije jane edhe sot atje te pashperthyera. Tjetra, u thashe atyre, ai ishte nje shperthim aq i fuqishem sa te jepte te kuptoje se ishte shperthim eksplozivi dhe se demtimet ishin te tilla qe ne sallonin 25 m te gjate, 5 m te gjere dhe 3 m te larte u shkaterrua gjithcka, dyer, dritare, xhama! >, madje edhe pjesa e siperme e kuvertes, qe perdorej ne vere per te dale pasagjeret, qe ishte me duralumin ishte shkeputur komplet dhe kishte pesuar zhvendosje. Pra bindshem them se ishte eksploziv shume i fuqishem dhe ndoshta edhe nga ai qe perdoret tashme nga istet. Vec qe nje gje eshte e sigurt, u thashe atyre qe me merrnin ne pyetje, qe nga e tere kjo i fituar del vetem pronari yne dhe askush tjeter. Se sipas rregullave qe kane ata dhe me sa di une pronari i ka anijet te siguruara dhe sipas disa ligjeve nderkombetare siguracionin e perfiton kur anija ka demtime te medha dhe kur ka dhe viktima atehere behet edhe me i besueshem versioni qe anija eshte e prishur. Dhe cudia tjeter, qe prape le hije dyshimi mbi te, eshte se ai, pra pronari, ende deri me sot nuk eshte takuar as me shoket e tjere te ekuipazhit, pa le me me mua jo e jo, por madje as te pyese per shendetin tim. Edhe kur me pyesnin nga punonjesit e sigurimit te limanit shpesh here me thoshnin: Pse trembet pron! >ari juaj qe te vije ne Korfuz. E une u pergjigjesha: Une nuk e di pse trembet. Kete kerkojeni juve. > >Edhe ekspertiza ne konkluzionin e saj te fundit ishte se nuk kishte rrjedhje gazi dhe se shperthimi i fuqishem ishte si rrjedhoje e eksplozivit te vendosur ne anije. > > >Kush eshte pronari i anijes "Violeta" >"Pronariyne Athanasios Jerondaqis eshte nga Athina por aktivitetin e tij privat e ushtron ne Korfuz. Ka 3 anija, "Camelia", "Mimoza" dhe "Violeta", te cilat i perdor me intervale duke bere linjen Korfuz-Sarande. Ndersa ne periudhen e veres anija Violeta, qe qe edhe protagonistja e ketij incidenti, perdorej per linjen Korfuz-Himare. Ishte anije me probleme teknike dhe si e tille kishte rreth 2 muaj e gjysme qe qe pezulluar nga puna. Keto kohe punonte vetem "Camelia" me linje te perditshme. Por pronari yne ka edhe nje anije tjeter me emrin "Nanti" qe e ka per linje te brendshme Korfuz-Igumenice. Dhe qe ketu duket diskriminimi yne. Paga jone eshte qesharake. Une si kryemekanik i anijes marr 115 mije dhrahmi, kapiteni 130 mije dhrahmi dhe marinari, kete page merrte edhe Aqifi 90 mije dhrahmi. Ndersa koleget tane greke qe punojne ne linjen Korfuz-Igumenice me kete pronar marrin pesefishin e rroges sone duke perfituar edhe shperblimet gjate festave, sigurimin shoqeror, lejet e zakon! >shme, perfitime keto qe nuk mund te behen fjale edhe per neve. Me thane keto dite sikur pronari jone i "mire" ka menduar qe familjes se Aqifit si demshperblim t'i lidhe nje rroge mujore per 1 vit, qe do te thote t'i jape 1 milion e 100 mije dhrahmi. Dhe kaq eshte detyrimi i tij per nje jete te humbur. Sa qesharake. Edhe ne kete rast te perulur ne. Para 3-4 muajsh kur do te ankoroheshim me anijen "Mimoza", nga koha e keqe u shkeput dera e mbrapme e anijes dhe bie ne uje nje motor i nje pasagjeri grek. Polumbari e nxorri ate dhe e cuam edhe per ta riparuar ne Greqi. Por greku i shkoi pronarit tone ne zyre dhe i kerkoi demshperblim duke i thene se, "me ke krijuar shqetesime psikologjike". Pronari atehere i dha atij 2 milion e 300 mije dhrahmi. Ndersa per Aqifin, qe sic tregojne edhe faktet bindese e vrau ne krye te detyres, per te fituar sikuracionin e majme ne kembim te jetes se tij, jep per bamiresi. Sa qesharake, ky pronar qe shperblen mire nje shtetasin e vet per anen psikolo! >gjike te shkaktuar per nje motor, shperblen habitshem, madje te paperfillshme fare, familjen e nje marinari qe prej punes se tij ka fituar shume e shume, kerkon ta shperbleje me nje shume teper teper qesharake. A duhet te behet sehirxhi shteti yne per shperfillje te tilla qe u behen shtetasve te vet? > >Pronari Jerondaqis licensen per aktivitetin e tij te tragetit per linjen Sarande-Korfuz-Sarande e ka marre ne ministrine e transporteve ne vendin tone. Atehere si askush nuk i ka kerkuar llogari ketij personi, qofte edhe nga punonjes te kapitenerise ne Sarande, qe ai levizte pa bere kontratat e punes per ne? Neglizhenca e tyre dhe moskujdesja jone deri ne fund beri ate qe sot net e jemi te pasiguruar dhe pa kontrate pune. Dhe kur kerkova nje avokat grek per te ndjekur ceshtjen, sidomos per shokun tim, qe kur nuk do ta harroj, me thane qe kete ceshtje nuk e ndiqni dot ketu se nuk perfitoni gje pasi anijet punojne linje shqiptare dhe atje do ta zgjidhni cdo gje. Anijet jane me flamur honduras dhe nuk kane lidhje me shtetin grek. Atje pronari paguan thjesht detyrimet portuale, taksat portuale, ndersa detyrimet e tjera duhet t'ia kerkoje shteti shqiptar ku ai ka marre edhe licensen. Nuk mund ta kuptoj kurre kete lloj mosinteresimi te shtetit tone per shtetasit e vet qe kane marre ! >rruget e emigracionit jo per pasuri por per buken e gojes. Edhe pse i semure nuk ndjeva lodhje qe u rrefeva sepse nje dite duhej te merrej vesh se si punojne dhe tratohen emigrantet, sidomos ne Greqi". > > > > >--------------------------------- >Do You Yahoo!? >Send your FREE holiday greetings online at Yahoo! Greetings. From aalibali at yahoo.com Sun Jan 6 00:00:57 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 21:00:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Mehdi Frasherii - Pjesa I - Gazeta Shqiptare Message-ID: <20020106050057.24274.qmail@web11503.mail.yahoo.com> Faqja 12/13 - SPECIALEmydate = new Date();myday = mydate.getDay();mymonth = mydate.getMonth();myweekday= mydate.getDate();weekday= myweekday;myyear= mydate.getYear();year = myyear;if(myday == 0) day = " E Diele, " else if(myday == 1) day = " E Hene, "else if(myday == 2) day = " E Marte, " else if(myday == 3) day = " E Merkure, " else if(myday == 4) day = " E Enjte, "else if(myday == 5) day = " E Premte, "else if(myday == 6) day = " E Shtune, "if(mymonth == 0) month = "Janar "else if(mymonth ==1) month = "Shkurt "else if(mymonth ==2) month = "Mars "else if(mymonth ==3) month = "Prill "else if(mymonth ==4) month = "Maj "else if(mymonth ==5) month = "Qershor "else if(mymonth ==6) month = "Korrik "else if(mymonth ==7) month = "Gusht "else if(mymonth ==8) month = "Shtator "else if(mymonth ==9) month = "Tetor "else if(mymonth ==10) month = "Nentor "else if(mymonth ==11) month = "Dhjetor"document.write(" "+ month);document.write(myweekday+", " + year +""); Janar 5, 2002 FAMILJET E MEDHA Frash?ri Historia e panjohur e politikanit e diplomatit t? famsh?m q? p?r 15 vjet p?rfaq?soi Shqip?rin? n? Lidhjen e Kombeve. Si jetoi ai me familjen n? Rom? deri n? mosh?n 91 vje?areD?shmoj un?, nipi i Mehdi Frash?rit ish-Kryeministrit t? Shqip?ris? Rr?fimi i 64-vje?arit Tefik ?elo: "N? dit?t e para t? n?ntorit t? vitit 1944, kur partizan?t e Enver Hoxh?s po p?rgatiteshin t? sulmonin Tiran?n, gjyshi im, Mehdi Frash?ri, i cili n? at? koh? ishte an?tar i K?shillit t? Lart? t? Regjenc?s, mori gruan, Nejren, s? bashku me tre f?mij?t, Vehbiun, Medihan e Ragipin, dhe u largua p?r n? Itali. K?tu n? Shqip?ri i mbeti vet?n vajza e madhe, Shehriari, e cila ?sht? n?na ime, q? vdiq n? 1999" --------------------------------- Dashnor Kalo?i Gjat? viteve 1943-1944 q? gjyshi im Mehdi Bej Frash?ri ishte antar i K?shillit t? Lart? t? Regjenc?s, ai banonte n? nj? sht?pi s? bashku me familjen e Ko?o Dilos tek Rruga e Dibr?s t? cil?n ua kishin marr? me qera familjes Petrela, sepse sht?pin? e tij e cila sot ?sht? rezidenca e Ambasad?s Ruse, Mehdi Beu ua kishte l?shuar nj? p?rfaq?sie gjermane, me qeran? e s? cil?s ai p?rballonte jetes?n e familjes. N? dit?t e para t? n?ntorit t? vitit 1944 kur partizan?t e Enver Hoxh?s po p?rgatiteshin t? sulmonin Tiran?n, gjyshi Mehdi Bej Frash?ri mori gruan Nejre (Bi?aku) dhe bashk? me tre f?mij?t Vehbiun, Medihan? e Ragipin u nis?n n? drejtim t? Shkodr?s dhe larguan nga Shqip?ria p?r n? Itali. N? at? koh? k?tu n? Shqip?ri, Mehdi Beut i ngeli vet?m vajza e tij e madhe Shehriari q? ?sht? n?na ime". Njeriu q? flet dhe d?shmon p?r her? t? par? p?r "Gazet?n" ?sht? 64 vje?ari Tefik ?elo, djali i vajz?s s? Mehdi Bej Frash?rit, i cili rr?fen duke b?r? publike gjith? historin? e familjes prej nga ai rrjedh dhe gjyshit t? tij i cili ?sht? konsideruar si s? nj? prej personaliteteve m? t? fam?shme t? politik?s shqiptare t? gjysm?s s? par? t? shekullit t? kaluar. Po kush ?sht? Mehdi Bej Frash?ri dhe cila ?sht? origjina e familjes s? tij? Ku u shkollua ai dhe p?rse Porta e Lart? n? Stamboll e em?roi si Guvernator t? Palestin?s dhe n?nkomisar t? saj n? Misir t? Egjiptit? Kur u kthye n? Shqip?ri dhe si e filloi karrier?n e tij politike Mehdi Frash?ri duke u zgjedhur Prefekt, Deputet, Minist?r, Kryetar i K?shillit t? lart? t? Shtetit, Kryeminist?r dhe antar i K?shillit t? Lart? t? Regjenc?s? Si u largua ai nga Shqip?ria n? n?ntorin e vitit 1944 dhe si jetoi n? Rom? s? bashku me familjen e tij? Cilat ishin mardh?niet shoq?rore t? Mehdi Bej Frash?rit dhe familjes s? tij me familjen e Mbretit Zog dhe t? tjerave familje t? njohura shqiptare q? ishin n? emigracion e korespodenca q? ai mbajti me ta? Cila ?sht? veprimtaria studimore e Mehdi bej Frash?rit me 600 artikujt publicistik? dhe librat e botuar? Si e p?rballoi jetes?n familja e Mehdi Beut gjat? viteve q? q?ndroi n? emigracion n? Rom? dhe p?rse ai dhe tre f?mij?t e tij sa ishin gjall? nuk pranuan q? t? merrnin n?nshet?sin? italiane? Si i kaloi ai vitet e pleq?ris? deri sa vdiq n? mosh?n 91 vje?are n? vitin 1963 dhe kush ishin personalitetet e diaspor?s shqiptare dhe p?rfaq?suesit e trupit diplomatik t? akredituar n? Rom? q? mor?n pjes? n? varrimin e tij? Lidhur me k?to e t? tjera fakte e ngjarje nga jeta e Mehdi bej Frash?rit dhe e familjes s? ti, b?hen t? ditura nga nipi i tij 64 vje?ari Tefik ?elo dhe dokumentat e shumta q? ai ka mundur t? ruaj? gjat? viteve t? gjata t? internimit. (vijon t? mart?n) Kush ishte Mehdi Frash?ri Mehdi Frash?ri u lind n? fshatin Frash?r t? P?rmetit m? 28 shkurt t? vitit 1872. Familja Frash?ri nga e cila rridhte dhe Mehdiu ishte familje fisnike bejler?sh dhe nj? nga m? t? d?gjuara n? Jugun e Shqip?ris?. T? par?t e asaj familje kan? qen? t? njohur si feudal? t? m?dhenj dhe pronat e tyre shtriheshin deri n? malin e Tomorrit. Pas disa konflikteve t? karakterit politik q? ajo familje pati me Port?n e Lart? n? Stamboll, ata u internuan familjarisht n? Turqi. N? at? koh? q? ndodhi internimi i familjes nga fshati Frash?r p?r Turqi, Mehdiu ishte nx?n?s n? shkoll?n e mesme t? qytetit t? Manastirit (Bitola) t? cil?n ai e mbaroi me rezultate t? larta n? vitin 1894. Pas mbarimit t? k?saj shkolle Mehdiu fitoi nj? t? drejt? studimi p?r t? ndjekur m?simet n? Universitetin e Stambollit p?r Shkencat Politike dhe Ekonomike ku u diplomua shk?lqyesh?m n? vitin 1898. Duke u nisur nga rezultatet e larta q? ai arriti n? at? deg? t? Universitetit, qeveria turke e ftoi t? punonte n? administrat?n e saj dhe ai u em?rua si N / Prefekt i Thrakis? e m? pas i Maqedonis? e Sanxhakut t? cilat asokohe ishin n?n sundimin otoman. N? funksionin e N / Prefektit t? k?tyre krahinave Mehdi Frash?ri q?ndroi deri n? vitin 1911 kur u em?rua Guvernator i Jeruzalemit dhe i gjith? Palestin?s. Pas nj? viti ai u transferua p?rs?ri me detyr?n e N?nkomisarit t? Turqis? n? Misir t? Egjyptit. N? shtatorin e atij viti ashtu si shum? patriot? shqiptar? q? asokohe punonin n? administrat?n e lart? osmane, edhe Mehdi Frash?ri u kthye n? Shqip?ri p?r t? dh?n? kontributin e tij n? shk?putjen e Shqip?ris? nga Turqia dhe shpalljen e Pavarsis?. N? vitin 1912 ai u caktua P?rfaq?sues i Qeveris? shqiptare pran? Komisionit Nd?rkomb?tar t? Kontrollit p?r Shqip?rin?. Disa vjet m? von? n? 1919 ai u caktua n? postin e Ministrit t? Brendsh?m dhe m? pas si delegat i Shqip?ris? n? Konferenc?n e Paqes n? Paris. e pas Kongresit t? Lushnjes. N? funksionin e Ministrit t? Brendsh?m Mehdi Frash?ri dha nj? kontribut t? madh n? organizimin e mbajtjen e zgjedhjeve parlamentare t? vitit 1921 ku ai u zgjodh deputet, t? cilat nga qarqet e huaja diplomatike u konsideruan zgjedhje t? lira e demokratike. N? at? koh? ai bashk?punoi ngusht? me deg?t ekonomike t? vendit dhe me inisiativ?n e tij personale b?ri t? mundur ndryshimin e monedh?s shqiptare nga "Leka i madh" n? "Lek". N? at? periudh? q? ishin duke u hedhur themelet e para t? shtetit t? ri shqiptar, Mehdi Frash?ri kryesoi t? gjitha komisionet parlamentare p?r hartimin e ligjeve (kodeve) ekonomike dhe ishte i pari q? paraqiti nevoj?n e reform?s agrare e themelimin e nj? Banke n? Shqip?ri. Nga viti 1923 e deri n? vitin 1939 me disa nd?rprerje t? shkurt?ra, Mehdi Frash?ri ishte n? funksionin e deputetit t? Parlamentit shqiptar dhe p?rfaq?suesit t? Shqip?ris? pran? Lidhjes s? Kombeve (sot OKB) n? Gjenev? t? Zvicrr?s. N? vitin 1929 ai u zgjodh n? postin e Kryetarit t? K?shillit t? Shtetit dhe disa vjet m? von? n? 1935, Mbreti Zog e thirri dhe e em?roi n? postin e Kryeministrit t? Shqip?ris?. Caktimi i tij n? at? detyr? u b? nga ana e Mbretit Zog me q?llim q? t? kalonte situata e v?shtir? n? t? cil?n ndodhej vendi. Ardhja e Mehdi Frash?rit n? krye t? qeveris? shqiptare, asokohe u p?rsh?ndet n?p?rmjet shtypit nga shum? intelektual? t? njohur si Pad?r Gjergj Fishta etj t? cil?t e konsideruan at? si nj? qeveri me frym? thell?sisht liberale dhe e koh?s. M? 6 prill t? vitit 1939 kur Italia filloi agresionin fashist ndaj Shqip?ris?, Mehdi Bej Frash?ri i cili n? at? koh? ishte deputet i Parlamentit Shqiptar, u takua me Mbretin Zog q? e kishte mikun m? t? ngusht? dhe i k?rkoi atij q? t? fillonte rezistenca e armatosur ndaj italin?ve duke i th?n? q? Shqip?ria nuk duhej t? ndiqte shembullin e Tunizis? e cila nuk shtiu asnj? pushk? kur u pushtua nga Italia. Pas takimit me Mbretin Zog, Mehdi Bej Frash?ri shkoi dhe mori nj? takim me Ministrin Fuqiplot? t? Italis? n? Tiran? duke i k?rkuar atij q? t? nd?rhynte pran? Qeveris? s? tij q? Musolini t? t?rhiqte ultimatumin q? i kishte dh?n? Qeveris? shqiptare. Mbasi nuk e bindi dot at?, Mehdi Beu nd?rmori dhe disa takime t? tjera me trupin diplomatik t? akredituar n? Tiran? duke u k?rkuar atyre q? t? nd?rhynin pran? Qeverive p?rkat?se me q?llim q? t? d?nohej agresioni fashist q? Italia po nd?rrmerte ndaj nj? vendi t? vog?l e sovran si? ishte Shqip?ria. N? m?ngjezin e 7 prillit 1939 kur u dha lajmi se anijet luftarake italiane mbrrit?n n? Portin e Durr?sit, Mehdi bej Frash?ri shkoi n? Radio-Tirana dhe q? andej me an? t? nj? fjalimi iu drejtua gjith? popullit shqiptar duke i b?r? thirrje q? t? ngrihej me arm? kundra pushtimit fashist. Gjat? atij fjalimi i cili u ndoq me interes t? madh n?p?rmjet nga mijra qytetar?, Mehdi Beu duke folur n? em?r t? popullit shqiptar e quajti Musolinin dhe trupat e tij "Atila oksidental, modern dhe i motorizuar". Pas atij fjalimi patriotik dhe tep?r prek?s Mehdi Beu nuk u largua nga Shqip?ria ndon?se i kishte t? gjitha mund?sit?, por preferoi dhe u fut n? Legat?n turke n? Tiran? duke u k?rkuar atyre strehim politik. M? pas autoritetet italiane q? u vendos?n n? Shqip?ri, duke e konsideruar Mehdi Beun si nj? antifashist e person politik me mjaft rreziksh?mri dhe kund?rshtar potencial t? tyre, e internuan at? n? Itali duke e mbyllur n? kampet e p?rq?ndrimit ku ai q?ndroi deri n? vitin 1943. N? 1943 kur kapitulloi Italia dhe n? Shqip?ri hyn? trupat gjermane, disa personalitete t? politik?s shqiptare t? asaj kohe si Rexhep Krasniqi, Xhafer Deva, Bedri Pejani etj, gjat? bisedimeve q? pat?n me p?rfaq?suesin fuqiplot? t? Hitlerit n? Ballkan (Nojenbauer) i k?rkuan atij q? t? nd?rhynte pran? Qeveris? s? tij q? Mehdi Frash?ri i cili ndodhej i internuar n? Itali, t? sillej n? Tiran? p?r t? kryesuar K?shillin e Lart? t? Regjenc?s, pasi ai konsiderohej si nj? nga politikan?t m? t? aft? q? kishte Shqip?ria n? at? koh?. Autoritetet gjermane u bind?n p?r k?t? dhe e soll?n Mehdi Frash?rin n? Tiran? dhe ai s? bashku me Lef Nosin, Pad?r Anton Harapin dhe Fuat Dibr?n t? cil?t konsideroheshin si personat polik? me t? kaluar t? past?r, kryesuan K?shillin e Lart? t? Regjenc?s i cili u zgjodh pas mbajtjes s? nj? Kuvendi Kushtetues ku p?r her? t? par? mor?n pjes? me mandat t? rregullt dhe p?rfaq?suesit e Kosov?s. N? funksionin e antarit t? K?shillit t? Lart? t? Regjenc?s, Mehdi Frash?ri q?ndroi deri n? fillimin e n?ntorit t? vitit 1944. Gjat? asaj periudhe si dhe m? p?rpara n? viteve e Monarkis?, Mehdi Frash?ri ka banuar n? Tiran? n? nj? sht?pi tek Rruga e Dibr?s t? cil?n ua kishte marr? me qera familjes Petrela, sepse sht?pin? e tij (vila ku sot ndodhet rezidenca e Ambasad?s Ruse) ai e kishte l?shuar me qera p?r t? p?rballuar jetes?n e familjes. N? fillimin e n?ntorit 1944 kur forcat partizane t? Enver Hoxh?s po p?rgatiteshin t? sulmonin Tiran?n, Mehdi Frash?ri s? bashku me gruan e tij Nejre (Bi?aku) dhe tre f?mij?t Vehbiun, Medihan dhe Ragipin u largua nga Shqip?ria dhe n?p?rmjet Shkodr?s kaluan dhe u vendos n? Itali e cila n? at? koh? kontrollohej nga Forcat Aleate. N? Itali Mehdi Beu me familjen e tij p?rfituan statusin e azilantit politik? dhe kur mb?rrit?n n? Rom? u vendos?n n? nj? apartament (af?r stacionit t? trenit) n? Piaca "Rexhina Margarita". N? at? periudh? Mehdi Bej Frash?ri ishte n? nj? mosh? t? thyer (75 vje?) dhe nuk preferoi t? vazhdonte m? politik?n, por iu p?rkushtua vet?m veprimtaris? studimore duke hartuar nj? Histori t? Shqip?ris? e cila i mbeti n? dorshkrim pasi nuk arriti q? ta botonte dot. Gjat? gjith? karrier?s s? tij politike Mehdi Frash?ri arriti t? botonte rreth 600 artikuj publicistik? e studimor? n? gazeta e revista t? ndryshme si dhe disa libra si "Koka e Prer? e Ali Pash? Tepelen?s", "Tirana Kryeqytet i Shqip?ris?" etj. Mehdi Bej Frash?ri vdiq n? sht?pin? e tij n? Rom? n? 25 maj t? vitit 1963 kur ishte 91 vje? dhe n? varrimin e tij ku fj?l?n e rastit e mbajti Dhimit?r Berati, mor?n pjes? shum? personalitete politike t? diaspor?s shqiptare n? Europ? e Amerik?, si dhe disa p?rfaq?sues t? trupit diplomatik t? akredituar n? Itali. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Sun Jan 6 01:19:27 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 22:19:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Korrieri - 6 janar 2001 Message-ID: <20020106061927.6184.qmail@web11502.mail.yahoo.com> Arrestohen 4 greket e "UCC" Arrestohen 4 greket e "UCC" Policia greke ka arrestuar 4 persona, te cilet kishin kryer dy antentate me dinamit ne zonen e Thesprotise. Sipas BBC, te arrestuarit, qe te kater greke, kane pohuar se i benin atentatet me qellim qe autoresia t'u dedikohej ekstremisteve te mundshem shqiptare dhe keshtu te merreshin masa ndaj emigranteve shqiptare qe ndodhen ne Greqi. Ata jane arrestuar ndersa po hidhnin dinamit rrugeve te qytetit, per te festuar ardhjen e Vitit te Ri, ne kohen kur nje pjese e medias greke kishte filluar te spekulonte perseri per gjoja veprimtarine e asaj qe ajo e quan Ushtria Clirimtare e Camerise ne Greqi. Para dy javesh, nje shperthim dinamiti kishte shkaktuar deme te medha ne rajonin policor te Paramithiase, ne afersi te kufirit greko-shqiptar. Nisur nga fakti se Paramithia ndodhet ne krahinen e Thesprotise, ku dikur banonte popullsia shqiptare came, disa media ne Greqi nxituan t'ia atribuonin antentatin grupimeve, sipas tyre, ekstremiste shqiptare, te cilet po ngrene ceshtjen e kthimit te cameve ne Greqi, si dhe rikthimin e pasurive te tyre qe u shtetezuan pas Luftes se Dyte Boterore. Nje tjeter shperthim dinamit ne godinen e Mitropolise se kishes ortodokse, bindi shumekend se atentatet kishin nje ngjyre politike dhe se autoresia e tyre nisej nga Shqiperia. Madje, drejtues te policise rajonale, i percollen medias vleresimin e tyre se pas ketyre atentateve ndodheshin ekstremistet shqiptare. Te arrestuarit jane te moshave nga 19 deri 21 vjec. Policia ka dyshuar menjehere se ata mund te kishin lidhje me atentatet dhe pas nje seance pyetjesh ata kane pranuar se kishin vene dinamit edhe ne rajonin e policise, dhe ne godinen e Mitropolise. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From kbejko at hotmail.com Sun Jan 6 03:34:22 2002 From: kbejko at hotmail.com (Kreshnik Bejko) Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 03:34:22 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Lajm interesant nga BBC Message-ID: P?rdit?simi: 05.1.2002 17:36 (CET) Arrestohen kat?r shtetas grek? Policia greke ka arrestuar 4 shtetas t? cil?t kishin kryer dy antentate me dinamit n? zon?n e Thesprotis? . T? arrestuarit, q? t? kat?rt shtetas grek?, kan? pohuar se i b?nin atentatet me q?llim q? autor?sia t'u dedikohej ekstremist?ve t? mundsh?m shqiptar? dhe k?shtu t? merreshin masa ndaj emigrant?ve shqiptar? q? ndodhen n? Greqi. Ata jan? arrestuar nd?rsa po hidhnin dinamit rrug?ve t? qytetit, p?r t? festuar ardhjen e Vitit t? Ri. Arrestimi i tyre u b? n? koh?n q? nj? pjes? e medias greke kishte filluar t? spekulonte p?rs?ri p?r gjoja veprimtarin? e asaj q? ajo e quan Ushtria ?lirimtare e ?am?ris? n? Greqi. Para dy jav?sh, nj? shp?rthim dinamiti kishte shkaktuar d?me t? m?dha n? rajonin policor t? Paramithias?, n? af?rsi t? kufirit greko-shqiptar. Nisur nga fakti se Paramithia ndodhet n? krahin?n e Thesprotis?, n? at? q? dikur banonte popullsia shqiptare ?ame, disa media n? Greqi nxituan t'ia atribuonin antentatin grupimeve, sipas tyre, ekstremiste shqiptare, t? cil?t prej disa vitesh po kan? ngritur ??shtjen e kthimit t? ?am?ve n? Greqi, si dhe rikthimin e pasurive t? tyre q? u shtet?zuan pas Luft?s s? Dyt? Bot?rore. Nj? tjet?r shp?rthim dinamiti, mbr?mjen e Vitit t? Ri n? godin?n ? Mitropolis? s? kish?s ortodokse, bindi shum?k?nd se atentatet kishin nj? ngjyr? politike dhe se autor?sia e tyre nisej matan? kufirit, pra nga Shqip?ria. Madje, drejtues t? policis? rajonale, i p?rcoll?n medias vler?simin e tyre se pas k?tyre atentateve ndodheshin ekstremist?t shqiptar?. Tehu i m?ris? mediatike drejtohej s? pari kund?r emigrant?ve shqiptar? q? ndodhen n? Greqi. T? arrestuarit jan? t? moshave nga 19 deri 21 vje?. Policia ka dyshuar menj?her? se ata mund t? kishin lidhje me atentatet dhe pas nj? seance pyetjesh t? arresatuarit kan? pranuar se kishin v?n? dinamit edhe n? rajonin e policis?, dhe n? godin?n e Mitropolis?. Korrespondenti i BBC-s? n? Athin? thot? se mediat greke nuk i kan? dh?n? publicitet lajmit, ndofta p?r shkak t? preokupimit ekskluziv m? motin e keq q? ka pushtuar Athin?n. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Sun Jan 6 22:37:44 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 19:37:44 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Lab Music Message-ID: <20020107033744.93439.qmail@web11504.mail.yahoo.com> Is there any way the wonderful Lab music can be promoted in the US? As for Albania, they should consider holding the Gjirokastra Folk Festival every other year (biannually) rather than every 5 years, in order to keep the tradition alive. Independent on Sunday (London) January 6, 2002, Sunday FEATURES; Pg. 1 ARTSETC: WHAT DO YOU CALL A CHOIR OF ALBANIAN MEN?; WHY 'WORLD MUSIC' IS NEVER ENOUGH Michael Church IIn what passes for the town hall of a tiny, dirt-poor village in the mountains of South Albania I'm being serenaded by 11 male singers. Their eyes are either shut, or fixed ecstatically on the ceiling; their music is unlike any I've ever heard before - wild shouts over a rock-hard drone, a massive wash of sound which comes to a halt as abrupt as a precipice. Welcome to the splendour of Lab singing - named after the province of Laberia - which is probably the oldest form of polyphony in existence. Some people think this was what Homer listened to 2,700 years ago. I first came here in 1997, and accidentally heard a snatch of this incredible stuff; it's taken me since then to find the men again, and to persuade them to sing into my recorder. Those who are employed work as lorry-drivers or shepherds; those who are not - and a great many aren't in this lawless part of the world - scratch a hard living any way they can. Occasionally they get a gig, but there are similar choirs also chasing what little work exists; I just wish they could be heard in Britain. And I very much wished, when yesterday's Radio 3 World Music Awards were announced, that Lab could have been in the frame, because without question its performers would have deserved a gong. But would they have got one? Looking at the magic circle of those who did win, I have a feeling that the Albanians' raw authenticity would have told against them. Great that Cachaito Lopez should have triumphed - and who could deny the pre-eminence of Taraf de Haidouks? - but the other winners all had that international gloss, that charm designed to transcend borders, that has now become the hallmark of successful "world" music. Full marks to Radio 3 controller Roger Wright, for yanking his channel in the right direction. But he must beware of world music's commercial embrace. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Sun Jan 6 22:41:52 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 19:41:52 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Sunday Mirror Message-ID: <20020107034152.23082.qmail@web11503.mail.yahoo.com> Sunday Mirror January 6, 2002, Sunday LEADER; Pg. 14 VOICE OF THE SUNDAY MIRROR: WE MUST END THIS EVIL CHILD SEX SLAVE TRADE IT'S like a story from the Dark Ages. The organised traffic in child prostitutes belongs to a long gone medieval past rather than the civilised Twenty First Century. Sadly, our investigation today reveals the sickening truth that the sale of child sex slaves in Britain is thriving. Schoolgirls as young as ten from Cuba, Nigeria and Albania can be bought by their owners for as little as 500. They are imprisoned in conditions that would make the workhouse seem like luxury. And they are forced to have sex with men for 70-a-time. It is big business, and growing all the time. One international report suggests up to 1,400 women and children are brought into Britain every year. And the sordid pimps who grow rich on the trade, like sick Aktham Zuhair Salem Madanat, who we expose today, are free to boast of the profits they make. The desperate plight of the youngsters is even sadder because many parents consent in the desperate hope that their children will find a better life. This cruel exploitation must be stamped out. And with it the corrupt framework of backhanders among authorities abroad who are quick to turn a blind eye. There must be tougher penalties for anyone connected with the child slave industry, from top to bottom. That means the forgers who provide the false passports as well as the pimps and handlers. And it should also include the parents who let their children be taken to a life of hell. Above all, the ringleaders must be shown that Britain will not tolerate their evil trade. ======== Sunday Mirror January 6, 2002, Sunday NEWS; Pg. 8,9 SUNDAY MIRROR INVESTIGATION: I SELL KIDS FOR SEX; SICK TRAFFICKER OFFERING GIRLS OF 11 FOR 500 ..TO TURN INTO PROSTITUTES Graham Johnson And Nyra Mahmood FOR SALE: CAROLE, 11, CUBAN; Madanat's video of Carole, left, and friends. 'She's perfect,' he said; FOR SALE: SAIRA, 13, IRANIAN; 'She has the body of a woman,' said evil Aktham Madanat; WICKED: Madanat sells little girls to brothels to be turned into 1,000 a week hookers CHILD sex slaves can be bought in Britain for as little as 500, a Sunday Mirror investigation can reveal. One evil trafficker offered to sell our reporters two girls from Cuba - one aged just 11 - to be forced into prostitution. Aktham Zuhair Salem Madanat boasted: "The girls are barely out of puberty - 11,12, 13, 14 - but they have the bodies of older women. "Already by the time they are 10 or 11...the way Cuban girls move their bodies ...everything is for the pleasure of men. I can get them to London for about 500. They can earn that back in one week." Bogus asylum seeker Madanat said he charged 75 a day for his services in procuring the girls - and a percentage of their earnings as prostitutes. But he bragged that a single child prostitute could generate up to 1,000-a-week. We launched our investigation after one of Britain's top judges highlighted the horrific trade. Family Division Judge Peter Singer urged the Government to introduce new anti-trafficking laws to stop the flow of an estimated 1,400 women and children to the UK for prostitution every year. Schoolgirls as young as 10 from Cuba, Nigeria and Albania are being brought to Britain by traffickers to work as enslaved prostitutes. They are locked up in windowless brothels, beaten and plied with drugs while forced to have sex with men for 70-a-time. Their pimps split the profits with the traffickers and the slave girls get pocket-money, make-up and cheap clothes in return. The slaves are told they can earn their freedom - the return of their confiscated passports and the chance to stay in the UK - if they work for the period of bonded labour, normally two years. Sunday Mirror investigators were put on the trail of the child sex traffickers by a tip-off. We were told that prostitution rings operate out of the notorious London Park Hotel in the capital's Elephant and Castle district.The hotel houses 500 asylum seekers and refugees. Drugs, fake passports and stolen property are all openly for sale in the foyer from menacing gangs of Albanians and Arabs. One Albanian had hidden a 1ft-long kitchen knife underneath a sofa cushion for a pre-planned attack on a rival gang. The handle was covered in anti-fingerprint tape. An investigator posed as the owner of a hostess bar and brothel to infiltrate the sex slave gangs. He arrived at the hotel and waited in the foyer. Within 20 minutes he was approached TWICE by men offering to supply girls. The first, an Albanian called Alex, said he could provide Albanian and Polish prostitutes already working in Britain. The second, 38-year-old Madanat, described how he could bring girls into the UK from Cuba. Madanat claimed political asylum in Britain three months ago by pretending that he is an Iraqi national called Salem, forced to flee persecution by Saddam Hussein. Later he confessed his asylum claim was bogus. He is really a Jordanian national with no threat to his life. He has a house in his home town of Amman, a mansion and farm in Cuba and family businesses the US. Meanwhile British taxpayers are shelling out for the upkeep of his Cuban wife and four children, who he brought over from Havana, and are now all residents at the London Park Hotel claiming benefits. Madanat said: "I can bring over seven girls right now from Cuba.There are four aged between 16 and 21 or 22. And another who is 26 or 27. There are two young girls - one is 11. They are farm girls, very simple and easily controlled. They are desperate to get out of Cuba because of the poverty. "I have to give the girls' parents 200 dollars and then they are ours. That's a huge amount over there - six months wages. The parents know where their girls are going but they are desperate . "They hope the girls will send back money or meet a rich man and get married." Madanat said the girls were from his wife's home village, seven hours drive from Havana. He showed our investigators a home video of his daughter's birthday party in his house there, which was luxuriously decorated by Cuban standards and equipped with all mod cons. He told how had invited the local village girls to the party and shot the video. Now he was using the video to sell the girls into prostitution. The girls are playing, drinking pop and eating slices of two big birthday cakes. Little did they know, as they laughed and coyly shied away from the video camera, that 3,000 miles away in Britain the film would be used to sell them into a life of slavery. The child prostitutes travel to Britain using false names and documents supplied by Madanat. They are accompanied on the journey by an older woman travelling on a work visa who pretends the girls are her children. Madanat said: "If you are not happy with the girls in the video, I will take you to Cuba and you can pick your own. You can try them out before you buy. "The youngest I've had is 13. I picked her up on the side of the road. I will take you to a school where they will flock around your car." He added: "I will arrange the paperwork and the visas. I have a lawyer in Havana who does that. It costs about 100 dollars. "The British visas are no problem. It's the Cuban exit visas which are difficult to get, especially for the young girls. The Cuban authorities know what's going on and they try to stop it. Lots of young girls are taken to the US every month for pimps. Since that custody battle over the Cuban kid in Miami they've tightened up even more and been stalling over every kid who leaves. "I can get fake ID papers and get a family passport or travel documents which say they are the daughters or sisters of one of the older girls.That's the only way to get an exit visa for a child. "All the older girls can come over on working visas. The Cuban Embassy in London need a Letter of Invitation from a business saying they will work as a dance troupe or in a restaurant. I can even get long-stay working visas for that." Madanat told how he was currently arranging for a group of girls from Cuba to come to London to work in a hostess bar in the West End. He said: "It's a restaurant at the moment but the owner wants some girls in there dancing for the men. I want to put some into flats and get them working. Everything is arranged - the paperwork, the flights, the visas. I'm just waiting for the 'Yes' from the owner." He added: "My fees are not high. I want 75 for every day I work before and after the girls arrive. When the girls work I want a percentage of what they earn." He said our investigator should find flats for them to live in but he would keep them in line, explaining: "If the girls give me trouble I hurt them." Madanat reached inside his black leather jacket and showed our investigator a flick-knife with a 6in blade. He said: "I am not afraid to use violence to keep them in line. But I don't sleep with them. The minute you sleep with one of your girls you lose respect. They start thinking they've got one over you and can use it to manipulate you. "I do them a bit of coke - amphetamines and Es are better and cheaper - but none during working hours, only for them to relax, to keep them happy." He added: "There is a 13-year old Iranian girl in England now. There are also other teenage girls in my hotel and another hostel. They will do anything for money. But they are being watched by Social Services and there is always someone else to pay." Madanat, a former pimp in Miami, said he has lived in Britain "on and off" for nine years. "I worked as a personal trainer at a gym in Notting Hill and then in a barber's shop. That's how I got into selling cocaine. I earned a lot of money from that. Nine months ago I got into trouble and had to go back to Cuba. Now I'm here again to make more money." Madanat had nine Cuban visa stamps in his passport - and had travelled there 13 times in all. He also had visas from 24 other countries. A Home Office spokeswoman said last night: "The Government regard the commercial exploitation of children for sex as an abhorrent crime. We are committed to putting effective measures in place to stop it and penalising those responsible."" We have made our file on Madanat available to police. JUDGE URGES CRACKDOWN SENIOR judge Peter Singer has called for the flow of the sex slaves into the UK to be halted. The High Court judge said women and children illegally brought into the country were forced into prostitution for an "indefinite term". He added: "Their most minimal rights as human beings are systematically abused while their employers amass rewards." The International Labour Organisation estimates that up to 6,000 women and children are brought to the UK, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands for prostitution each year. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Sun Jan 6 22:44:35 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 19:44:35 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Financial Times Message-ID: <20020107034435.84871.qmail@web11502.mail.yahoo.com> Financial Times (London) January 7, 2002, Monday USA Edition 2 COMPANIES & FINANCE INTERNATIONAL; Pg. 21 Hellenic chief resigns as pressure mounts OIL AND PETROLEUM FORMER AGRICULTURE MINISTER TO TAKE OVER AS GROUP CONTINUES HUNT FOR FOREIGN STRATEGIC INVEST: By KERIN HOPE ATHENS Eleftherios Tzellas, chairman and chief executive of Hellenic Petroleum, the Greek oil refining group that is seeking a strategic investor from abroad, resigned at the weekend amid political pressure over his handling of the group's expansion in the Balkans. He was replaced as chairman by Giorgos Moraitis, a former agriculture minister and senior figure in the governing Socialist party, who was nominated for the job by Akis Tsochatzopoulos, development minister. The Greek state controls 67 per cent of Hellenic and appoints seven of the 11 board members. Mr Moraitis would serve as acting chief executive until the strategic investor takes over, a government adviser said. The government has already shortlisted Austria's OMV, Yukos of Russia and a joint venture between Russia's Lukoil and Greece's Latsis group, to acquire a 23 per cent stake in Hellenic and appoint senior managers. Firm offers are due next month. Hellenic wants to secure a bigger market share in the Balkan region, especially in distribution, and find opportunities for expansion in the natural gas market. The group holds a 35 per cent stake in Depa, Greece's state-owned gas importer. UBS Warburg and Eteva, the Greek investment bank, are advising the government. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young are advising Hellenic. Analysts said Mr Moraitis's move to Hellenic was a patronage appointment aimed at ensuring a smooth handover to an international partner. Mr Tzellas, who oversaw Hellenic's flotation on the Athens stock exchange, belongs to a rival faction in the Socialist party. Mr Tzellas also faces mounting criticism over Hellenic's previous moves to expand outside Greece. The group acquired a majority stake in Okta, Macedonia's only oil refinery, in a privatisation sale but has failed to make it profitable. A joint venture with a local partner to set up a nationwide chain of petrol stations in Albania also faces problems. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Mon Jan 7 17:20:26 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:20:26 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] MPA on CBS Report Message-ID: <20020107222026.74920.qmail@web11501.mail.yahoo.com> Macedonian Press Agency [06] PROTOPAPAS: QUESTIONS ON THE CBS REPORT ON TERRORISM Athens, 7 January 2002 (17:59 UTC+2) Questions are being raised by the Greek government over the ulterior motive of a news report on "terrorism in Greece" that was broadcast on the US private television station CBS today,according to statements made by Greek government spokesman Christos Protopapas. Mr. Protopapas stated that the television channel in question did not respect even the basic journalistic code of ethics saying characteristically that even though it had taken a long interview with Foreign Minister Giorgos Papandreou did not broadcast it. Mr. Protopapas stated that the report concluded by launching a strong attack on parliament president Apostolos Kaklamanis. One day before the visit of Prime Minister Kostas Simitis to the United States, the US television station CBS presents Greece as a terrorist "paradise". In the most important television program of the station and the country itself, called "60 Minutes", that was broadcast in the early morning hours of Monday, it was repeated that after 26 years of terrorist action and over 100 terrorist attacks by "17 November" there have been no arrests and no court trials of possible suspects. The report includes statements made by parliament president Apostolos Kaklamanis on whom it was stressed that he represents "the ultra-nationalist and anti-American" wing of the governing party. Mr. Kaklamanis characterized the allegations linking "17 November" with the Greek government as an insult for him personally and the Greek parliament. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ From aalibali at yahoo.com Mon Jan 7 20:53:39 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:53:39 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Newsday Message-ID: <20020108015339.85673.qmail@web11505.mail.yahoo.com> Newsday (New York, NY) January 7, 2002 Monday QUEENS EDITION VIEWPOINTS, Pg. A23 NEW VOICES; Nights of Evil Now Haunt Her Here Rozhaja Doci; Rozhaja Doci is in the 10th grade at Long Island City High School I AM 15 years old, but my eyes have seen beyond my years. I grew up in a once-serene environment, in Albania, where I spent my days playing with my friends and exploring my country. Life was simple and peaceful, but unbeknownst to me, people had died and left their families. The news never reported about them until the mass murders had already begun. Every night I would fall asleep with the sound of bullets in my ears. It became a routine: At precisely 8 p.m. we went inside, locked our doors and hid under the blankets, trying to keep the danger out of our lives. Every day, someone died, innocent lives were unjustly taken. All of a sudden, life became a struggle, a war we had to survive. I remember one night a group of 10 people came to our neighborhood. They wore masks as black as their souls and carried weapons. They started to shoot up at the sky as if they were angry at God, but they could not hurt Him. Instead, the bullets bounced back and went into the windows of the apartments. I remember my mother's screams, my brother's cries, my heart's rapid beats. We hid under the table, held our breath, and prayed to God to help us. They left, but the fear they caused us is still there, hidden in our souls. For the first time, I was able to see vulnerability and fear in my parents' eyes, for they couldn't keep us safe. In 1998, we left Albania, escaped the war and came to America, the land of the free, where hopes and dreams are born. My parents left everything behind to come to a new country where we could have a better life. They had graduated from college with honors and were respected intellectuals: an engineer and a doctor. Here, my father is a construction worker and my mother a manicurist. Their established careers ended when they left Albania. Now my parents are doubting themselves and their decision. Is America safe any longer? Is anyone safe after the attack on Sept. 11? No one ever thought that the world's most powerful country would ever be attacked, but it was. So where does that leave my family? Millions of people came here looking for freedom, for a safe life. I pray that their dreams, as well as my own, will not be shattered by evil. GRAPHIC: AP File Photo, 1997 - Women in Tirana, Albania, protest for peace. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Mon Jan 7 21:06:34 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 18:06:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] On CBS 60 Minutes Message-ID: <20020108020634.96157.qmail@web11503.mail.yahoo.com> DAILY MAIL (London) January 8, 2002 GREEKS 'PROTECT' KILLERS OF BRIGADIER >From George Gordon in New York The Greek government has been accused of protecting terrorists who have murdered 22 people, including British military attache Brigadier General Stephen Saunders. Last night, the former U.S. ambassador to Greece, Thomas Niles, said the socialist government - which recently held 12 British planespotters as suspected spies - was deliberately ignoring information that could convict terrorists. He said a trial would be too politically damaging for the government. The terror group 'November 17' is also said to be responsible for the assassination of five American embassy employees, an explosion on a bus transporting U.S. servicemen and attacks on banks and businesses that have cost the country millions in damages. Mr Niles said the CIA had identified one of the key members of November 17 to the police, but they had failed to react. Speaking on the CBS 60 Minutes programme, he said Greek police who were sent to the U.S. for terrorist training had been sidelined on their return. The programme said that high- ranking observers inside and outside Greece believe there are ties between the Socialist Party which has governed Greece for 17 of the last 20 years and November 17. They date back to the time the groups fought together against a military dictatorship. To put a terrorist on trial would reveal those links and bring the government down, analysts say. Brigadier Saunders's wife Helen appealed to the government to arrest his killers. Her husband was shot four times in Athens in June 2000 on his way to work at the British embassy. Wayne Merry, a former U.S. official who served in Athens, said the attitude of the police was to 'let sleeping dogs lie'. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! 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From: Wladimir Fischer Subject: [balkans] Network on Balkans Ethnology Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:03:04 +0100 Size: 5486 URL: From aalibali at yahoo.com Tue Jan 8 22:11:38 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:11:38 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Mehdi Frasheri - Pjesa III - Gazeta Shqiptare Message-ID: <20020109031138.14305.qmail@web11501.mail.yahoo.com> Faqja 12/13 - SPECIALEmydate = new Date();myday = mydate.getDay();mymonth = mydate.getMonth();myweekday= mydate.getDate();weekday= myweekday;myyear= mydate.getYear();year = myyear;if(myday == 0) day = " E Diele, " else if(myday == 1) day = " E Hene, "else if(myday == 2) day = " E Marte, " else if(myday == 3) day = " E Merkure, " else if(myday == 4) day = " E Enjte, "else if(myday == 5) day = " E Premte, "else if(myday == 6) day = " E Shtune, "if(mymonth == 0) month = "Janar "else if(mymonth ==1) month = "Shkurt "else if(mymonth ==2) month = "Mars "else if(mymonth ==3) month = "Prill "else if(mymonth ==4) month = "Maj "else if(mymonth ==5) month = "Qershor "else if(mymonth ==6) month = "Korrik "else if(mymonth ==7) month = "Gusht "else if(mymonth ==8) month = "Shtator "else if(mymonth ==9) month = "Tetor "else if(mymonth ==10) month = "Nentor "else if(mymonth ==11) month = "Dhjetor"document.write(" "+ month);document.write(myweekday+", " + year +""); Janar 8, 2002 FAMILJET E MEDHA Frash?ri DOSSIER/ Nipi i ish-Kryeministrit t? Shqip?ris?, Mehdi Frash?rit, rr?fen t? gjith? aventur?n e tij dhe t? familjes n? kampet e internimit, nga 1946 kur i p?rzun? nga Tirana e deri n? 1991 "Si jetuam t? internuar n? Gradisht? deri n? 1991"D?shmia e 64 vje?arit Tefik ?elo: "N? n?ntorin e vitit 1944 kur gjyshi Mehdi Bej Frash?ri me gjith? familjen iku n? Itali, regjimi komunist ia konfiskoi vil?n e tij aty ku sot ?sht? rezidenca e Ambasad?s Ruse dhe qindra libra q? u gjet?n n? dhom?n e tij u d?rguan n? Bibliotek?n Komb?tare. Pas k?saj edhe ne na nxorr?n nga sht?pia e na p?rzuna nga Tirana dhe vil?n ton? ia dhan? nj? Koloneli t? Ushtris?" --------------------------------- Dashnor Kalo?i N? pjes?n e dyt? t? k?tij shkrimi t? botuar n? numrin e djesh?m i cili prezantohet n? kuadrin e ciklit mbi Familjet e M?dha t? Shqip?ris?, n?p?rmjet rr?fimit t? Tefik ?elos, nipit t? Mehdi Bej Frash?rit u njoh?m me historin? e ish-Kryeministrit t? Shqip?ris? dhe familjes s? tij q? nga vitet 1911 kur ai u kthye nga Turqia e filloi karrier?n e tij politike duke mbajtur funksionet e Ministrit, deputetit, Kryeministrit, e deri n? vitin 1944 kur ai u em?rua n? postin e antarit t? K?shillit t? Lart? t? Regjenc?s. Po ashtu aty u njoh?m edhe me ndihmes?n q? Mehdi Bej Frash?ri u dha komunist?ve duke i shp?tuar ata dhe baz?n e tyre q? ishte tek sht?pia e Ko?o Dilos n? Rrug?n e Dibr?s kur gjerman?t shkuan p?r kontroll ngaq? kishin informata t? sakta se aty streoheshin eksponent?t kryesor? t? Partis? Komuniste, t? cil?t kishin vendosur p?r t'i b?r? atentat Mehdi Beut. (vijon nga numri i kaluar) Po ?far? ndodhi me Shehriarin, vajz?n e madhe t? Mehdi Bej Frash?rit e cila pas ikjes s? babait dhe familjes s? saj p?r n? Itali mbeti e vetme n? Tiran?? ?far? q?ndrimi mbajt?n ndaj saj komunist?t q? erdh?n n? pushtet dhe cili qe fati i han?me Shehriarit dhe i familjes gjat? viteve t? regjimit komunist? Lidhur me k?t? djali i saj Tefik ?elo d?shmon: "N? n?ntorin e vitit 1944 pas largimit nga Shqip?ria t? gjyshit Mehdi Bej Frash?rit, gjyshes Nejre dhe tre f?mij?ve t? tyre Vehbiut, Medihas? dhe Ragipit, n? Shqip?ri mbeti vet?m vajza e madhe e tyre Sheriari, q? ?sht? n?na ime. N? at? koh? q? ik?n ata, babai im Remzi ?elo s? bashku me n?n?n vendos?n q? t? largoheshim nga sht?pia e Petrelasve n? Rrug?n e Dibr?s ku kishim banuar me qera s? bashku me familjen e gjyshit Mehdi Beut, dhe u vendos?m n? nj? vil? t? vog?l aty ku sot ?sht? Qyteti i Studentit. At? vil? q? u b? pron? e p?rbashk?t e dy prind?rve t? mij, ne e blem? me kursimet e babait i cili kishte punuar p?r shum? koh? si Sekretar n? Legat?n shqiptare t? Selanikut, si dhe me disa t? holla q? i kishte trash?guar n?na ime nga i jati i saj Mehdi Bej Frash?ri. Pas ikjes s? gjyshit me gjith? familje, n?na u interesua p?r fatin e asaj pasurie t? pak?t q? ata kishin l?n? n? sht?pin? e tyre, por nuk mundi q? t? merrte dot asgj?, p?r arsye se komunist?t q? erdh?n n? pushtet vendos?n shtet?zimin e sht?pive t? t? arratisurve politik? dhe si rezultat i saj u shtet?zua dhe vila e Mehdi Beut, ku sot ndodhet rezidenca e Ambasad?s Ruse. Interesimi i n?n?s sime Shehriarit, nuk kishte t? b?nte me ato pak pla?ka q? kishin ngelur aty, por sipas porosis? q? i kishte l?n? gjyshi, ajo donte t? merrte vet?m bibliotek?n ku ndodheshin qindra tituj librash t? cil?t Mehdi Beu i kishte ruajtur q? nga koha e Turqis?. Por edhe Biblioteka u shtet?zua dhe p?r fat t? mir? t? gjith? librat e saj p?rfunduan n? Bibliot?k?n Komb?tare ku ndodhen dhe sot", kujton Tefik ?elo at? periudh? t? vitit 1944-45 kur n?na e tij Shehriari mbeti e vetme n? Shqip?ri pas largimit t? familjes s? saj p?r n? Itali dhe biblioteka e pasur me qindra libra q? kishte l?n? ish-Kryeministri i Shqip?ris?, p?rfundoi n? fondin e Bibliotek?s Komb?tare. Si na p?rzun? nga Tirana Por ?' ndodhi m? pas me familjen e vajz?s s? Mehdi bej Frash?rit? Lidhur me k?t? Tefik ?elo d?shmon: "Regjimi komunist q? erdhi n? fuqi n? n?ntorin e vitit 1944, nuk e ngacmoi fare familjen ton? dhe deri nga viti 1946 ne q?ndruam n? vil?n e vog?l te Qyteti i Studentit pa pasur ndonj? problem t? karakterit politik. Vet?m n? vitin 1946 na njoftuan se Bashkia e Tiran?s kishte marr? nj? vendim q? n? sht?pin? ton? do t? vinte t? banonte nj? ushtarak i lart? shum? i njohur q? kishte qen? nj? nga herojt? e luft?s dhe familja jon? do t? shkonte t? banonte n? sht?pin? e tij q? ishte diku n? Lagjen Brrak?. Pas k?tij vendimi ne nuk kishim se ?far? t? b?nim dhe babai shkoi ta shikonte at? sht?pi, por ato dit? ajo sht?pi u shemb nga q? ishte shum? e vjet?r dhe ne nuk hym? dot p?r t? banuar aty. Megjithk?t? urdhri i Bashkis? s? Tiran?s u zbatua dhe ne ne nxorr?n nga sht?pia ku u fut p?r t? banuar familja e oficerit t? lart?. Pas k?saj p?r familjen ton? nuk u muar ndonj? vendim se ku do t? banonim, por na than? q? t? shkonim ku t? donim, n? P?rmet apo n? ndonj? qytet tjet?r, ve?se nga Tirana duhet t? largoheshim. Vendimi i Bashkis? s? Tiran?s p?r t? na nxjerr ne nga sht?pia q? e kishim pron? ton?n, padyshim q? ishte si rrjedhoj? e asaj q? n?na ime ishte vajza e Mehdi Bej Frash?rit t? cilin regjimi komunist e kishte shpallur si armik t? popullit, ndon?se n? t? gjitha listat ku jepeshin emrat e atyre q? quheshin Kriminel? t? arratisur dhe q? nuk lejoheshin t? ktheheshin n? Shqip?ri, emri i tij nuk figuronte asnj?her?. Edhe pse emri i gjyshit Mehdi Bej Frash?rit nuk figuronte n? listat e atyre q? regjimi komunist i quante Kriminel? t? Luft? dhe q? u ndalohej kthimi n? Shqip?ri, n? vitin 1945 u arrestuan dhe u d?nuan me 5 vjet burg shoferi i tij Qazimi dhe me 25 vjet Sali Vata, Komandanti i Rojeve. T? ndodhur p?rpara k?saj situate, aty nga fundi i vitit 1946 familja jon? s? bashku me shum? familje t? tjera t? cilat quheshin t? deklasuara si Dost?t, Vrion?t etj, u larguam nga Tirana dhe u vendos?m diku n? periferi t? Durr?sit ku banuam p?r kat?r vjet me rradh?. Pas kat?r vjet?sh q?ndrimi n? Durr?s, duke p?rfituar nga nj? ulje apo m? mir? t? them nj? zbutje e dallg?s s? luft?s s? klasave, aty nga viti 1950 familja jon? dhe shum? familje t? tjera me t? cil?t kishim shkuar nga Tirana n? Durr?s, u kthyem p?rs?ri n? Tiran?. Pas kthimit n? Tiran? duke qen? se nuk kishim asnj? sht?pi se ku t? banonim, na mori n? sht?pin? e tij aty n? Rrug?n e Kavaj?s, Osman Baraku, ish-shoferi dhe njeriu m? besnik i Mehdi Beut i cili n? n?ntorin e 1944 e kishte p?rcjell? gjyshin me gjith? familje deri n? kufirin shtet?ror me Malin e Zi. Ato vite t? para t? pasluft?s n?na vazhdoi t? komunikonte me letra me gjyshin Mehdi bej Frash?rin dhe me dy v?llez?rit e saj Vehbiun e Ragipin e motr?n e Medihan?. Letrat q? na vinin nga Italia gjithmon? mbanin firm?n e dajave apo tezes Medihas? sepse gjyshi Mehdi Beu asnj?her? nuk shkruante vet?. N? at? koh? regjimi komunist na lejonte q? t? merrnim dhe ndonj? pako t? vog?l me rroba apo me ushqime q? na i d?rgonin ata nga Italia, por m? pas kjo gj? u ndalua rrept?sisht dhe jo vet?m pako q? nuk na i lejuan m?, por na e ndaluan dhe komunikimin me letra", kujton Tefik ?elo periudh?n e viteve t? para t? pasluft?s kur familjes s? tij pasi i shtet?zuan vil?n e cila ndodhej aty ku sot ?sht? Qyteti i Studentit, e p?rzun? nga Tirana p?r n? Durr?s s? bashku me shum? familje t? tjera t? atyre q? regjimi komunist i quante klasa t? p?rmbysura dhe nuk i lejonte q? t? merrnin letra nga njerzit e familjes q? ishin arratisur nga Shqip?ria. Internimi n? fshatrat e Lushnjes N? at? sht?pi aty tek Rruga e Kavaj?s ne q?ndruam deri n? vitin 1953 kur pas nj? acarimi t? situat?s politike q? erdhi pas vdekjes s? Stalinit, na nxuarr?n q? andej dhe sipas nj? vendimi zyrtar t? Komisionit t? Internim-D?bimeve na d?buan nga Tirana duke na internuar n? fshatrat e Fierit dhe t? Vlor?s. N? ato koh? familja jon? u nda n? dy pjes?, sepse baban? Remziun e internuan n? fshatin Ku? t? Kurveleshit s? bashku me 80 persona t? tjer? nga familjet m? t? d?gjuara t? Shqip?ris?, kurse n?n?n Shehrirain, s? bashku me motr?n time Mimik?n i ?uan n? Shtyllas. N? at? koh? vet?m un? munda t? q?ndroj n? Tiran?, pasi m? mbajti n? sht?pin? e tij ish-shoferi i gjyshit Osman Baraku dhe vazhdoja shkoll?n n? Politeknikumin "7 N?ntori" (sot Harry Fultz) s? bashku me f?mij?t e tij. Pas disa vjet?ve q?ndrimi n? kampet e internimit n? Ku? t? Kurveleshit, Shtyllas t? Fierit dhe Sav?r t? Lushnjes, babai Remziu me n?n?n dhe motr?n, n? vitin 1957 u bashkuan n? fshatin Gradisht? t? Lushnjes ku ishte nj? nga kampet m? t? m?dhej t? internimit n? t? cilin ndodheshin shum? nga familjet m? t? d?gjuara t? Shqip?ris? si Dost?t, Mirakajt, Gjonmarkajt, Demat, e shum? t? tjer?. Nga familja ime vet?m un? munda q? t? shp?toj pa shkuar q? n? fillim n? ato kampe internimi, sepse pasi mbarova Politeknikumin n? Tiran?, b?ra nj? kurs p?r teknik t? aparaturave mjeksore dhe duke fshehur biografin? e rregullova q? t? shkoja n? spitalin e qytetit t? Kor??s si specialist i mirmbajtjes s? aparateve t? atij spitali. Gjat? asaj periudhe q? punova n? spitalin e Kor??s ku p?r mua kujdesej Dr. Polena sikur t? m? kishte djalin e tij, un? b?ja kujdes q? t? mos zbulohesha dhe nuk i tregoja asnjeriu q? e kisha familjen n? internim n? Gradisht? t? Lushnjes. Kur ikja nga Kor?a p?r n? Gradisht? p?r t? takuar njerzit e familjes, gjithmon? shkoja nat?n dhe pa u zbardhur dita ikja q? andej q? t? mos m? shikonte njeri. Pas disa koh?sh q? punova n? at? spital, filluan dyshimet ndaj meje pas nj? letre q? m? erdhi nga n?na e cila mbante vul?n e fshatit Gradisht?. Disa dit? pas k?saj teksa kisha shkuar pran? familjes aty n? barakat e Gradisht?s, nat?n erdhi p?r kontroll operativi i Sigurimit dhe m? gjeti brenda. Ai pasi i b?ri presion n?n?s q? nuk kishte treguar se e kishte djalin e madh, lajm?roi n? Deg?n e Brendshme t? Lushnjes p?r at? q? kishte zbuluar. Pas k?saj erdhi letra n? Kor?? (ku m? zbuluan q? e kisha familjen n? internim) ku u muar vendim dhe m? d?rguan edhe mua pran? familjes n? Gradisht?. N? kampin e Gradisht?s ne dhe t? gjith? familjet e tjera q? ishin t? internuara aty, banonim n? disa baraka t? vjet?ra gjys?m t? rr?nuara dhe t? mbuluara vende-vende me katrama. N? ato baraka ku ne jetonim bashkarisht me shum? familje t? tjera, kishte, ish-ballist?, legalist?, komunist? t? d?nuar, gjerman?, kosovar?, prostituta jugosllave e t? tjer? me t? cil?t punonim n? pun?t m? t? r?nda t? bujq?sis? n? kanalet e mo?alishtet e fushave t? pafundme t? Myzeqes?. P?rve? asaj jetese n? kushtet e mizerjes, ajo q? na e b?nte akoma e m? t? padurueshme jet?n ton? aty, ishte apeli q? b?hej tre her? n? dit? ku ne duhet t? paraqiteshim para punonj?sve t? Deg?s s? Brend?shme ku shpesh vinte dhe vet? Kryetari i Deg?s Nu?i Tira, i cili e kishte porosi t? ve?ant? nga Tirana q? "t? kujdesej" m? shum? p?r ne t? internuarit q? ishim "armiq t? pushtetit popullor", kujton Tefik ?elo periudh?n e internimit t? familjes s? tij n? kampet e internimit t? Vlor?s, Fierit e Lushnjes p?r t? vetmin shkak se n?na e tij Sheriari ishte vajza e Mehdi Bej Frash?rit, ish-Kryeministrit t? Shqip?ris? dhe antarit t? K?shillit t? Lart? t? Regjenc?s gjat? pushtimit gjerman, t? cilin regjimi komunist n? fuqi e kishte shpallur armik t? popullit. Burgosja e Tefikut Por ?far? ngjau m? pas me familjen e Tefik ?elos, pinjollit t? vet?m t? familjes s? Mehdi Bej Frash?rit q? kishte mbetur n? Shqip?ri? Lidhur me k?t?: Tefiku kujton: "Gjat? viteve t? para t? internimit un? u d?nova me nj? vit e gjys?m burg, pasi u zura dhe q?llova nj? Operativ t? Sigurimit i cili na ishte b?r? tep?r i paduruesh?m. Pasi e q?llova at? m? arrestuan e m? d?rguan n? Deg?n e Brendshme t? Lushnjes ku vet? Kryetari Nu?i Tira mori nj? dru t? madh dhe filloi t? m? binte ku t? mund?te.Nga t? b?rtiturat e mia dol?n n? ballkone t? gjitha familjet e oficer?ve q? banonin aty pran? dhe nj? grua i foli Nu?it duke i th?n?: "Mjaft e q?llove at? djal? se po turp?ron jo vet?m veten t?nde, por dhe t? gjith? ne familjet e oficer?ve". Pas fjal?ve t? asaj gruaje, Nu?i nuk m? q?lloi m? dhe kur m? d?nuan me nj? vit e gjys?m burg p?r rrahjen e Operativit, ai nuk m? d?rgoi n? Burg, por m? mbajti aty n? Deg?n e Brendshme ku punoja me prapavij?n. N? at? koh? q? u d?nova un?, familjen ma hoq?n nga barakat e Gradisht?s dhe ma d?rguan thell? n? k?net? ku jetesa ishte n? kufijt? ekstrem t? mizerjes", kujton Tefik ?elo ato vite kur ai u d?nua me burg p?r rrahjen e Operativit t? Sigurimit aty n? internim ku familja e tij q?ndroi nga viti 1953 deri n? vitin 1991 kur u shemb regjimi komunist. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Thu Jan 10 08:05:22 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 05:05:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] Book Review: Olschewski, Von den Karawanken bis zum Kosovo, Reviewed by Anna Koebberling Message-ID: <20020110130522.21252.qmail@web11504.mail.yahoo.com> Note: forwarded message attached. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! 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The $50,000 award, named for the German men's wear company that sponsors it, is given every two years to an artist whose work represents a significant development in contemporary art. This year's finalists, ranging in age from 27 to 42, all concentrate on film, video and installation art. As in 2000, there are no painters. "It reflects the tenor of what's happening today," said Nancy Spector, curator of contemporary art at the Guggenheim, who was part of the six-member jury. "We discussed the fact that there were no painters but felt it was not alarming." The finalists are: Francis Alys, an artist born in Antwerp and living in Mexico City who deals with the absurdity of urban life through his collaborations with local artists and craftsmen in a variety of media, from video to performance art. Olafur Eliasson, a Copenhagen-born artist working in Berlin, whose sculptures, installations and photographs have been the subject of solo exhibitions in both the United States and abroad. Hachiya Kazuhiko, a Toyko-based media artist who has already won several awards, including the Philip Morris Art Award in 1998. Pierre Huyghe, a video artist who represented France at last year's Venice Biennale with an award-winning project about music, sound and light. Koo Jeong-a, a Seoul-born installation artist living and working in Paris, whose pieces incorporate everyday materials like aspirin tablets, pencils and coins. Anri Sala, born in Albania and based in Paris, who won a young artists' prize at the 2001 Venice Biennale for his poetic video installation on transience and tourism. A publication showing the finalists' work will be available at the Guggenheim's shops in May. The winner will be chosen this fall and given an exhibition at the Guggenheim in early 2003. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! 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Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From besnik at alb-net.com Fri Jan 11 14:43:54 2002 From: besnik at alb-net.com (Besnik Pula) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:43:54 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Seminar: 15 January In-Reply-To: <20020111155010.63060.qmail@web11005.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: CENTRE FOR SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES AND NASH ALBANIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME Tuesday 15 January, Middle Common Room, 1st floor, 21 Russell Sq., 6- 7.30 pm. Bejtullah Destani (Centre for Albanian Studies, London) ?Mapping Ethnic Albania: The Politics of Geography? ===== Centre for South-East European Studies, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU http://www.ssees.ac.uk/seecent.htm From mentor at alb-net.com Fri Jan 11 16:09:29 2002 From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:09:29 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] [Kcc-News] Words from Mr. Albin Kurti (fwd) Message-ID: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> READ & DISTRIBUTE FURTHER <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kosova Crisis Center (KCC) News Network: http://www.alb-net.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Albanian Prisoner Advocacy List -- Prisoner Pals Newsletter January 09, 2002 ========================================== A-PAL STATEMENT: ========================================== We are including here a letter from released prisoner, Albin Kurti, to the Members of the European Parliament, presented by MEP Olivier Dupuis. We ask that all of our readers maintain international pressure on Serb and UNMIK authorities to transfer the remaining 201 prisoners immediately - and that the Albanian hostage situation be resolved by March 31, 2002. -- Albin Kurti Open letter to the MEPs: press release KOSOVAN HOSTAGES STILL HELD IN DETENTION IN SERBIA: OPEN LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FROM ALBIN KURTI, THE KOSOVAN STUDENT LEADER WHO WAS HELD HOSTAGE FOR OVER TWO AND HALF YEARS BY THE SERBIAN AUTHORITIES Brussels, 8 January 2002. In the face of the silence that continues to surround the issue of the 201 ethnic Albanians from Kosovo still held in prison by the Serbian authorities, Albin Kurti, Kosovan student leader and a leading figure in the Kosovan resistance to the Communist regime of Slobodan Milosevic, has sent an open letter to the members of the European Parliament in which he denounces the ?institutionalised injustice? suffered by the Kosovan hostages, as well as the responsibility of the international community in general and the European Union in particular. www.radicalparty.org Albin Kurti (*) Open Letter to the Members of the European Parliament Prishtina, Kosova, January 5, 2002 Dear Member of the European Parliament, I want to remind you that, at this time, throughout "Serbia," there are 201 Albanians still being held as hostages, in continuation of the policy of brutal subjugation of Albanians begun under Milosevic and continued even now. Some weeks ago, I was suddenly released from Nish Prison after being forcibly deprived of liberty for more than two years and seven months. I had been abducted from Prishtina during the NATO war. On March 13, 2000, a self-pro-claimed Prishtina District Court located in Nish sentenced me, according to them, to 15 years imprisonment. Even though I never recognized so-called Serbia and Yugoslavia and their organs and institutions, even though I never asked for an appeal or requested amnesty, things that I wouldn't do for any price, they nevertheless released me. They kidnapped me when they arrested me, and they kidnapped me when they released me. Their politics do remain to be above the law. They didn't do this for the sake of humanity or justice. It cannot be said, as some are saying, that justice has been done in my situation. With my release they bought some time and they caused a reduction of international pressure (although it has been always weak in this matter of the Albanian hostages). At the same time, they hoped to improve their image in front of the world. I was released for political leverage. The others are kept for future political leverage. Albanians, who are still being unjustly kept in "Serbia", are not prisoners but hostages. They were kidnapped and severely tortured, not arrested. For instance, Lipjan prison was run like as brutally as an internment camp in Bosnia, and that the judge supervising this torture in this district was moved to Nish in the so-called Prishtina District Court of Nish. They are still being kept and treated as hostages in places of detention that are more similar to concentration camps than prisons. There are no conditions for hygiene or medical care; there are no conditions for life. Psychological torture, insults, threats, and provocations have replaced--even surpassed-- the brutality and physical torture of before. Let me explain these detention conditions more precisely. In April 1999, from all over "Yugoslavia", Albanian hostages were brought to Dubrava Prison in Kosova, because Serb authorities knew that this prison would be bombed by NATO forces as an army site. They assembled about 1,100 people there, in order to use this as an opportunity for killing and massacring Albanians. NATO bombed Dubrava on May 19-21,1999 and several Western journalists witnessed these events. The massacre by guards and inmates began on May 22, 1999. Many Dubrava survivors are still imprisoned today in "Serbia." At the same time, the same people involved in perpetrating this massacre are working as guards throughout "Serbia," still "guarding" Albanian hostages. The majority of those who survived the Dubrava massacre have serious wounds--open wounds, paralysis, shattered bones, amputations, and pieces of metal from grenades and rockets that are still today in their bodies. Others have informed you of this before me, and still nothing has happened. Further examples of institutionalized injustice against Albanians were in the investigative procedures that preceded the "trials." Besides the fact that all investigations were characterized by brutal and inhuman torture, Serbian investigators always took as an established fact that Albanians were all collectively guilty simply because they were Albanian. Later on, in all "trials" against Albanians, the Serb Courts (called Prishtina District Court, for example) acted like it was not their duty to prove the guilt of Albanians, but that Albanian hostages were those who needed to prove their innocence. The essence of trials was prejudice, irregularity, and a show of dominance. >From this point of view, those "trials" are not contested not only because they didn't have facts but above all because those facts never existed in the first place. They created false facts for Albanians - which still would be insufficient for a just trail - and the other main method was having Albanians testify against themselves. Their own confessions, extracted under torture, were used to convict them. It is universally irregular and illegal to use a forced confession against someone on trial. These forced confessions were the only evidence. Furthermore, very often Albanians were not allowed to speak their own language in court. If this seems absurd and like something that could not be going on in this century, consider the unusual document that Haekkerup - Covic signed on November 5, 200l. Again, it seems that Serbian Courts were being recognized (acknowledged) to have the right to review the "cases" of Kosovar Albanians, who are citizens of Kosovo under UNMIK's jurisdiction, not Serbia's! The original goal of this document was to publicly state the jurisdiction of UNMIK in these cases. But, what happened? Furthermore, how it is possible to allow this to continue to happen when those the same illegal and non-legitimate "courts" produced both the evidence (confessions) and the sentences against these hostages? The international community in general and European Union in particular have done very little in this aspect. Especially, as far as the Council and the Commission were concerned the pressures were rare and only in the form of simply raising the problem at private meetings with Serb officials. There was no public pressure--ever--nor any consequences for not releasing these people and restoring their liberty. In the best light, the silence of the Commission and the Council of the European Union and the ineffectiveness of European Union in general are absurd. All this has and will continue to have tragic consequences for not only the hostages but also for their families throughout Kosova. This doesn? t mean anything else than support and help to "Yugoslavia" and "Serbia" while they were continuing to have and to keep hostages. Even now, the European Union is supporting, helping, and favoring the hostage-keepers. All this makes the European Union responsible too for keeping Albanians as hostages. In addition, the member states of the European Union are all responsible as co-signers of the Geneva Conventions, which states that all detainees shall be released immediately following the cessation of hostilities. And that the families have the right not to be subjected to the disappearance of their loved ones. If the European Union don't enforce and vocally promote these rights, who will? The hostages should be released immediately and unconditionally. Regarding any aid or support that the European Union is giving to "Yugoslavia" and "Serbia" or that considers giving in the future, if it conditions (like US Senate efforts to restrict funding, because furthermore these crimes are ongoing in Europe, not in the USA) it with the issue of release of Albanian hostages - in which case those accused for ordinary crimes (deeds) would be transferred in the prisons of Kosova - then you would find this problem immediately resolved. I am aware of the initiatives undertaken and resolutions adopted by European Parliament for the issue of Albanian hostages and I thank You very much for everything, but the real fact that 201 Albanians are still hostages in ?Serbia? makes everyone conscious for the insufficiency of results and therefore of endeavours, too. The matter of Albanians hostages is also a matter of your conscience just as much as being a matter of Rule of Law and international legacy. You cannot behave as if this is not happening or that it is not happening in Europe. With hope that you will increase urgently your own efforts and the pressure on the Council and the Commission of the European Union in order to finally solve this very sad issue of the Albanian hostages, I take this opportunity to wish you and your family all the best for 2002. Albin Kurti (*) I was released last November. ### EMAIL-ACTION: RELEASE THE PRISONERS NOW! T? LIROHEN MENJ?HER? T? BURGOSURIT! LASST JETZT DIE GEFANGENEN FREI! ODMAH OSLOBODITE ZATVORENIKE! http://www.dbein.bndlg.de/APP/ http://www.khao.org/appkosova ________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list visit: http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/kcc-news From agron at rcn.com Sat Jan 12 09:18:09 2002 From: agron at rcn.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 09:18:09 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Kathimerini's comments on Simitis, terrorism Message-ID: <000b01c19b73$f6d9d5a0$cd1806d1@law.harvard.edu> Kathimerini, 12. January 2002 Editorial Beyond the visit Prime Minister Costas Simitis's visit to Washington took place in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, as he said, but regardless of any public statements (notably, Greek officials were the only ones to make statements, as the American ones kept silent) attention should now focus on the future as the country faces some grave challenges. The issue of terrorism dominated the Washington talks and Simitis provided assurances that soon "there will be positive results," pointing at the disruption of the November 17 terrorist group. There should be no doubt that the US administration will keep a close eye on future developments in this sphere. The prime minister openly acknowledged the differences between Athens and Washington on the issue of Europe's nascent rapid deployment force, as the US insists on a quick settlement of the issue in the framework of the joint US-British informal initiative in order to extract Turkey's consent without taking Greece's interests into consideration. Simitis put forward Greece's position regarding the independence of a European defense, and the question concerns the way in which the government can reverse the present situation. This will be a crucial year for a series of Greek foreign policy issues, and it was undoubtedly helpful that Simitis had the opportunity to exchange views with the American president in a period marked by a radical transformation of US priorities in the wake of the September 11 terrorist strikes. But beyond the broader geopolitical imperatives, which also affect our country, Greece has specific problems to deal with, mainly in connection with Turkey, whose policy has remained unchanged through the process of Greek-Turkish rapprochement. During his meeting with President Bush, Simitis did not raise the issue of Greek-Turkish relations and as regards the Cyprus issue, the US stance appears unaltered as the prime minister admitted during the press conference. Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit's visit to Washington will be revealing in terms of the way in which the US president treats the leaders of the two allies. But the behavior of Turkey after Ecevit's visit to Washington, both on the Cyprus issue and the Aegean Sea dispute, will reveal whether there was really an essential intervention by Bush to restore normality in Greek-Turkish relations on the basis of international law. ==== 'Greeks do not look back, they look ahead,' declares an angry Simitis Press conference in USA shows the prime minister is determined to change the general way of thinking ANA A rare show of anger from Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis came late Thursday night in response to questions at a press conference in Washington DC. 'Greece did not come here as a defendant,' Simitis told journalists. Prime Minister Costas Simitis's visit to the United States came at a time in which several major issues concerning Greece are up in the air, with Greek news media concentrating their coverage on how much pressure US officials would place on the Greek prime minister to accept solutions that would not be entirely in Greece's favor. The issues involved include the efforts to solve the problem of the EU's nascent defense force, in which Washington was expected to push a compromise it and London have proposed giving Turkey a say in the force's operations, especially in regions of interest to it such as Cyprus and the Aegean. On Greece's domestic terrorism problem, US news media and former officials have kept up a steady stream of suggestions that Athens is not doing enough to arrest members of November 17, raising expectations that Simitis would come under pressure from US officials. This prompted Simitis to declare before he left Athens on Tuesday: "It is obvious that we do not bow to pressure... I believe as well that the USA realizes that we will not accept pressure." He added: "The time is long gone when the prime minister of Greece would go to some countries in order to hear recommendations for a certain policy. This is no more." But at a news conference in Washington late on Thursday, after what he described as "a very good meeting" with President George W. Bush, Simitis was asked once again whether US officials had raised the issue of a list of terrorism suspects that some reports and former US officials have said exists and the Greeks have failed to act upon. Simitis took the opportunity to put on a very untypical display of anger, pressing the point that Greece does not have to act like a defendant before a prosecutor, or an apologetic school pupil before a teacher. Greece, he said, is an ally that has come to speak with friends. Below is an excerpt from Simitis's news conference: "Greece did not come here as a defendant, I want you to understand that! This is a conversation among friends. It is a conversation between people who want to cooperate, who have common problems. And if there are some problems between us, such as terrorism, we recognize this, we know it, we want to solve it. But let us tell the truth: Is this a disgrace? That we haven't solved the problem after so many years? It is not a disgrace at all. But, at the same time, we can say also that we have not been alone all this time. There have been experts from the United States and other countries in Greece for about 15 years. And the result is mostly our responsibility, but it is not ours alone. It also weighs on those who offered to cooperate with us, in a way. "So, international negotiations are not always between prosecutors and defendants. This is a mentality - if you will excuse me saying so - from 1950 and from the principles of the decade of the 1950s. Forty years have passed since then. And if I emphasize this, it is because we must give the Greek people some pride... Nothing is going to happen, because there is nothing for us to be afraid of. Why should we be afraid? We have achieved noteworthy things. "As you saw, President Bush looked at the euro coin [which Simitis gave him during a photo opportunity] and showed interest in it and discussed it. And he saw the Greek side of the coin and saw that we have a presence, even in this simple way. So why should we feel that we are suspects in a way, something like school students who have to explain to the teacher what went wrong in class. For God's sake! That is not Greece. I want you all to understand that! "Greece is different. So if you want to talk seriously, if you want serious discussions, if you deal with problems systematically, others will respect you. And this depends on us. Behavior in which we say this must happen or that must happen does not help gain respect. It shows small people. We are not small. For goodness sake! And I want you to publish this. Because Greece and the Greeks need objectives, objectives in the future. Greece and the Greeks turn their backs to the past, they do not look back, they look ahead, they do not see disasters. Disasters are not coming. But this depends on us. If we are serious we will have a future. We want this future, we are creating it, we believe in it." ==== Gains, open issues from PM's US visit He stresses focus on security Prime Minister Costas Simitis ended his official visit to Washington yesterday with many "gains" but also with many open fronts that Greece will have to negotiate its way through in coming months. After meeting with President George W. Bush on Thursday, Simitis met also with Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. During his contacts, Simitis managed to put across the message that Athens is working systematically and intensively to eradicate the November 17 terrorist gang, none of whose members has been arrested since the group emerged at the end of 1975. This remains a top priority for the US leadership. On the other hand, Simitis did not manage to change Washington's conviction that a solution to the problem of the EU's rapid reaction force has to be found as soon as possible (despite Athens's objections to a US-British compromise giving Turkey a say in the force's activities in the Aegean and with regard to Cyprus). Also, the Greeks expected richer results with regard to the Cyprus issue, with the Americans taking pains to avoid committing themselves to use their influence with Ankara to help solve the problem this year. In a meeting with journalists from nine prominent news organizations yesterday, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and CNN, Simitis confronted US skepticism regarding November 17 and security for Athens 2004. Simitis expressed confidence that soon there would be results in the battle against terrorism, describing November 17 as a "small group without bonds with the Greek people." He stressed that his government wanted to solve the problem and that it will benefit greatly from doing so. Simitis added that recent polls in Greece have shown that expressions of anti-Americanism have receded and that public opinion is overwhelmingly in support of the war on terrorism. Simitis described his contacts in Washington as "interesting, fruitful and substantial." He said that the US military presence in the Balkans should continue. Opposition New Democracy party commented that "It is early to evaluate the results of the visit, but there are serious questions over what was done and what was not done there. The expected progress on the issues of Cyprus and the EU force did not materialize." ==== 'Time to finish with terrorism' With Prime Minister Costas Simitis still in Washington, where he pledged that the problem of domestic terrorism in Greece would be solved, Public Order Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis made a stirring declaration in Parliament yesterday that Greece will "finish" with terrorism. This prompted debate over whether the police might be close to solving the problem. "Terrorism has been defeated ideologically and politically in Greece," Chrysochoidis told Parliament. "It has to be defeated operationally so that we can finish with this situation. And we will finish with it because we all want to be finished with it. Because terrorism is an agent of instability in our country and it creates problems for its reputation." He was responding to a question on crime tabled by members of the opposition New Democracy party. The issue of terrorism had been included in the text of their question, but in their speeches they had dropped it. Chrysochoidis, who was late arriving, responded to the text. Chrysochoidis criticized a paid declaration in the Washington Times newspaper by a "concerned Greek American" claiming that Greece "sponsors terrorism." "Some unofficial, private circles in the United States are behaving in an indecent and insulting manner at our country's expense," Chrysochoidis said. The minister and Athens 2004 president Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki discussed security for the Games yesterday. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Amerik? q? ka shkruar mbi 100 vepra p?r ??shtjen komb?tare, jeta n? m?rgim dhe eshtrat n? Vlor? Isuf Luzaj shqiptari i madh q? i tha JO Enver Hoxh?s Isufi deri n? grahm?n e fundit t? shpirtit t? tij luftoi p?r origjin?n Trako-Ilire e n? k?rkim t? tok?s amtare deri te ai gur? sinori ku belb?zon gjuha e ?mb?l shqipe e zogjve t? Fishtes "Jam i sigurt?, ju do ta fitoni k?t? luft?... Un? nuk kam frik? dhe as turp si? thua ti, shok i mir?, por nuk bashkohem me ty. Un? kam turp nga nd?rgjegjia ime q? nuk beson n? ideologjin? Marksiste-Leniniste, si zhvillimi m? i mir? i jet?s s? popujve" --------------------------------- Agim BO?ARI Mbas vdekjes s? Sk?nderbeut, Shqip?ria u b? tymnaja osmane e cila sa vinte dhe shtohej, n? keto kushte pasardh?sit e fundit t? familjes princore t? Arianitasve lundronin n? detin e hapur n? drejtim te Venedikut. Pik?limi i dallg?ve ?onte freskin? e detit n? murin e kalas? s? Kanin?s duke i ruajtur asaj freskin? e shekujve. Shekujt kalonin, t? rinjt? q? vinin plandoseshin mbi to dhe vazhdonin t? krijonin lirin?. Osh?timat e krismave t? shpalljes s? Pavaresis? m? 1912, shkrijn? n? gjirin e tyre, krismat e sht?pis? s? Luzajve n? Kanin? p?r pinjollin q? po vinte: Isuf Luzaj, m? von? ky do t? b?hej nj?sim me shekullin q? u b? i tij brenda truallit at?ror dhe i pa ndar? sot, obelisk n? keto dit? te reja. Isufi, n? faza vitesh duke i l?n? mbrapa ato n? vlerat e tyre arrin n? vitin 1933 e vazhdon studimet n? liceun "Louis Le Grand" dhe n? kronologji t? tyre mbaron studimet e larta n? Universitetin e Sorbon?s, i lauruar me tituj shkencor doktor n? let?rsi, doktor n? filozofi. I plot?suar si intelektual i rangjeve t? vecanta me jehon?n e koh?rave n? histori q? nga lasht?sia me Eskilin, Sofokliun, Plutarkun, Sokratin e m?, deri te iluminist?t me mbidishepullin Volter, e m? vone sot n? koh? t? reja t? Martin Heidegger e Sartre. Me k?t? p?rgatitje t? lart?, dyert e per?ndimit p?r t? mbeteshin t? hapura, ai i braktisi ato rezidenca dhe e ktheu zemr?n andej nga vinte z?ri i lirise, n? Shqip?ri. Me diplom?n e dy doktoratave, zot?rues i m?se tet? gjuh?ve t? huaja q? nga latinishtja, greqishtja, persishtja, nis rrug?n e nj? pelegrini, ky polyglot i karakterit nacionalist komb?tar i tejmbushur p?r t? k?rkuar lavdin? e tij maraton? q? nga auditor?t a Argjentin?s, Amerik? e ?far? p?rfshijn? meridian?t e paralelet e k?tij globi n? mbar? bot?n per?ndimore. Nuk rreshtnin e mbusheshin k?to auditor? p?r t? d?gjuar leksionet e mbi 120 veprave te tij n? mbrojtjen e t? gjitha vlerave shoq?rore e m? n? gjer?si t? ideve te tij p?r demokracin?. Isufi p?r nga karakterii tij i lart?, dhe si mendimtar hyn n? "Almanakun" Toltojan. Isufi me gjeografin? e gjer? t? kultur?s s? tij e n? luft?n e pa mbarim kund?r mortaj?s komuniste, sa vinte e t?rhiqte v?mendjen per?ndimore deri n? sferat m? t? larta t? shteteve. Parlamenti i Argjentin?s i akordon medaljen e florinjt?: "LUCHADOR POR LA PAZ" . Po aty, krijon institutin francez, "LA FRANCE A L'ETR ANGER" i cili p?rsh?ndetet dhe vizitohet personalisht nga ish presidenti i Frances De Gaule. N? vitin 1956 presidenti i Amerikes i dor?zon medaljen "PAQE". Nuk rreshti lavdia e tij, kur arrin vet? presidenti Regan t'i vendos? n? qaf?n e tij t? rrudhur me brazdat mishtore q? mbanin n? brend?sine e tyre historin? komb?tare, pjes? e s? ciles, ai u b?. Kjo ishte dekorata e lart? dhe aq dometh?n?se: "M?SUES I AMERIK?S".Ja kush ?sht? Dr.Pr. Isuf Luzaj. ?far? t'i num?rosh m? par?, lavdin? apo vuajtjet e tij. Brenda lavdis? vuatja ?sht? bashk?udh?tare. Ky ?sht? sistemi i diktaturave q? p?rndoqi, p?rdhunoi dhe eliminoi ndjenj?n komb?tare e p?r fatin e keq vazhdon akoma ?? p?rderisa historia nuk po shkon n? vend. Ata q? u sublimuan p?r t'i dh?n? drit? k?tij kombi, u gjykuan me plumb. Isufi deri n? grahm?n e fundit t? shpirtit t? tij luftoi p?r origjin?n Trako-Ilire e n? k?rkim t? tok?s amtare deri te ai gur? sinori ku belb?zon gjuha e ?mb?l shqipe e zogjve t? Fishtes. Duke mos u futur n? holl?sira historike sepse k?to jan? probleme akademik?sh n? histori, e cila duhet t? jet? n? drejtim t? ruajtjes s? vlerave e n? v?rtetesin? e tyre. Historigrafis? shqiptare i mbetet detyr? immediate t? nxjerr? n? pah k?t? bilanc historik me vlera t? m?dha komb?tare e m? n? gjer?si bot?rore. K?tu flitet p?r nj? realitet historik t? veprave t? tij e dekadat q? vijn? u hapin rrug?n brezave, ta nd?rtojn? at? p?r t? qen? t? sigurt? mbi themelin e saj. Kjo mbetet nj? nga rrezet jeshile t? k?saj v?rtet?sie. Jeta e Isuf Luzajt p?r edukimin e brezit t? ri, vazhdon me fillimin e pun?s si pedagog n? tregtaren e Vlor?s, n? Normalen e Elbasanit e m? von? n? at? t? shkoll?s qytet?se t? Korc?s. Me fillimin e shfaqjeve te tij n? shtyp dhe aktiviteti i tij p?r evoluim shoq?ror dhe kund?r rregjimit t? fashizmit n? Shqip?ri, nga viti 1937, deri n? vitin 1942, provoi kalvarin n? t? gjitha ato lloje burgjesh q? nga Shqip?ria deri n? Gaeta t? Italis?, e n? vazhdim n? at? t? Miventotenit e m? von? p?r rrezikshm?ri t? lart? e ?uan n? burgun, Cortona D'Arezzo. Mbas daljes nga burgu i fundit m? 1942, agjentura fashiste, duke b?r? seleksionimin n? listat p?rkat?se p?r elementin kund?rshtar t? saj, arrin n? p?rfundimin se Dr.Pr. Isuf Luzaj duhej izoluar p?rfundimisht. N? k?to kushte p?r t? fillon ajo jet? e v?shtir? konspirative e n? vazhdim e realizimeve t? ideve te tij, p?r t? mbrojtur demokracin? p?rkundrejt l?vizjes regresive komuniste. Q? nga viti 1939 deri n? vitin 1941 nuk rreshti aktiviteti i tij patriotik n? demostratat e deri n? formimin e pluralizmit n? Shqip?ri me krijimin e Partis? Social Demokrate si dhe n? qytetet Shkod?r, Vlor?, Tiran?. N? k?to grupe militonin njer?z me kualifikim t? lart?, bij t? familjeve patriote q? e nis?n jet?n nga baza e lart brenda nd?rgjegjshm?ris? p?rkundrejt asaj gjendje egzistuese mjerane q? kalonte vendi. Ata me Dekalogun Programor i hartuar ky me pjes?marrjen e pandar? te Isufit, n? themelimin e k?tij programi mbetej zbulimi i vlerave dhe i talenteve t? reja, duke i ndjekur ata n? jet?n e tyre e p?r t'u krijuar kushtet maksimale p?r t? vazhduar studimet n? vendet per?ndimore. Nd?rgjegj?simi mbar?-shoq?ror, nuk vjen nga partia e partit?, duke i ngjitur kombit lloje ?iban?sh e kushedi nga ku, por vet?m nga rruga e historis? dhe n? verifikimin e saj. Aktiviteti i tij organizativ dhe luftarak gjat? luft?s mbar? popullore kund?r nazifashizmit, nga jugu n? veri nga lindja n? per?ndim e n? diagonalet e tyre, mbetet e shkruar aty ku jan? etazher?t. Isufi ishte kund?r ?far?do spekullimi moral e politik. Si? po ndodh sot me k?t? korrupsion t? pa mbarim, duke t? grabitur pron?n, shenjt?rin? e jet?ve, e duke sunduar mbi nj? popull kaq t? drobitur q? nuk i mungon zgjuarsia, por q? p?rjet?sisht nuk iu nda dhe naiviteti. Largpam?sia e Isufit mbetet profetike n? parashikimin e madh t? tij per er?n e demokracis?. Ai e mbrojti k?t? pa asnj? m?dyshje, n? Mukje e kudo e deri n? interesimin e madh t? kund?rshtar?ve t? k?saj linje, si? ishte komunizmi me p?rfaq?suesit e tij, q? nuk rresht?n duke u ballafaquar me t? p?r ta t?rhequr nga ana e tyre. Dr.Pr. Isuf Luzaj as dhe nj? her? nuk pranzi. N? takimin e parafundit me Enver Hoxh?n, Isufi si nj? shqiptar i madh, ballas kuvendoi: "Jam i sigurt?, ju do ta fitoni k?t? luft?... Un? nuk kam frik? dhe as turp si? thua ti, shok i mir?, por nuk bashkohem me ty. Un? kam turp nga nd?rgjegjia ime q? nuk beson n? ideologjin? Marksiste-Leniniste, si zhvillimi m? i mir? i jet?s s? popujve. Besoj n? demokraci. N? vatr?n e lindjes s? marksizmit kurr? nuk ka demokraci, por ve?se krim, tortur?, pun? t? detyruar etj." Isufi mund t? pranonte miq?sin?, por kurr?n e kurr?s kompromisin. Aq m? tep?r kur ishte fjala p?r fatet e atdheut. K?tu mbetet d?shp?rimi i madh i Isufit, n? k?t? ndarje nj? her? e p?rgjthmon? e p?r m? themeloren, p?r agonin? q? po i trokiste Shqip?ris? n? der?. P?r fatin e keq, ajo erdhi. Dr.Pr. Isuf Luzaj, i kalon kufinjt? kontinental?, njer?z t? p?rmasave t? tilla jan? produkt i vet? natyr?s dhe ata si pjell? e saj, hyjn? n? paraleliz?m me t? dhe rikrijojn? vlerat e origjin?s dhe k?to realitete sot, duke krijuar ato produkte t? vlefshme p?r t? cilat ka aq nevoj? shoq?ria. Brezi i ri duhet t? ngulmoj?, t? zbuloj? e te vihet n? ndjekje t? k?tyre produkteve. N? m?rgimin e larg?t, Dr. Pr. Isuf Luzaj, e mbylli jet?n e tij i pangopur si asnj?her? tjet?r, p?r mallin e zhuritur p?r atdheun e mbar? jet?n. Ai nuk k?rkoi shp?rblim nga atdheu, ve?se pak vend, sa p?r t'u prehur nga gjith? ajo lodhje e gjat?, e gjat?. Ashtu u b?. Duke mos u larguar nga Isufi, shk?putemi nga kjo pllak? e ftoht?, e l?m? at? n? shoq?rin? e natyr?s dhe t? dheut t? tij, bir i t? cilit mbetet, e l?m? n?n hijen e Dafin?s s? Dantes e n? relievin ngjyr? gri t? err?t t? malit, i cili po pret ardhjen e nj? agimi t? ri. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Sun Jan 13 20:28:56 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 17:28:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] CfP: Europe at the Turn of the Third Millennium, Prague, 30-31.5.2002 Message-ID: <20020114012856.47375.qmail@web11504.mail.yahoo.com> Note: forwarded message attached. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! 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From: Florian Bieber Subject: [balkans] Recent Articles on SEE Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:00:04 +0100 Size: 16209 URL: From aalibali at yahoo.com Mon Jan 14 17:56:42 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:56:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Insight the news, 14.1.2002 Message-ID: <20020114225642.32806.qmail@web11502.mail.yahoo.com> Insight on the News January 14, 2002, Monday FAIR COMMENT; Pg. 44 Sex-Slave Trade Has Become a Crisis of Global Proportions Christine Dolan Four million human beings, including children, annually are being kidnapped, raped and sold for sex across the globe, according to the May 2, 2000, Report on the Communication From the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament. The report states: "According to all indicators the number of victims is on the increase and the flows from Central and Eastern European countries dramatically have increased, in addition to the already-existing flow from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia." Homayra Sellier, president of Innocence in Danger, a Switzerland-based foundation that protects children, tells me, "The world needs to wake up to this horror. This is a global phenomenon of sexual abuse of children and women. This is a business. Predators and pedophiles are treating human beings as commodities bought and sold for sex. This situation is out of control. The ages of the children are frightening." During an undercover investigation throughout Europe and into the Balkans in 2000, I interviewed many young victims who were trapped in the trafficking industry. Sitting in an Albanian safe house, Gabriella, a 24 year-old Romanian woman, has seen this horror firsthand. Like many Eastern European women, she was desperately seeking a job five years ago when she became ensnared in sex trafficking; within a few days, her life had spun out of control. In 1996 Gabriella tried to get a job as a nurse in Romania, but that did not work out, she says. Then she worked in a disco, but that closed after four months. So she taught kindergarten, but could not survive on the pay of $20 a month with a baby and a marriage on the rocks. So, when a family doctor suggested that she go to Greece to work in "agriculture" to earn more money, Gabriella immediately signed a three-month contract, she says. She left her son, Daniel, with relatives. The doctor took her to a hotel in Bulgaria where he said they were to meet some people. Instead, he sold her to a Moldavian man for 3,000 deutsche marks ($1,384.97). Escaping never entered her mind. She had no money and the Moldavian confiscated her illegal passport. During the first five weeks in Bulgaria, Gabriella says she was raped repeatedly. The Moldavian pimp then sold her to a man named Max, a 59-year-old bar owner in Velesti, Macedonia. Max - the father of four girls and a boy ranging in ages from 13 to 24 - and his wife, Mia, run a brothel. They have two houses - one for their own use and one for their clients. For four years, from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m., Gabriella and 11 young girls and women from Romania, Moldova, Russia and Bulgaria were forced to service Max's mafia friends and clients, which included NATO military and civilian personnel. The girls danced for them, drank with them, did drugs with them and had sex with them. If the victims refused, Max would beat them violently. He would pound them with his fists if they were late for clients or demanded to use condoms. Max never paid the girls and women. Gabriella says, "We were slaves. Max is an evil man - an evil man." As Gabriella handed me a photo, she claimed that the man pictured in it was "an American GI from New Jersey. He was a very nice man. He never wanted sex." Gabriella told him her story and according to Gabriella, the American said, "I am so sorry," and gave her $100. Gabriella gave that money to another man named Michel, who said that he could buy her from Max and promised to help Gabriella get back to Romania. Instead, Michel sold Gabriella to "Gazmen" and "Altinds," two 26-year-old Albanians. They took Gabriella and two other young girls to a house in Fier, Albania. "They used chains. I cannot describe the horrible things they did." Three weeks later, the police raided the house. Gabriella was arrested because she did not have a passport. She told her story to the police. They turned her over to administrators of a safe house, where she waits to get the documents needed for her to return home to her son. "For the first time, I feel safe. Too much guns and violence. The children are too young, too young. I have seen myself," she says tearfully. According to Jan Austad of Interpol in Lyon, France, "No one really knows the true sex-trafficking figures - not the United Nations or the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe i but there is a definite increase in prostitution in Europe , as well as child pornography and child prostitution." British Inspector Paul Holmes, who is an international-trafficking expert based in London, tells me this situation is "a global phenomenon which started in Eastern European countries with the fall of communism, and this tidal wave has gradually reached the shores of the United Kingdom. I t is changing the landscape of Europe." According Casa Alianza, a human-rights agency that protects street children in Mexico and Central America, there is an exponential growth in the trafficking of children in this region. "Five years ago, the trafficking of Central America's children to be sold in brothels or to sex tourists was not really a consideration," states Bruce Harris, the Latin American regional director for Casa Alianza (the Latin American branch of the New York-based Covenant House). "Today, trafficking is a major hazard to thousands of children, particularly prepubescent girls, who are being trafficked from poverty-stricken regions of Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador into hundreds of brothels in Guatemala and southern Mexico." According to a June 2001 U.S. State Department report, 23 countries -including U.S. allies such as Israel, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Turkey and South Korea - are not doing enough to address trafficking. Other countries not doing enough include: Albania, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Greece, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Yugoslavia. Although Congress passed an antitrafficking bill in October 2000, it only recently announced the State Department's Office to Combat and Monitor Trafficking in Persons on Nov. 15. The bill stipulates that U.S. aid (except humanitarian aid) will be cut off to countries that do not combat trafficking by the end of 2003. A senior congressional aide familiar with the bill bluntly stated in July 2000, "We all know that cutting off aid is never going to happen." The European Union passed a bill earlier this year increasing the penalty for trafficking. But if law enforcement cannot get witnesses, and if state penalties are not enforced, nothing will change. After Sept. 11, the British Parliament shelved its antitrafficking bill until late 2002 or early 2003. A U.S.- and British-led investigation of child pornography in 1998 netted more than 1,000 images of unidentified child victims on the Internet. Many of the images depict trafficked victims, yet parents and relatives of missing and victimized children, except in rare instances, have been denied access to them after petitioning police, judges and government officials. I interviewed several parents of rape victims who have confirmed that their children's images are in these closely held police collections. It is imperative that a one-stop international depository of pornographic Internet images of children for the purpose of comparison and identification be established. If those who publicly claim that they are truly committed to stopping the horrors of trafficking, now is the time to understand the urgency of the matter. Today, HIV/AIDS is spreading to areas where rapes linked to sex-trafficking are taking place. In September 2000, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda says there is a direct correlation between the gang rapes that occurred during the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the subsequent increase in HIV/AIDS. In August 2000, the Finnish government publicly announced that HIV/AIDS was on the rise due to the return of peacekeeping forces. Casa Alianza infiltrated bars and brothels in Tapachula, Chiapas (Mexico) and interviewed Honduran girls who were sold to the brothels for between $100 and $200. The girls were told they would be waitresses and left their hurricane-ravaged country in the hope of sending money to support their starving families. According to Harris, "The only thing they will take home is HIV, the virus that causes AIDS." "Due to AIDS, younger and younger victims - some as young as preteens - are sold for large fees," says Inspector Holmes. According to Holmes, even "infants" are targeted victims. "Arab clients willingly pay $5,000 for one night with a virgin," says a Parisian madam who has been in the business for decades but who refuses to supply children. According to an Afghan woman who lives in Switzerland, the trafficking of children already has begun in the Afghan refugee camps. "This is a horrible situation." Twenty percent of the children in the refugee camps are younger than age 5. Shaking his head, Serge Garde, a French journalist, in a recent interview states, "You would think that we would all understand the consequences of turning our heads away to an issue like this." Next year the U.N. Special Rappouteur's Office on children will be allocating limited financial resources to investigating the trafficking of children in Paraguay and Brazil. "It is outrageous that the focus is not now on the Afghan-refugee camps. Everyone who is involved in trafficking knows that refugee camps are predators' playgrounds. Global moral outrage needs to rise to the occasion. If not now, when?" asks Sellier. Christine Dolan is a veteran broadcast and Print journalist and the author of Shattered Innocence - The Holocaust Millennium, a report of her undercover investigation of the global exploitation of children. She can be reached at www.helpsavekids.org. GRAPHIC: Photos (color), A) Smiling for the johns: Gabriella(center) dances with other young women at a brothel in Macedonia.; B) Taking care of business: Hugs and cuddles belie rape, brutality and sexual slavery, say insiders., Photos Contributed By Christine Dolan --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! 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Sigurisht qe kemi nje shtrat te perbashket, i cili na bashkon; shtrati opozitar dhe shtrati kontestues ndaj politikes te grupit te PD dhe Berishes. Por njekohesisht kemi brenda vetes identitetet tona, diversitetet tona. Une besoj se perfaqesojme brenda kesaj partie te re nje personazh i cili identifikohet me qendren e djathte, puro opozitare, pa asnje shenje kompromisi me grupin qe drejton sot qeverine dhe une besoj se pjesa me e madhe e njerezve ne Shqiperi, qe kane shprese qe ne vend te krijohet nje pol i trete ne politike, mendojne si une. Kete dua ta shpjegoj me faktin, se nese do te kishim nje afrim qofte edhe me nje grup progresist brenda te majtes shqiptare, ne do t'i kishim lene te gjithe livadhin opozitar ta kulloste z. Berisha dhe partia e vjeter demokratike. Ne jemi prej vitesh te shkeputur nga kjo situate, pikerisht per t'i dhene shans shqiptareve qe te jene njekohesisht qendra e djathte, te jene situate me poziten e sotme, pa i afruar pozicionet me qeverine e z.Meta apo me kedo tjeter qe do te vije pas tij. Nga kjo pikepamje une mendoj se kandidatura ime, indentifikohet me nje pjese te mire te kesaj partie qe eshte sot, brenda programit tim personal kam shume elemente te cilat jane shpresedhenes per shqiptaret, sidomos problemi i kthim-kompensimit te pronave, i zgjidhjes se problematikes energjitike, edhe i formulimit te nje ligji te ri te zgjedhjeve elektorale. I them keto sepse megjithese kam hyre ne nje gare partiake, preferoj te me konsiderojne gjithmone nje njeri te shtetit dhe te egzekutivit, sepse kjo eshte ana me e mire e imja. Une nuk kame qene kurre puro partiak dhe historia e partitizmit tone fillon ne '90 sepse praktikisht atehere e kemi filluar, nga obligimi qe kishim si brez i ri per te cuar perpara nje alternative antikomuniste po e quaj, megjithese kjo fjale eshte e konsumuar, por atehere ishte e vlefshme, pra per te cuar perpara nje alternative demokratizuese per te gjithe shoqerine shqiptare. Sigurisht te mbeshtetur nga elementet e qendres dhe te djathtes, sepse ne fund te fundit une mendoj se problemi me i madh i shoqerise shqiptare nuk eshte te krijoje nje te mire te madhe te pergjithshme, por brenda cdo kampi, qofte i majte, qofte i djathte te perzgjedhe personazhet, platformat dhe format e pershtatjes se pushtetit me te mira. Dhe kjo eshte gjeja me e mire. Une do te preferoja qe brenda PS te zhvillohej nje lufte per te zgjedhur me te mirin, po ashtu brenda PD, brenda grupit tone, por gjithmone brena platformave dhe orientimeve, te cilave iu perkasin. Nese do t'i perziejme gjerat nga e majta tek e djathta, krijojme nje konfuzion te pergjithshem politik dhe shqiptaret nuk do te kene me nje pike orientimi politik. Cilat jane synimet e partise tuaj dhe te grupit parlamentar, te pakten per nje dy vjecar? Ne shpresojme qe kjo legjislature, megjithe problematiken, t'i mbushe dy vjet. Dhe kjo varet nga shume gjera. Une termin kohor do ta reduktoja ne nje afat me te shkurter. Nese do te vija nje liste prioritare, brenda nje situate qe eshte konfliktuale, ne kufijte e krizes, une do te perzgjidhja; nje kod te ri elektoral, permiresim te ketij kodi elektoral, permiresim te gjithe elementeve qe do te eleminonin pjesen me te madhe te difekteve qe u vune re gjate zgjedhjeve te fundit. Them ne pjesen me te madhe sepse asnjehere nuk mendoj se ka nje te mire prefekte dhe sidomos kur shpeshhere ligji dhe logjika normale vihet ne prove nga shenjtalkleku tipik shqiptar politik, sepse shpeshhere ligjet mund te jene shume te mira, por nen sforcen, nen presionin dhe nen intrigen shpeshhere quaje ballkanike, quaje bizantive, pse jo edhe shqiptare, shpeshhere edhe ligji eshte i pafuqishem. Mjaft t'ju kujtoj ketu se nuk ka ligj ne bote qe mund te mendonte qe nje kryetar partie dhe nje sekretar partie te mund te kandidonin dhe si te pavarur, sic ndodhi ne zgjedhjet e fundit. Kete do ta vija ne listen e prioriteteve te para tonat. Ne fakt fjalen e pare qe kam mbajtur eshte qe te krijojme nje komision parlamnetar "Had-hock" per te permiresuar kete kod, i cili i krijoi probleme pa mase Shqiperise. Te dyten do te vija, ligjin per zgjidhjen e problemit te prones. Dhe kjo jo vetem per detyrimin moral qe kemi si force e qendres se djathte, per te kthyer pronen tek i zoti, per te vendosur ne menyre juridike, politike, por edhe morale, sistemin e kapitalit, (nuk po them kapitalizmit, sepse shpeshere kjo fjale ka marre nje forme pexhorative), te ekonomise se tregut sic eshte fjala moderne sot, por edhe per nevojat egzigjente qe ka nevoje ekonomia shqiptare per te hapur ne rradhe te pare tregun e tokes per te modernizuar ekonomine shqiptare, tregun e ndertimeve, tregun ne infrastrukture. D.m.th jane nje sere elementesh, qe jane jo thjeshte morale, per t'i kthyer te drejten te zoterve te vjeter, por jane njekohesisht per t'i kthyer mundesine shqiptareve per te pasur mundesi per zhvillim ekonomik. Prandaj do te merreshim seriozisht me ligjin per kthimin e pronave, te pronareve te vjeter apo te rinj qofshin. Ky do te ishte prioriteti yne i dyte. Problemi i trete eshte nje pakete, nje formule ekonomike e cila do te thyente monopolet qe jane sot ne ekonomine shqiptare. Ne jetojme ne nje rregjim monopolist. Kemi 15 firma qe importojne karburantet nga te cilat 5 importojne 90 perqind te karburanteve. Sot kemi te rregjistruara 300-400 firma ndertimi, por investimet me te medha ne ndertim nuk levizim me shume se ne 30-40 firma ndertimi. Sot kemi te rregjistruar ne aktivitete tregtare me mijera persona, por te jeni te sigurte se jane 10-15 grosiste te medhenj, qe percaktojne nivelin e cmimeve ne Shqiperi. Ky regjim monopoli, i cili po krijohet ne menyre jo graduale, por teper te shpejtuar sidomos ne dy-tre vitet e fundit, duhet thyer, nese duam t'i kthejme ekonomise shqiptare te drejten per te qene konkurrente dhe nese duam t'i kthejm- shqiptareve te drejten per t'u marre me biznes, per te pasur shpresen qe te behen dhe ato te pasur. Ndryshe do te jemi, raja, bujkrober te nje sistemi oligarkik, financiar i lidhur ngushte me politiken dhe kjo eshte vdekja e ekonomise dhe do jete dhe vdekja e demokracise njekohesisht. Nese do te flisja per dicka emergjente do te thoja nje nderhyrje emergjente, qofte ligjore, qofte dhe egzekutive per problemin e energjitikes. Nje shtet qe nuk ka drite, ku dhe kafeja behet me gjenerator, nuk mund te pretendoje te kete zhvillim, te kete industri, te kete biznes, qofte dhe biznesin e natyres shqiptare, te vogel apo te mesem. Pa u zgjidhur ky problem, gjithe pjesa tjeter e zhvillimit makroekonomik, apo mikroekonomik eshte nje demagogji e tera prej fillimit deri ne fund. Une mund te rreshtoja dhe shume prioritete te tjera, por sikur te zgjidhim keto te katerta, nje pjese e madhe e shqiptareve do te ishin shume te lumtur e do te brohorisnin per qeverisjen qe kishin. Si i parashikoni zhvillimet politike ne dy kampet e medha, PS dhe PD? Mendoj se do te kete nje lloj shperberje ne dy kampet e medha. Jo se patjeter ne shqiptaret duhet te behemi therrime-therrime per te bere politike, por mendoj se eshte mbyllur cikli i nje politike bipolariste. U be nje dekade qe e kemi jetuar me te mirat dhe te keqiat brenda ketij raporti te bipolarizmit. Realiteti ka qene negativ per Shqiperine. Sigurisht qe brenda ketij realiteti nuk eshte se kane munguar elementet pozitive dhe progresit, por ne ne fund te fundit kemi perjetuar nje tranzicion te tejzgjatur. Atehere une mendoj se kjo eshte nje eksperience e konsumuar tashme, Shqiperia ka nevoje per nje eksperience te re. E per hir te saj, nuk do te ishte keq, sikur keto partite e medha te beheshin pak me te vogla. Cila eshte nota qe i vendosni Meidanit, Metes, Nanos dhe Berishes, ne keta tre muajt e fundit? Nuk jam marre kurre me arsyetime mbi personat. Une do te thoja qe qeveria e Metes eshte padyshim nje qeveri e deshtuar politikisht. Nuk ka te drejte te kete me te njejta pretendime si me para. Qeveria ka humbur nje pjese te legjitimitetit te vet. Nje qeveri e cila votohet dy -tre here ne Parlament per efekt te ministrave qe ndryshohen dhe nuk mbush kuorumin e mjaftueshem..., nuk qeveriset Shqiperia me 41 vete. Dhe ideja e rezistences patjeter te Metes, dhe ceshte me qesharakja mendoj une, dramatizimi pertej te nevojshmes i largimit te Metes, ose mosqenies se Metes, sikur kjo krijon destabilizim, kjo duket qesharake. Une kam nje eksperience, qe e kane te gjithe shqiptare, por une ndoshta me pak personale ne '97; mbas rezistences se Berishes per t'u ribere per se dyti president ne emer te stabilitetit, erdhi nje destabilizim i madh. Une shpresoj qe nuk jemi ne te njejtat terma, por ideja qe krijohet se diten qe largohet Meta krijohet destabilizim, kjo me duket e egzagjeruar, sepse gjate legjislatures socialiste kemi jetuar tre kriza te tilla dhe u largua heroi i Kosoves sic ishte Majko dhe nuk ndodhi ndonje destabilizim i madh. Keshtu qe nga kjo pikepamje kembengulja e tepert mund te sjelle destabilizim. Per personin e Nanos do te thoja se nuk me bind ne luften e vet. Natyrisht qe ne luften e Nanos ka elemente pozitive dhe progresiste. Sigurisht Nano eshte nje intelektual, kete nuk mund t'ia mohoje askush, por Nano po i rikthehet kritikes se nje sere elementesh qe ne fund te fundit deri dje kane qene ne dore te tij dhe ne ate kohe nuk i ka kritikuar dhe nuk i ka mundur t'i evitoje. Te gjithe kemi te drejte te reflektojme mbi te kaluaren tone edhe mbi gabimet tona, kjo eshte nje e drejte universale qe nuk i mohoet kurkujt, por shpeshhere kjo e drejte kalon midis nje diapazoni heshtjeje, ne te cilen zoti Nano nuk e ka respektuar. Nje pjese e gabimeve te sotme jane refleks i gabimeve te z. Nano. Nga kjo pikepamje une e cmoj deshiren e mire te emancipimit qe pretendon zoti Nano, por si shqiptar qe jam me mbetet gjithmone dyshimi qe mes kesaj pune, ne mes te deshires se mire dhe sinqeritetin ka dhe elemente qe te bejne per te dyshyar. Zoti Meidani kohet e fundit ka bere disa gabime qe nuk i falen presidentit te republikes. Nje krize e cila ka rruget e vete institucionale dhe konstitucionale per t'u zgjidhur, ia ka deleguar institucioneve te tjera te cilat jane nen sovranitetin e ligjvenesve te Parlamentit shqiptar dhe te atij personalisht. Une besoj se e ka bere i nisur nga oportunizmi i vogel politik, per t'i dhene kohe, frymemarrje nje partie qe eshte ne qeveri dhe nje grupi njerezish, per te gjetur rruget e bashkepunimit midis tyre. Nga kjo pikepamje del se po te gjykonim ne rolin e babaxhanit do ta quaja dicka pozitive. Problemi eshte qe kryetari i shtetit nuk eshte babaxhan. Kryetari i shtetit duhet te interpretoje situatat politike dhe aq me teper kryetari i shtetit tone, i cili nuk ka funksione te tjera egzekutive si kishte Berisha. Pra roli i tij arrin kulmin e vet ne momente krize. Keshtu qe te terhiqesh dhe t'ia delegosh nje institucioni tjeter, eshte nje gabim teper i madh. Them qe rruga qe duhet te ndiqte Meidani duhej te ishte rruga normale, konstitucionale. T'i jepte shanse qeverise te rikompozohej, ti jepte shanse maxhorances te rizgjidhte kete apo nje tjeter per kryeminister dhe e fundit, t'i jepte shans te gjithe harkut politik shqiptar, te mblidhte ne nje tavoiline te gjithe partite politike, te rikompozonte nje formacion politik qe mund te qeveriste Shqiperine, qe do te merrte me pas disa detyra specifike. Dhe nese te gjitha keto tentativa konstitucionale do te deshtonin, atehere te ndertonte nje qeveri teknike e cila te pakten te ndryshonte kodin zgjedhor dhe me pas te beheshin zgjedhjet ne vere. Une mendoj se kjo eshte rruga me e mire konstitucionale qe Meidani ka kohe ta beje akoma. Persa i perket zotit Berisha une shikoj se i ka vene nje dekor te ri Partise Demokratike. Por mendoj se PD nuk ka nevoje per dekor, sepse ate e ka te shendoshe. Ka nevoje per esence. Une do te permendja dy raste qe fatkeqeisht kane ndodhur ne Shqiperi. Dy njerez votohen pa kandidate rivale. Nje eshte zoti Berisha ne Kuvendin e fundit dhe nje eshte zonja Meta a zonja Kryemadhi ne FRESH. Vetem keto dy personazhe jane kaq te plotfuqishem brenda ambjenteve te veta, sa nuk ka kurajo te dale asnje kundershtar qofte edhe formalisht. Dhe diten qe nuk ka kurajo te dale asnje kundershtar qofte edhe formalisht, liria ka vdekur qofte edhe formalisht. Intervistoi E. Arizaj --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Mon Jan 14 21:08:37 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:08:37 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Flamuri i VATRES - Korrieri Message-ID: <20020115020837.48870.qmail@web11507.mail.yahoo.com> Ne rastaurim flamuri "Vatra" Ne rastaurim flamuri "Vatra" Ne Laboratorin e Konservimit te Institutit te Kultures Popullore, ne Tirane, po restaurohet flamuri zyrtar i Bandes Kombetare "Vatra". Ky flamur, i cili eshte nje dhurate e Shoqerise Drenovare "Bashkimi" per Banden Kombetare te Shoqerise "Vatra", u perdor nga kjo bande, gjate nje vizite ne Korce, para Luftes se Dyte Boterore, e prej asaj kohe, flamuri i prodhuar ne SH.B.A, ka qendruar ne Shqiperi. Frederik Stamati, shef i Laboratorit te Konservimit, beri te ditur se "flamuri iu dorezua ne vitin 1946 Komitetit te Shkencave ne Tirane, deri ne kohen e krijimit te Institutit te Historise e Gjuhesise, i cili u be per shume vjet streha e tij". Ne vitin 1979, me krijimin e Institutit te Kultures Popullore, flamuri i Bandes Kombetare te Shoqerise "Vatra", kaloi ne fondin e ketij instituti. Aktualisht ai eshte shume i demtuar dhe nderhyrja e specialisteve te Laboratorit te Konservimit, beri te mundur qe shume shpejt ai te kthehet ne gjendjen normale, e madje te jete gati per tu ekspozuar ne aktivitete te ndryshme. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Tue Jan 15 09:20:58 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 06:20:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Network of East -West Women Message-ID: <20020115142058.35789.qmail@web11504.mail.yahoo.com> Bridges for Education www.bridges4edu.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 04:27:39 +0200 From: Lucian Branea Reply-To: romania_eu_list at yahoogroups.com To: romania_eu_list at yahoogroups.com Subject: [romania_eu_list] Fw: CfA: Fellowships for Women from CEE-NIS Region ----- Original Message ----- From: Stefan Wolff To: ETHNOPOLITICS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 3:29 PM Subject: CfA: Fellowships for Women from CEE-NIS Region Fellows, 2002 Economic and Social Policy Fellowship Program / Network of East-West Women (NEWW) / US and CEE, NIS, Russian Federation / Closing date: February 1, 2002. The Organization: The Network of East-West Women (NEWW) is an international membership and advocacy organization linking women in more than 30 countries in Central and Southeastern Europe, the New Independent States and the Russian Federation. Through the Legal Fellowship Program and other projects, NEWW supports independent women's movements that foster women's participation in all aspects of public decision-making. NEWW's primary objective is to increase the capacity of women and women's NGOs to shape policies that affect women's lives. NEWW is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2002 Economic and Social Policy Fellowship Program. This program provides intensive training and regional networking opportunities to young women from Central and Eastern Europe, the New Independent States and the Russian Federation working to achieve economic and social justice for women. Fellows will sharpen their skills in feminist economic analysis and advocacy; they will learn strategies to influence economic and social policy formulation in ways that benefit women; and they will develop working partnerships with each other and with seasoned professionals in the field of economic justice. PROGRAM DATES: Deadline for Applications: 1 February 2002. U.S. Placement: 19 August - 15 December 2002. In-Country Follow-On Projects: 1 January - 31 December 2003. DURATION: 16 Months. ELIGIBILITY: Applications are encouraged from women economists, NGO activists, trade unionists or others from CEE/NIS/Russian Federation working on issues of economic and social justice for women. Candidates must: 1) have experience and a demonstrated commitment to women's rights advocacy; 2) be affiliated with an established women's organization/institute that will support the candidate's follow-on project if selected for the Program; and 3) be fluent in written and spoken English. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The goal of the NEWW Economic and Social Policy Fellowship Program is to build the capacity of women and women's organizations to effectively counter gender-based economic and social discrimination, and to advance women's integration in public policy decision-making. Supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation and by private donors, the Economic and Social Policy Fellowship Program provides an intensive training experience in feminist economics, public policy and grassroots women's activism. During the U.S. placement period, Fellows participate in a 2-week training program in Washington DC, and complete a four-month internship at a U.S.- based policy institution. Every effort is made to match each Fellow with an organization that is conducting work related the Fellow's specific interest area. In December 2002, Fellows return to their home countries to complete a one-year follow-on project. Each Fellow designs and raises funds for her project while in the U.S., with support from NEWW and her host organization. STIPEND: Fellowships includes travel to and from the placement site in the United States, short-term medical insurance, and a monthly stipend to cover room and board expenses during the U.S. portion of the program. Housing is arranged in an international student house or similar student accommodation. In some cases Fellows are placed with families in their host city. Upon successful completion of the U.S. portion of the Program, NEWW provides each Fellow with a small seed grant to begin implementation of her follow-on project. APPLICATION PROCEDURES: There is no application form for this Program. Applicants should submit the following materials in English: * a cover letter summarizing: 1) the applicant's involvement in the field of women's rights; 2) her training and experience in economics and/or public policy; and 3) her work with local women's organizations. * a curriculum vitae; * two letters of recommendation in English, or accompanied by English translations, including all current contact information for the letter's author. All written recommendations will be verified by local NEWW contacts or via telephone by NEWW staff; * a personal statement describing the applicant's future career plans, and her reasons for applying to the Economic and Social Policy Fellowship Program. * 3-5 page country briefing paper about women's economic status in her country, including recommendations for advocacy and reform. The paper may focus on one or more issues of current relevance in the applicant's country, and should demonstrate the applicant's ability to write and formulate arguments in English. * a signed declaration that, if selected for the Program, the applicant will return to her home country to complete a 12-month follow-on project immediately following the U.S. placement period. Completed application packets should be sent by email to NEWW at . If email is not possible, please send the complete application packet by regular mail to the address below. Following review by an International Selection Committee, a maximum of 5 finalists will be selected for personal interviews, which will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania, 18-20 March 2002. Selected finalists will be notified of their interview by 20 February, 2002. Notification of Fellowship awards will be made April 15, 2002. CONTACT PERSON: Laurie MacDonald Brumberg Membership & Fellowship Program Director Network of East-West Women Email: lbrumberg at neww.org 1761 S Street NW, Suite LL-12 Washington, DC 20009 Tel (202) 299-9001 Fax (202) 299-9003 Website: www.neww.org --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Tue Jan 15 09:22:50 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 06:22:50 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] General Reinhardt presentation Message-ID: <20020115142250.36210.qmail@web11504.mail.yahoo.com> From: Wim van Meurs On January 18th, 2002, General. Klaus Reinhardt will speak about his experiences as commander of KFOR in Kosovo 1999-2000. The presentation (in English) is part of the on-line seminar "Contending Approaches to International Peace and Conflict Prevention in the Context of European Integration and Transatlantic Relations" with students in Paris at Sciences Po and in Munich at the Center for Applied Policy Research of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University as well as the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs in New York. The presentation with ample time for discussion (both live and online) will take place in the library of the Center for Applied Policy Research at the Maria-Theresia-strasse 21 in Munich, 18.01.2002, 5-7 pm. As the number of seats in the auditorium is limited, advance notification of your participation is kindly requested. Online the live presentation can be found at http://www.rboston.com/tisk2001/webcast/webcast14/vid_chat.htm (Realplayer) with the option to ask questions via chat. Best regards, Dr. Wim van Meurs Tel. 089-2180.1339 meurs at lrz.uni-muenchen.de --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Tue Jan 15 09:26:13 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 06:26:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Amnesty International on Refat Tafili Message-ID: <20020115142613.36746.qmail@web11504.mail.yahoo.com> AI: Greece: Sweep Operation: the alleged ill-treatment and torture of 16-year-old Refat Tafili, an Albanian citizen http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/Index/EUR250102001?OpenDocument&of=COUNTRIES\G REECE Public amnesty international GREECE Sweep Operation: the alleged ill-treatment and torture of 16-year-old Refat Tafili, an Albanian citizen GREECE Sweep Operation: the alleged ill-treatment and torture of 16-year-old Refat Tafili, an Albanian citizen Amnesty International continues to receive complaints that Greek police officers have beaten and otherwise ill-treated Albanian unauthorized migrant workers while arresting and/or forcibly returning them to Albania in periodic round-ups often referred to as "sweep operations". One such case is that of 16-year-old Refat Tafili. Amnesty International is concerned that investigations into his allegations of ill-treatment have been neither prompt nor thorough. The organization calls for any police officers identified as responsible for his ill-treatment and injuries to be brought to justice and for Refat Tafili to be granted compensation. Refat Tafili, aged 16, an unauthorized migrant from Geg? village, Ku?ova district, Albania, came to Greece in December 2000. With the help of a relative, who had been legally working in Greece since 1997, he found work at a printworks in the town of Krioneri in Attica. According to his account, at 9.30pm on the evening of 8 February 2001 three plainclothes police officers carried out a raid at a house in the Aghios Stephanos quarter of Athens where he and some other Albanians were staying. He describes his experiences as follows: "[w]hen I came back from work, I ate and was preparing to go to sleep, when the police came. They opened the door and came in. They caught hold of me and took me outside. They pushed me to the ground and began to kick my stomach and legs. They dazzled my eyes with an electric torch and spoke to me in Greek, but I didn't understand. [Then][t]hey brought me back inside and began to search all the belongings that were there. After that they took me away in a jeep. They drove off, and some 100 metres on, two other Albanians were walking by, one of them was A. and the other B . The police stopped them and checked their documents; they let A. go, but they put B. [whose documents were reportedly in order] in the jeep. They took us to the police station at Aghios Stephanos. There they took us out of the jeep and put us in a cell. In the cell I felt faint and lost consciousness. B. called the police and told them I was ill. They told B. to take me to the bathroom and to throw water on my face. While B. was taking me to the bathroom I began to feel nauseous. One of the police officers took me and put me out of the police station; as I came out I vomited. Then they released me and said something to me in Greek, but I didn't understand. I had walked about 100 metres when B. caught up with me and took me by the arm. I told him to take me to the hotel where my cousin worked..." The police reportedly failed to record the detention and release of the two me, and the names of the police officers concerned. Early the next morning his relatives took Refat Tafili to the "G. Gennimatas" General State Hospital of Athens, where he was admitted to the intensive care unit. He was found to have suffered a double rupture of the spleen, and underwent an emergency operation for the removal of his spleen. The surgeon who carried out the operation was reportedly told by a relative that Refat Tafili had been beaten by police. He remained in hospital for just over a week and his relatives were informed that he would be discharged on 17 February. However, regulations were then in force which required hospitals to report and hand over unauthorized migrants to the police for expulsion . Accordingly, at 8.30 am on 17 February, while his relatives were waiting to collect him, seven armed police officers arrested Refat Tafili at the hospital and took him to Papagos police station, Athens. A relative who protested was also taken by the police to Papagos police station where he related the ill-treatment which Refat Tafili had suffered on 8 February. Throughout his description he was reportedly frequently interrupted by police who threatened to arrest him if he did not tell the truth. He and Refat Tafili were then sent to police headquarters in Athens, where they filed a complaint against the officers who had beaten Refat. The relative was then released and Refat Tafili was transferred to Aghia Paraskevi police station, where he identified one of the three officers who had beaten him on the night of 8 February 2001. Criminal proceedings were initiated ex officio by the police department against the officer and other unknown police officers. An internal administrative investigation (Enorki Diikitiki Exetasi or Sworn Admnistrative Investigation) was also opened. Refat Tafili was still weak and in pain; his hospital medical notes had recommended that following his operation particular care be taken to prevent "infections since without the spleen the body's defences against certain germs are weakened". In this weakened state he was nonetheless held in a cell, in what are reported to have been extremely cramped and unhygienic conditions, together with five adult foreign nationals. It is alleged that for two days he was denied food, was not permitted visits from a relative, and was allowed to leave the cell to go to the toilet only twice a day, in the morning and evening. It was only on the insistence of a relative that after two days he was given the medication he had been prescribed, though not at the prescribed hour. On 22 February 2001, and while still detained, Refat Tafili was ordered by the Ministry of Public Order to leave the country within 15 days, although his medical notes recommended that he remain under the medical supervision for at least two months . However, shortly before his release that day his health seriously deteriorated; he was taken, in handcuffs, from the police station to the Sismanoglio hospital (where he remained until 5 March 2001) with a high fever and internal bleeding. It was during his stay in this hospital that his case came to the notice of the press and was publicized. On 26 February 2001 Refat Tafili's lawyer filed an appeal against his expulsion; on 8 March the Greek Ombudsperson recommended he be granted leave to stay in Greece (in the public interest and on humanitarian grounds) and he was subsequently granted leave, on exceptional grounds, to remain in the country for a further six months (until 8 September 2001). This leave has since been extended to 8 March 2002. According to Refat Tafili's lawyer, attempts to identify the other police officers who allegedly ill-treated him have been hindered because the police officer in charge of the investigation refused to allow Refat Tafili to be accompanied by his lawyer and an interpreter at an identity parade at Aghios Stephanos Police Station. This was despite the fact that, as his lawyer pointed out, he was under age, had no parents in Greece, did not speak Greek and was traumatized. Refat Tafili was frightened to attend the identity parade alone, and so it did not take place. The outcome of the administrative investigation, which ended in September 2001, was that the only police officer identified as having ill-treated Refat Tafili was the officer Refat Tafili had himself originally identified . Refat Tafili's lawyer has observed that the Aghios Stephanos Police Station has a small staff of only a few police officers, and that it should not be difficult to identify who was on duty on the day in question, and which officers accompanied the officer identified by Refat Tafili. Refat Tafili's complaint is also under judicial investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Athens (Case file: B 2001/631), and criminal proceedings have been started against the officer identified by Refat Tafili. On 27 July the public prosecutor in charge of the case ordered a supplementary investigation, which ended on 7 September. This investigation also failed to identify the two other police officers alleged to be involved in the ill-treatment of Refat Tafili. The case has been returned to the public prosecutor. Amnesty International is concerned that the investigation of Refat Tafili's complaint appears to have been neither prompt nor thorough. Each of the following rights recognized under national and international law and standards were violated in this case: The Greek Constitution and national law A) Both specifically prohibit the use of ill-treatment or torture. Article 7, paragraph 2, of the Greek Constitution states that: "[T]orture, any bodily maltreatment, impairment of health or the use of psychological violence, as well as any other offence against human dignity, are prohibited and punished as provided by law". Under national legislation, Article 137A-D of the Penal Code, dealing with "Torture and other attacks on human dignity" defines torture as: "... any systematic infliction of acute physical pain, or of physical exhaustion endangering the health of a person, or of mental suffering capable of leading to severe psychological damage, as well as any illegal use of chemicals, drugs or other natural or artificial means with the aim of bending the victim's will" (Art. 137A paragraph 2) - when perpetrated by a "an official or military whose duties include the prosecution, interrogation or investigation of criminal offences or breaches of discipline or the execution of punishments or the guarding or the custody of detainees...[on] a person who is in his power with the aim of a) extorting from this person or a third person a confession, testimony, information or statement, repudiation or acceptance of a political or other ideology; b) punishing c) intimidating the person or a third person" (Art.137A paragraph 1). The prescribed penalty, in principle, for someone found guilty of torture is from three years' to life imprisonment. The penalty is of at least 10 years in the most serious cases (such as for example the use of the falanga or electric-shock equipment - Art. 137B paragraph 1a), and is life imprisonment if the victim dies (Art. 137B paragraph 3). Less serious cases involving "Physical injury, injury to the health, the use of illegal physical or psychological force and any other serious attack on human dignity, which is committed by persons under the conditions and for the purposes defined in paragraph 1", are punished by three to five years' imprisonment (Art.137A paragraph 3). Additionally, persons convicted of torture are automatically deprived of their political rights and dismissed from their jobs (Art. 137C). Under Article 137D paragraph 4 "the victim of the offences [defined] in articles 137A and 137B has a right to demand from the individual and the state which are entirely responsible compensation for damages done to him/her and pecuniary satisfaction for psychological and moral damage". B) The obligation to inform the detainee about his or her rights and charges against him or her The right of a person arrested or detained to be assisted by a lawyer, to consult and communicate with him, is guaranteed under Articles 96 -108 of the Code of Penal Procedure. Moreover, Article 44 (3) of Law 2910/2001 (adopted by the Greek Parliament on 2 May 2001) clearly states that a foreigner should be informed about the reasons of his detention in a language he or she understands. The right of access to a lawyer is safeguarded by Presidential Decree 141/1991 (Section 60, para xiii) and Order No 4803/22/14?a. According to the Ministry of Public Order [in response to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) President's letter of 14 May 1997], detainees' communication with a lawyer of their choice: "is exercised immediately after their being brought before the relevant police authority. This means that as soon as the detainees or aliens arrested with a view to expulsion are brought to the police station (i.e. a few minutes after their arrest) they are given the opportunity to exercise the right described above." In November 1995 the Ministry of Public Order issued a circular (Order no.4803/22/14-a of 3 November 1995) providing for the publication of two information sheets setting out the rights of detainees, and for the translation of such material at present reportedly carried out into 13 foreign languages . The first information sheet deals with the rights of all detainees; the second is designed for foreign nationals detained pending deportation, and has been expanded to include an explanation of the deportation procedure. Non-governmental organizations working with foreigners detained pending deportation report that with very few exceptions detainees are not given these information sheets, although these are reportedly posted up in a few police stations or holding centres for aliens, nor were the detainees informed orally of their rights . According to information provided to the CPT by the Ministry of Public Order (response of 18 October 1998), paragraph 12 of this Order states: "all persons arrested by police should be given these information sheets immediately after they are brought to a police station. Police are also required to explain orally their rights to detainees and to draw up a report recording that the information sheet and the oral explanation have been duly provided. Where necessary, the services of an interpreter or consular authority should be used to explain the detainee's rights to him or her". The same circular explicitly mentions that: "[s]pecial sensitivity and care must be shown in case of the detention of minors or persons with special needs under legal restriction or assistance. In each case, the persons responsible for them or their relatives should be informed". Amnesty International is concerned that the police officers at Aghios Stephanos Police Station denied Refat Tafili the assistance of a lawyer and an interpreter despite the fact that he was under age and could not speak Greek when he was requested to attend the identity parade at the police station. The organization is also concerned that he was allegedly denied visits from a relative for two days while in detention in Aghia Paraskevi police station. C) Conditions of detention Amnesty International is concerned that Refat Tafili, a minor, was kept in detention with adult prisoners although according to Greece's Initial Report to the United Nations Committee for the Rights of the Child (CRC/C/28/Add.17, published on 25 June 2001), minor offenders are "detained in a separate part of the police premises, and then, if detention on remand is required, they are detained in Juvenile Institutions of Correction". Moreover, in its report , the CPT "feels compelled to point out that at the police establishments visited, a large number of foreign nationals were subjected for prolonged periods of time to a combination of negative factors - overcrowding, appalling material conditions and levels of hygiene, lack of outdoor exercise, absence of any activities - which could easily be described as inhuman and degrading treatment". The circular Order no. 4803/22/a referred to above from the Ministry of Public Order also specifically requires the police to provide for a doctor if the detainee is ill, and to transfer the detainee to hospital immediately if he or she requires medical care of a kind which is not available at the police station or place of detention. Amnesty International is concerned about allegations that not only was Refat Tafili put out onto the street without any assistance from the authorities after he was taken ill at Aghios Stephanos police station, but also that, when he was re-arrested at the hospital after his operation a few days later, he was held in cramped and unsanitary conditions, with restricted access to toilet facilities, and for two days allegedly denied food and prescribed medication. International Standards A) Prohibitions on torture and ill-treatment Greece ratified the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 1988. In doing so, it expressly undertook to prevent torture taking place within its territory by, among other things, undertaking to educate and train law enforcement officers; to ensure that its competent authorities proceed to a prompt and impartial investigation of complaints of torture and of cases where there are reasonable grounds to believe that an act of torture has been committed even if no complaint has been made; to ensure that victims of torture have the right to compensation or, where a death had occurred as a result of an act of torture, that the victim's dependants are entitled to compensation; and that the penalties for those responsible for the torture are appropriate. Article 2, Paragraph 1, of this Convention states that: " Each State Party shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction". Article 37, Paragraph a, of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC), which Greece ratified in May 1993 and is therefore bound to observe, states that: "[N]o child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (...)". Greece also ratified the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) in November 1974. Article 3 of this Convention states that: "No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment". In 1991 Greece ratified the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which not only prohibits the practice of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, but also sets up a system of regular inspections of places of detention by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. Greece is legally bound to observe the provisions of this treaty. B) The right of access to a lawyer is recognized by international law and standards and recommendations such as the United Nations Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment (Body of Principles) and the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers. In the case of minors, Article 37 (d) of the CRC states that: "[E]very child deprived of his or her liberty shall have the right to prompt access to legal and other appropriate assistance, as well as the right to challenge the legality of the deprivation of his or liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial authority, and to a prompt decision on any such action". Internationally recognized standards also require that anyone who has been arrested should be informed at the time of the arrest of the reasons for his or her arrest and be promptly informed of any criminal charges against him or her in a language he or she can understand. According to Article 40 (2 b ii) of the CRC: "[E]very child alleged as or accused of having infringed the penal law has at least the following guarantees (...): [t]o be informed promptly and directly of the charges against him or her, and, if appropriate, through his or her parents or legal guardians, and to have legal or other appropriate assistance in the preparation and presentation of his or her defence". Paragraph 2 (vi) of the same article recognizes the right for the child "[t]o have free assistance of an interpreter if the child cannot understand or speak the language used". C) Access to relatives International human rights standards require that immediate notice of detention be given and that prompt access to the detainee be granted to families of detainees. Rule 92 of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Standard Minimum Rules) states: "An untried prisoner shall be allowed to inform immediately his family of his detention and shall be given all reasonable facilities for communicating with his family and friends, and for receiving visits from them, subject only to restrictions and supervision as are necessary in the interests of the administration of justice and of the security and good order of the institution". Similarly, Principle 16 (1) of the Body of Principles provides that detainees are entitled to notify members of their families about their detention promptly after they are placed in custody. D) Treatment of prisoners and conditions of imprisonment Article 37 (c), of the CRC provides that: "[e]very child deprived of liberty shall be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, and in a manner which takes into account the needs of persons of his or her age. In particular, every child deprived of liberty shall be separated from adults unless it is considered in the child's best interest not to do so and shall have the right to maintain contact with his or her family through correspondence and visits, save in exceptional circumstances". Rule 8 (d) of the Standard Minimum Rules clearly state that: "[t]he different categories of prisoners shall be kept in separate institutions or parts of institutions taking account of their sex, age, criminal record, the legal reason for their detention and the necessities of their treatment (...). [In particular], [y]oung prisoners shall be kept separate from adults". Rules 10 to 26 of the same Standard Minimum Rules define and provide for good conditions of detention, including clothing, food and access to medical services. In particular, "[a]ll accommodation provided for the use of prisoners and in particular all sleeping accommodation shall meet all requirements of health, due regard being paid to climatic conditions and particularly to cubic content of air, minimum floor space, lighting, heating and ventilation" (Rule 10). Moreover, access to facilities and toilets should never be denied nor restricted. "The sanitary installations shall be adequate to enable every prisoner to comply with the need of nature when necessary and in a clean and decent manner" (Rule 12). "Every prisoner shall be provided by the administration at the usual hours with food of nutritional value adequate for health and strength, of wholesome quality and well prepared and served. Drinking water shall be available to every prisoner whenever he needs it" (Rule 20). "Sick prisoners who require specialist treatment shall be transferred to specialized institutions or to civil hospitals. Where hospital facilities are provided in an institution, their equipment, furnishings and pharmaceutical supplies shall be proper for the medical care and treatment of sick prisoners, and there shall be a staff of suitable trained officers" (Rule 22 (2)). Recommendations Amnesty International is calling on the Greek authorities q to conduct a prompt, thorough, impartial and independent investigation into the alleged ill-treatment of Refat Tafili q to bring to justice any police officers identified as responsible whether directly or on the basis of superior responsibility q to ensure that Refat Tafili receives fair and adequate compensation if the allegations are found proven as required by international law and standards and recommendations. Moreover, the organization urges the Greek authorities to: q take immediate steps to ensure that police are not only informed of the dispositions contained in circular Order no.4803/22/14a (of 3 November 1995) providing for the publication of two information sheets setting out the rights of detainees and their translation, but are required to implement them. q ensure that competent interpreters are on call to assist when foreigners are detained q ensure that detainees are immediately seen by an [independent] doctor after arrest, that they get prompt and effective medical attention and that medical records are kept in accordance with good medical practices and made available to the detainees q take all measures to ensure that detainees are allowed access to their families and visits from relatives q ensure that all detainees are given prompt access to legal counsel and that counsel is able to be present at all stages of proceedings including identity parades and to communicate in confidence with detainees q take all measures to ensure that minor detainees are not held with adult detainees q take all steps to improve conditions of detention in Greece, in line with international law and standards and CPT recommendations. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? 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Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Tue Jan 15 09:26:33 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 06:26:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Amnesty International on Refat Tafili Message-ID: <20020115142633.36840.qmail@web11504.mail.yahoo.com> AI: Greece: Sweep Operation: the alleged ill-treatment and torture of 16-year-old Refat Tafili, an Albanian citizen http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/Index/EUR250102001?OpenDocument&of=COUNTRIES\G REECE Public amnesty international GREECE Sweep Operation: the alleged ill-treatment and torture of 16-year-old Refat Tafili, an Albanian citizen GREECE Sweep Operation: the alleged ill-treatment and torture of 16-year-old Refat Tafili, an Albanian citizen Amnesty International continues to receive complaints that Greek police officers have beaten and otherwise ill-treated Albanian unauthorized migrant workers while arresting and/or forcibly returning them to Albania in periodic round-ups often referred to as "sweep operations". One such case is that of 16-year-old Refat Tafili. Amnesty International is concerned that investigations into his allegations of ill-treatment have been neither prompt nor thorough. The organization calls for any police officers identified as responsible for his ill-treatment and injuries to be brought to justice and for Refat Tafili to be granted compensation. Refat Tafili, aged 16, an unauthorized migrant from Geg? village, Ku?ova district, Albania, came to Greece in December 2000. With the help of a relative, who had been legally working in Greece since 1997, he found work at a printworks in the town of Krioneri in Attica. According to his account, at 9.30pm on the evening of 8 February 2001 three plainclothes police officers carried out a raid at a house in the Aghios Stephanos quarter of Athens where he and some other Albanians were staying. He describes his experiences as follows: "[w]hen I came back from work, I ate and was preparing to go to sleep, when the police came. They opened the door and came in. They caught hold of me and took me outside. They pushed me to the ground and began to kick my stomach and legs. They dazzled my eyes with an electric torch and spoke to me in Greek, but I didn't understand. [Then][t]hey brought me back inside and began to search all the belongings that were there. After that they took me away in a jeep. They drove off, and some 100 metres on, two other Albanians were walking by, one of them was A. and the other B . The police stopped them and checked their documents; they let A. go, but they put B. [whose documents were reportedly in order] in the jeep. They took us to the police station at Aghios Stephanos. There they took us out of the jeep and put us in a cell. In the cell I felt faint and lost consciousness. B. called the police and told them I was ill. They told B. to take me to the bathroom and to throw water on my face. While B. was taking me to the bathroom I began to feel nauseous. One of the police officers took me and put me out of the police station; as I came out I vomited. Then they released me and said something to me in Greek, but I didn't understand. I had walked about 100 metres when B. caught up with me and took me by the arm. I told him to take me to the hotel where my cousin worked..." The police reportedly failed to record the detention and release of the two me, and the names of the police officers concerned. Early the next morning his relatives took Refat Tafili to the "G. Gennimatas" General State Hospital of Athens, where he was admitted to the intensive care unit. He was found to have suffered a double rupture of the spleen, and underwent an emergency operation for the removal of his spleen. The surgeon who carried out the operation was reportedly told by a relative that Refat Tafili had been beaten by police. He remained in hospital for just over a week and his relatives were informed that he would be discharged on 17 February. However, regulations were then in force which required hospitals to report and hand over unauthorized migrants to the police for expulsion . Accordingly, at 8.30 am on 17 February, while his relatives were waiting to collect him, seven armed police officers arrested Refat Tafili at the hospital and took him to Papagos police station, Athens. A relative who protested was also taken by the police to Papagos police station where he related the ill-treatment which Refat Tafili had suffered on 8 February. Throughout his description he was reportedly frequently interrupted by police who threatened to arrest him if he did not tell the truth. He and Refat Tafili were then sent to police headquarters in Athens, where they filed a complaint against the officers who had beaten Refat. The relative was then released and Refat Tafili was transferred to Aghia Paraskevi police station, where he identified one of the three officers who had beaten him on the night of 8 February 2001. Criminal proceedings were initiated ex officio by the police department against the officer and other unknown police officers. An internal administrative investigation (Enorki Diikitiki Exetasi or Sworn Admnistrative Investigation) was also opened. Refat Tafili was still weak and in pain; his hospital medical notes had recommended that following his operation particular care be taken to prevent "infections since without the spleen the body's defences against certain germs are weakened". In this weakened state he was nonetheless held in a cell, in what are reported to have been extremely cramped and unhygienic conditions, together with five adult foreign nationals. It is alleged that for two days he was denied food, was not permitted visits from a relative, and was allowed to leave the cell to go to the toilet only twice a day, in the morning and evening. It was only on the insistence of a relative that after two days he was given the medication he had been prescribed, though not at the prescribed hour. On 22 February 2001, and while still detained, Refat Tafili was ordered by the Ministry of Public Order to leave the country within 15 days, although his medical notes recommended that he remain under the medical supervision for at least two months . However, shortly before his release that day his health seriously deteriorated; he was taken, in handcuffs, from the police station to the Sismanoglio hospital (where he remained until 5 March 2001) with a high fever and internal bleeding. It was during his stay in this hospital that his case came to the notice of the press and was publicized. On 26 February 2001 Refat Tafili's lawyer filed an appeal against his expulsion; on 8 March the Greek Ombudsperson recommended he be granted leave to stay in Greece (in the public interest and on humanitarian grounds) and he was subsequently granted leave, on exceptional grounds, to remain in the country for a further six months (until 8 September 2001). This leave has since been extended to 8 March 2002. According to Refat Tafili's lawyer, attempts to identify the other police officers who allegedly ill-treated him have been hindered because the police officer in charge of the investigation refused to allow Refat Tafili to be accompanied by his lawyer and an interpreter at an identity parade at Aghios Stephanos Police Station. This was despite the fact that, as his lawyer pointed out, he was under age, had no parents in Greece, did not speak Greek and was traumatized. Refat Tafili was frightened to attend the identity parade alone, and so it did not take place. The outcome of the administrative investigation, which ended in September 2001, was that the only police officer identified as having ill-treated Refat Tafili was the officer Refat Tafili had himself originally identified . Refat Tafili's lawyer has observed that the Aghios Stephanos Police Station has a small staff of only a few police officers, and that it should not be difficult to identify who was on duty on the day in question, and which officers accompanied the officer identified by Refat Tafili. Refat Tafili's complaint is also under judicial investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Athens (Case file: B 2001/631), and criminal proceedings have been started against the officer identified by Refat Tafili. On 27 July the public prosecutor in charge of the case ordered a supplementary investigation, which ended on 7 September. This investigation also failed to identify the two other police officers alleged to be involved in the ill-treatment of Refat Tafili. The case has been returned to the public prosecutor. Amnesty International is concerned that the investigation of Refat Tafili's complaint appears to have been neither prompt nor thorough. Each of the following rights recognized under national and international law and standards were violated in this case: The Greek Constitution and national law A) Both specifically prohibit the use of ill-treatment or torture. Article 7, paragraph 2, of the Greek Constitution states that: "[T]orture, any bodily maltreatment, impairment of health or the use of psychological violence, as well as any other offence against human dignity, are prohibited and punished as provided by law". Under national legislation, Article 137A-D of the Penal Code, dealing with "Torture and other attacks on human dignity" defines torture as: "... any systematic infliction of acute physical pain, or of physical exhaustion endangering the health of a person, or of mental suffering capable of leading to severe psychological damage, as well as any illegal use of chemicals, drugs or other natural or artificial means with the aim of bending the victim's will" (Art. 137A paragraph 2) - when perpetrated by a "an official or military whose duties include the prosecution, interrogation or investigation of criminal offences or breaches of discipline or the execution of punishments or the guarding or the custody of detainees...[on] a person who is in his power with the aim of a) extorting from this person or a third person a confession, testimony, information or statement, repudiation or acceptance of a political or other ideology; b) punishing c) intimidating the person or a third person" (Art.137A paragraph 1). The prescribed penalty, in principle, for someone found guilty of torture is from three years' to life imprisonment. The penalty is of at least 10 years in the most serious cases (such as for example the use of the falanga or electric-shock equipment - Art. 137B paragraph 1a), and is life imprisonment if the victim dies (Art. 137B paragraph 3). Less serious cases involving "Physical injury, injury to the health, the use of illegal physical or psychological force and any other serious attack on human dignity, which is committed by persons under the conditions and for the purposes defined in paragraph 1", are punished by three to five years' imprisonment (Art.137A paragraph 3). Additionally, persons convicted of torture are automatically deprived of their political rights and dismissed from their jobs (Art. 137C). Under Article 137D paragraph 4 "the victim of the offences [defined] in articles 137A and 137B has a right to demand from the individual and the state which are entirely responsible compensation for damages done to him/her and pecuniary satisfaction for psychological and moral damage". B) The obligation to inform the detainee about his or her rights and charges against him or her The right of a person arrested or detained to be assisted by a lawyer, to consult and communicate with him, is guaranteed under Articles 96 -108 of the Code of Penal Procedure. Moreover, Article 44 (3) of Law 2910/2001 (adopted by the Greek Parliament on 2 May 2001) clearly states that a foreigner should be informed about the reasons of his detention in a language he or she understands. The right of access to a lawyer is safeguarded by Presidential Decree 141/1991 (Section 60, para xiii) and Order No 4803/22/14?a. According to the Ministry of Public Order [in response to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) President's letter of 14 May 1997], detainees' communication with a lawyer of their choice: "is exercised immediately after their being brought before the relevant police authority. This means that as soon as the detainees or aliens arrested with a view to expulsion are brought to the police station (i.e. a few minutes after their arrest) they are given the opportunity to exercise the right described above." In November 1995 the Ministry of Public Order issued a circular (Order no.4803/22/14-a of 3 November 1995) providing for the publication of two information sheets setting out the rights of detainees, and for the translation of such material at present reportedly carried out into 13 foreign languages . The first information sheet deals with the rights of all detainees; the second is designed for foreign nationals detained pending deportation, and has been expanded to include an explanation of the deportation procedure. Non-governmental organizations working with foreigners detained pending deportation report that with very few exceptions detainees are not given these information sheets, although these are reportedly posted up in a few police stations or holding centres for aliens, nor were the detainees informed orally of their rights . According to information provided to the CPT by the Ministry of Public Order (response of 18 October 1998), paragraph 12 of this Order states: "all persons arrested by police should be given these information sheets immediately after they are brought to a police station. Police are also required to explain orally their rights to detainees and to draw up a report recording that the information sheet and the oral explanation have been duly provided. Where necessary, the services of an interpreter or consular authority should be used to explain the detainee's rights to him or her". The same circular explicitly mentions that: "[s]pecial sensitivity and care must be shown in case of the detention of minors or persons with special needs under legal restriction or assistance. In each case, the persons responsible for them or their relatives should be informed". Amnesty International is concerned that the police officers at Aghios Stephanos Police Station denied Refat Tafili the assistance of a lawyer and an interpreter despite the fact that he was under age and could not speak Greek when he was requested to attend the identity parade at the police station. The organization is also concerned that he was allegedly denied visits from a relative for two days while in detention in Aghia Paraskevi police station. C) Conditions of detention Amnesty International is concerned that Refat Tafili, a minor, was kept in detention with adult prisoners although according to Greece's Initial Report to the United Nations Committee for the Rights of the Child (CRC/C/28/Add.17, published on 25 June 2001), minor offenders are "detained in a separate part of the police premises, and then, if detention on remand is required, they are detained in Juvenile Institutions of Correction". Moreover, in its report , the CPT "feels compelled to point out that at the police establishments visited, a large number of foreign nationals were subjected for prolonged periods of time to a combination of negative factors - overcrowding, appalling material conditions and levels of hygiene, lack of outdoor exercise, absence of any activities - which could easily be described as inhuman and degrading treatment". The circular Order no. 4803/22/a referred to above from the Ministry of Public Order also specifically requires the police to provide for a doctor if the detainee is ill, and to transfer the detainee to hospital immediately if he or she requires medical care of a kind which is not available at the police station or place of detention. Amnesty International is concerned about allegations that not only was Refat Tafili put out onto the street without any assistance from the authorities after he was taken ill at Aghios Stephanos police station, but also that, when he was re-arrested at the hospital after his operation a few days later, he was held in cramped and unsanitary conditions, with restricted access to toilet facilities, and for two days allegedly denied food and prescribed medication. International Standards A) Prohibitions on torture and ill-treatment Greece ratified the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 1988. In doing so, it expressly undertook to prevent torture taking place within its territory by, among other things, undertaking to educate and train law enforcement officers; to ensure that its competent authorities proceed to a prompt and impartial investigation of complaints of torture and of cases where there are reasonable grounds to believe that an act of torture has been committed even if no complaint has been made; to ensure that victims of torture have the right to compensation or, where a death had occurred as a result of an act of torture, that the victim's dependants are entitled to compensation; and that the penalties for those responsible for the torture are appropriate. Article 2, Paragraph 1, of this Convention states that: " Each State Party shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction". Article 37, Paragraph a, of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC), which Greece ratified in May 1993 and is therefore bound to observe, states that: "[N]o child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (...)". Greece also ratified the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) in November 1974. Article 3 of this Convention states that: "No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment". In 1991 Greece ratified the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which not only prohibits the practice of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, but also sets up a system of regular inspections of places of detention by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. Greece is legally bound to observe the provisions of this treaty. B) The right of access to a lawyer is recognized by international law and standards and recommendations such as the United Nations Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment (Body of Principles) and the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers. In the case of minors, Article 37 (d) of the CRC states that: "[E]very child deprived of his or her liberty shall have the right to prompt access to legal and other appropriate assistance, as well as the right to challenge the legality of the deprivation of his or liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial authority, and to a prompt decision on any such action". Internationally recognized standards also require that anyone who has been arrested should be informed at the time of the arrest of the reasons for his or her arrest and be promptly informed of any criminal charges against him or her in a language he or she can understand. According to Article 40 (2 b ii) of the CRC: "[E]very child alleged as or accused of having infringed the penal law has at least the following guarantees (...): [t]o be informed promptly and directly of the charges against him or her, and, if appropriate, through his or her parents or legal guardians, and to have legal or other appropriate assistance in the preparation and presentation of his or her defence". Paragraph 2 (vi) of the same article recognizes the right for the child "[t]o have free assistance of an interpreter if the child cannot understand or speak the language used". C) Access to relatives International human rights standards require that immediate notice of detention be given and that prompt access to the detainee be granted to families of detainees. Rule 92 of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Standard Minimum Rules) states: "An untried prisoner shall be allowed to inform immediately his family of his detention and shall be given all reasonable facilities for communicating with his family and friends, and for receiving visits from them, subject only to restrictions and supervision as are necessary in the interests of the administration of justice and of the security and good order of the institution". Similarly, Principle 16 (1) of the Body of Principles provides that detainees are entitled to notify members of their families about their detention promptly after they are placed in custody. D) Treatment of prisoners and conditions of imprisonment Article 37 (c), of the CRC provides that: "[e]very child deprived of liberty shall be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, and in a manner which takes into account the needs of persons of his or her age. In particular, every child deprived of liberty shall be separated from adults unless it is considered in the child's best interest not to do so and shall have the right to maintain contact with his or her family through correspondence and visits, save in exceptional circumstances". Rule 8 (d) of the Standard Minimum Rules clearly state that: "[t]he different categories of prisoners shall be kept in separate institutions or parts of institutions taking account of their sex, age, criminal record, the legal reason for their detention and the necessities of their treatment (...). [In particular], [y]oung prisoners shall be kept separate from adults". Rules 10 to 26 of the same Standard Minimum Rules define and provide for good conditions of detention, including clothing, food and access to medical services. In particular, "[a]ll accommodation provided for the use of prisoners and in particular all sleeping accommodation shall meet all requirements of health, due regard being paid to climatic conditions and particularly to cubic content of air, minimum floor space, lighting, heating and ventilation" (Rule 10). Moreover, access to facilities and toilets should never be denied nor restricted. "The sanitary installations shall be adequate to enable every prisoner to comply with the need of nature when necessary and in a clean and decent manner" (Rule 12). "Every prisoner shall be provided by the administration at the usual hours with food of nutritional value adequate for health and strength, of wholesome quality and well prepared and served. Drinking water shall be available to every prisoner whenever he needs it" (Rule 20). "Sick prisoners who require specialist treatment shall be transferred to specialized institutions or to civil hospitals. Where hospital facilities are provided in an institution, their equipment, furnishings and pharmaceutical supplies shall be proper for the medical care and treatment of sick prisoners, and there shall be a staff of suitable trained officers" (Rule 22 (2)). Recommendations Amnesty International is calling on the Greek authorities q to conduct a prompt, thorough, impartial and independent investigation into the alleged ill-treatment of Refat Tafili q to bring to justice any police officers identified as responsible whether directly or on the basis of superior responsibility q to ensure that Refat Tafili receives fair and adequate compensation if the allegations are found proven as required by international law and standards and recommendations. Moreover, the organization urges the Greek authorities to: q take immediate steps to ensure that police are not only informed of the dispositions contained in circular Order no.4803/22/14a (of 3 November 1995) providing for the publication of two information sheets setting out the rights of detainees and their translation, but are required to implement them. q ensure that competent interpreters are on call to assist when foreigners are detained q ensure that detainees are immediately seen by an [independent] doctor after arrest, that they get prompt and effective medical attention and that medical records are kept in accordance with good medical practices and made available to the detainees q take all measures to ensure that detainees are allowed access to their families and visits from relatives q ensure that all detainees are given prompt access to legal counsel and that counsel is able to be present at all stages of proceedings including identity parades and to communicate in confidence with detainees q take all measures to ensure that minor detainees are not held with adult detainees q take all steps to improve conditions of detention in Greece, in line with international law and standards and CPT recommendations. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Tue Jan 15 09:33:46 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 06:33:46 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Migrant Rights in Greece I Message-ID: <20020115143346.71081.qmail@web11508.mail.yahoo.com> Athens News: Supreme court upholds undocumented migrants' right to legal wages and benefits (K. Tzilivakis, 11-1-02) Migrants applaud supreme court ruling http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=12944&t=11&m=A12& aa=1 Greece's highest court safeguards undocumented migrant workers' right tolegal wages and benefits, even when they do not hold work permits BY KATHY TZILIVAKIS Undocumented migrant workers now have something to smile about GREECE'S supreme court has ruled in favour of an undocumented migrant claiming wages and holiday bonuses owed to him by his employer of eight years. The landmark decision will be published in the coming weeks. In a significant ruling that sets a binding precedent for other law courts, the supreme court upheld a lower court's decision overruling the employer's argument that she should not be required to compensate her former employee because he did not hold a valid work permit. The employer insisted that since there is no legally binding work contract, the migrant is not entitled to legally recognised wages and benefits. The court found that although the lack of a work permit rendered the migrant's employment contract illegal, he does have the right to receive benefits and Christmas, Easter and holiday bonuses worth two months' salary per year. Representatives of migrant groups as well as trade and labour unions applauded the supreme court's "bold" ruling, and hope that it will serve to demolish the long-standing practise by most employers to prefer undocumented migrant workers to Greeks and foreigners with work permits. "I believe (the ruling) is very positive for Greek and migrant workers," George Alevizakis, immigration special secretary at the Athens Labour Centre (EKA), told the Athens News. "This is good news for Greek workers who feel that employers are discriminating against them because they can pay foreigners without work permits lower wages... I hope this practice will soon come to an end." "Many Filipinos without work permits receive Christmas and summer bonuses, but this depends on the generosity of their employers," says Joe Valencia, president of Kasapi-Hellas (Unity of Filipino Migrant Workers in Greece). "I am very happy that this is something that reached the Supreme Court so that now we can chase employers who are unscrupulous," he said. The supreme court's ruling (1788/2001) is based on a civil code law pertaining to misappropriated gains (law 904) rather than on labour law. "This (ruling) is not something new," says labour lawyer and human rights activist Yianna Kurtovic. Numerous such cases have been tried in lower courts around the country in the past, she said, and the ruling is more often than not in favour of the undocumented migrants. "Foreigners without work permits have turned to the courts in the past to claim wages and benefits, and the courts have ruled in their favour, not based on labour laws (since there is no legal work contract to speak of), but on this law of misappropriated gains," Kurtovic says. "This basically means that the employer is obligated to pay the undocumented worker what he would have paid a Greek or a migrant with a work permit. The employer gained from keeping the benefits she would normally have paid to any other employee doing the same job with a valid work permit," she says. One technicality, however, which can be an obstacle to prosecution and compensation is that the undocumented migrant may be deported before the case is tried in court - as many as several years after the lawsuit is filed. But even those who are out of the country have the right to file a lawsuit against their past employers, Kurtovic notes. Occasionally employers have sought to settle claims out of court. But most employers are unaware that the law is not on their side. A carpenter in the western Athens industrial district of Aspropyrgos employs two Albanian men who do not hold work permits. He pays them about 170,000 drs (498 euros) (minimum wage) each month, but did not give them the mandatory holiday bonuses. "They haven't asked for the bonuses and I am not about to give it to them just like that," the carpenter told the Athens News on condition of anonymity. "I am not aware of the law." ATHENS NEWS , 11/01/2002 , page: A12 Article code: C12944A121 --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Tue Jan 15 09:35:01 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 06:35:01 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Migrant Rights in Greece II Message-ID: <20020115143501.27267.qmail@web11507.mail.yahoo.com> Athens News: Ombudsman warns of migrants legalisation process pitfalls (K. Tzilivakis, 4-1-02) Ombudsman warns of legalisation process pitfalls A new bill aims to establish a better organised and more effective statemechanism for issuing residence and work permits, but critics say the measuresare too little, too late http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=12943&m=A12&aa=1& eidos=S BY KATHY TZILIVAKIS Reaching for residency: Hundreds of agitated migrants crowd outside the Athens prefecture building GREECE'S ombudsman recently slammed the government for failing to bring some order to the chaos hounding the on-going migrant legalisation process. In a critical report, the country's defender of citizens' rights echoed concerns raised by thousands of distraught foreigners currently scrambling to secure residency in Greece. The 24-page, three-part document, which was made public last week, blames poor state coordination for a series of bureaucratic setbacks in the application process. The position of the ombudsman is clear: The legalisation process is in imminent danger of collapsing if officials at the interior ministry do not proceed with a series of long-overdue revisions. In the report, Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamantouros said that the application procedure in Athens (where the majority of migrants reside) is proceeding at a foot-dragging pace. And, the report notes, at this rate it will take "tens of years" before all the residence and work permits are issued. "The most significant problem is the total lack of coordination and cooperation between the various agencies handling the legalisation process in this country," Diamantouros says in the report. "The second phase of the process is showing huge problems that are threatening the foundation of [immigration] law 2910/2001." Diamantouros personally delivered the report to Interior Minister Costas Skandalidis on December 21. Eight days later, the minister called a press conference to present new draft legislation providing for amendments to the immigration law (2910/2001). He stressed that the bill, which will be tabled in parliament on January 20, is part of the government's efforts to establish a better organised and more effective state mechanism responsible for issuing the residence and work permits. Migrants and human rights advocates are sceptical about the government's efforts to rescue the legalisation drive, arguing that measures to ease the application process may be too little, too late. "The policy concerning immigrants in Greece is very bad, " says Bangladeshi Ilias Ahmet, secretary of the Coordinating Network of Migrant Organisations in Greece. "[The government] must solve all the problems we face. It is our right to live legally in Greece. After all, this country has over 10 million of its own citizens living in other countries. So they should think about our rights here." Meanwhile, time is fast running out for many of the estimated 350,000 migrants scrambling to submit their applications for the one-year residence and work permits before their initial six-month permit expires. They are holding out for an extension. According to the ombudsman, whose office has received a "plethora" of complaints from migrants since the legalisation process began in June 2001, such an extension is necessary. The ombudsman report recommends applications be accepted even if migrants have not met all the requirements, as the processing of prerequisite documents (most public hospitals are currently telling migrants to return in four months), continues at a snail's pace. Much to the migrants' dismay, however, there is no mention of an extension in the new bill, even though Skandalidis had told a conference hall packed by migrant community leaders on December 18 that migrants will have at least two extra months in which to submit their applications. The majority of the six-month permits will expire in less than two months. Sources at the interior ministry told the Athens News on January 3 that Skandalidis has not forgotten about his promise to grant migrants more time. The details of the extension are still being worked out, they said, and it will only be a matter of days before a ministerial circular providing an official extension is issued. The ombudsman report also recommends that the entire application process be suspended for several weeks in order to properly train the 350 additional employees that the interior ministry is planning to hire. This, according to the report, will reduce the bureaucratic inefficiency, which currently requires thousands of migrants in Athens to queue overnight outside application centres for a place at the head of the line. Additional proposals laid out in the Ombudsman's report concern the duration of the residence and work permits. More specifically, the permits should be valid for longer periods of time. The report notes that the legalisation procedure is in jeopardy of collapsing if migrants are required to renew their permits in less than 12 months from the date their papers were issued. Longer-duration residence and work permits should also be available for migrants married to Greeks and those who have children born in Greece. If the recommendations aren't implemented, thousands of migrants could lose the opportunity to live and work legally in Greece. Whether the government includes the measures, however, remains to be seen. ATHENS NEWS , 04/01/2002, page: A12 Article code: C12943A121 --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From naac at naac.org Tue Jan 15 12:07:29 2002 From: naac at naac.org (National Albanian American Council - NAAC) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:07:29 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] NAAC Calls on Kosovar Leaders to Compromise and Form Government Message-ID: <007601c19de7$430c2480$0301010a@sokol> National Albanian American Council 1700 K Street, N.W., Suite 1201, Washington, DC 20006 481 8th Avenue, Suite 922, New York, NY 10001 Brigada e Krajishtes, No. 8, 38000 Prishtina, Kosova Telephone: (202) 466-6900 Fax: (202) 466-5593 Web: www.naac.org Email: naac at naac.org ________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release: January 15, 2002 Contact: Sokol Shtylla (202) 466-6900 PRESS RELEASE Kosovar Leaders Must Compromise and Form a Government Washington, DC, January 15, 2002: The National Albanian American Council (NAAC) issued the following statement regarding the current political situation in Kosova. As Albanian-Americans who worked tirelessly for the freedom of Kosova and the opportunity for its independence, we are deeply concerned with the slow progress the elected representatives of the people of Kosova are making in forming the new administration. On November 17, 2001, Kosovars went to the polls to cast their historic vote in the first free general elections of the country. They expressed their political will and elected their representatives to the Kosova Parliament to carry out the people's business and work together for the future of Kosova. No political party gained a majority of votes in this Parliament to govern by itself, thus requiring cooperation and coalitions to be formed. This is not an unusual outcome of these elections, nor is it a high expectation of the leadership of a multiparty parliamentary system to be able to handle the outcome of the elections and organize a government in a timely fashion. Two months have passed since the elections and the political parties in Kosova have failed to select the heads of key ministries and even to identify individuals to potentially fill some of the key executive positions to form a government. Under normal circumstances, the political negotiations that are currently taking place are to be expected. We must, however, not forget that the level of scrutiny on Kosova is higher than normal and the expectations even greater. A prolonged stalemate would have grave implications for this first administration and the direct and indirect losses would be enormous for the fledgling economy. This is an historic moment in which politicians have to work together for the good of Kosova, as the electorate was promised by the heads of each of the major political factors. It is the time for the elected servants of the people to find a political compromise in the interest of Kosova and for the media to raise its voice for the people. We view it as constructive that there have been proposals offered by a number of the leaders for potential solutions but it is time that a compromise position is achieved. We call on all political factions in Kosova and their representatives in the Parliament to make true their electoral pledges of working for and representing the people of Kosova at 21 century standards. The time has come to put aside personal/political agendas and work together to reach a stable governing arrangement for Kosova. The people of Kosova exceeded expectations during their engagement in the electoral process. The eyes of the international community are on Kosova and it is only through goodwill, dialogue, and cooperation that we will succeed in making its future better. By putting aside differences and personal interests and by successfully governing, the new administration in Kosova, when formed, will be able to rebuff claims that Kosova cannot effectively manage its independence. After witnessing the finest electoral process in the region, we believe that Kosova has a chance to be a shining beacon for democracy in the Balkans. It is the wish of the people to achieve this goal and the will of the people must govern Kosova. The National Albanian American Council ("NAAC") is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advocating for Albanians and promoting peace and economic development in the Balkans by fostering democratic policy, promoting respect for human rights, and conducting educational and developmental programs. For more information on the National Albanian American Council please visit us on the web at www.naac.org ### You are receiving this message because you have requested information about our organization directly from us or through an internet listserv. If you no longer wish to receive such information and would like to be removed, please notify us at naac at naac.org or the listserv that has distributed this information to you. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From naac at naac.org Tue Jan 15 14:44:11 2002 From: naac at naac.org (National Albanian American Council - NAAC) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 14:44:11 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] NAAC Letter to President Bush Regarding Meeting with Greek PM Simitis Message-ID: <00a201c19dfd$e62b5210$0301010a@sokol> National Albanian American Council 1700 K Street, N.W., Suite 1201, Washington, DC 20006 481 8th Avenue, Suite 922, New York, NY 10001 Brigada e Krajishtes, N. 8, 38000 Prishtina, Kosova Tel: (202) 466-6900 Fax: (202) 466-5593 Web: www.naac.org Email: naac at naac.org __________________________________________________ For Your Information January 10, 2002 The Honorable George W. Bush The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Bush, I am writing to you in connection to your upcoming meeting with the Greek Prime Minister, Mr. Constantinos Simitis. Expressing the feelings of Albanians all over the world, we at the National Albanian American Council fully support America's War on Terrorism under your valuable leadership. Albanians are the strongest supporters of the United States in Europe. All of them mourned for the victims of September 11 tragedy, and many of them have volunteered to fight alongside our forces in Afghanistan. We, however, view with considerable concern the upsurge of Anti-American feelings in Greece after September 11. We join our fellow Greek-Americans in deploring such irresponsible actions. We also urge you to press the Greek government to fight and eradicate terrorism in Greece, especially the 17 November and MAVI terrorist organizations. There is no justification for the prolonged inaction or indifference in that regard. In addition, Greece can and should do more to contribute to the peace, stability and prosperity of Southeastern Europe by respecting human and minority rights. We urge you to press the Greek government to recognize all ethnic minorities within its territory (Albanians, Turks, Macedonians, etc.) and provide them full protection in accordance with International law. As Greek Human Right Groups state clearly, Greece's policy of non-recognition of the existence of ethnic minorities is no longer permissible. A truly democratic country must not use double standards when preaching about the rights of its own minorities in other countries and refusing to grant recognition and rights to ethnic minorities within its own borders. Moreover, the Greek government should take further steps to improve the relations with its neighboring countries and help build a spirit of friendly cooperation so much needed in Southeastern Europe. We urge you to ask the Greek government to abolish the Status of War with Albania dating back to 1940. Although today Greece and Italy are both members of EU and NATO and have no WWII related issues outstanding between them, the Status of War Law with the then Italian occupied Albania remains still in force, in violation of the NATO treaty and other provisions of International Law. The necessity to abrogate of such law becomes even more pressing in light of some very disturbing comments that Mr. Simitis made in his visit to Russia last year in reference to the Greek nationalist doctrine of Greater Greece or Megali Idea. Finally, the Greek government can contribute to the economic development of the region simply by not opposing US interests and projects in the Balkans such as the Baky Ceyhan and Burgas - Durr?s pipelines. On behalf of NAAC, I thank you for your valuable time and attention to these matters. Very truly yours, Richard Lukaj Chairman of the Board of Trustees ### You are receiving this message because you have requested information about our organization directly from us or through an internet listserv. If you no longer wish to receive such information and would like to be removed, please notify us at naac at naac.org or the listserv that has distributed this information to you. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From agron at rcn.com Tue Jan 15 18:13:20 2002 From: agron at rcn.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:13:20 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] DPA on a "rare" archeological discovery in Greece Message-ID: <000a01c19e1a$39c2f1a0$cd1806d1@law.harvard.edu> Rare tomb discovered in northern Greece Athens Greek archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Macedonian tomb dating from the time of Alexander the Great in northern Greece, the Athens News Agency (ANA) said Tuesday. The tomb measuring 2.28 by 2.35 metres dates back to Hellenistic times, about 330-150 BC, and was discovered near the northern Greek town of Ioannina. Archaeologists unearthed the tomb along an ancient road. "The monument is of special archaeological importance and is extremely rare," ANA quoted the Culture Ministry as saying. Reports said the building had been looted by antiquities smugglers and contained no artefacts. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Wed Jan 16 09:12:10 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 06:12:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Monopole ne sektorin bankar - Shekulli Message-ID: <20020116141210.25889.qmail@web11507.mail.yahoo.com> Ekspert?t e vler?sojn? negative heqjen e sh?rbimeve nga Banka e Kursimeve. Ul interesin e investitor?ve Monopoli, nga Banka Kursimeve te bankat greke Nga Gerti Osmani Grek?t pran? Bank?s Komb?tare Tregtare Banka Komb?tare e Greqis?, e sapokrijuar nga shkrirja e dy bankave m? t? m?dha n? tregun bankar grek, mund t? jet? bler?sja e 60 p?r qind t? Bank?s Komb?tare Tregtare (BKT). Sipas burimeve nga BKT, pas falimentimit t? bank?s turke Kent Bank, e cila kishte marr? 60 p?r qind t? aksioneve t? Bank?s Komb?tare Tregtare, Banka Komb?tare e Greqis? mund t? jet? bler?sja potenciale e saj". N?se do t? ndodhte realisht kjo, at?her? bankat greke do t? ishin dominuese n? sistemin bankar shqiptar, q? num?ron 13 banka t? nivelit t? dyt? dhe e vetmja bank? e mbetur shqiptare, Banka e Kursimeve, ?sht? n? procesin e privatizimit. Banka Evropiane p?r Rind?rtim dhe Zhvillim (BERZH) dhe Korporata Financiare Nd?rkomb?tare (IFC), pjes? e grupit t? Bank?s Bot?rore, zot?rojn? nga 20 % t? aksioneve t? BKT-s?. Nd?rkoh?, e vetmja bank? turke q? ka investuar n? Shqip?ri, "Kentbank", ?sht? n? proces falimentimi dhe mund t'i kaloj? n? pron?si "TEB Financial Investments A.S". "Zhveshja" e Bank?s shqiptare t? Kursimeve nga disa sh?rbime bankare baz? mund t? kaloj? monopolin te bankat greke, q? kan? pjes?n d?rmuese t? sistemit bankar privat n? Shqip?ri. Sipas ekspert?ve financiar?, procesi i heqjes s? pagesave buxhetore dhe pages?s s? pensioneve nga Banka e Kursimeve te bankat private, q? kryesisht jan? greke, i heq asaj edhe pjes?n m? interesante p?r investitor?t e huaj, q? mund ta privatizojn?. Kjo b?n t? mundur kalimin e monopolit t? sh?rbimeve bankare te bankat private. Nj? tjet?r handikap n? procesin e privatizimit t? BK-s?, lidhet me faktin se p?r investitor?t e huaj fillimisht ajo ?sht? reklamuar me t? gjitha sh?rbimet, gj? q? i siguronte avantazhe, krahasuar me bankat e tjera private dhe m? von?, pas k?mb?nguljes s? komisionit t? ekonomis?, financ?s dhe privatizimeve, banka do t? paraqitet para investitor?ve "e zhveshur" nga sh?rbimet baz?. Kjo do t? thot? q? interesi dhe vlera q? mund t? ofrohet p?r privatizim t? jet? disa her? m? e ul?t se fillimisht, megjith?se interesi p?r t? bler? k?t? bank? ?sht? n? nivelet minimale. Nj? tjet?r problem, q? evidentohet nga ekspert?t bankar?, ?sht? mosresktimi i ligjit p?r konkurrenc?n, pasi Banka e Kursimeve do t? vazhdoj? t? mbaj? pozita monopoliste n? tregun e kursimeve bankare, kur zot?ron rreth 63 p?r qind t? depozitave n? total, 90 % t? depozitave n? lek? dhe 82 % t? tregut t? bonove t? thesarit. Kjo e fundit ?sht? m? problematikja, pasi BK-ja vazhdon t? blej? n? m?nyr? dominuese borxhin e qeveris?. Banka e Shqip?ris? ka d?shtuar n? p?rpjekjet e saj trevje?are p?r t? diversifikuar borxhin e qeveris? (edhe bankat private t? zot?ronin pjes? t? konsiderueshme), pasi ka ulur vet?m 3 % dominimin e BK-s? n? tregun e bonove t? thesarit, letrat me vler? me risk gati 0. Shtyhet procesi i privatizimit Procesi i privatizimit t? BK-s? vjen menj?her? pas falimentimit t? bank?s turke Kent Bank, q? bleu 60 % t? Bank?s Komb?tare Tregtare, banka e parafundit shqiptare e paprivatizuar. Nj? "fat" jo m? t? mir? ka pasur edhe procesi i privatizimit t? bank?s s? fundit shqiptare. Faza e par? e privatizimit t? Bank?s s? Kursimeve ?sht? konsideruar nj? d?shtim i plot?, pasi interesi p?r t? bler? k?t? bank? ka qen? minimal. Afati i shprehjes s? interesit p?r blerjen e aksioneve t? BK-s? u shty disa her?, pasi nuk pati oferta, nd?rsa shefi i misionit t? FMN-s? n? Tiran?, Volker Trichiel, tha se "ishin ngjarjet e 11 shtatorit n? SHBA q? hoq?n v?mendjen e investitor?ve potencial? nga blerja e Bank?s s? Kursimeve n? Shqip?ri". Pas nj? procesi ristrukturimi gjat? viteve 1998-1999, t? asistuar nga ekspert? t? Bank?s s? Irland?s, n? dhjetor t? vitit 1999 Kuvendi i Shqip?ris? miratoi ligjin p?r form?n dhe formul?n e privatizimit t? BK-s?, sipas t? cilit, privatizimi do t? realizohet n?p?rmjet shitjes deri n? 100% t? aksioneve, n?p?rmjet nj? kombinimi nd?rmjet investitorit strategjik, jo m? pak se 35% t? aksioneve, institucioneve financiare nd?rkomb?tare (jo m? shum? se 49% t? aksioneve) dhe biznesit privat vendas (deri n? 24% t? aksioneve). N? fund t? muajit qershor 2001, Ministria e Financave shpalli hapjen e tenderit nd?rkomb?tar, p?r t? cilin faza parakualifikuese (p?rcaktimi i "shortlist?s") duhej t? p?rfundonte brenda muajit shtator 2001, por, p?r arsye t? nj? niveli t? pamjaftuesh?m t? shprehjes s? interesit nga ana e investitor?ve strategjik? n? privatizimin e bank?s, ky tender nuk u realizua. N? k?to kushte, u pa e arsyeshme q? tenderi t? shtyhej dhe si koh? p?r realizimin e tij ?sht? parashikuar fundi i muajit maj 2002. Totali i aseteve t? Bank?s s? Kursimeve ?sht? rreth 170 miliard? lek?. Pas dy muajsh n?n?mimi t? ndjesh?m, euro dhe n?nfishat e saj duket se iu rikthyen kuotave reale --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Wed Jan 16 09:13:04 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 06:13:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Gazeta TEMA Message-ID: <20020116141304.27524.qmail@web11502.mail.yahoo.com> U mblodh K?shilli Komb?tar i PD-s? Berisha: ?As un? as Nano President!? Meta t? jap? dor?heqjen. N? interes t? Shqip?ris? ?sht? q? ndryshimet t? b?hen me ?mim sa m? t? ul?t Kryetari i Partis? Demokratike ka k?rkuar dor?heqjen e Kryeministrit Meta dhe ka sulmuar ashp?r dje n? mbledhjen e K?shillit Komb?tar t? PD-s?, qeverin? socialiste dhe kriz?n e thell? energjitike n? vend, duke akuzuar qeverisjen e majt? p?r kaosin ekonomik ku gjendet sot vendi.K?shilli Komb?tar i Partis? Demokratike, i cili u mblodh dje, diskutoi kriz?n e p?rgjithshme n? vend, problemin e Brukselit si dhe mb?shtetjen e saj ndaj sindikatave dhe protestave me karakter ekonomik q? do t? organizojn? k?to sindikata s? shpejti.Gjithashtu K?shilli Komb?tar i Partis? Demokratike shqyrtoi marrjen e masave organizative p?r forcimin e strukturave dhe veprimtaris? s? PD-s?. Kriza energjitike, nd?shkim total i qeverisjes socialiste! Kryetari i Partis? Demokratike, Sali Berisha, pasi p?rsh?ndeti t? gjith? an?tar?t e PD-s? dhe deputet?t q? ishin t? pranish?m n? k?t? takim pohoi se ?Ne mblidhemi sot kur kriza ka pllakosur prej koh?sh vendin kulmon n? aspektin e saj energjetik n? kriz?n m? t? thelle t? energjis? elektrike q? Shqiperia ka njohur ndonj?here n? historin? e saj t? 40 viteve t? fundit. Kriza institucionale ?do dit? e m? shum? b?het m? e rrezikshme dhe m? e konsoliduar, qeverisja e vendit ter?sisht e paralizuar dhe kriza energjetike ?sht? rezultat i nd?shkimit t? plot? dhe total t? qeverisjes socialiste?.Duke iu referuar kriz?s energjitike, kryetari i Partis? Demokratike theksoi se kjo ?sht? d?shmia m? e mpreht? e pap?rgjegjshm?ris? e makut?ris? s? qeveritar?ve dhe qeveris? socialiste.?N? k?to, kat?r vjet, dua t? theksoj se kriza energjetike e k?tij viti ?sht? e pakrahasueshme dhe m? e thell? s? ?do vit tjeter. N? kat?r vitet e fundit ajo ka ardhur gjithnj? duke u thelluar n? nj? progresion t? pandalsh?m. Kriza energjetike ?sht? rezultante e shnd?rrimit t? enteve t? energjis? shqiptare n? piramid? nga qeveria Meta dhe rrapush?t e saj piramide?, ?sht? shprehur kryetari demokrat duke sqaruar situat?n aktuale t? KESH-it komb?tar.?N? Shqip?ri zona t? t?ra jan? p?r tet? dit? me radh? n?n drit?n e qiriut. N? fakt n? ?do sht?pi qirinjt? e ndezur sot anemban? Shqip?ris? jan? qirinjt? e nj? qeverie t? vdekur dhe t? pakallur. Jan? p?rshpirtja p?r nj? qeverie q? katandisi vendin n? situat?n m? t? papar?, m? absurde. Ky shkak shp?rthyes nuk jan? ngricat (ky ?sht? mashtrim total) si shkak shp?rthyes i nj? terri t? thell? nuk ?sht? mungesa e energjis?, por ?sht? makut?ria dhe pap?rgjegjshm?ria e pushtetar?ve?, tha Berisha.N? sqarim t? asaj q? opozita e ka quajtur shkelje e rregullave t? tregut t? lir?, Berisha tha se megjith?se oferta ka qen? 22 cent p?r kwh, ata kan? bler? 30% m? shtrenjt? se ??e kan? shitur vet?, duke mos ditur tani si t? paguajn? k?t? diferenc? q? do t? thot? 220 milion dollar?.Berisha ka akuzuar titullar?t e KESH-it dhe kryeministrin p?r ?m?kate? t? r?nda n? firmosjen e tenderave q? kan? t? b?jn? me blerjen e energjis? elektrike dhe ka shtuar se ?Tenderi nuk ?sht? firmosur dhe kalon nga zyra e Priftit tek zyra e Met?s dhe nga zyra e Met?s tek t? tjer?t, sepse si ofert? ?sht? krejt tjet?r dhe ata p?rpiqen me ?do kusht ta bllokojn? e t? l?n? vendin n? terr dhe err?sir?, sepse e din? se kan? b?r? m?kate shum? t? r?nda.?Kryetari i PD-s?, Sali Berisha ka vazhduar akuzat e tij duke p?rmendur edhe ?inagurimin? e n?nstacionit t? Elbasanit dhe u shpreh se ?P?r Elbasanin jan? shpenzuar 5 milion dollar? dhe jan? marr? nga nj? firm?, aparatura krejt?sisht t? pap?rshtatshme.? KESH, ?pron?? e ?shpirtrave katran??! Kryetari demokrat pasi pohoi s? Partia Demokratike disponon dokumenta p?r t? gjitha akuzat e saj, sulmoi ministrin e Energjitik?s duke e cil?suar at? si ?minist?r i territ apo ?shpirt katran? sepse sipas tij, Ministri ?sht? i till?, sepse del u thot? njer?zve me nj? ciniz?m ekstrem se kemi vet?m 6 dit? drita.?Ky minist?r ?sht? ai q? ka firmosur me dat?n 22 qershor tenderin p?r firm?n e kolegut t? tij, ky minist?r ?sht? ai i cili firmosi p?r 3,5 milion dollar? mallra t? cilat ishin nisur nga republika e Kin?s me 14 maj t? destinuara p?r KESH-in?, ka zbuluar kryetari demokrat.?Kjo ?sht? qeveria m? e pap?rgjegjshme q? mund t? ket? njohur Shqip?ria n? t?r? historin? e saj, k?to jan? arsyet e territ e cinizmit?, vazhdoi arsyetimin e tij Sali Berisha.Duke p?rmendur korrupsionin e titullar?ve t? KESH-it, Berisha nuk ?sht? ndalur n? akuzat e tij vet?m n? tenderat p?r blerjen e energjis?, por ai e ka cil?suar Ministrin e Energjitik?s, Dritan Priftin nj? ?hero t? err?sir?s? q? thot? se nuk do t? ik? dhe kur punonj?sit e tij thon? se i shiti ministris? makin?n e bler? po nga ai vet?, deklaron se e ka t? baxhanakut.?Ja se ?far? na solli PS-ja, se kjo ?sht? qeverisja e v?rtet? e saj?, theksoi Berisha. Brukseli favorizon opozit?n! Sali Berisha ka deklaruar se kriza nuk ka zgjidhje n?se situata mbetet n? dor? t? socialist?ve dhe se zgjidhjen e kriz?s do ta marr? n? dor? PD dhe opozita shqiptare.?K?t? muaj diskutohet n? Europ? dhe per?ndim p?r ne, p?r Shqiperin?. Ne jemi p?rpjekur t? bejme t? pamundur?n q? t? mos nd?shkohemi dhe e konsiderojm? shum? t? domosdoshme t? bejm? nj? transparenc? p?r takimin e Brukselit?, ka vijuar fjal?n e tij kryetari demokrat. Ai ka pohuar s? nuk ?sht? vet?n takimi i Brukselit i cili duhet t? diskutohet, por edhe takime t? tjera t? r?nd?sishme q? jan? ?fshehur nga fallxhorja e Ministris? s? jashtme?.?Takimi i Brukselit organizohet dhe n? t? ftohet opozita, sepse qeveria ka dhunuar zgjedhjet ka dhunuar vullnetin e lir? t? qytetar?ve t? saj. N? letr?n e pergjigjes q? ne kemi marr? nga komisoneri i komisonit europian Kris Paten, n? em?r t? tij dhe t? komisoner?ve t? tjer? shkruhet qart? s? Shqiperia duhet t? zgjidh? problemet e zgjedhjeve t? shkuara dhe t? zgjedhjeve t? ardhshme. P?r zgjedhjet e shkuara k?rkohet q? t? gjendet zgjidhje e pranueshme nga t? dy pal?t, k?rkohet nj? kuad?r ligjor n? t? cilin k?ta individ? (Meta dhe qeveria), q? vendin do ta ken? n? votimet dhe muzet? e monokursit komunist t? mos mund t? dhunojn? me standardet per?ndimore t? zgjedhjeve t? lira?, ka deklaruar Berisha p?r q?llimin e takimit t? 24 janarit. ?Brukseli k?rkon nj? president konsensual t? pranuar nga t? gjitha pal?t n? m?nyr? q? t? kap?rcejm? dhunimin masiv t? votes q? b?ri qeveria me 24 qershor n? zgjedhjet pes? raund?she. Natyrisht e t?ra kjo ?sht? e lidhur me nj? proces ?sht? i lidhur me procesin e asocimit t? Shqip?ris?. Parlamenti Europian ka kompetenc?n e dh?nies ose jo t? miratimit p?r hapjen e negociatave p?r marr?veshjen e asocimit n? kete kuader ne gjykuam p?r interesin e vendit interesin e integrimit interes madhor p?r gjith? shqiptar?t t? shkonim n? drejtim t? nj? marr?veshjeje, e cila v?rtet? nuk do t? mund t? plot?sonte t? gjitha q?llimet apo k?rkesat tona por do t? shpetonte vendin, Shqip?ria do t? fitonte, ajo nuk do t? pengohej.N? k?t? kuad?r n? propozuam nj? qeveri me baz? t? gjer?, sepse nj? qeveri e till? do t? thot? e legjitimuar nga t? gjitha forcat politike dhe n? k?t? m?nyr? ne hiqnim damk?n q? ka kjo qeveri dhe keto institucione si jo legjitime, sepse vendi duhet t? ket? institucione legjitime dhe qeveria e pranuar nga t? gjitha pal?t ?sht? qeveri legjitime.Kjo ishte arsyeja kryesore pse ne propozuam qeveri me baze t? gjer??, ka sqaruar Sali Berisha duke iu p?rgjigjur hipotezave p?r ndarje pushteti mes individ?ve t? ndrysh?m.Duke theksuar m?nyr?n e paraqitjes s? forcave politike shqiptare n? Bruksel, Berisha komentoi situat?n aktuale t? politik?s shqiptare duke pohuar s? ?N? Bruksel po shkojm? me nj? qeveri t? varur diku atje sip?r nga Fatos Nano i cili i thot? Metes, rri derisa une t? t? shk?rmoq dhe t? t? zhvesh lakuriq para socialist?ve dhe para gjith? bot?s. Kjo ?sht? m?nyra sesi n? shkojm? n? Bruksel kjo ?sht? figura q? b?jn? keta qeveritar?.N? Holland? dhjet? dit?shin e fundit t? dhjetorit n? nj? mbledhje t? b?r? p?r procesin integrues t? zyrtar?ve m? t? lart? t? BE, ?sht? deklaruar haptas se Shqip?ria ?sht? shum? larg dhe nuk ?sht? fare n? konsiderat? p?r shkak t? marr?dh?nieve pozit? opozit? t?r?sisht p?r faj t? pozit?s?, ka theksuar Berisha.Kryetari i Partis? Demokratike ka rip?rs?ritur k?rkes?n e tij p?r dor?heqje t? kryeministrit, sepse sipas tij askush nuk mund t? jap? mb?shtetje p?r nj? qeveri, e cila nuk ka vot?besimin e Parlamentit.Berisha u shpreh se ai ka mbajtur sh?nim faktin e heqjes dor? nga 2005 dhe deklaroi se dor?heqja b?n pjes? n? rregullat q? duhet t? respektojn? politikan?t.Sali Berisha e ka cil?suar Met?n si ?Maoisti i fundit i ballkanit?, por ka vler?suar reagimin e tij p?r t? pranuar bashk?punimin me opozit?n n? luft?n kund?r korrupsionit.?Un? e kam vler?suar Met?n sepse ai p?rfaq?son 40 deputet? n? parlament. Tani i them zotit Meta; jep dor?heqje si nj? kompesim shpirteror p?r zhg?njimet e m?dha q? qeverisja jote i krijoi k?tij vendi. Mos lodh jashte ?do lloj kufiri, durimin e njer?zve, sepse interesi i Shqip?ris? ?sht? q? ndryshimet t? jen? me nj? ?mim sa m? t? ul?t. P?rndryshe kur t? fillojn? t? k?rcasin tenxheret dhe kusit? rrug?ve me njer?z t? uritur, do t? jet? shum? m? keq?, theksoi kryetari i PD-s?. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From besnik at alb-net.com Wed Jan 16 15:38:05 2002 From: besnik at alb-net.com (Besnik Pula) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:38:05 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] FW: Buyrum Party, January 19th In-Reply-To: <200201161235.AA641204354@buyrum.net> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: "Buyrum Info" Happy New Year everyone! Very special thanks to all of you who came over for the Christmas Eve event. We are grateful for the peaceful & positive vibes you always bring!! Buyrum is back to start the new year with more fun at the Albanian shindig. Our next Buyrum event will be on SATURDAY, January 19th back @ the FLAMINGO, 219 second avenue (btw. 13th + 14th st) New York, NY 10003. on the floor dj GENTI playing more belly shaking ethnic groove sounds, along with a guest DJ for all of our Albanian music needs upstairs saloone AMF & dj SPHINX spinning the finest dance beats in everyones favorite room both floors accompanied by our live percussionists There will be more projected visuals displayed, all thanks to CACA $10 on our reduced list, $15 at the door. To be on our reduced list, e-mail us your full name before 2pm on Saturday the 19th at info at buyrum.net To see the flyer check out our website at http://www.buyrum.net from 9pm til late 18 to enter, 21 to drink We hope to see you there! the Buyrum Crew "From the root to the fruit... NYC" ink, 2001 __________________________________________________ D O T E A S Y - "Join the web hosting revolution!" http://www.doteasy.com ------ End of Forwarded Message From aalibali at yahoo.com Thu Jan 17 07:52:38 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 04:52:38 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [Job: junior position at Gender Studies, CEU, Budapest Message-ID: <20020117125238.13147.qmail@web11502.mail.yahoo.com> [balkans] Job: junior position at Gender Studies, CEU, Budapest From: "Gender" For your information and further distribution please find attached a position announcement for a full-time junior position at the Department of Gender Studies, Central European University. Department of Gender Studies *********************************************** Central European University Nador u. 9.; 1051 Budapest; Hungary Tel: (361) 327 3034 Fax: (361) 327 3296 gender at ceu.hu http://www.ceu.hu/gend/gendir.html *********************************************** CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY The Department of Gender Studies at Central European University - Budapest seeks candidates for a full-time junior appointment. CEU is an English speaking graduate research university, offering master's and doctoral programs. The candidates should be dynamic scholars with a strong commitment to research and graduate teaching in the multi- disciplinary field of gender studies and in one of the more traditional disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Candidates with a background in critical cultural studies, and interested either in integrative perspectives on gender, class, and race, or in the relation between the symbolic and the social order are particularly invited to apply. Candidates who have experience with comparative research and an interest in transdisciplinary methodology are also encouraged to apply. The university would like to attract scholars who are willing to make a long-term commitment to living and working in Budapest. Knowledge of one or more of the Central European languages is highly welcome. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree. The length of the contract is 3 to 4 years (renewable); salary is dependent on qualifications and experience. The compensation package is subject to Hungarian taxation regulations. Employees who are not citizens or permanent residents of Hungary will be required to obtain a work permit. Please send applications to the Rector of CEU c/o Kotsis Eszter, Human Resources Office, Central European University, H-1051 Budapest, N?dor u. 9., Hungary (Fax: + 36 (1) 235-6135, e-mail: HRO at ceu.hu). The application package should include: c.v, list of publications, a sample publication, a short presentation of the applicant's research plans and the names and addresses of at least three referees (with reference to the code number GENDER2001). The applications should reach the Human Resources Office before 20 January 2002. For further information please visit the web site of the Department of Gender Studies http://www.ceu.hu/gend/gendir.html or contact the Human Resources Ofiice. Yahoo! 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Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Thu Jan 17 08:15:21 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 05:15:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Kathimerini - 17.01.2002 Message-ID: <20020117131521.91531.qmail@web11501.mail.yahoo.com> Greece plans energy policy in the Balkans Greece's energy policy in the Balkans was the focus of meeting at the Foreign Ministry yesterday, at which the ministers for foreign affairs, development, and national economy discussed regional possibilities in electrical power, natural gas and petroleum. After the meeting, Foreign Minister George Papandreou said that when Greece holds the rotating presidency of the EU next year, it would promote setting up energy networks to incorporate the region into Europe. Development Minister Akis Tsochadzopoulos emphasized the importance of linking security and the economy to energy policy, and National Economy Minister Nikos Christodoulakis referred to a more "outward-looking" orientation. "In the age of the euro, companies need another strategy, far more outward-looking, if a country is to be strong and to promote its economic capability, employment and competitiveness," said Christodoulakis. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From naac at naac.org Thu Jan 17 16:17:27 2002 From: naac at naac.org (National Albanian American Council - NAAC) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:17:27 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] NAAC Announces Second Group of Hope Fellows; Commitment Ceremony in Prishtina Message-ID: <007f01c19f9c$8df988a0$0301010a@sokol> National Albanian American Council 1700 K Street, N.W., Suite 1201, Washington, DC 20006 481 8th Avenue, Suite 922, New York, NY 10001 Brigada e Krajishtes, No. 8, 38000 Prishtina, Kosova Telephone: (202) 466-6900 Fax: (202) 466-5593 Web: www.naac.org Email: naac at naac.org ______________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release: January 17, 2002 Contact: Sokol Shtylla (202) 466-6900 PRESS RELEASE Second Group of Hope Fellows is Announced; Commitment Ceremony to Take Place in Prishtina Washington, DC, January 17, 2002: The National Albanian American Council (NAAC) issued the following statement announcing the second group of Hope Fellows. NAAC will announce the second group of 12 Kosovar women participating in the Hope Fellowship program during the Second Commitment Ceremony at the Hotel Grand in Prishtina on January 21, 2002 between 6 p.m-8 p.m. Invited guests to the ceremony include Ambassador John Menzies, Head of the US Office in Prishtina, Mr. Craig Buck, Head of the USAID Office in Prishtina, Dr. Ibrahim Rugova, Leader of the DLK, Mr. Hashim Thaci, Leader of the DPK, Mr. Ramush Haradinaj, Leader of the AFK, and Mr. Fadil Ismali, Chairman of KEK. In its ten-week duration, the Hope Fellowship program provides women from Kosova with training in the areas of leadership, public advocacy, network and coalition building, and public speaking. In addition, Hope Fellows further their professional development through a practical training experience with a host organization in Washington, D.C. Fellows develop a leadership project in their areas of expertise to be implemented upon their return to Kosova. The first group of Hope Fellows developed projects in the areas of social services, education, and political empowerment. Fellows are now in the process of implementing those projects throughout Kosova. They have also established the Hope Fellowship Alumni Network that will aid them in accomplishing one of the major goals of the program by sharing their knowledge and expertise gained in the U.S. with other members of their communities. After a three-day pre-departure orientation in Prishtina, the second group will start its training in Washington, D.C. on January 28 and return to Kosova on April 4, 2002. Among the women in the second group are a university professor, an anthropologist, and social and political activists. A biographical sheet of the second group of Hope Fellows is attached. The National Albanian American Council ("NAAC") is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advocating for Albanians and promoting peace and economic development in the Balkans by fostering democratic policy, promoting respect for human rights, and conducting educational and developmental programs. For more information on the Hope Fellowship program and the National Albanian American Council please visit us on the web at: www.hopefellowships.org and www.naac.org National Albanian American Council Hope Fellowship Program Group 2 - Biographical Sheet Leandra Berisha Leandra graduated from the University of Tirana in Albania with a degree in Business Administration in 1999. After the war, she returned to Kosova with her family. Since June 2000, she has worked as a human resource management trainer with OSCE, and recently accepted a position as a business advisor in the town of Peja. She will focus her fellowship on developing a training program for small and medium size businesses. Arbnora Dushi As one of the few younger anthropologists in Kosova, Arbnora is regarded as an upcoming leader in the field. Since 1997, she has worked as an assistant and most recently as an independent researcher at the Institute of Albanology, focusing on the collection and preservation of Albanian folklore. Arbnora holds a Bachelors degree in Albanian Literature and a Masters in Albanian Literature and Folklore. Merita Halitaj A graduate of the University of Prishtina with a degree in mining, Merita has actively taken up promoting women's rights since the end of the war. She has been the director of the Counseling Center for Women, Children and Families in Prezren since 1999. While a fellow, she will concentrate on learning the operations and procedures of a women's shelter, enabling her to start a shelter at her Center when she returns home. Fatime Hoxha Before the war Fatime had 10 years of experience working with the Employment Office in Prishtina. In 1999, she returned to her position at the Employment Center in Novo Berdo. She was soon promoted, and is currently employed as a Training and Informatics Specialist with the UNMIK Department of Labor and Employment. Drita Kadriu A 1988 graduate of biology at the University of Prishtina, Drita is the director of the primary school in Mitrovica. Prior to becoming the director, she was a professor of biology for 9 years. Interested in politics, she is the local leader of the Democratic Women's Organization of the PDK, and ran for Parliament in the November 2001 elections. Shkurta Kastrati With a background in law, Shkurta is the Head Teller and management trainee for the American Bank of Kosovo in Prishtina. While in Washington, DC she seeks to gain more in depth knowledge about the banking system and the role of the Treasury Department. Specifically she wishes to learn about foreign exchange rates and the replacement of funds. Dr. Bardha Korca Bardha works as a chemistry professor at both the University of Prishtina and University of Tetova. In 1997 she received her PhD in Natural Science from the University of Zagreb, in collaboration with the University of Prishtina. She is a passionate environmentalist and will explore water testing standards, techniques and legislation while a Hope Fellow. Shpresa Kursani In 1998, Shpresa completed her PhD in Economics at the University of Prishtina. She currently works as a manager in the System Economics and Modeling division of KEK (Kosovo Energy Company). She has over 10 years of experience in the field of foreign investment, where she worked as a manager of foreign loans with the Electronic Economy in Kosovo. Melinda Mula Melinda is a program manager for the Kosova Education Center's program "Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in Reading and Writing." She serves as a link between approximately 180 educators, trainers and the Ministry of Education. The program is in collaboration with the International Reading Association and aims to train teachers in new methodologies, techniques, and strategies. Mimoza Polloshka Although a trained mathematician, Mimoza has become interested in the creation and propagation of sustainable non-governmental organizations. She works on a Women's Initiative Program with the German organization MALTEASER in Gjakova. As a Hope Fellow, Mimoza will focus on creating a training program on institutional strengthening and capacity building for non-governmental organizations. Donika Salihu As a Program Officer with Catholic Relief Services "Quality Education Program" since September 2000, Donika is committed to the need for parental involvement and collaboration in education. While in Washington, DC, she will research parent and community involvement in education and design and implement her findings upon return to Kosova. Makifete Saliuke Makifete has six years experience as a judge in both civil and labor courts. She studied law at the University of Prishtina, receiving her degree in 1984. She believes strongly in the importance of mediation, and the need for more skilled mediators in Kosova. As a Hope Fellow, Makifete seeks to learn mediation techniques and practices, and implement a mediation program upon return to Kosova. ### You are receiving this message because you have requested information about our organization directly from us or through an internet listserv. 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Diten e shtune ne oren 10.00, ai do te jape shpjegime perpara ketij organi te drejtesise, per veprimet ne permbushje te detyres si minister i Mbrojtjes, ne lidhje me tenderin e drejtperdrejte te kepuceve, zhvilluar me 1998 ne dikastesin, qe ai drejtonte Ferdinand DERVISHI Ne oret e para te orarit zyrtar te punes ne ministrine e Jashtme, postieri i Prokurorise se Tiranes, nuk ka degjuar te leshoje nje zarf adresuar zevendesministrit, ne duar te sekretares. "Vij nga Prokuroria dhe kam urdher nga eproret t'ia jap ne dore vete zotit Luan Hajdaraga". I paralajmeruar, nje zhvillim i tille, ka ndodhur. Sipas burimeve nga Prokuroria e Tiranes, ish-ministri i Mbrojtjes, Luan Hajdaraga, duhet te paraqitet prane ketij organi te shtunen ne mengjes, ne oren 10, me cilesine e nje te pandehuri, qe hetohet ne lidhje me nje veper penale. Konkretisht ne letren e dorezuar nga korrieri shkruhet: "Zoti Luan Hajdaraga, thirreni per tu marre i pandehur per veprimet ne permbushje te detyres si minister i Mbrojtjes, ne lidhje me tenderin e drejtperdrejte te kepuceve, zhvilluar ne vitin 1998, ne dikasterin tuaj". Dhe me tej ne te njejten flete-thirrje per paraqitje edhe paralajmerimi ne rast refuzimi: "Ne rast te mosparaqitjes, organi i akuzes ka shkaqe te mjaftueshme ligjore, per t'ju marre forcerisht". Ky eshte hapi me i ri i drejtesise shqiptare dhe ky eshte personi i pare, i ndodhur ne kupolen e drejtimit te shtetit, ndaj te cilit ka nisur hetimi ne lidhje me nje veper penale. Akuzat e para ndaj tenderaev te ministrise se Mbrojtjes, ne kohen kur ajo drejtohej prej Luan Hajdarages, kishin filluar ne media dhe me pas kishin vazhduar ne menyre spektakolare, me ane te nje konference per shtyp, te Komandantit te Bazes se Ushtrise, Gjeneral Aqif Cikalleshit. I cili, duket i lene perpara pergjegjesise per te paguar demin ekonomik ne kete ministri, ben publike te gjitha abuzimet. Sipas tij, ato fillonin me tenderin e orizit, i cili ishte blere me 100 leke per kg, ne nje kohe kur ne treg cmimet ishin 50 leke per kg. Ndersa tenderi i kepuceve me kambale te ushtrise, sipas Cilkalleshit, nuk ishte realizuar ne kohe, duke shkaktuar nje humbje prej 65 milione lekesh. Por akuzat e Gjeneralit, qe te nesermen do te konverohej ne Kolonel, do te flisnin per parregullsi edhe per te tjere tendera te zhvilluar ne ministrine e Mbrojtjes, te veshmbathjes dhe ushqimore. Pas ketyre akuzave, ministria e Mbrojtjes, u shfajesua se per tenderin e orizit nuk kishte patur oferte me te ulet se 100 leke per kg dhe se, te pakten per tenderin e kepuceve, ajo kishte fituar 10 milione leke e keshtu me radhe. Porse Prokuroria dhe kreu i hetimeve, ne ate periudhe Agim Tirana, kishin dale kunder ketyre shfajsimeve te ministrise se Mbrojtjes, duke thene se ne dosjet, qe ata dispononin, kishte edhe me shume se akuzat e Cikalleshit. Gjithsesi, pas nderhyrjes se Kryeministrit, qe mori ne mbrojtje ministrin e tij, gjithcka u duk se u mbyll. Pasoje qe vetem heqja e grades se Gjeneralit nga supet e Cikalleshit. Porse, keto dite Prokuroria, ne kuader te ndryshimeve politike, ka nxjerre nga sirtaret dosjet e pluhurosura te vitit 1999 dhe se bashku me to edhe dhembet. Madje, sipas pohimeve zyrtare te krereve te saj, nen hetim ka kaluar edhe dosja e shumeperfolur e orizit. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Thu Jan 17 21:16:15 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:16:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: January 28 Balkans Forum , with Richard Holbrooke Message-ID: <20020118021615.85127.qmail@web11504.mail.yahoo.com> PREVENTION AND PRACTICE: THE BALKANS FORUM Organized jointly by the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies, and Search for Common Ground Session 14 Bosnia, Kosovo, and Macedonia: Reflections on a Decade of Challenges Securing Peace in the Balkans With a presentation by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke Monday, January 28, 4 - 6 p.m. Georgetown University - 205 Old North Building In the summer of 1995, three years after the term "ethnic cleansing" entered the English lexicon in reference to Bosnia, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke was appointed by President Clinton to assemble a team to end the war in Southeastern Europe. For three months, Ambassador Holbrooke tirelessly cajoled and bargained with the warring factions on his way to the remarkable final act in Dayton. Over six years later, the international community and the people of the Balkan region have endured the development and implementation of two more peace agreements. UN Security Council Resolution 1244 defined the terms of peace in Kosovo in 1999, and the recent Ohrid Agreement signed in August 2001 calmed the tensions in Macedonia. Looking back at a decade of war, efforts to end those wars, and attempts to prevent new ones, Ambassador Holbrooke will assess the totality of the agreements and offer recommendations for policies that would further consolidate peace in the Balkans. In doing so, Ambassador Holbrooke will identify unifying themes and critical peacemaking tools instructive to policymakers, academics, and practitioners alike. Throughout his 40-year career of public service, Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke has played a central role in the development of U.S. policy toward Western Europe, the Balkans, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the United Nations. Highly regarded for his heroic efforts as chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Accords, Holbrooke was then serving as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs. More recently, he has served as a member of President Clinton's cabinet from 1999 to 2001 as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. In 1998, he worked as Special Presidential Envoy for Cyprus and Special Envoy to Bosnia and Kosovo, delivering the final ultimatum on the peace accord before NATO bombing. Ambassador Holbrooke began his long-standing engagement with international issues in 1961 as a foreign service officer in Vietnam, and has, since that time, produced one volume of the Pentagon papers, been a Fellow at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs during the Carter Administration, consulted at private investments firms, and pioneered non-profit efforts to improve and promote refugee assistance. Ambassador Holbrooke has received 12 honorary degrees from U.S. and international universities and numerous other awards. He is the author of To End a War, which documented his shuttle diplomacy to stop the violence in Bosnia, co-author with Clark Clifford of Counsel to the President, and contributor of numerous articles to Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and other major newspapers and trade publications. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The discussion will be held Monday, January 28, from 4 - 6 p.m. at Georgetown University (205 Old North Building). Directions follow letter. In its second year, the Balkans Forum brings together a diverse group of experts-academics, activists, policymakers, and practitioners-for sustained dialogue on U.S. policy in the Balkans. Each monthly session is organized around a brief presentation from one or two Balkan specialists followed by a roundtable discussion. "Learning Peace in the Balkans" is the theme for the 2001-2002 session of the Balkans Forum. While the experience of building peace in the Balkans has been significant, it has not necessarily proven to be cumulative. Lessons learned in some instances have not always been replicated in others. During the preceding and coming sessions of the Balkans Forum, we will examine the strategic choices-and the outcomes of those choices-made by international actors in their attempts to prevent deadly conflict in the region We hope you will join us for what promises to be a fascinating conversation. Please contact Sarah Peterson at Search for Common Ground by January 25 at speterson at sfcg.org or call (202) 777-2206 to reserve a space at the January 28 Balkans Forum. Regards, Ana Cutter Andrew Loomis Program Officer Project Manager Carnegie Program on Conflict Prevention Search for Common Ground in Macedonia 170 East 64th Street 1601 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. New York, NY 10021 Suite 200 Tel. (212) 838-4120, ext. 212 Washington, DC 20009 Tel. (202) 265-4300, ext. 203 Directions: If you are taking a taxi or parking off campus, enter the Georgetown Campus at 37th Street and O. The pathway will go between two buildings (Healy Building on your left, and Copley Hall on your right). About 50 yards ahead on your left you will see large stairs leading to Old North. Room 205 is located on the second floor. If you are parking on campus, use the University entrance at Canal or Prospect Streets. Follow the driveway/access road past the large construction site (as a reference, you will see tennis courts to your left). You might be prompted to take a ticket as you enter the University and pay when you leave (please be sure to mention that you attended the "Balkans Forum" to get the flat rate of $4 for the evening). To get to 205 Old North, exit the parking lot by the ICC building (red brick modern-looking building) go down the hill and follow the path that curves around a small Jesuit cemetery (a tall dorm building will be to your right). Take the stairs on your left, which lead to the top of the hill. Keep walking straight about 50 yards and you will see stairs on your right leading to Old North. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Fri Jan 18 12:13:47 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:13:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Gazeta Shqiptare, 18.01.2002 Message-ID: <20020118171347.116.qmail@web11502.mail.yahoo.com> Katastrofa Deklaratat kontradiktore p?r n?nstacionin e Elbasanit, tenderin 46 milion? USD, rezervat energjitike Dritat, 17 mashtrimet e PriftitJa gjith? premtimet e pambajtura t? ministrit --------------------------------- Redi Gjuzi Ministri i Energjitik?s dhe KESH-i, nga janari 2001 deri n? janar 2002, i kan? g?njyer shqiptar?t mbi 17 her? p?r problemin e dritave. U kan? dh?n? disa zgjidhje dhe deri tani asnj?ra nuk ?sht? v?rtetuar. Ministri i Energjitik?s vet?m p?r 5 dit? arriti t? g?njente 5 her?. K?tu nuk b?het fjal? p?r deklarata t? cilat kan? dal? t? pav?rteta nga zbulimet e gazetar?ve. Dritan Prifti arriti q? p?r pes? dit? t? p?rg?njeshtronte veten 5 her?. Nj? turp ky q? shqiptar?t duhet ta g?lltisin bashk? me err?sir?n, dhurat? e k?tij menaxhimi. Po t'i marr?sh me radh? t? gjitha premtimet, at?her? sot Shqip?ria do t? kishte nj? qeveri q? do t'i ofronte 24 or? drita n? dit?. Po t? marr?sh me radh? t? gjitha realizimet e k?tyre premtimeve, at?her? Shqip?ria duhet t? ket? nj? qeveri tjet?r, nj? minist?r tjet?r, q? t'i japin zgjidhje k?saj industrie. Premtimet N? koh?n kur Shqip?ria po jetonte or? t? t?ra pa drita, Dritan Prifti u em?rua drejtor i KESH-it. Fill pas k?tij em?rimi Shqip?ria kapi dimrin m? t? v?shtir? t? gjith? dekad?s s? fundit. Iu vu faji koh?s s? mir?, e cila nuk kishte mbushur liqenet e hidrocentraleve shqiptare. Shqiptar?ve, nga Prifti, iu premtua se ky do t? ishte nj? dim?r p?r t'u harruar. E gjith? qeveria filloi t? merrej me propozimet e KESH-it. Iu dhan? 46.5 milion? dollar? p?r t? bler? energji elektrike. Iu garantuan fonde nga donator?t p?r nd?rtimin e rrjetit shp?rndar?s dhe t? n?nstacionit t? famsh?m q? do t? dyfishonte importin. Prifti premtoi se situata do t? p?rmir?sohej. Gjat? ver?s s? vjetshme, p?r her? t? par? shqiptar?t pat?n kufizime t? energjis? elektrike. Qeveria mblidhej shpesh p?r t? diskutuar gjendjen. Prifti vazhdonte t? ishte drejtor i KESH-it dhe b?nte propagand? p?r rritjen e t? ardhurave, uljen e humbjeve t? k?saj kompanie. Shqiptar?t prap? besuan se situata do t? p?rmir?sohej. N? shtator, qeveria e re e zgjodhi Dritan Priftin minist?r t? Energjitik?s. Kjo ministri do t? merrej me t? gjitha problemet energjitike t? vendit dhe shtohej n? kabinet p?r t? kap?rcyer kriz?s. Gjat? dimrit t? sivjetsh?m kriza ?sht? m? e madhe sesa vjet. Shqiptar?t nuk kan? drita p?r or? t? t?ra dhe kan? nj? minist?r q? merr pag?n p?r k?t? katastrof?. Situata Dje ministri i Energjitik?s tha se Shqip?ria ka vet?m 12 milion? kilovat/or? energji elektrike n? dit?. Hidrocentralet prodhojn? vet?m 10 milion? kilovat/or?, nd?rsa importi ?sht? kufizuar deri n? 2 milion? kilovat/or? n? dit?. Vet?m 5 dit? m? par? ai u tha shqiptar?ve se konsumi ditor ?sht? 15 milion? kilovat/or? n? dit? dhe importi rreth 3.5 milion? kilovat/or?. M? tej, Prifti arriti t? p?rg?njeshtroj? veten vet?m brenda 24 or?ve. Nj? her? tha se rezervat energjitike t? Shqip?ris? jan? 80 milion? kilovat/or?, q? do t? thot? vet?m 7 dit? drita, n? baz? t? konsumit q? ka Shqip?ria, m? pas tha se kemi edhe nj? muaj drita. K? nga k?to deklarata duhet t? besojn? shqiptar?t. N? fakt Prifti ka t? drejt? t? deklaroj? gjith?ka se, n? fund t? fundit, shqiptar?t nuk kan? m? drita ta d?gjojn? se ?far? thot? ai. Rikthehen prokurimet "Kemi siguruar nj? sasi tjet?r shtes? energjie elektrike nga importi, sot do t'i paraqesim p?r miratim qeveris? propozimin p?r blerjen e saj", deklaroi dje Prifti. Ai i k?rkoi dje qeveris? t? miratoj? dy ofertat q? i kan? ardhur Priftit nga Bullgaria dhe firma angleze EFT p?r importin e rreth 2 milion? kilovat/or?ve energji n? dit?. Qeveria nuk ?sht? mbledhur dje p?r k?t? problem. ?mimet e dy ofertave jan? 4.3 dhe 4.5 cent p?r kilovat. Prifti i k?rkoi dje qeveris? t? shpenzoj? rreth 1.2 milion? dollar? p?r dy jav?, p?r t? bler? energji. Ministri harroi dje t? tregonte p?r tenderin e importit t? 1.5 miliard? kilovat/or?ve t? energjis?. Kjo sasi, sipas tij, do t? zgjidhte nj? pjes? t? mir? t? kriz?s energjitike q? ka aktualisht vendi. Prifti i k?rkoi dje qeveris? t? filloj? p?rs?ri t? p?rdor? prokurimet e drejtp?rdrejta p?r t? bler? energji elektrike, nd?rkoh? q? qeveria ka rreth 1 vit q? i ka dh?n? Dritan Priftit rreth 46.5 milion? dollar? p?r t? bler? energji elektrike p?r t? gjith? vitin 2002. K?rkesa e Priftit p?r t? bler? energji elektrike me prokurim t? drejtp?rdrejt? n? k?t? moment krize ?sht? e justifikueshme, por Shqip?ria nuk do t? ishte n? kriz?, n? qoft? se do t? p?rfundonte tenderi. Dhe p?r t'u marr? me problemet e energjis? ka caktuar pik?risht Dritan Priftin. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Fri Jan 18 12:15:47 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:15:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Gazeta Shqiptare - Dosjet e Korrupsionit Message-ID: <20020118171547.84855.qmail@web11501.mail.yahoo.com> Disa nga mb?shtet?sit kryesor? t? kryeministrit Meta, nj?koh?sisht edhe ish-pushtetar? apo pushtetar? aktual? koh?t e fundit jan? v?n? n?n hetim p?r akuza t? ndryshme, kryesisht p?r "abuzim me fondet publike" ANTIKORRUPSIONI/ Nga tenderi i ministris? s? Mbrojtjes deri te Pasaportat e Shk?lqim Meta Tet? dosjet q? minojn? Qeverin?Akuza: Shumica kan? shp?rdoruar fondet publike --------------------------------- Tr?ndafile Visha TIRANE Viktimat e para antikorrupsion duket se jan? t? gjith? mb?shtet?s t? kryeministrit aktual Ilir Meta, dhe nj?koh?sisht disa nga zyrtar?t m? t? lart? gjat? qeverisjes s? tij. T? pakt?n ky ?sht? p?rfundimi q? arrihet leht? nga v?zhgimi i dosjeve penale t? ?elura koh?t e fundit nga Prokuroria e P?rgjithshme. Madje ky kontigjent duket se e rrezikon seriozisht qeverisjen aktuale. Ish-drejtori i p?rgjithsh?m i burgjeve, an?tar i Komitetit t? p?rgjithsh?m drejtues t? PS-s?, nj? nga bashk?pun?tor?t e hapur t? Met?s, Shk?lqim Meta; Nj? tjet?r mb?shtet?s i Met?s, Luan Hajdaraga, edhe ky an?tar i komitetit t? p?rgjithsh?m Drejtues t? Partis? Socialiste; Nj? nga ministrat m? t? r?nd?sish?m t? qeveris? Meta, Anastas Angjeli; Z?dh?n?si i kryeministrit Meta, Thoma G?ll?i; ish-ministri i Kultur?s, edhe ky bashk?pun?tor i Met?s, Edi Rama. T? gjith? t? sip?rp?rmendurit jan? duke u hetuar, dhe n? mos t? gjith? nj? pjes? e tyre rrezikojn? burgun, nd?rsa t? tjer?t do t? vuajan? p?r shum? koh?, "gjyqin, moral, publik". M?katet e t? akuzuarve Nd?rsa ka pasur vet?m pak jav? pun?, drejtori i P?rgjithsh?m i Burgjeve Shk?lqim Meta, q? e kishte p?rfituar at? post vet?m sepse kishte mb?shtetur Met?n largohet nga ajo detyr?. Arsyeja: Firmos p?r t? shkuar me leje nj? i d?nuar p?r vrasje, i cili "shkel bes?n" dhe nuk kthehet s?rish n? qeli. Meta, shkel "me t? dyja k?mb?t" ligjet, aktet n?nligjore dhe rregulloret e brendshme t? burgjeve!!! S? pari, sepse "t? d?nuarit p?r vepra t? r?nda penale (ku futen edhe vrasjet) nuk p?rfiton asnj?her? dhe n? asnj? moment leje. S? dyti, q? nj? i d?nuar t? p?rfitoj? leje duhet t? ket? kryer tre t? kat?rtat e d?nimit. Nd?rsa "personazhi" p?r t? cilin u b? "kok? turku" Meta nga 12 vjet burg q? ishte d?nuar kishte kryer vet?m 6 muaj burg. N?se prokuroria v?rteton akuz?n e ngritur rishtazi, Meta rrezikon deri n? shtat? vjet burg. Megjithat? p?rfundimet n? rastin e politikan?ve nuk kan? shum? r?nd?si. Vjedhja e fondeve "Viktimat" m? t? shumta n? num?r jan? ata q? "akuzohen p?r shp?rdorim t? fondve publike". P?r k?t? akuz? dyshohen ish-ministri i Mbrojtjes, aktualisht z?vend?sminist?r i Jasht?m, i cili ka q?ndruar n?n "presionin" e dosjes hetimore nj? vit t? t?r?. Madje p?r disa nga episodet e hetuara n? at? koh?, si? ishte blerja e orizit, ?sht? mbyllur edhe gjykimi. Por, vet?m tre dit? m? par? i nj?jti prokuror (q? aktualisht ?sht? kryeprokuror i kryeqytetit) ka deklaruar se "do t? hetoj? tenderin e blerjes s? k?puc?ve, i organizuar n? vitin 1998. Madje ka firmosur edhe nj? flet?-thirrje p?r Hajdarag?n. Edhe ish-ministri i Kultur?s Rinis? dhe Sporteve Edi Rama dyshohet se "ka ngjyer gishtat" me fondet publike. Po hetohet p?r projektin "Kthim n? Identitet" me nj? vler? prej 914 milion? lek?, q? lidhet me kompleksin historik t? disa ministrive n? qend?r t? Tiran?s. N? t? nj?jtin grup t? abuzuesve me fondet publike futet edhe ish-drejtori i Korporat?s Elektro-Energjitike, Dritan Prifti. Vet?m pes? dit? m? par? kryeprokurori Rakipi urdh?roi fillimin e hetimeve p?r blerjen e energjis? elektrike gjat? 2001-it, n?p?rmjet tenderave t? drejtp?rdrejt?. K?saj liste i shtohet edhe z?dh?n?si i kryeministrit, Thoma G?ll?i. Sipas fakteve t? b?ra publike, mbi baz?n e t? cilave kan? nisur edhe hetimet kryesisht, G?ll?i ka "p?rfituar pako gj?", n?p?rmjet botimit t? revist?s qeveritare "Drejt", nj? revist? mjaft luksoze e p?rtremuajshme. Nd?rkoh?, pavar?sisht hetimeve m? i "paprekshmi" duket se do t? mbetet ish-ministri i Financave Anastas Angjeli. Numri nj? i financave, m? i akuzuari nd?r ministrat nga kryetari i Partis? Socialiste Fatos Nano akuzohet, se me veprimet ose mosveprimet e tij ka penguar krijimin dhe funksionimin e policis? gjyq?sore financiare, e cila do t? hetonte krimet financiare. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From mentor at alb-net.com Fri Jan 18 20:03:04 2002 From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:03:04 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] [AMCC-News] Macedonia: Rights Defenders Under Attack Message-ID: >>>>>>>>>>>>> PLEASE READ & DISTRIBUTE FURTHER <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< --------------------------------------------------------------------- Human Rights Violations in Macedonia http://www.alb-net.com/amcc/humanrights.htm Macedonian police brutality, abuse and massacres http://www.alb-net.com/amcc/abuse_violence.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/01/macedonia_0119.htm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Macedonia: Rights Defenders Under Attack Campaign to Intimidate the Helsinki Committee (New York, January 19, 2002) - In letters sent today to the President and Prime Minister of Macedonia, Human Rights Watch denounced a recent campaign to discredit and intimidate the Macedonian Helsinki Committee, a local human rights organization. In statements by government officials and government-controlled media, the Helsinki Committee and its president Mirjana Najcevska have been branded "state enemies" because of their human rights reporting, especially on violations by the Macedonian police. The Minister of the Interior, Ljube Boskovski, has been leading these verbal assaults. "These attacks are a threat to the rights of all Macedonians," said Elizabeth Andersen, executive director of the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch. "They come from the highest levels of the Macedonian government and have a clear aim: to silence the critical reporting of a leading human rights group." Although this is not the first time Macedonian authorities have targeted human rights organizations, this recent wave of intimidation seems to have been triggered by leaks of the Helsinki Committee's forthcoming annual report. Minister Boskovski and others have been particularly hostile to the Helsinki Committee's work on the protection of rights of Macedonia's ethnic Albanian citizens. Human rights groups have criticized the Macedonian police for numerous rights violations, including unlawful arrests, torture, and mistreatment of ethnic Albanians. Boskovski has direct authority over the Macedonian police forces. The conflict over the Helsinki Committee's work comes at a time when many Macedonians and the international community are trying to address long-standing minority rights and other human rights problems through implementation of the Ohrid peace agreement. Human Rights Watch has conveyed its concerns to representatives of the international community, including the Chair-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, who visits Skopje today. For further information, please contact: In New York, Darian Pavli: (office) +1-212-216-1268, (mobile) +1-917-250-2920 In Brussels, Jean-Paul Marthoz: +32-2-736-7838 The letters are available on the Human Rights Watch website at: http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/01/georglet0118.htm http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/01/trajlet0118.htm ________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list visit: http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/amcc-news From aalibali at yahoo.com Sun Jan 20 10:30:08 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 07:30:08 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: CfA: LL.M. / M.A. in Human Rights, St. Thomas University, Florida Message-ID: <20020120153008.16514.qmail@web11505.mail.yahoo.com> ST. 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Our mostly one-week compact courses that make up the program in intercultural human rights are designed to offer the highest quality of legal education in the combined areas of international law, international human rights law, humanitarian law, universal and regional systems of human rights protection, as well as complaint procedures. Specific issues of civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, refugees' law and rights, women's rights, children's rights, indigenous peoples' rights, human rights and religion, international criminal law and international trade are some of the courses addressed in detail. Human Rights and Terrorism and Humanitarian Law will be new courses added in the 2002-2003 academic year. Through these intensive courses and supplementary offerings, students will be prepared for effective research and advocacy in the field. In interactive dialogue, networking with distinguished faculty, they will gain the best available inside knowledge of human rights in action. The faculty of global distinction includes top-level United Nations experts, outstanding scholars, judges and practitioners in the field. As examples we would only refer to Professor Michael Reisman of the Yale Law School, former President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Professor Erica Daes, longtime Chair of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations; Professors Eckart Klein and Martin Scheinin of the UN Human Rights Committee; Dr. Pierre-Michel Fontaine, Chief, Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Professor Kalliopi Koufa, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Terrorism; and Professor Iulia Motoc, Immediate Past President of the UN Subcommission on Human Rights. The LL.M. or M.A. degree is earned in one year, upon completion of 24 academic credits. 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A report by the group says: "Trafficking is likely to be more significant than official figures suggest, given the existence of 75 known brothels in the Soho area of London alone, in which 80 per cent of the employees are foreigners, the majority ... Albanians or Kosovars." But it says police outside London appear to have little understanding of the problem. "Outside the capital, trafficking is not prioritised, thus the scale of the phenomenon is unknown," it reports. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says 120,000 women and children are being trafficked into the European Union each year, mostly through the Balkans. Graham Leese, head of a British immigration team sent to Bosnia to tackle people smuggling, said the country was a training ground for brothels in the EU. The IoM's Sarajevo office says 10,000 women, mostly from Moldova, Romania and Ukraine, are working in the country's sex trade. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? 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At that time Greece did not exist as a state, and the revolution against the Turks was inspired by the Orthodox Church, not the glorious democratic past. Stories of weeping workmen, if they were not invented by Melina Mercouri, probably do not have the import that modern sentimentalists claim for them. JOHN BRAMLEY Coventry --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! 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During the Kosovo crisis, web-based databases assisted in reconnecting separated families from displaced populations. In Yugoslavia, Radio B92 famously took to broadcasting over the Internet when Milosevic's regime sought to silence oppositional voices. Branislava Milosevic, OneWorld co-ordinator for Southeast Europe says: "The wars and social unrest in the region led civil society to innovate around uses of the Internet to help address urgent needs such as fighting censorship and human rights abuses. Now, in a post-conflict situation, NGOs in Southeast Europe need the Internet to re-establish ties broken by war - both in the region and with the rest of the world." The report, covering six geographical areas (Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Yugoslavia), is the most comprehensive study to date of the status of ICTs among NGOs in the region. One of the key findings is that groundbreaking ICT practices have rarely been sustained as crises have waned. The report calls for a renewed effort to ensure civil society can fully realize the benefits of ICTs to meet the challenges the region now faces in the transition to democracy. In addition to country profiles, the report details: ? regional ICT capacity, online presence and NGO use of the Internet ? local and regional/international networking between civil society groups, the media, private sector and government ? ICT use in specific sectors (e.g. media, human rights, women, environment and AIDS) ? factors impacting on the future development of ICTs (connectivity, sustainability and donor patterns) ? current NGO support needs (e.g. training and potential projects) OneWorld and the Information Program of OSI have made the report available to assist NGOs in their Internet strategies and also to influence decision makers - such as international organisations, foreign donors and national governments - to recognize the continued importance of ICTs for NGOs and wider civil society in Southeast Europe, particularly their role in ensuring the region's peace. - For more information, media enquiries and feedback on the report contact: Branislava Milosevic, OneWorld co-ordinator for Southeast Europe tel: +44 (0)787 9634996 email: branislava.milosevic at oneworld.net For more information on the Information Program of OSI contact: Vera Franz, ICTs for Civil Society at the Information Program of OSI tel: +36 (0)1 327 3122 email: ict4ngo at osi.hu Notes: 1. 'The Use of Information and Communication Technologies by Non-Governmental Organisations in Southeast Europe: A Joint Study by the Southeast Europe Initiative of OneWorld International and the Information Program of the Open Society Institute' is available online at www.oneworld.net/radio/see/ict. 2. OneWorld www.oneworld.net has a mission to harness the democratic potential of the Internet for human rights and sustainable development. OneWorld programmes include OneWorld Radio Southeast Europe www.oneworld.net/radio/see, an Internet audio exchange for media and NGOs. 3. Open Society Institute (OSI) www.osi.hu is a private foundation with programmes in civil society, culture, education, media and human rights as well as social, legal and economic reform. OSI is part of the Soros Foundations Network established by the investor and philanthropist George Soros. The Information Program of OSI promotes the equitable deployment of knowledge and communications resources for civic empowerment and effective democratic governance. - ends - --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Mon Jan 21 10:23:54 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 07:23:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Mazower's Interview - Kathimerini Message-ID: <20020121152354.23585.qmail@web11503.mail.yahoo.com> Using history to grasp the present British historian Mark Mazower, here for Greek release of 'Dark Continent,' speaks about Greece, Europe, the Balkans By John Ross Kathimerini English Edition Mark Mazower, a British historian, is no stranger to Greece. In addition to having written the influential "Inside Hitler's Greece," he continues to spend considerable time here, and is currently writing a historical study of Thessaloniki. A graduate of Johns Hopkins and Oxford, he has divided much of his professional time between Princeton and Sussex universities, and is currently professor of history at the University of London's Birkbeck College. His other books include "Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century" and "The Balkans." In Greece this week to promote the Greek edition of "Dark Continent" (by Alexandria Publishers), Dr Mazower spoke with Kathimerini English Edition on a rainy Thursday morning (January 17, 2002) in Thiseion on an array of subjects. As a historian, you deal professionally with elements of continuity from the past. What can history teach us in a time of upheaval, post-September 11? History can't really give one greater powers of prediction about the future. What it can help us understand is that different critical elements from the past make it possible to make valid historical comparisons and parallels. And it can give us a useful vocabulary for thinking about where we go from here. For example? Well, for example, we are supposedly in a war against terrorism, and that is a complex concept - terrorism in particular. Here is a case where it is probably quite helpful to look at past instances of fighting against terrorism, about what people meant by terrorism. It can help us guard against too-firm judgments about the usefulness of fighting it now. It is the only thing that counts when informing our judgment about "the now," when certain states defined terrorism in a way that implied a military response, and what was affected by their decision to impose a military response, and what was useful in effecting that as opposed to giving a policing response. We can ask: When did policing work? When did it fail to work? What kinds of terrorism required intelligence gathering and what kinds were not susceptible to intelligence gathering? And what kind of intelligence? Much of the history you write is what we could call "social history." Have you focused on that as opposed to "elite" history because of personal proclivity, or is the reason more professional in nature? There is no one kind of desirable history. You have to adapt the material according to how one approaches the questions that one is interested in. In the past, for example, people were interested in who started the Cold War, which led to the study of policy elites [but in Greece], many things going on were neglected [by historians] because of this. The Greek reality How would you summarize the advances Greece has made over the past decade or so? To what extent has Greece "arrived" in the sense of European modernity, as the government would have us believe, or is this mainly rhetoric? Well, I'm always a bit uncomfortable with the railway metaphor for modernity. I think Greece has changed hugely over the last 10 or 20 years. The importance of ideology and politics has greatly diminished; 15 years ago you couldn't have a discussion about the Civil War or the [German] occupation without people getting impatient and shouting about these issues. There's a new generation now that doesn't feel so strongly. It's also become a much more consumerist and urban society... The other thing that one notices is a much greater involvement of foreigners in Greek life. Also, Greece finds itself in what we might call its "post-optimum trading world," with new business opportunities and has also brought many people from Eastern Europe and elsewhere into Greece. This has created a huge underclass. Greece's relationship to the East, with the Balkans, and with Europe have all changed profoundly. There has also been a great influx of immigrants from the Balkans, especially Albania. Has this change been primarily social, economic, political, or all the above? Greece is part of this very paradoxical evolution in modern European history. With prosperity came a new immigrant population, and Greece now faces all the dilemmas of multicultural societies. These issues are not going to go away. In "Inside Hitler's Greece," you refer to Greece's archives as a "national disgrace." Was this a youthful indiscretion, or is that still your feeling? Oh, I am very happy to sound off about this, because here is a country that is rightly proud of its past, yet it treats the artifacts and documents that give clues to its recent past more cavalierly than any other country in Europe... The problem is the indifference of the Greek State... And you've had a tremendous renaissance of historical studies in Greece since the end of the junta. The production of scholarly history has never been higher. But it is a great pity that they have to travel to London, or Paris or elsewhere to do their research on Greece itself. Do you think this could in some ways damage Greece's image, because historians help write the image? Well, it certainly doesn't increase scholars' love of the Greek State! But what they have is Greece through the eyes of their diplomats... [which] reinforces a certain picture, that Greece is the plaything of foreign powers. And of course, often Greece was, but not in quite the way that people understand it, and not always. How would you rate Greece's performance in the Balkans in the last decade or so? Was its role basically helpful, a hindrance, or some of both, and how did it evolve? I think that Greece's role has become really very positive, and more active in a larger regional role. Europeans feel there should be much more regional input, and all this has underpinned the new thinking. It represents a rather impressive rethinking and reorientation of Greece's interests. Do you think the Balkans are over the worst of the violence that started with the Yugoslav breakup, or does the process have further to run? Specifically, do you see Montenegro or Kosovo (or both) eventually assuming statehood? Well, I think a big problem was the tendency to identify the Balkans with violence to start with... We don't have to assume that there will be a cycle of violence.... Nobody, anywhere, wants war. It's an obvious point, but where people see the effect of war on their doorstep, it gives them pause for thought. I think that we have a very precarious settlement in Bosnia. And in Kosovo, the problem is more a legal issue raised by the NATO intervention itself, namely its future constitutional status... that still needs addressing. Of course, in Greece Kosovo unleashed passions that haven't been seen for many years here. How do you interpret that in retrospect? Well, in Kosovo there were two competing principles: state sovereignty, and preventing the ill-treatment of minorities, and the two principles collided... In the minds of many people, not just in Greece, was the thought that, if NATO was going to intervene so quickly on behalf of... a minority, then will this set a precedent for the future? And there is, of course, a long history of Balkan peoples achieving national liberation by deliberately enmeshing or getting the great powers to intervene on their side. So this was a [Greek] reaction that in many ways stemmed from an understanding of the region that people in the West needed to have, but didn't... And therefore there were reasonable grounds to be against the NATO intervention in Kosovo. Over the past decade or so, has the knowledge base of Greece and the Balkans, by British (or other foreign) students increased or decreased, and why? Interest in the Balkans has hugely increased in the last 10 years, as well as the Ottoman Empire because of the Middle East crisis... Much recent history of the Balkans has been written by journalists, like Misha Glenny or Noel Malcolm, (who) is not exactly a journalist but not exactly a mainstream historian, either. And think of the importance of [Robert] Kaplan's book in America, in the 1990s ["Balkan Ghosts"]. So this huge public appetite is filled by historians, but they have been a bit slow, and that's because it's a slow business, to train historians. Europe after EMU With the introduction of the euro, have your sometimes Euroskeptical views changed at all, or are you still pessimistic about the EU's ability to bring about a common sense of European identity? What I resist is the rhetoric of all or nothing... If you have the all-or-nothing view, you see [a future euro crisis] as a great existential crisis which is sliding you straight back into the bad old days of nation-states and national wars... I think that there are strong reasons, especially post-September 11, why we should aim toward as close a cooperation among European states as possible. Do you think part of the problem, still, is that the EU is basically elite-driven? Yes, isn't it? (laughter). There is a cultural issue there. That explains why there has not been a common European identity created, and there won't be for a very long time, because this is not the sort of thing that elites can construct. Discussing his work In "Dark Continent" [Mazower's best-known work to date], you discuss the 20th century as involving a large-scale clash of three ideologies, liberal democracy, fascism and communism, and argue that the second of these is the most genuinely "European" of the three. Assuming this is so, do you think that the remnants of either fascism or communism can pose a genuine challenge to the 21st century liberal democratic framework? Historically, fascism was about a number of different things: nationalism, anti-Semitism, racism. Now, these new parties you are talking about know better than to present themselves in favor of a one-party state, which has been rather discredited. Many of those at least in Western Europe know much better than to come out as anti-Semitic, but they get a certain mileage out of racism and immigration. And they don't, unlike fascist parties in the past, come out against capitalism... We are in a different historical situation where democracy is not... pitted against something that threatens its own abolition, but it's pitted, if you like, against a force that other people would regard as reprehensible. A political scientist would say that their influence is indirect rather than direct. I think you're absolutely right; the real influence is how they influence center-right conservative parties. But we have to say that racism and anti-immigrant views are so widespread that... they can shift the public discourse and the policy of mainstream parties in their direction. Do you think the same is true at the other end of the spectrum? Well, I'm not sure the Green parties are the successors to anything. They have roots in the past... but seem to me to be a genuinely new force. But many of these left parties are not successors to anything; they have existed for a very long time. So the connection between the left and the failure of communism is a different kind of connection than that between the right and the failure of fascism. You often express strong views in your works. Do you think that there are drawbacks to, shall we say, "showing your colors" as an historian, that it could jeopardize its scientific value? No (laughter). Because you can write history in different ways, but every historian... has his own views and interpretations, and everybody, in order to be scientific, tries to ensure that those views have been tested against the evidence. And to think that the evidence would always force one in the direction of nicely moderated moderate views is an interesting hypothesis, but it's not necessarily true. There's a question of rhetoric and of science here... but sometimes deciding your choice on the basis of the rhetorical element can be less than fully honest. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Mon Jan 21 10:24:46 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 07:24:46 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Mazower's Interview - Kathimerini Message-ID: <20020121152446.32142.qmail@web11505.mail.yahoo.com> Using history to grasp the present British historian Mark Mazower, here for Greek release of 'Dark Continent,' speaks about Greece, Europe, the Balkans By John Ross Kathimerini English Edition Mark Mazower, a British historian, is no stranger to Greece. In addition to having written the influential "Inside Hitler's Greece," he continues to spend considerable time here, and is currently writing a historical study of Thessaloniki. A graduate of Johns Hopkins and Oxford, he has divided much of his professional time between Princeton and Sussex universities, and is currently professor of history at the University of London's Birkbeck College. His other books include "Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century" and "The Balkans." In Greece this week to promote the Greek edition of "Dark Continent" (by Alexandria Publishers), Dr Mazower spoke with Kathimerini English Edition on a rainy Thursday morning (January 17, 2002) in Thiseion on an array of subjects. As a historian, you deal professionally with elements of continuity from the past. What can history teach us in a time of upheaval, post-September 11? History can't really give one greater powers of prediction about the future. What it can help us understand is that different critical elements from the past make it possible to make valid historical comparisons and parallels. And it can give us a useful vocabulary for thinking about where we go from here. For example? Well, for example, we are supposedly in a war against terrorism, and that is a complex concept - terrorism in particular. Here is a case where it is probably quite helpful to look at past instances of fighting against terrorism, about what people meant by terrorism. It can help us guard against too-firm judgments about the usefulness of fighting it now. It is the only thing that counts when informing our judgment about "the now," when certain states defined terrorism in a way that implied a military response, and what was affected by their decision to impose a military response, and what was useful in effecting that as opposed to giving a policing response. We can ask: When did policing work? When did it fail to work? What kinds of terrorism required intelligence gathering and what kinds were not susceptible to intelligence gathering? And what kind of intelligence? Much of the history you write is what we could call "social history." Have you focused on that as opposed to "elite" history because of personal proclivity, or is the reason more professional in nature? There is no one kind of desirable history. You have to adapt the material according to how one approaches the questions that one is interested in. In the past, for example, people were interested in who started the Cold War, which led to the study of policy elites [but in Greece], many things going on were neglected [by historians] because of this. The Greek reality How would you summarize the advances Greece has made over the past decade or so? To what extent has Greece "arrived" in the sense of European modernity, as the government would have us believe, or is this mainly rhetoric? Well, I'm always a bit uncomfortable with the railway metaphor for modernity. I think Greece has changed hugely over the last 10 or 20 years. The importance of ideology and politics has greatly diminished; 15 years ago you couldn't have a discussion about the Civil War or the [German] occupation without people getting impatient and shouting about these issues. There's a new generation now that doesn't feel so strongly. It's also become a much more consumerist and urban society... The other thing that one notices is a much greater involvement of foreigners in Greek life. Also, Greece finds itself in what we might call its "post-optimum trading world," with new business opportunities and has also brought many people from Eastern Europe and elsewhere into Greece. This has created a huge underclass. Greece's relationship to the East, with the Balkans, and with Europe have all changed profoundly. There has also been a great influx of immigrants from the Balkans, especially Albania. Has this change been primarily social, economic, political, or all the above? Greece is part of this very paradoxical evolution in modern European history. With prosperity came a new immigrant population, and Greece now faces all the dilemmas of multicultural societies. These issues are not going to go away. In "Inside Hitler's Greece," you refer to Greece's archives as a "national disgrace." Was this a youthful indiscretion, or is that still your feeling? Oh, I am very happy to sound off about this, because here is a country that is rightly proud of its past, yet it treats the artifacts and documents that give clues to its recent past more cavalierly than any other country in Europe... The problem is the indifference of the Greek State... And you've had a tremendous renaissance of historical studies in Greece since the end of the junta. The production of scholarly history has never been higher. But it is a great pity that they have to travel to London, or Paris or elsewhere to do their research on Greece itself. Do you think this could in some ways damage Greece's image, because historians help write the image? Well, it certainly doesn't increase scholars' love of the Greek State! But what they have is Greece through the eyes of their diplomats... [which] reinforces a certain picture, that Greece is the plaything of foreign powers. And of course, often Greece was, but not in quite the way that people understand it, and not always. How would you rate Greece's performance in the Balkans in the last decade or so? Was its role basically helpful, a hindrance, or some of both, and how did it evolve? I think that Greece's role has become really very positive, and more active in a larger regional role. Europeans feel there should be much more regional input, and all this has underpinned the new thinking. It represents a rather impressive rethinking and reorientation of Greece's interests. Do you think the Balkans are over the worst of the violence that started with the Yugoslav breakup, or does the process have further to run? Specifically, do you see Montenegro or Kosovo (or both) eventually assuming statehood? Well, I think a big problem was the tendency to identify the Balkans with violence to start with... We don't have to assume that there will be a cycle of violence.... Nobody, anywhere, wants war. It's an obvious point, but where people see the effect of war on their doorstep, it gives them pause for thought. I think that we have a very precarious settlement in Bosnia. And in Kosovo, the problem is more a legal issue raised by the NATO intervention itself, namely its future constitutional status... that still needs addressing. Of course, in Greece Kosovo unleashed passions that haven't been seen for many years here. How do you interpret that in retrospect? Well, in Kosovo there were two competing principles: state sovereignty, and preventing the ill-treatment of minorities, and the two principles collided... In the minds of many people, not just in Greece, was the thought that, if NATO was going to intervene so quickly on behalf of... a minority, then will this set a precedent for the future? And there is, of course, a long history of Balkan peoples achieving national liberation by deliberately enmeshing or getting the great powers to intervene on their side. So this was a [Greek] reaction that in many ways stemmed from an understanding of the region that people in the West needed to have, but didn't... And therefore there were reasonable grounds to be against the NATO intervention in Kosovo. Over the past decade or so, has the knowledge base of Greece and the Balkans, by British (or other foreign) students increased or decreased, and why? Interest in the Balkans has hugely increased in the last 10 years, as well as the Ottoman Empire because of the Middle East crisis... Much recent history of the Balkans has been written by journalists, like Misha Glenny or Noel Malcolm, (who) is not exactly a journalist but not exactly a mainstream historian, either. And think of the importance of [Robert] Kaplan's book in America, in the 1990s ["Balkan Ghosts"]. So this huge public appetite is filled by historians, but they have been a bit slow, and that's because it's a slow business, to train historians. Europe after EMU With the introduction of the euro, have your sometimes Euroskeptical views changed at all, or are you still pessimistic about the EU's ability to bring about a common sense of European identity? What I resist is the rhetoric of all or nothing... If you have the all-or-nothing view, you see [a future euro crisis] as a great existential crisis which is sliding you straight back into the bad old days of nation-states and national wars... I think that there are strong reasons, especially post-September 11, why we should aim toward as close a cooperation among European states as possible. Do you think part of the problem, still, is that the EU is basically elite-driven? Yes, isn't it? (laughter). There is a cultural issue there. That explains why there has not been a common European identity created, and there won't be for a very long time, because this is not the sort of thing that elites can construct. Discussing his work In "Dark Continent" [Mazower's best-known work to date], you discuss the 20th century as involving a large-scale clash of three ideologies, liberal democracy, fascism and communism, and argue that the second of these is the most genuinely "European" of the three. Assuming this is so, do you think that the remnants of either fascism or communism can pose a genuine challenge to the 21st century liberal democratic framework? Historically, fascism was about a number of different things: nationalism, anti-Semitism, racism. Now, these new parties you are talking about know better than to present themselves in favor of a one-party state, which has been rather discredited. Many of those at least in Western Europe know much better than to come out as anti-Semitic, but they get a certain mileage out of racism and immigration. And they don't, unlike fascist parties in the past, come out against capitalism... We are in a different historical situation where democracy is not... pitted against something that threatens its own abolition, but it's pitted, if you like, against a force that other people would regard as reprehensible. A political scientist would say that their influence is indirect rather than direct. I think you're absolutely right; the real influence is how they influence center-right conservative parties. But we have to say that racism and anti-immigrant views are so widespread that... they can shift the public discourse and the policy of mainstream parties in their direction. Do you think the same is true at the other end of the spectrum? Well, I'm not sure the Green parties are the successors to anything. They have roots in the past... but seem to me to be a genuinely new force. But many of these left parties are not successors to anything; they have existed for a very long time. So the connection between the left and the failure of communism is a different kind of connection than that between the right and the failure of fascism. You often express strong views in your works. Do you think that there are drawbacks to, shall we say, "showing your colors" as an historian, that it could jeopardize its scientific value? No (laughter). Because you can write history in different ways, but every historian... has his own views and interpretations, and everybody, in order to be scientific, tries to ensure that those views have been tested against the evidence. And to think that the evidence would always force one in the direction of nicely moderated moderate views is an interesting hypothesis, but it's not necessarily true. There's a question of rhetoric and of science here... but sometimes deciding your choice on the basis of the rhetorical element can be less than fully honest. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Mon Jan 21 20:28:16 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:28:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Gazeta TEMA - 20 janar 2002 Message-ID: <20020122012816.54621.qmail@web11505.mail.yahoo.com> --------------------------------- D?shmon nj? personalitet i kultur?s shqiptare Ana e panjohur ?anti-islamike? e Bashkim Gazidedes N? mesin e vitit 1993, me k?mb?nguljen dhe provat q? paraqiti Gazidede, u nxor jasht? ligjit nj? shoqat? me prirje radikale islamiste. Nga Dashnor Kokonozi Koh? m? par?, rast?sisht duke ndjekur shtypin shqiptar n? internet, m? ra n? sy moria e madhe e artikujve dhe e opinioneve nga m? t? ndryshmet p?r ish shefin e Sh?rbimit Informativ t? Shqip?ris?, Bashkim Gazidede. N? shumic?n e tyre hidhet ideja e lidhjeve e, mbase, edhe e bashk?punimit t? segmenteve t? shtetit shqiptar me organizata fondamentaliste t? inspiracionit islamik. Nj? pjes? e k?tyre artikujve dhe ve?an?risht deklarata t? ve?anta t? politikan?ve shqiptar?, prej koh?sh qarkullojn? t? p?rkthyera n? gazeta t? ndryshme n? Lindje e n? Per?ndim, duke e r?nduar s? tep?rmi opinionin edhe ashtu t? r?nd? mbi Shqip?rin? dhe shqiptar?t. Gjithsesi nuk duket krejt e rastit q? n? qarqet e specialist?ve t? qarkullojn? opinione krejt t? tjera, si? ndodhi me deklaratat e paradokohshme amerikane, ku u pranua pa ekuivok bashk?punimi i suksessh?m me sh?rbimet e fshehta shqiptare n? luft?n kund?r organizatave fondamentaliste islamike q? n? vitin 1993. P?r k?t? duhet t? ekzistojn? dokumente t? ndryshme edhe n? Shqip?ri. Mjafton q? ish funksionar? t? ndrysh?m t? gjejn? kurajo e t? shprehen para opinionit dhe jo t? heshtin e t? l?n? t? sakrifikohet dinjiteti i tyre para altarit t? histeris? s? shtypit. Ajo q? ka m? pak r?nd?si k?tu ?sht? emri i Gazidedes, e r?nd?sishme ?sht? ruajtja dhe evidentimi i koherenc?s s? shtetit shqiptar n? nj? ?ast t? r?nd?sish?m kthese n? historin? bot?rore. Me k?t? rast dua t? p?rmend ekzistenc?n e nj? momenti, q? flet p?r nj? realitet krejt tjet?r t? veprimtaris? s? k?tij shteti dhe t? sh?rbimeve t? tij sekrete. Eshte fjala p?r nj? vendim t? Ministris? s? Kultur?s s? Shqip?ris?, q? nxori jasht? ligjit nj? shoqat? me prirje islamike, veprimtaria e s? cil?s kishte marr? p?rmasa t? rrezikshme. Duke mbuluar detyr?n e p?rgjegj?sit t? librit n? at? Ministri, u b?ra pa dashje d?shmitar i nj? pro?edure, q? tani po rezulton se ka qen? tep?r e rrall?, n? mos e vetmja n? Europ?, deri m? 11 shtator 2001, kur shum? shtete aplikuan pro?edur?n e nxjerrjes jasht? ligjit t? disa organizatave paralele me Al Kaid?n. Historia e k?tij dokumenti filloi at?her? kur n? zyrat e Ministris? s? librit u paraqit juristja e SHIK-ut, q? tha se vinte me porosi t? Gazidedes. Shqet?simi ishte p?r p?rmbajtjen fetare t? nj? numri librash, q? nxisnin urrejtjen ndaj feve t? tjera e ve?an?risht ndaj fes? s? krishter?. Botues i k?tyre librave ishte shoqata ?Rinia dhe Kultura Islame?. I shpjegova se si ministri kulture nuk ishim fort t? prirur t? nxirnim jasht? ligjit shoqatat kulturore. Megjithat?, p?r rastin n? fjal?, i thash? se Ministria nuk mund t? b?nte asnj? veprim, po qe se p?r k?rkes?n e tij, SHIK-u nuk do t? paraqiste prova dhe, mbi t? gjitha, asnj? vendim nuk do t? merrej, po qe se specialist?t e sektorit nuk do t?i lexonin vet? ato libra. At? pasdite erdhi nj? nga shefat e lart? t? SHIK-ut, i cili po ashtu shprehu edhe nj? her? shqet?simin e sh?rbimit t? SHIK-ut p?r rrezikshm?rin? e k?tyre librave, q? helmonin marr?dh?niet e komuniteteve fetare. Ai kishte sjell? pes? libra t? formatit t? xhepit, botime t? shoqat?s ?Rinia dhe Kultura Islame?. N? t? v?rtet? ishte fjala p?r p?rkthime t? p?rmbledhura nga disa autor? saudit?. N? nj?rin prej tyre evokohej f?mij?ria e nj?rit prej autor?ve, kur ?kaurr?t thernin mysliman?t? e ai hapur i b?nte thirrje rinis? islame p?r hakmarrje. N? nj? tjet?r thuhej se tani q? komunizmi ra, mysliman?t duhet t? ngriheshin e t?i prisnin kok?n ku?edr?s kristiane. Shkurt predikohej gjak, thika, hakmarrje, zjarr e koka t? prera. Trajt? e nj? platforme jo fort larg asaj q? pam? t? materializuar m? 11 shtator 2001. Urgjentisht u hartua akti i nxjerrjes jasht? ligji t? shoqat?s n? fjal? dhe t? nes?rmen dokumenti ishte mbi tavolin?n e ministrit. Para se ta firmoste, z.Anagnosti, k?rkoi, p?rve? nj? raporti t? plot? shoq?rues, edhe q? ne si sektor t? merrnim paraprakisht takim me krer?t e shoqat?s. Nga pes? ftesa q? d?rguam, n? takim erdh?n vet?m dy djem rreth 20 vje?ar?. Ajo q? m? b?ri p?rshtypje ishte se ata than? se librat i botonin vet?, me t? ardhurat e tyre, nd?rkoh? q? pak m? par? kishin pranuar se ishin t? papun?. Kur u thash? se ishte fort e mundshme q? t? merreshin masa t? rrepta ndaj shoqat?s s? tyre, deri n? nxjerrjen jasht? ligjit, nj?ri ia dha t? qeshurit, nd?rsa tjeri tha se n? at? m?nyr? po i linim fare pa rrog?. Pyetjes son? p?r veprimtari t? tjera kulturore, ata iu p?rgjigj?n duke ngritur supet. Than? se sapo kishin ardhur nga nj? specializim n? nj? vend arab. Akti u firmos nga ministri dhe n? mbr?mje iu shp?rnda shtypit. Padyshim, dokumentet q? mb?shtesin k?t? shkrim gjenden t? gjitha n? arkivin e Ministris? s? Kultur?s. Por s? fundi desha t? shtoj, p?r nj? procedur? t? till? m? pas k?rkuam mendimin e nj? juristi amerikan q? iu atashua Ministris? me mb?shtetjen financiare t? Bank?s Bot?rore. Ai, megjith?se kishte punuar si konsulent i shum? qeverive europiane, u shpreh se nuk kishte dijeni p?r nj? akt t? form?s s? till?, marr? nga ndonj? vend tjet?r dhe, se e gjente pak t? ashp?r at?. (Dashnor Kokonozi ka qen? Drejtor i drejtorise se Kultur?s nga viti 1992 deri n? vitin 1997) --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From besnik at alb-net.com Tue Jan 22 11:23:42 2002 From: besnik at alb-net.com (Besnik Pula) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 11:23:42 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Albanian keyboard for Mac OS X Message-ID: Dear friends, I've created an Albanian keyboard layout to use with Apple's newest operating system, Mac OS X. I'm trying to put together an easy to use installer and make the layout widely available, but until that happens, I am happy to send the keyboard layout with installation instructions to anyone who needs it. Regards, Besnik From aalibali at yahoo.com Tue Jan 22 12:24:23 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:24:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: CfA: Teaching at the Pristina Summer University 2002, 15.7.-2.8.2002 Message-ID: <20020122172423.34860.qmail@web11503.mail.yahoo.com> Teaching at the Pristina Summer University 2002, 15.7.-2.8.2002 Pristina Summer University 2002 - Apply Now to Teach ! >From Monday 15 July to Friday 2 August, the University of Pristina (UP) and the Academic Training Association (ATA) will organise the 2nd Pristina Summer University in Pristina, Kosovo. Apply now to teach at this event! Visit www.academictraining.org The courses The University of Pristina provided more than 45 course suggestions in various fields. Eventually, 30 courses will be selected into the PSU programme. Generally, all courses should be instructed in English or Albanian. Highly interactive teaching methods, which stimulate critical thinking and promote discussion, have priority. Each course will be co-taught by the visiting professor and a local teaching staff member. Recent innovations in academic methods and skills will thus be transferred directly to local teaching staff. This will enable them to pass on new techniques and knowledge to their own students during the regular academic year. About 20 students from Kosovo and other countries will be selected for each course. To encourage compatibility between the PSU programme and the regular UP curriculum, each PSU course equals preferably 6 ECTS credits. List of course suggestions available on www.academictraining.org The programme The programme will bring together regional & international professors and lecturers for a period of three weeks and will provide about 30 courses in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. In addition, public discussions, lectures, recreational events and excursions will be organised. The programme intensively trains local students and regional young academic staff. The project aims to address the needs of higher education in Kosovo as well as to encourage reconciliation and cooperation between academic and other communities in the region. More information on www.academictraining.org Remuneration Visiting professors are kindly requested to inquire at their home institutions about funds to cover their own travel expenses. If you have not been able to raise funds for travelling to Pristina at your own institution, ATA will partially or completely reimburse expenses incurred travelling to the PSU. ATA and the University of Pristina will provide housing. Visiting professors will teach pro bono, but will be paid a daily allowance, or per diem of 15 Euro per teaching day. How to apply You can apply for one of the courses as suggested at the ATA website www.academictraining.org, or submit your own course suggestion. To apply now, please send an email to: PSU at academictraining.org and attach your CV and mention the title(s) of the course(s) you wish to teach in the body. Academic Training Association (ATA) Vendelstraat 2 1012 XX Amsterdam The Netherlands Phone/ fax: +31.20.5252495 Email: PSU at academictraining.org www.academictraining.org Yahoo! Groups Sponsor _______________________________________________ Balkan Academic News Post Messages to: balkans at yahoogroups.com Contact Owner at: fbieber at yahoo.com Subscribe: balkans-subscribe at yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: balkans-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com Homepage: http://www.seep.ceu.hu/balkans/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Tue Jan 22 12:26:16 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:26:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: Job: Center for Policy Studies (Budapest) - Deadline February 8, 2002 Message-ID: <20020122172616.37271.qmail@web11502.mail.yahoo.com> Job: Center for Policy Studies (Budapest) - Deadline February 8, 2002 CENTER FOR POLICY STUDIES RESEARCH FELLOW Applications are invited for a full-time position at the Center for Policy Studies (CPS) at the Central European University, Budapest. Central European University (CEU) is an internationally recognized institution of post-graduate education in social sciences and humanities. CEU seeks to contribute to the development of open societies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union by promoting a system of education in which ideas are creatively, critically, and comparatively examined. The Center for Policy Studies is dedicated to developing the policy implication of research and generally extending the analysis and dissemination of policy discussions and proposals. The CPS seeks to establish itself as an internationally recognized center with a special commitment to research and policy issues in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. The position under offer is primarily a research position. The successful candidate will be expected to show a good research record and experience in, or willingness to develop an interest in the policy implications of research. In addition to research duties, the successful candidate will be expected to participate in the building of the CPS into a center of excellence in research and teaching, to be actively involved in obtaining external funding for research and to contribute to the management of an affiliated fellowship program. Applications are invited from any of the relevant disciplines of social science and law. A doctorate, or equivalent research experience is required, together with excellent English, oral and written. Knowledge of a language of the region would be an asset, but it is not essential. Applications are encouraged from researchers in the earlier stages of their careers, although the position may be filled at a more senior level. Salaries will be in accordance with the standards of the Central European University. For further particulars of the position please contact Zsuzsa Gabor at the Center for Policy Studies by e-mail: gaborzs at ceu.hu or by phone: 36-1-235-6183. Interested individuals should send a cover letter (with reference to CPS RF), the list of publications and contact address of three referees and a CV to: Central European University Human Resources Director Judit Pallos Nador utca 9, 1051 Budapest Hungary e-mail: HRO at ceu.hu Applications must be received by February 8, 2002 to be considered. CEU is an equal opportunity employer. Yahoo! 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Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Tue Jan 22 12:41:42 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:41:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Albanians - among strongest supporters, Kathimerini, 21 January 2002 Message-ID: <20020122174142.48834.qmail@web11501.mail.yahoo.com> Pakistanis, Greeks most opposed to Afghan war Greece ranks second only to Pakistan in popular opposition to the American campaign in Afghanistan, according to a recent Gallup International-organized poll conducted in 62 countries that was made public yesterday. The telephone poll of 1,000 Greeks aged 15 and over that was carried out by ICAP in December found that 81 percent of respondents disagreed with the US military action. In Pakistan, the corresponding figure was 82 percent. The bombing campaign's most fervent supporters were Americans (88 percent), Israelis (83 percent), and Albanians (83 percent). Only 7 percent of Greeks said they agreed with their country participating in the campaign - the second lowest rating in the European Union after Austria. Regarding US foreign policy, 49 percent of Greek respondents said it had a negative effect on their country, while 14 percent said it had helped Greece. And 55 percent of Greeks asked said they feared the war could degenerate into an all-out war against Islam - a view shared by the Irish. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Wed Jan 23 20:38:59 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 17:38:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] New Book on Kosova Message-ID: <20020124013859.13307.qmail@web11505.mail.yahoo.com> Newsday (New York, NY) January 23, 2002 Wednesday ALL EDITIONS PART II, Pg. B06 Staying Behind; In an excerpt from his new book, Newsday foreign correspondent Matthew. McAllester takes readers into the lives of an Albanian family that chose to remain in Serb-occupied Kosovo Matthew McAllester; Newsday foreign correspondent BODY: In a new book about the war in Kosovo, Newsday foreign correspondent Matthew McAllester tells the story of the Serb-Albanian conflict from inside the town of Pec - where the destruction and brutality often pitted neighbor against neighbor. In this excerpt from "Beyond the Mountains of the Damned:The War Inside Kosovo" ($24.95, New York University Press), it is late March 1999, and Yugoslav government forces are driving hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanians out of Kosovo. Nowhere are the expulsions more ruthlessly carried out than in Pec. Within days, Serb paramilitaries have forced nearly all of the town's roughly 80,000 Albanians from their homes. Many are robbed, beaten or even killed on the way to neighboring Montenegro or Albania. Murderous paramilitaries now control the town, acting on direct orders from President Slobodan Milosevic's government in Belgrade. After those first days, only a handful of Albanians will stay behind. Among them will be the young families of Isa and Musa Bala, brothers and local butchers. THERE WAS not enough food in the house and so Isa had to go shopping. It was the morning after the bombing started, March 25th, and Isa woke early as he always did and walked to the nearby bakery. The sky was clear and it was a chilly and fine morning. But the mountain air was mixed with ash and smoke. Isa met friends along the way and they told him stories of what was happening around Pec. One told Isa that a mutual friend had been killed the previous evening. The man had received a phone call and was told to come to his front gate. As he stood there in the darkness, someone shot and killed him. Isa hurried on to the bakery. About 30 people stood in line, panic-buying. Most were Serbs, the Albanians in the neighborhood either too frightened to come out shopping or already making the journey to the borders. There was no bread left, only rolls. "These rolls are too expensive for me," grumbled a Serb man who stood in front of Isa in the line. "Just buy them," Isa told him. "Now's not the time to worry about money." The line took forever and Isa left, impatient and increasingly uneasy. Nearby, some Serbs had started to break into two Albanian-owned shops. The owner of one of the stores stood there and begged them to leave his shop. "This is a war," one of the looters said, laughing. "So don't worry about your shop anymore." Isa walked across Yugoslav People's Army bridge and into the center of the town to the Albanian commercial district of Haxhi Zeka, the old part of the city where jewelry shops and bookstores squeezed in together along narrow streets. He walked around and saw most of the jewelry stores burning. Only a few stood untouched. But now Serbs were kicking in their doors and windows and stuffing watches, necklaces and rings into their pockets and into bags. Even the police were doing it. Hardly a car moved through the town. Those that did blared Serbian music from their stereos. Besides Isa, the only other Albanians were passing through the center toward the road to Montenegro. Adults carried babies and others pushed their old and sick parents in wheelbarrows. The police officers were taking money off them and then letting them go. In some Serb-owned cafes, young men sat and drank coffee, entertained by the spectacle of the Albanians' flight. Here, too, the Serbian music was loud and martial and it filled the street. Cheese; Isa's wife and kids wanted cheese as well as bread. He had to get to the cheese market, near the train station. So far he had just bought dishwashing detergent in a Serb-owned shop. "Hey, where are you going?" It was a Serb police officer. "The cheese market," Isa said. "Don't bother," the officer said. He wasn't aggressive, but Isa sensed that the police wanted all Albanians off the streets so he quickly started to walk home back over the Bistrica River. Isa saw houses with their front doors kicked in, family photographs littered on the grass of a front yard. He kept his head down and tried not to see who was burning the houses, afraid that he would be shot if the men saw him looking. As the merry arsonists started a new one, they would fire a burst of gunfire into the air to celebrate. In the street on the way back, Isa met a Serb woman he knew, a woman whose late husband had been Albanian. "Shame on them for what they're doing," she said. HE MET another Albanian man he knew wandering around, looking lost. "Why are you crying?" Isa asked him. "They killed my father and my son," the man said, stumbling on. He overheard two Serb women in conversation. "The Serbs are used to war," one said. "This will be easy." "I'm not afraid of the NATO pact bombing us," the other said. "We'll fight back and win." There was the smell of burning furniture, wallpaper, plastic and floorboards everywhere. Small patches of smoke drifted across the street. As Isa reached his shop on the way home, he noticed that someone had scratched the name "Ivana" onto the front wall of his store. That was the name of a 10-year-old Serb girl who lived in one of the apartments upstairs from the shop. He couldn't resist visiting his second home, the shop. He slipped the key into the keyhole and quietly let himself into the cool room with its smell of blood. In the back room of the store, which he usually used for storing equipment and unwanted pieces of cow, he had hidden the large slabs of beef he had expected to sell from behind the counter in the later days of March. His knife sliced through the flesh and a large chunk of meat was ready for his family in a plastic bag. Sausages still looped down from the hooks behind the counter and he pulled off a few of them and stuffed them into the bag. And then he left. So far, apart from the meat and the detergent, he had found nothing on his mental shopping list. He had wanted to buy something to drink for his kids, some candles in case the power went off and some dishwashing liquid, shampoo, soap. What kind of provider was he to come back empty-handed to his wife, mother and four children? And there was his brother's family to feed also. The bakery was still open across the street from his shop. He scurried over, bought some cookies for the kids and handed the Serb storeowner 60 dinars. "Wait, wait until I give you the change," the man told the quickly exiting Isa. "No, it's no problem," the butcher called over his shoulder as he strode out of the shop. PEC IS emptying and still we haven't left, Isa thought. Everyone else is going. Barely a house in the Albanian neighborhoods of Karagac, Kapesnica and Zatre was undamaged by now. In the days to come, tanks would shell and then drive down the streets of Haxhi Zeka and the Long Quarter, ramming into the shopfronts on the south side of the main street in the commercial district so that the whole row was left as a pile of rubble. The streets of Pec were already ruled by the Serb paramilitary groups - the Frenkis, Munje, the Black Hand - who had moved into Pec in the weeks and months leading up to the start of the bombing. They seemed to have it all planned, moving from house to house, street to street. Then forming people into columns and marching them out or forcing them onto buses and trucks bound for the borders. They had not come down Dushan Mugosha Street yet, though. Aside from Isa, quite a few Serbs lived on the street, so perhaps that's why it had been spared. Or perhaps it was just a matter of the paramilitaries getting to it in due course. Isa Bala didn't know what on earth he should do. Should he and his family get into his white Zastava pickup truck and join the exodus? He had lots of Serb neighbors and surely they would protect him from this. He was on good terms with everyone. Also, it would be hard to take his paralyzed mother, Mahie, out of the country. Several years before, his mother, now 62, had been standing on a table at home painting the ceiling when she had fallen and broken her back. Now she spent her days lying on a mattress. Taking her on a long journey without a home at the end would be hard. Three days before the bombing had started, he and Musa stood in the shop discussing their options. Musa still had his car at that point, a light blue Mercedes 190 - it would be stolen two weeks later - and he, too, had the option to drive over the mountains with his wife, Vjollca, and their three children and then down to Ulcinj, where Vjollca's family had fled. Musa happened to have rented an apartment in the popular vacation town for a year and so he knew they would have somewhere to stay. "You should go," Isa told Musa. "Go to Ulcinj." He could see that Musa was afraid even though the worst was yet to begin in Pec. "No, no, it's too dangerous. Look, I'll come to your house. You've got lots of Serb neighbors. They know you and they won't touch us." "I'm telling you," Isa said. "You'd be better going now." "No, we'll come to your place. You can't be sure on the roads anymore. There are bandits everywhere. We'll be round soon." IT WAS LATE afternoon. Musa left the shop, drove his car quickly through the back streets to his house in Kapesnica, packed up his family and by 7 that evening he and his family were at Isa's house. There was plenty of room for them. But Isa thought his younger brother was making a big mistake. Now, several days later, Isa was making his way back to his house and still he wondered what to do. With the start of the bombing and the paramilitaries' campaign of evicting people from their homes at gunpoint, Musa's fears had overwhelmed him. He had become silent, barely ate, smoked his favorite L&M cigarettes constantly and took the wind out of his racing thoughts with the scorching grape- liquor raki until he lost consciousness. When Isa looked at his brother's face, he saw wide, unblinking eyes and cheeks still with fear. Isa walked up the path to his front door and made his way inside. At the top of the pine stairway, his children stood, wearing their hats, scarves, gloves and winter coats. Halise was tucking their scarves inside their jackets, getting them ready to leave. She wanted out. She wanted to pass through the city center, meet the road to Montenegro, pass the Serb checkpoints and push on over Kula Pass into Rozaje with the few Albanians still left in town, most of whom were leaving. They would walk in the snow if no one gave them a lift. Everyone else was doing it. From Rozaje, Halise planned to head south to Ulcinj. It was still Yugoslavia but it would be safe compared to the hell of gunfire and burning houses that surrounded them. "No, absolutely not," her husband told her, shooing the kids back inside, telling them to take off their winter gear. "We're staying. I can't leave my mother here. Anyway, we have no enemies, so it'll be fine." The children were scared. "Daddy, send us to Montenegro or somewhere. They'll shoot us dead," his daughter Dardane told him. Isa's word was final. He had made his decision. For the Balas, this was the start of an extraordinary 11 weeks inside Serb- controlled Kosovo, a time that would end in wrenching tragedy and revenge. GRAPHIC: 1) Cover Photo by Julian Simmonds - Isa Bala with two of his four children: Veton, left, and Roni. 2) Photo by Julian Simmonds - Isa Bala, above, decided to remain in Pec, in part because of the difficulty of moving his invalid mother. 3) Newsday Photo/Matthew McAllester - Isa's wife, Halise, comforts Veton, one of the couple's four children. 4) - Photo by Isaac Guzman - Matthew McAllester. 5) Newsday Photo/Matthew McAllester - A resident of Pec works to repair his damaged home. In the Albanina neighborhoods of the town, nearly every house sustained dasmage. 6) Photo - book jacket "Beyond the Mountains of the Damned: The War Inside Kosovo" --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeing new owners! 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The YOUTH Programme is a programme of the European Union which promotes European co-operation in the field of non-formal education of young people. Within the YOUTH programme, besides programme countries also Third countries can co-operate under certain conditions. Third countries from South East Europe (SEE) include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia and Yugoslavia (Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo). Those countries can co-operate in multilateral projects of youth exchanges, European Voluntary Service and support activities (such as training courses, seminars or study visits). The services of the SEE Contact Office include possibilities for finding partners for YOUTH projects, information, and co-ordinating or co-operating in contact-making and training activities offered by National YOUTH Agencies from different countries. WEB SITE OF THE SEE CONTACT OFFICE Information about MOVIT, the SEE Contact Office, can be found on its web site at www.movit.si/mladina/index.html (click on Co-operation with South East Europe). All activities and services are, or will shortly be announced there. ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER FROM THE SEE CONTACT OFFICE MOVIT also sends out regular newsletters by e-mail, that are of interest to youth NGOs and youth workers in South East Europe. To register your address in their database, contact NA MLADINA MOVIT, National Agency YOUTH programme in Slovenia, Gregorciceva 3, SI - 1000 LJUBLJANA tel: + 386.(0)1 - 42 65 268; fax: +386.(0)1 - 42 65 273 E-mail: see.youth at movit.si ; http:www.movit.si/mladina/index.html Co-operation with South East Europe contacts: Sonja Mitter/Nina Brovc DATABASE FOR YOUTH NGOs IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE MOViT has launced an electronic database at its web-pages for youth NGOs in South East Europe. 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For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. From mentorm at msn.com Sat Jan 26 13:30:41 2002 From: mentorm at msn.com (mentor mustafa) Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 13:30:41 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Scholarship info for Albanian-Americans Message-ID: Dear all, Can any of you suggest any Albanian American organization that provide funding for graduate students here in the US? If you could send the contact info it would be greatly appreciated. Good luck with your patriotic struggle to uphold Albanianism. Mentor Mustafa -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Sat Jan 26 18:40:52 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:40:52 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Investing in Greece Message-ID: <20020126234052.31966.qmail@web11505.mail.yahoo.com> [02] ONE THOUSAND ALBANIAN PRIVATE ENTERPRISES IN GREECEThessaloniki, 26 January 2002 (18:01 UTC+2) The private enterprises of foreigners in Greece that were established in 2000 alone, are 2.873 according to official figures. These enterprises are not large organized businesses by private enterprises that belong to private individuals from 90 countries who chose to come to Greece to live and work. The Albanians play the leading role as 35% of the privately owned enterprises were established by Albanians. This means that of the 2.873 businesses that were established in 2000, 1.003 belong to Albanian nationals, followed by the British 151, the Germans 148, the Syrians 136 and the Cypriots 106. The Bulgarians, Italians and Poles are far behind with less than 100 businesses. People from far away countries such as Bangladesh, Ukraine, Pakistan and Russia are also active while on the same list are 58 Americans corresponding to 2% of the total number. Macedonian Press Agency --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Sun Jan 27 02:07:24 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 23:07:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Deklaratat e Metes pas vizites ne Athine - Zeri i Popullit Message-ID: <20020127070724.61468.qmail@web11504.mail.yahoo.com> Meta: Greqia, partneri yn? strategjik n? Ballkan Menj?her? pas kthimit nga vizita n? Athin?, n? mbr?mje von? kryeministri Meta ka dh?n? n? ambjentet e aeroportit t? rinasit nj? konferenc? p?r shtyp. "D?shiroj q? t? vler?soj edhe nj? her? tjet?r r?nd?sin? e marr?dh?njeve midis Shqip?ris? dhe Greqis? n? funksion t? stabilitetit dhe bashk?punimit rajonal, por nj?koh?sisht edhe n? funksion t? integrimit europian t? Shqip?ris?. Besoj se kjo vizit? fiksoi edhe nj? her? tjet?r q?ndrueshm?rin? dhe zhvillimet pozitive n? marr?dh?njet shqiptaro-greke dhe nj?koh?sisht theksoi edhe nj? her? tjet?r prioritetet e k?tij bashk?punimi, t? cilat tashm? kan? t? b?jn? n? ve?anti me nj? intensifikim t? m?tejsh?m t? bashk?punimit ekonomik, me nxitjen e m?tejshme t? investimeve greke n? Shqip?ri, me fillimin sa m? shpejt t? zbatimit t? projekteve n? kuadrin e planit grek p?r rind?rtimin e Ballkanit. Nj?koh?sisht p?r t?i v?n? nj? theks t? ve?ant? bashk?punimit n? fush?n e energjis? midis dy vendeve por edhe n? kuadrin e bashk?punimit rajonal, pasi dihet q? kriza energjitike q? ne p?rjetojm? ?sht? nj? kriz? n? p?rgjith?si e t? gjith? rajonit. Dhe n? k?t? kuad?r jan? t? r?nd?sishme q? t? zhvillohen edhe disa projekte rajonale p?r t?i dh?n? nj? zgjidhje sa m? afatgjat?. Sigurisht lufta kund?r krimit t? organizuar ka q?n? nj? tjet?r prioritet q? kemi ritheksuar me kryeministrin Simitis. Nj? problem tjet?r ka q?n? edhe avancimi i procesit t? legalizimit t? emigrant?ve shqiptar? n? Greqi, ku kemi r?n? dakort p?r her? t? par? edhe p?r t? n?nshkruar sa m? shpejt nj? marr?veshje n? fush?n e sigurimeve shoq?rore midis dy vendeve, e cila do t? mbroj? m? mir? t? drejtat e qytetar?ve shqiptar? n? Greqi. P?rsa i takon minoritetit grek, edhe nj? her? tjet?r sikurse keni ndjekur edhe nga konferenca p?r shtyp s?bashku me kryeministrin Simitis, kemi konsideruar si nj? tregues t? r?nd?sish?m t? vet? demokratizimit t? Shqip?ris?, t? procesit europianizues t? saj, por edhe si faktor i r?nd?sish?m p?r konsolidimin afatgjat? t? miq?sis? midis dy vendeve tona", ka deklaruar kryeministri Meta. J.M === Meta: Greqia, ndihm? p?r nd?rtim hidrocentralesh n? Vjos? Si i konsideroni marr?dh?njet me Greqin?? Marr?dh?njet me Greqin? do t?i konsideroja edhe nj? her? tjet?r t? nj? karakteri strategjik, p?r ar?sye se Greqia ?sht? nj? nga dy fqinj?t tan? s?bashku me Italin? dhe i vetmi vend i rajonit t? Ballkanit, i cili ?sht? an?tar i BE dhe i NATO-s. Dhe dihet q? objektivi strategjik i Shqip?ris? ?sht? integrimi n? BE. Dhe nj?koh?sisht si marr?dh?nje t? cilat tashm? kan? baza m? t? sh?ndosha, kan? prioritete t? qarta dhe q? nuk ?sht? e leht? m? t? tronditen si m? par? nga incidente t? ndryshme q? kan? ndodhur apo q? mund t? ndodhin midis vendeve fqinje. U trajtuar n? takimin me Simitis se paqtimi i klas?s politike shqiptare ?sht? kusht p?r zhvillimin e vendit? Nuk kemi diskutuar n? ve?anti se ?far? ka ndodhur n? Bruksel dit?t e fundit. Por sigurisht q? kemi diskutuar p?r perspektiv?n e hapjes s? negociatave p?rsa i takon marr?veshjes s? asociim-stabilizimit, dua t? p?rmend dhe t? kujtoj se Greqia ka q?n? nj? nga mb?shtet?set kryesore p?r hapjen e drit?s jeshile p?r k?t? marr?veshje n? samitin e Goteborgut dhe nj?koh?sisht Greqia ?sht? nj? nga vendet m? t? interesuara dhe q? p?rkrah hapjen m? t? shpejt? t? k?tyre negociatave. Megjith?at? nuk mund t? mos p?rmend faktin se n? disa vende t? BE zhvillimet politike n? Shqip?ri kan? krijuar nj? shqet?sim, p?rsa i takon stabilitetit politik dhe qeveris?s n? vend. Dhe ky shqet?sim natyrisht q? ?sht? i pranish?m edhe n? Greqi. Ju p?rmend?t marr?veshjen p?r sigurimet shoq?rore. P?rse nuk u n?nshkruar sot nj? marr?veshje e till?, apo t? n?nshkrohej nj? protokoll p?r t?? P?rsa i takon marr?veshjes mbi sigurimet shoq?rore nuk ?sht? e v?rtet? q? ajo ka q?n? e planifikuar t? n?nshkruhej nj? marr?veshje e till?. Ne sot kemi r?n? p?r her? t? par? dakort dhe un? besoj se shum? shpejt ajo do t? n?nshkruhet nga dy organizmat p?rkat?s dhe nga dy ministrit? p?rkat?se. Ju folet p?r nj? plan grek p?r nd?rtimin e Ballkanit mes t? cilave edhe ndihma p?r Shqip?rin?. Mendoni se kjo mund t? kryhet drejt?p?rs?drejti me propozimin lidhur me interesat greke p?r privatizime apo m? konkretisht p?r telefonin?? Lidhur me projektet e planit grek p?r nd?rtimin e Ballkanit, n? tashm? kemi fiksuar disa nga prioritetet kryesore. Prioriteti num?r nj? ku ne jemi pajtuar ?sht? financimi i nj? rruge t? re t? standarteve europiane Fier-Tepelen?, e cila ?sht? tep?r e r?nd?sishme n? interes t? komunikimit midis dy vendeve. P?r ar?sye se dihet q? ?sht? nj? segment tep?r i v?shtir? dhe nd?rtimi i k?tij sgmenti t? ri t? standarteve europiane do t?i jepte nj? impuls t? ri dhe nj? komunikim shum? m? modern marr?dh?njeve midis dy vendeve, bizneseve, n? fush?n e transportit etj. Sigurisht kemi diskutuar edhe p?r projekte t? tjera, t? cilat jan? n? interes reciprok n? fush?n e infrastruktur?s rrugore ose t? investimeve n? sistemin energjitik. Kuptohet q? k?to projekte jan? n? interes t? bashk?punimit afatgjat? midis dy vendeve. ?far? p?rfitimi kan? emigrant?t shqiptar? n? Greqi nga marr?veshja p?r sigurimet shoq?rore? Deri tani emigrant?t shqiptar? nuk kan? p?rfitime t? cilat kan? t? b?jn? me efektet e pensioneve apo t? nj? karakteri t? k?till? mbrojt?s social, t? cilat do t?i jap? kjo marr?veshje. Sepse legjislacioni i deritanish?m ka t? b?j? me legalizimin, por nuk ka t? b?j? me mbrojtjen e t? gjith? element?ve, t? cil?t jan? t? domosdosh?m p?r t? garantuar t? gjitha ato standarte t? nje emigracioni t? koh?s. Disa holl?si p?r ndihm?n greke p?r p?rballimin e kriz?s energjitike? Lidhur me kriz?n energjitike ne kemi r?n? dakort q? n? komisionet e p?rbashk?ta mikste shqiptaro-greke, q? ?sht? kryesisht p?r bashk?punimin ekonomik, t? krijojm? nj? n?nkomision t? posa??m vet?m p?r energjin?, i cili do t? trajtoj? probleme q? kan? t? b?jn? me p?rballime t? emergjencave. Dhe mund t? them q? k?to dit? nga Greqia ne po importojm? nj? sasi relativisht t? konsiderueshme energjie, t? cil?n do ta kthejm? m? von?, p?rseri me energji, pra q? ?sht? n? favorin ton?, por ve?an?risht p?rsa i takon projekteve q? kan? t? b?jn? me interkonesione, kan? t? b?jn? mund?sisht me sjelljen e gazit n? Shqip?ri, n?p?rmjet Greqis?, q? kan? t? b?jn? me menaxhimin e ujrave t? Vjos?s. Pasi dihet q? ky lum? ka potenciale t? r?nd?sishme hidroenergjitike dhe jan? disa projekte p?r t? nd?rtuar hidrocentrale n? k?t? lum?. Por edhe p?r investimet t? caktuara, ve?an?risht n? fush?n e energjis?, ve?an?risht n? zon?n e Kor??s etj. J.Marena --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Sun Jan 27 08:21:21 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 05:21:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: Belgrade Declaration on the Role of Religious Communities and on Religious Freedoms in a Democratic Society Message-ID: <20020127132121.78631.qmail@web11501.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 22:39:45 +0100 Subject: Belgrade Declaration on the Role of Religious Communities and on Religious Freedoms in a Democratic Society From: Jasna Murgel In the name of Professor Dr. Silvo Devetak, the Chairman of the ISCOMET - International Scientific Conference Minorities for the Europe of Tomorrow (an NGO enjoying consultative status with the Council of Europe) we are sending you the BELGRADE DECLARATION ON THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES AND ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY adopted at the Round Table "Contribution of Religious Communities in the FR Yugoslavia to Reconciliation, Respect of Diversity, Democracy, Human Rights Protection of Minorities, Co-operation and Stability in South Eastern Europe", which was held in Belgrade on 14-15 December 2001. We would like to kindly ask you to distribute the Belgrade Declaration to the members of your network. Thank you very much in advance. Sincerely, Jasna Murgel ----------------------------------------- Jasna Murgel, M.A. Researcher ECERS - European Centre for Ethnic, Regional and Sociological Studies of the University of Maribor Krekova 2 2000 Maribor Slovenia Tel.: + 386 2 23 55 373 Fax: + 386 2 23 55 372 jasna.murgel at uni-mb.si ____________ Mednarodna znanstvena konferenca manj?ine za jutri?njo Evropo. MNO s konzultativnim statusom pri Svetu Evrope International Scientific Conference Minorities for Europe of Tomorrow. NGO enjoying consultative status with the Council of Europe Naslov / Address: Heroja Tomsica 4, Si-2000 Maribor, Slovenia Tel.:+386.2.25 00 440 in / and+386.2.23.55.370 Fax:+386.2.23.55.372 E-mail: ISCOMET at siol.net in / and jasmina.klojcnik at uni-mb.si ISCOMET Network for Democracy, Human Rights and Protection of Persons belonging to Ethnic and Religious Minorities in South Eastern Europe Project "Maribor Initiative" Contribution of Religious Communities to Reconciliation, Respect of Diversity, Democracy, Human Rights Protection of Minorities, Co-operation and Stability in South Eastern Europe BELGRADE DECLARATION ON THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES AND ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY 1. Within the ISCOMET Network for Democracy, Human Rights and Protection of Persons Belonging to Ethnic and Religious Minorities in South Eastern Europe (SEE), the first Round Table was held on 14-15 December 2001 in Belgrade in the framework of the Project "Maribor Initiative". The objective of this Project is to encourage the contribution of religious communities to reconciliation, respect of diversity, democracy, human rights, protection of minorities, co-operation and stability in SEE. This Round Table represents a continuation of the ISCOMET meetings held on Pohorje (Slovenia) in December 1994, in Roga?ka Slatina (Slovenia) in September 1997, Ni?ka Banja (FR Yugoslavia) in November 2000, and Bled (Slovenia) in February 2001. The Round Table was attended by more than seventy representatives of religious communities and theologians of Jewish and Islamic religious communities and Christian Churches (Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant and Evangelical), non-governmental organisations, state administration and scientists from the FR Yugoslavia and other South East European States, as well as by the representatives of the European Union, Ambassador Dr. Michael Weninger, and the Conference of European Churches, Rev. R?diger Noll. Messages and good wishes to the participants of the Round Table were expressed by His Holiness, the Serbian Patriarch Pavle; His Eminence, Cardinal Vinko Pulji?, Archbishop and Metropolitan of Sarajevo and President of the Episcopal Conference of Bosnia-Herzegovina; Reisu-l-Ulema of the Islamic Community of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dr. Mustafa Ceri?; His Excellency, Dr. Josip Bozani?, Archbishop of Zagreb and President of the Croatian Episcopal Conference; and His Excellency, Dr. Franc Rode, Archbishop and Metropolitan of Ljubljana, President of the Slovenian Episcopal Conference. In the working sessions, the participants were further addressed by Muarem effendi Zukorli?, Mufti of the Islamic Community of Sand?ak, and His Excellency, Stanislav Ho?evar, Archbishop and Metropolitan of Belgrade, President of the Episcopal Conference in the FR Yugoslavia. 2. Participants expressed their satisfaction and appreciation to ISCOMET for enabling their joint participation in the work of the round table, which was held at the time of searching for the ways of affirmation and deepening of democracy in the FR Yugoslavia. They stressed that the spiritual renewal of the society is one of the major elements of this democratic process. Churches and religious communities can contribute individually, and through mutual ecumenical cooperation and joint activities, to this renewal. Cooperation of all people of good will, both believers and non-believers, in searching for the new means of realisation of this objective, developed on the basis of the respect of difference of opinion, should create new models of relationships not only in the FRY, but in SEE as a whole. 3. Efficient implementation of religious education in public schools, as well as the forthcoming Religious Freedoms Act, will be crucial elements of the democratic society renewal in the FRY. Bearing in mind that the introduction of religious education is being realised in a multi-confessional and a multi-ethnic society, the theoretical and practical experience achieved through its implementation could serve as an example for the solution of similar problems in the region. Efficiency of this programme will depend not only on institutional and legislative framework, but also on its social recognition. 4. Of special importance is the fact that the aforementioned and other experiences were made possible through the successful cooperation between religious communities themselves, on the one hand, and between those communities and the state, on the other. An efficient dialogue regarding the relationships of the Churches and religious communities with the state, as well as regarding religious freedoms, should also be an integral part of the process of democratic society. The further openness of the Serbian Orthodox Church, as the majority Church, for cooperation and dialogue, will also in the future be a prerequisite for the creation of democracy, human rights system, including religious freedoms and rights and protection of religious minorities in the FR Yugoslavia. 5. Churches and religious communities should have the right to publicly express their opinions as to the ethical and social, or even political questions, but they should not act as instruments of political parties. 6. One of the main preconditions of religious freedoms is the legal separation between the state and religious communities, as well as their positive relationship and cooperation. Religious communities should have equal rights and should be treated equally in all social spheres. In a multi-religious society, special attention should be devoted to freedoms and rights of ethnic and religious minorities and to the status of new religious movements, in order to assure equality and respect of the non-discrimination principle. 7. With regard to their cultural and historical character, religious communities have the right to realise their presence in mass media, while the state should not legally limit the possibilities for setting up their television and radio stations and other public media. 8. The participants of the Round Table set out different aspects of the realisation of religious freedoms and of the status of religious communities; on which the public and experts dialogue should be carried out further, and the adequate solutions should be found in the spirit of respecting the difference of opinion and mutual tolerance: ? preservation of tradition, religious and ethnic diversity in modern society which is based on the social mobility of population ? searching for adequate models of religious education that would take into account religious diversity, and education of the expert pedagogical cadre ? presence and assistance of religious communities in public institutions hospitals, prisons and military institutions; trade, import, export and distribution of religious literature; unimpeded administration of religious institutions and selection of religious officials without interference of the state; reasonable adjustment of the working process to the course of religious holidays and sacred rituals ? strengthening the mutual understanding through dialogue and round tables, in mass media, and especially on television, between the representatives of different religions; ? regulation of the social, humanitarian and philanthropic activities of religious communities (voluntary work, collecting aid, establishing endowments, etc.); ? appropriate tax- and other regulations that would ease the financial situation and activities of religious communities; ? the return of the nationalised property or compensation of the churches and religious communities in defined time limits. 9. The participants expressed their support for the continuation of co-operation between the states and religious communities in SEE, especially on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, in the spirit of the ?Maribor Initiative?. In particular, the co-operation in the following fields was emphasized: ? realisation of religious freedoms and rights in the context of restructuring and development of democracy and plural society; ? co-operation of religious educational institutions (seminars, exchange of teachers and students, of literature, etc.); ? religious activity (preaching, rituals, prayers, education) of religious communities directed towards mutual respect and appreciation of the positive qualities of others; ? social field especially protection of workers deprived under the conditions of brutal introduction of the principles of market economy; ? teaching history on all levels of education, with the aim of educating for mutual respect and understanding without pretensions that the current generations should rectify injustices of the past; ? development of religious education and representation of religious communities in the fields of culture, education and media; ? status of minority religious communities and new religious movements in the new democratic societies in SEE. 10. The participants expressed their firm belief that, in a long-term perspective, only those churches and religious communities in SEE will be affirmed, which respect freedoms of people in a plural society and deepen the spirit of reconciliation, co-operation and stability of their followers and other citizens. Belgrade, 15 December 2001 Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT _______________________________________________ Balkan Academic News Post Messages to: balkans at yahoogroups.com Contact Owner at: fbieber at yahoo.com Subscribe: balkans-subscribe at yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: balkans-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com Homepage: http://www.seep.ceu.hu/balkans/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Sun Jan 27 08:34:55 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 05:34:55 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Koha Jone Message-ID: <20020127133455.65130.qmail@web11507.mail.yahoo.com> Ministria e Jashtme per dokumentat: "Konsullata greke shkel ligjet" Gjirokaster - Taktika e meparshme e ndjekur nga Konsullata e Pergjithshme Greke ne Gjirokaster sipas se ciles pranoheshin dokumentat e qytetareve shqiptare me vulen e njesive te pushtetit vendor eshte vleresuar nga Ministria e Puneve te Jashtme si e pambeshtetur ligjerisht. Burime te Ministrise se Puneve te Jashtme konfirmuan per "KJ" se dokumentet e perdorura per jashte shtetit, konfirmimin noterial e marrin nga Ministria e Puneve te Jashtme si i vetmi autoritet shqiptar i njohur per kete qellim. Praktika e ndjekur me pare ka qene e pambeshtetur ne ligj dhe une mendoj se eshte shfrytezuar nga elemente korruptive per fitime te jashteligjshme,tha nje burim i rezervuar i kesaj ministrie. Ne te vertete gjithe dokumentacioni i vlefshem per jashte shtetit gjate dhjetevjecarit te fundit fitonte vlere ligjore per qytetaret qofte dhe me nje firme apo vule te sekretarit apo kryetarit te rrethit, (sot te qarkut). Nje dite me pare zedhenesi i konsullates se pergjithshme greke ne Gjirokaster Thimio Mano beri te njohur per shtypin ndryshimin e praktikes, gje qe eshte shpallur edhe ne vende te dukshme ne godinen konsullore greke. Ministria e Puneve te Jashtme i ka derguar nje urdherese ku lajmerohet ndryshimi i praktikes se gabuar te ndjekur me pare prefektures se Gjirokastres si dhe nje note verbale konsullates se pergjithshme greke ne kete qytet. Gjithsesi reduktimi i dhenies se vizave prej kesaj konsullate pas hyrjes ne fuqi te ligjit per emigracionin ka bere qe ndryshimi i kesaj praktike ligjore te kalohet pa shume interes ne opinionin vendas. Konsullata greke ne Gjirokaster ka nen juridiksionin e vet pese rrethe jugore Gjirokastren, Permetin, Tepelenen, Delvinen dhe Saranden. Ngushtimi i aktivitetit kryesor te konsullates, leshimi i vizave per popullaten jugore, ka bere qe vemendja e saj te drejtohet me se shumti ne vleresimin dhe ndihmesen ne marredheniet nderetnike, kulturore, ekonomike te treves. N.Nero --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Mon Jan 28 07:59:53 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 04:59:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: CfA: NATO-PA Research Assistant Programme Message-ID: <20020128125953.49282.qmail@web11508.mail.yahoo.com> CfA: NATO-PA Research Assistant Programme From: Paul Cook Dear Sir/Madame, I am the Economics and Security Committee Director of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels and am also responsible for our Research Assistant/Internship program. The NATO PA works with Parliamentarians from all the NATO Member and Associate Member countries on a range of issues shaping both the trans-Atlantic relationship and East-West relations. Each year we engage five Researchers from January to June and the same number from August to December to assist our Committee Directors in researching and drafting reports. Researchers work with several of the Committees during their tenure and are thus exposed to a wide range of subjects. The five NATO PA Committees cover political and diplomatic affairs, defence and security matters, the civilian aspects of security and trans-Atlantic and transition economic issues. The reports, which are posted on our website at http://www.naa.be, are the central focus of debate at the NATO PA's bi-annual plenary sessions and provide a framework for Committee and Sub-Committee fact finding missions. Our sessions are held each year in different North American and European cities, and our researchers also help staff these large events. We believe that the Research Assistant Program is one of the best internships in international affairs and want to ensure that outstanding recent graduates in international affairs are aware of this opportunity. Candidates for these positions must be nationals of any NATO Member or Associate Member country, and they should hold a first degree and a Master's degree (or equivalent) in Political Science, International Relations, Contemporary History, International Economics, European Studies or related subjects. Ph.D. candidates are also welcome to apply but should recognize that during their tenure with the NATO-PA, their workday will be dedicated to Assembly defined projects. I should note as well that we do have many applications for these positions, and those selected have had outstanding academic records. We ask candidates to send us a letter of introduction, a CV and two letters of recommendation. The NATO PA provides a small fully-equipped apartment near the center of Brussels free of charge for each Researcher as well as a stipend of Euro 620 a month. The Assembly also pays their way to and from Brussels and provides basic medical insurance. All of this is explained in greater detail on our web page under the Research Assistant Program link. I have pasted the text from that page below in this e mail. I invite you to place this letter and a print out from our web page in the job/internship listings at your career office. This program is a truly excellent opportunity for young people interested in launching a career in international affairs. Finally, we hope to bring in the next group of Researchers in August 2002 applications and the deadline for applications is April 20, 2002. Please note that our schedule does not permit us to accept interns interested only in working during the summer. I hope this information is useful, and thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Paul Cook, Ph.D. Director NATO PA Economics and Security Committee, & Research Assistant Program ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATO-PA Research Assistant Programme (From the NATO PA Website http://www.nato-pa.int/info/stagiaires.html) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Information for Candidates from NATO Member Countries Information for Candidates from Associate Delegation Countries The NATO Parliamentary Assembly usually employs eight paid Research Assistants from NATO nations each year. In general, four of these start in early February and finish in June. The second group starts in August and finishes in late November or mid-December. In addition, the Assembly employs two Research Assistants from Associate Delegate Countries. All applications from candidates with the appropriate qualifications are placed on a list for consideration. Their names remain on the list for consideration for about twelve months. Candidates are requested to inform the Assembly if they cease to be available to take up a position during that time. The Assembly receives well over one hundred of well qualified applications per year from candidates. Inevitably, this means that fewer than one in ten applicants are offered positions. Every effort is made to assess applications objectively, but many factors must be taken into account. These include the desire to have a regional balance among participants in the programme. Consequently, it is rare to select two candidates from the same nation for the same intake. Only candidates selected to participate will be contacted. See below for further details regarding candidates from NATO Member Countries and from Associate Delegation Nations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information for Candidates from NATO Member Nations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The NATO Parliamentary Assembly is the parliamentary consultative organization of the Atlantic Alliance, comprising about 200 members of the national parliaments of the 19 NATO member countries, as well as legislators from 17 Associate Member Nations. The Assembly is divided into five committees: the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security, the Defence and Security Committee, the Economics and Security Committee, the Political Committee and the Science and Technology Committee. The full Assembly meets twice a year in different member countries at the invitation of national parliaments. Sub-committees and Special Groups examine specific issues and conduct fact-finding missions throughout the year. The International Secretariat of the Assembly is based in Brussels and is staffed by some 30 people from the various NATO member countries. The main task of research assistants is to contribute, at the request of Committee Directors, to the research necessary for the drafting of the Assembly reports, although other administrative tasks can be expected of them. Research assistants from NATO member nations are typically recruited for a three-month period which is usually renewed for up to two additional months. Due to the Assembly's work schedule, research assistants are usually requested to commence work in either January or July. Summer internships are generally not available. The stipend is EURO 620 net per month. The Assembly provides a small furnished and equiped flat free of charge. Qualifications Candidates must possess a first degree and a Master's degree (or equivalent) in Political Science, International Relations or related subjects. Preference will be given to candidates who have recently completed their Master's degree. Ph.D. candidates are also welcome to apply but should recognize that during their tenure with the NATO-PA, their workday will be dedicated to Assembly defined projects. Candidates should be completely fluent in oral and written English and/or French. If neither is mother tongue, certified evidence of proficiency level will be required. Knowledge of other European languages is a further asset. Applicants should apply by type-written or word-processed letter, indicating their areas of interest and competence, nationality, and period of availability. A curriculum vitae and two letters of recommendation from referees well-acquainted with the applicant's recent work should also be forwarded to the International Secretariat. Please note that the Assembly receives a very large number of applications for only a few places. Applications for positions commencing in August 2002 should be received by April 20, 2002. Applications should be sent to: Director of Research Assistand Programme E-mail: stagiaires at naa.be NATO Parliamentary Assembly 3 place du Petit Sablon B - 1000 BRUSSELS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information for Candidates from Associate Delegation Nations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The NATO Parliamentary Assembly is the parliamentary consultative organization of the Atlantic Alliance, comprising about 200 members of the national parliaments of the 19 NATO member countries, as well as legislators from 17 associate member nations. The Assembly is divided into five committees: the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security, the Defence and Security Committee, the Economics and Security Committee, the Political Committee and the Science and Technology Committee. The full Assembly meets twice a year in different member countries at the invitation of national parliaments. Sub-committees and Special Groups examine specific issues and conduct fact-finding missions throughout the year. The International Secretariat of the Assembly is based in Brussels and is staffed by some 30 people from the various NATO member countries. The main task of research assistants is to contribute, at the request of Committee Directors, to the research necessary for the drafting of the Assembly reports, although other administrative tasks can be expected of them. Research assistants from associate delegation nations are typically recruited for a period of one to three months. Due to the Assembly's work schedule, research assistants are usually requested to commence work in either January or July. The stipend is EURO 620 net per month. The Assembly provides a small furnished and equiped flat free of charge. Qualifications Preference is given to candidates who are employed in their national parliaments in a capacity relevant to international relations and/or security. Candidates with backgrounds in academia, government, policy research institutions or journalism are also considered. In general, candidates should have a Master's degree (or equivalent) in Political Science, International Relations or related subjects. In some cases, candidates who do not possess such a degree will be considered if they have relevant professional experience. Candidates should be completely fluent in oral and written English and/or French. If neither is mother tongue, certified evidence of proficiency level will be required. Knowledge of other European languages is a further asset. Applicants should apply by type-written or word-processed letter, indicating their areas of interest and competence, nationality, and period of availability. A curriculum vitae and two letters of recommendation from referees well-acquainted with the applicant's recent work should also be forwarded to the International Secretariat. Please note that the Assembly receives a very large number of applications for only a few places. Applications for positions commencing in August 2002 should be received by April 20, 2002. The names of those selected will be posted on this website. Applications or requests for information should be sent to: Director of Research Assistant Programme E-mail: stagiaires at naa.be NATO Parliamentary Assembly 3 place du Petit Sablon B - 1000 BRUSSELS Yahoo! 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The Programme is directed at students trained in Social Sciences, Humanities or Law. We aim at international recruitment of students, with a mixture of students from Nordic and non-Nordic countries. I am addressing you in hope that you could distribute the attached information letter as widely as possible to potential students. Thank you very much for your assistance and my apology for the inconvenience this may cause you. Sincerely yours Ingrid Kvalvik Senior Consultant Faculty of Social Science University of Tromso, Norway Tlf: +47 77646530 E-mail: ingridk at peace.uit.no MASTER?s DEGREE PROGRAMME IN PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES Depending on approval by the University Board, The University of Troms?, Norway, is offering a two-year master?s degree programme in Peace and Conflict studies starting autumn semester 2002. The programme aims at international recruitment of students, with students from Nordic and non-Nordic countries. All literature, teaching and student work will be in English. Admission is limited. Aims of the Programme This Master?s degree programme takes an interdisciplinary approach; introductory courses to the field of peace and conflict studies can be combined with a variety of specialisations. During the first year teaching will be intensive, with an emphasis on course work, group work and examination papers. The teaching and learning methods will be problem based, and student work and problems of current interest will be a central part of the study. Teaching will be organised as a recurrent cycle of study, discussion, lectures, research and academic production guided by tutors/ advisers. Curriculum ? Integrated peace and conflict studies (introductory and advanced courses) ? Political, historical, economic and legal perspectives on conflicts, war and peace ? Conflict, violence and peace. Perspectives on culture, ethnic relations, socialisation, communication, religion and pedagogy ? Methodology, research methods and ethics in peace studies ? Specialisation course. The student chooses among a variety of courses offered from research groups in social sciences, literature and social medicine ? Master?s thesis/ equivalent Master?s work The student should choose a specialisation in line with his or her Master?s thesis. The Master?s thesis should be independent empirical work, and may be based on a field work. Admission Requirements and Procedures The programme is directed at students trained in social sciences, humanities, law or health studies. Applicants must document at least three years of studies at university level beyond the basic entrance requirements equivalent to a Bachelor?s degree. Preference will be given to applicants who can document academic work, experience and interest in topics related to peace and conflict transformation. Applicants should enclose a statement of purpose and personal essay of approximately two pages describing their interest and/or experience in this field. The programme will be taught in English and applicants must be able to document adequate proficiency in English. For more information about admission requirements: http://www.adm.uit.no/studie/foreign/english/Basic.htm Application Deadline: The application deadline for 2002-2003 will be -15th February 2002 for applicants under the Quota Programme (see below). -1st March for non-nordic applicants not eligible for the Quota Programme. -15th April for nordic applicants. The Programme starts mid-August 2002. Funding Quota Programme The Quota Programme is a funding scheme offered by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research to students from qualifying countries for studies at institutions of higher education in Norway. Application Process Application information and materials may be obtained from the University of Troms?, International Student Office, N-9037 Troms?, Norway (karin.hafstad at adm.uit.no). For information about the Quota Programme and application procedures for the Master?s degree programme, please contact the Foreign Student Adviser: e-mail: int.stud at adm.uit.no, tel. +47 776 44 968, telefax +47 776 44 900. You will also find information about the University of Troms? at http://www.adm.uit.no/studie/foreign/ More information about the programme will be available at our homepage peace.uit.no from 28 January. You can also address questions about the programme directly to: mail at peace.uit.no Yahoo! 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Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Wed Jan 30 07:57:27 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 04:57:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: ECMI NGO Network for the Improvement of Interethnic Relations in the Republic of Macedonia Message-ID: <20020130125727.7555.qmail@web11507.mail.yahoo.com> ECMI NGO Network for the Improvement of Interethnic Relations in the Republic of Macedonia ECMI Press Release aFlensburg, Germany, 22 January 2002 Official Launch of the "ECMI NGO Network for the Improvement of Interethnic Relations in the Republic of Macedonia" and of the "ECMI Regional NGO Centres" The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) based in Flensburg, Germany, is pleased to announce the official launch of the "ECMI NGO Network for the Improvement of Interethnic Relations in the Republic of Macedonia" and of the "ECMI Regional NGO Centres" in Skopje on 17-18 December 2001. The overall aim of the ECMI NGO Network is to enhance the cooperation of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) towards the improvement of interethnic tolerance, respect for differences and dialogue among all those living in the Republic of Macedonia. The ECMI NGO Network now consists of about 40 domestic NGOs representing all major ethnic communities in the country. In particular, the ECMI NGO Network aims to strengthen the capacities of the participating NGOs to generate and implement joint interethnic projects. To this effect, six ECMI Regional NGO Centres will be established in 2002 in the following cities: Skopje, Kumanovo, Tetovo, Gostivar, Bitola and Shtip. The Skopje Regional Centre will also serve as local headquarters for ECMI and for this initiative. The Regional Centres will develop projects in close consultation with their local communities to establish local priorities. The Regional Centres will also seek the cooperation of local authorities while maintaining full independence in the design and execution of projects. The idea to launch the ECMI NGO Network and the ECMI Regional NGO Centres builds on the ECMI project "NGO Roundtable on Interethnic Relations in the FYR of Macedonia" (December 2000-December 2001) which was made possible through the generous support of the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FRESTA - Secretariat for Peace and Stability) and the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This project was implemented by ECMI together with its local partner, the Center for Refugees and Forced Migration Studies (CRFMS), Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research (ISPJR), Skopje. For more information on the ECMI NGO Network and the member organizations, please see the website of the ECMI NGO Network at: http://www.ecmingonet.org.mk or contact Dr. Sunoor Verma, ECMI Regional Representative in Skopje (tel: ++389-2 361 379; mobile: ++389-70 273 924, fax: ++389-2 364 521, e-mail: sunver at mol.com.mk). For more information on ECMI, see: http://www.ecmi.de. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Balkan Academic News Post Messages to: balkans at yahoogroups.com Contact Owner at: fbieber at yahoo.com Subscribe: balkans-subscribe at yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: balkans-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com Homepage: http://www.seep.ceu.hu/balkans/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Wed Jan 30 08:00:01 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 05:00:01 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] Query: Trafficking eastern european women Message-ID: <20020130130001.57738.qmail@web11505.mail.yahoo.com> Florian Bieber wrote: From Florian Bieber Mon Jan 21 13:42:49 2002 To: balkans at yahoogroups.com From: Florian Bieber Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 22:42:49 +0100 Subject: [balkans] Query: Trafficking eastern european women From: "Claudia Belchior" Hi, I'm a co-ordinator of a Victim Support Office for a National NGO in Portugal. I'm doing a research on Trafficking women and illegal imigrants from Eastern European countries to help to improve their life im Portugal. There are over 30.000 eastern european people in such conditions in Portugal. I would like to have some informations and contacts form other Organizations working on this field and I hope that you can help me. Please contact me urgently if you can. Claudia Belchior Odivelas/Loures Office Manager Av. D.Jo?o IV, 10, 6? esq. 2870-155 Montijo Portugal claudiabelchior at oninet.pt apav.loures at apav.pt Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Balkan Academic News Post Messages to: balkans at yahoogroups.com Contact Owner at: fbieber at yahoo.com Subscribe: balkans-subscribe at yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: balkans-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com Homepage: http://www.seep.ceu.hu/balkans/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Wed Jan 30 11:47:18 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:47:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Shekulli, 30/01/2002 Message-ID: <20020130164718.50825.qmail@web11507.mail.yahoo.com> VONESA E NJE DOREHEQJE TE MIREPRITUR Nga Genc Burimi "Aut Caesar, aut nihil" (ose perandor ose asgj?)! Ilir Met?s duket se natyra politike shqiptare me imunitetin e saj t? brisht? i imponoi k?shtu zgjidhjen e dyt?. T? manipulosh zgjedhjet, t? sundosh me hije t? r?nd? ekzekutivin, t? planifikosh nj?simin e nj?shit t? qeveris? me at? t? partis?, t? blesh shtypin, t? mbrosh korrupsionin, t? inkurajosh paaft?sin? p?r t? dal? nga kriza energjetike, t? p?rqeshesh prej Brukselit p?r devijim nga reformat, t? gjitha k?to jan? kafshata q? b?hen ortek. Si rrall? her? n? eksperiencat e demokracis?, akti "post-mortum" p?r nj? kryeminist?r flinte q? prej jav?sh n? sirtar?t e mediave. Dor?heqja e tij sjell m? n? fund pak fllad ?evrope ? n? sken?n e bizantizmit politik shqiptar. N? m? pak se gjasht? muaj pas zgjedhjeve, Ilir Meta pati dhuntin? e rrall? ta kthente veten n? kurbanin m? t? d?shiruesh?m p?r mbar? opinionin, gishti i madh i t? cilit ka koh? q? e v?shtron nga toka si n? nj? aren? gladiator?sh t? Kolizeut antik. Nolen, volens! Meta u dor?zua, duke zgjidhur n? fillim dilem?n me veten e tij, pastaj me institucionet... Meta dhe Nano P?rve? rikthimit t? nderit institucioneve tona, konstatimi tjet?r pas dor?heqjes s? Met?s, ?sht? se opinioni do t? gjendet tani ball? p?rball?, sy n? sy me Fatos Nanon. Deri tani vlera e Fatos Nanos ishte fryr? artificialisht p?r hat?r t? ofensiv?s q? ai guxoi t? nd?rmarr? brenda kupol?s e kund?r kupol?s. Me largimin e tij, Meta ia dhuron Nanos "katarsisin". Po m?? Meta n? fakt dor?zohet n? sip?rfaqe, nd?rsa n? heshtjen e tij t? trazuar ai pret revanshin, q?, sipas llogaritjeve t? tij jo t? pathemelta, nuk duhet t? vonoj?. Para tre muajsh, Nano me dor?n lart tregonte se pas atij mali t? mbarsur me junt? fashiste, korrupsion e dallavere, vjen ?modernizimi i partis? n? pushtet, dometh?n? modernizimi i shtetit shqiptar ? (pjes? origjinale nga fjalimi i Nanos n? Bruksel). Parajsa vet?, le t'a besojm?... Por a i ka tani Nano v?rtet mjetet dhe personat e duhur p?r t? operuar, t? pakt?n, nj? fillim ndryshimi? Meta iku nga qeveria, porse Nano po d?shtoi, pas gjith? asaj shprese q? ka krijuar, rrezikon shum? m? tep?r. Nj? rrym? tjet?r opinioni mund t? aludoj? se Nano as q? ka p?r ta vrar? mendjen kaq holl?. Atij thjesht i intereson t? b?het president. Nd?rkaq, n? l?vizjen jo aq diletante t? Met?s edhe ky element duket se ?sht? studiuar me kujdes p?r t? distiluar mesazhin me t? qart?. Kryeministri n? rr?zimin e tij t? detyruar rr?zon dhe ?ndrr?n e Nanos p?r president, pasi Met?s do t'i mbetet gjithmon? nj? num?r i atill? mb?shtet?sish sa p?r t? bllokuar votimin e presidentit n? parlament. Apo gjith? kjo l?vizje q? nd?rmori papritur Meta ishte thjesht p?r t'i treguar Nanos dhe militant?ve t? PS-s? se pa Met?n ata nuk kan? se ku t? shkojn? dhe pa naze ta rikonfirmojn? s?rish kryeminist?r? L?vizje-shantazh, me fjal? t? tjera. Pse jo? Sido q? t? jet?, tani ?sht? rradha e Nanos. Por ai duhet t? shpejtohet jo vet?m se duhet nj? qeveri e re dhe m? cil?sore, por pasi, ironi e gj?rave, nj? kund?rshtar bie e menj?her? dhjet?ra ngrihen: opozita hyn si rast?sisht k?t? t? enjte n? parlament. Po ashtu Brukseli, nga ana e tij, vjen dhe e nd?rlikon me shum? platform?n strategjike t? kryesocialistit me t? famshmet ?detyrat e sht?pis??. Situat? q? matematikisht prodhon tri fronte p?r nj? njeri. N? k?to kushte, nj? politikan i holl? nuk mund t? flas? p?r skenare president?sh. Raporti paraprak i forcave N? m?nyr? jo prozaike le t'i p?rmbledhim raportet e forcave pas Brukselit, largimit t? Met?s dhe hyrjes s? opozit?s n? parlament: nga nj?ra an? Nano, i cili pas dushit t? Brukselit dhe dor?heqjes s? Met?s do t? p?rpiqet t? evitoj? panikun n? radh?t e parts? s? tij, duke u paraqitur pik?risht si njeriu ky? i situat?s rreth t? cilit nevojitet uniteti dhe disiplina maksimale e militant?ve. Nga ana tjet?r, opozita kryesuar nga Sali Berisha, q? vendos tani t? operoj? n? zem?r t? socilist?ve n? parlament. Nd?rmjet tyre, Meta i cili, pasi provoi rolin e tabel?s s? qitjes, d?shiron t? shijoj? tani at? t? xhokerit. Opozita, q? s'?nd?rron ve?se p?r zgjedhje t? parakohshme, me siguri do t? testoj? n? fillim n? parlament premtimet e pozit?s p?r bashk?punim. N? rast d?shtimi, opozita do t? g?rmoj? m? pas n? arsenalin e saj p?r t? gjetur forma presioni: presioni me an? t? vot?s, n?se ajo arrin dhe bind? p?r nj? aleanc? rrethanash grupin e Ilir Met?s; presioni me an? t? Brukselit, duke e treguar PS-n? me gisht para popullit si t? izoluar nga bota; presioni me an? t? rrug?s, duke provokuar protesta si ato q? hodh?n Nanon n? qershor t? '91-shit; presion ndoshta me nenin 150 (pika e par?) t? Kushtetut?s, sipas t? cilit, "populli, n?p?rmjet 50 mij? shtetasve ka t? drejt?n e referendumit p?r ??shtje t? nj? r?nd?sie t? ve?ant?", si ajo e vullnetit per t? organizuar zgjedhje t? parakohshme p?r shembull....Nga ana e pozit?s, n? skenarin m? pozitiv p?r vendin, Nano pranon bashk?punimin dor? m? dor? me opozit?n, duke i habitur k?shtu t? gjith? p?r mir?. Bashk?risht t? dyja pal?t p?rveshin m?ng?t p?r t? zgjidhur problemet e panum?rta t? shoq?ris? shqiptare, duke i ofruar, pse jo, opozit?s edhe poste ministrore n? nj? qeveri t? sfid?s p?r "zhvillimin e vendit". Por, n? qoft? se Nano nuk ka luajtur asnj? centimet?r nga fjalimi sovranist q? ai mbajti n? Bruksel, at?her? do t? presim raporte edhe m? t? mprehta konfliktualiteti. E r?nd?sishme ?sht? q? ato nuk b?hen n? sfond tankesh e bajonetash. Sa p?r Met?n, me gjestin e tij, ai i ka kryer sh?rbimin m? t? madh n? planin e moralit, vendit dhe demokracis?. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Wed Jan 30 13:08:42 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:08:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Eleftherotypia - 18/01/2002 Message-ID: <20020130180842.68023.qmail@web11502.mail.yahoo.com> Eleftherotypia: On Memory and Oblivion (Greece's role in the Yugoslav wars) [T. Mihas, 18-1-02] On Memory and Oblivion (Greece's role in the Yugoslav wars) (Translated by GHM from the Greek original available at: http://www.enet.gr/online/online_p1_text.jsp?dt=18/01/2002&c=110&id=78559) By TAKIS MICHAS Last July, at a meeting of the Greek Center for European Studies (EKEM), Greek delegate to the EU Anna Diamantopoulou spoke about the bright future awaiting Greece in Europe. At the conclusion of her speech I asked Ms Diamantopoulou if the "bright future" would also include the Greek politicians who contributed morally, financially, politically and - perhaps - militarily to the genocide in Bosnia. In her (tape-recorded) reply, the EU delegate stated that "the Greek standpoint was justified." Several months prior to the CES meeting, at a conference organized at the Athens Hilton, I posed a similar question to Foreign Minister George Papandreou. He replied that "one should look forward, not backward." If one agrees with Vaclav Havel's view that the quintessence of progress is the existence of a critical historical memory, then it is truly disheartening to hear such responses from two people who supposedly represent the modernizing project in Greece. For the grim reality is that a large segment of the Greek political, financial and ecclesiastical establishment bears part of the responsibility for the mass crimes committed by the Serbs in Bosnia under Milosevic, Karadzic and Mladic. Specifically: * Until the summer of 1995 (when the major massacres took place in Bosnia) Greek entrepreneurs, with the full knowledge of the governments (Mitsotakis - Papandreou), violated the UN Security Council oil embargo and supplied the Serb and Bosnian Serb war machine with the necessary fuel. In one case, moreover, a Greek Prime Minister personally ordered police cars to accompany the fuel tankers so that they would not be stopped en route! * Until Kostas Simitis's rise to power, the Milosevic regime maintained, in violation of European Union directives, 250 (!) bank accounts in Greece. Funds used to purchase the products necessary for the Serb war effort were channeled through these accounts. * Throughout the war in Bosnia, Greek newspapers and TV stations openly engaged in the recruitment of Greek paramilitaries who participated in "battles" - under Ratko Mladic - in which brutal crimes were committed against Bosnian Muslim civilians. Each time I brought this issue (in writing) to the attention of the Greek authorities the response was icy indifference. * The Greek authorities (Papandreou period) provided a safe haven for members of Milosevic's secret services, who had been accused of murdering Kosovar Albanian activists in Europe, and who were being sought by Interpol. * Top-level Greek politicians, entrepreneurs and clerics provided moral as well as material support to Radovan Karadzic despite the fact that he was accused of mass crimes in Sarajevo, Zvornik, Prijedor, Foca and elsewhere. * The Greek governments (Papandreou - early-era Simitis) encouraged state investments in Bosnia that contravened the Dayton accords and encouraged Bosnian-Serb plans for the partitioning of the country. These facts are just the tip of the iceberg and reflect publicly available information.* In addition, there are also serious indications that, throughout the war, Greece was providing various forms of military assistance to the Bosnian Serbs. The time has come for the Simitis government to make public whatever information it has at its disposal. Not only because it is necessary that those who contributed to some of the worst crimes committed in Europe since World War II face the law, but also because in revealing those facts the government will convince everyone that the country has truly embarked on a new path. Other western countries have already begun a critical reexamination of some of their policies. In the Netherlands the role of the Dutch UN forces in the Srbrenica tragedy is being carefully scrutinized; in Great Britain the role of the Foreign Office and, in particular, of Lord Owen is under fire. And in the U.S. questions are still being raised concerning the CIA's prolonged concealment of aerial photographs of mass graves in Eastern Bosnia. * These issues are examined in detail in my book, "Unholy Alliance: Greece and Milosevic's Serbia," (with comments by Samuel Huntington), due out in April (in the U.S. and U.K.). ELEFTHEROTYPIA - 18/01/2002 --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Wed Jan 30 13:20:50 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:20:50 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Event in Chicago - 23 February 2002 Message-ID: <20020130182050.21498.qmail@web11503.mail.yahoo.com> The Hellenic American Women's Council is holding its Eigth Annual Conference with title "Women and Human Rights: Our Role in a Dramatically Changing World." The conference will will be held at the Omni Hotel, 676 N. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL. Panelists will include Kathryn Cameron Porter, Founder & President of the Human Rights Alliance, Washington, D.C.; Irene Banias, Public Interest Lawyer and International Human Rights Lecturer; and Mary Meg McCarthy, Director of the MidWest Immigration & Human Rights Center of Chicago. Nicholas Gage will be keynote speaker: General conference registration $55, students (to age 26) $35, $75 at the door. For more information please phone Theodora Nicolandis at (773) 583-6360 or Anna Moreno at (773) 338-0346. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Wed Jan 30 13:39:57 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:39:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] www.shqiperia.com Message-ID: <20020130183957.75876.qmail@web11502.mail.yahoo.com> LAJMET E DITES Shqiperia.com, Sot diten e Merkure ne oren 20 e 30 do te transmetoje LIVE ne Internet Intervisten e z. Ilir Meta pas doreheqjes se tij. Kjo interviste realizohet nga AVAnet Albania dhe do te pasohet diten e Enjte ne nje Debat mes dy figurave me te perfolura te Politikes Shqiptare te ketyre 10 viteve te fundit. Sali Berisha dhe Fatos Nano do te jene te ftuar ne studion e KLAN TV ne emisionin e Blendi Fevziut "Opinion". Diten e Enjte ne oren 21.00 ju ftojme te ndiqni dhe evenimentin me te rendesishem te jetes politike shqiptare, perplasjen balle per balle te Fatos Nanos dhe Sali Berishes --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From aalibali at yahoo.com Thu Jan 31 07:39:48 2002 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 04:39:48 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] CfP:Security in Southern and Eastern Europe Message-ID: <20020131123948.60954.qmail@web11501.mail.yahoo.com> Florian Bieber wrote: From Florian Bieber Thu Jan 24 05:06:28 2002 To: balkans at yahoogroups.com From: Florian Bieber Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:06:28 +0100 Subject: [balkans] CfP:Security in Southern and Eastern Europe From: "Snezana Milivojevic" The Security Policy Group is planning a volume entitled "Security in southern and eastern Europe", to be published during 2003. The call for paper proposals is now open for prospective contributors. The paper proposals should be around 200 words, along with a brief biographical statement of the authors. Preliminary decisions on the papers, on the basis of the abstracts, will be made by 1 June 2002. The deadline for proposals is 5 February 2002. Some of the suggested topics include: 1. The emerging non-military security considerations in the region: organised crime, terrorism, corruption. 2. Government capacity in the transitional countries of southeastern Europe to establish transparent and efficient security services. 3. The future of the state security forces, their legitimate and factual roles, and the relationship between them and the particular governments. 4. Military and ethnic animosities in the region. 5. The Albanian question. 6. Kosovo and Macedonia. 7. Greece as a regional power and its integrative influence. 8. Turkey. 9. Stability pact and its capacity to influence security issues in the region. 10. EU accession as an element of regiional security. 11. Security-related identities in the region. 12. Civilian control of the armed forces in the region. Papers on these and other related topics will be accepted. Papers should be sent to: snezanam at beotel.yu Regards from Sasa Fatic Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT _______________________________________________ Balkan Academic News Post Messages to: balkans at yahoogroups.com Contact Owner at: fbieber at yahoo.com Subscribe: balkans-subscribe at yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: balkans-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com Homepage: http://www.seep.ceu.hu/balkans/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From mehollim at hotmail.com Thu Jan 31 19:10:47 2002 From: mehollim at hotmail.com (Mimoza Meholli) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 19:10:47 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [nisjobs] Kosovo Health Pos Message-ID: >From: Craig Zelizer >To: nisjobs at yahoogroups.com >Subject: [nisjobs] Kosovo Health Pos >Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 07:42:50 -0800 (PST) > >Organisation: HealthNet International - Netherlands >Location: Kosovo >Description: >HealthNet International currently has the following >vacancy: >KOSOVO > >HEALTH PROGRAMME MANAGER > >Project title Development of Integrated Primary Health >Care in Prizren area, Kosovo >Location Prizren, Kosovo >Job duration As soon as possible till 1st November, >option for extension in case of continuation of HNI >activities in Kosovo >Position in the organisation >Reports to Operational Director in Amsterdam >Directly supervises 1 expatriate and 3 to 6 national >staff >Responsible for District of 380,000 people and a >budget of 1.5 million Dutch Guilders > >1 Purpose of the position >The HPM is responsible for the overall management, >supervision and control of all project activities. >This includes responsibility for all administrative >and financial procedures, for the supervision of >expatriate and local staff, and for the preparation of >narrative reports, external as well as internal. The >HPM also provides technical input in specific >programme activities, consistently with his/her >background and competencies. >Particular emphasis will be given to local capacity >building and institution development. >Furthermore, the HPM is responsible for exploration of >options for continuation of HNI activities in Kosovo, >preparation of concept project proposals, soliciting >for back donor funding. > >2 Major duties and responsibilities >Responsible for: >? Implementation of HNI?s project work plan for >Community Based Mental Health and Family Health >centres; >? Promoting awareness and acceptance of the new >primary care system with authorities, medical >professionals, and the general public; >? Explore options for continuation of HNI activities. > >3 Main activities & tasks >Some of the following tasks can be delegated to other >team members, though final responsibility remains with >the HPM. > >3.1 Programme support & implementation >The HPM: >? Monitors the realisation of the project?s objectives >and takes appropriate corrective measures in case of >deviation to the goals. >? Attends meetings for co-ordination and the exchange >of information with other organisations and/or >authorities. >3.2 Human Resources Management >The HPM : >? Supervises project expatriate staff; conform with >the HNI Conditions of Service. >? Provides clear and formal job descriptions for all >personnel. >? Ensures that working conditions comply with the >legal requirements applicable in the country. >? Defines HRM policies regarding the national staff >(e.g. remuneration, holidays, evaluations, ?hire & >fire? procedures, etc.) >? Decides on local staff remuneration in harmony with >local standards set by other NGOs and UN. >? Evaluates the job performance of all staff on a >regular basis. >? Provides the necessary support and coaching to >protect the well being of the team members. > > >3.3 Logistical, administrative, financial and security >matters >The HPM: >? Designs procedures for control and monitoring of all >logistical and communication resources and facilities. >? Supervises administrative staff in the development >and maintenance of management systems regarding HRM, >financial control, stock control, etc. >? Secures and maintains the required official >registration of the organisation in the country. >? Has final responsibility for the timely delivery of >financial reports. >? Bears final responsibility for the security of team >members and of HNI?s assets and valuables. >3.4 Reporting >The HPM: >? Prepares and/or compiles all periodical narrative >reports required by the donors and submits it >beforehand to the OD for approval. >? Reports on a monthly basis (periodicity might be >broadened in a later stage) to the OD under an >appropriate format. >? If the circumstances require so (security incidents, >tense situation, major events, etc.), reports to the >OD on an ad hoc basis (daily or weekly situation >report); >? Makes sure the data necessary for building up the >financial reports and statements is timely delivered >to Amsterdam. >3.5 Representation tasks >The HPM: >? Maintains contacts at national and district level >with the government, health authorities, institutions, >donors, NGOs (international & national) and other >partners. >? Identifies any opportunities for HNI to work >collaboratively on any research or survey, which >relates to our current project, in consultation with >OD. >4 Profile >? University degree; >? Experience in a management position required, >experience with project development preferred; >? Working experience in a NGO setting and preferably >experience in Eastern Europe or developing countries; >? Team player and coach; >? Experience in public health and/or mental health >preferred; >? Knowledge of training programmes and methods >preferred; >? Excellent communication skills; >? Fluency in English, written and spoken. > >If you are interested in this position, please send >your application (cover letter and CV, both in >English) within 14 days to email hrm at hni.nl At this >address you can also ask for more information about >the project. For more information on the organisation >visit our website www.healthnetinternational.org > >HealthNet International >Maassluisstraat 258 >1062 GL Amsterdam >The Netherlands >020-5120640 > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! >http://auctions.yahoo.com > > >------------------------ Yahoo! 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