From besnik at albanian.com  Thu Jan  7 05:11:42 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 02:11:42 -0800
Subject: [alst-l] Fwd: ethnic cleansing talk
Message-ID: <004201be3a26$2058a080$2d8456d1@oemcomputer>

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>>From: "Eagle Glassheim" <eag21 at columbia.edu>
>>To: <othereurope at columbia.edu>
>>Subject: ethnic cleansing talk
>>Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:36:16 -0500
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>>Just a reminder to those back early from vacation.
>>
>>The Institute for East Central Europe announces the following brown bag
talk
>>to take place during the inter-session:
>>
>>"The Century of Ethnic Cleansing: Forced Migration in Central and Eastern
>>Europe between 1912 and 1995"
>>
>>Thursday, January 14, 12-2pm
>>Room 1219, International Affairs Building
>>
>>The speaker will be Dr. Philipp Ther, a research fellow at the Center for
>>Comparative History at the Free University in Berlin.
>>
>>For more information, please contact Eagle Glassheim at email:
>>eag21 at columbia.edu




From besnik at albanian.com  Thu Jan  7 18:28:42 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:28:42 -0800
Subject: [alst-l] Fw: Balkans: Human Rights Watch 1999 Annual Reports 
Message-ID: <00c201be3a95$773a4c40$f38a56d1@oemcomputer>


-----Original Message-----
From: MINELRES moderator <minelres at mailbox.riga.lv>
To: ulpiana at albanian.com <ulpiana at albanian.com>
Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 4:50 AM
Subject: Balkans: Human Rights Watch 1999 Annual Reports 


>From: MINELRES moderator <minelres at mailbox.riga.lv>
>
>Original sender: Greek Helsinki Monitor <helsinki at compulink.gr>
>
>Subject: Human Rights Watch 1999 Annual Reports for Balkans
>
>
>
>Dear MINELRES subscribers,
>
>to find the Human Rights Watch 1999 Annual Report for the Balkan
>countries, click at appropriate link below. 
>
>http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/europe/albania.html (albania)
>
>http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/europe/bosnia.html (bosnia)
>
>http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/europe/bulgaria.html (bulgaria)
>
>http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/europe/croatia.html (croatia)
>
>http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/europe/greece.html (greece)
>
>http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/europe/macedonia.html (macedonia)
>
>http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/europe/romania.html (romania)
>
>http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/europe/turkey.html (turkey)
>
>http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/europe/yugoslavia.html
>(yugoslavia)
>
>
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From besnik at albanian.com  Fri Jan  8 05:06:07 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 02:06:07 -0800
Subject: [alst-l] Everyone, welcome to ALST-L!
Message-ID: <01e501be3aee$82dcf9e0$f38a56d1@oemcomputer>

Hello,

I hope all of you have had a good holiday season and I wish everyone a Happy
New Year. I also wanted to welcome everyone to the ALST-L list.

As you know, this list was created to facilitate communication between those
interested in or professionally engaged in the field of Albanian Studies.
What I mean here by Albanian Studies is loosely defined as the study of
Albania or Albanians through the various fields of social science:
linguistics, sociology, political science, anthropology, economics, etc.

As you may know, Albanian Studies is quite a small field of study in the
West, but fortunately in this list we have gathered a small number of good
representatives of all these fields. We have committed professionals and
scholars who actively publish scholarly articles, essays, and books about
Albania and Albanians. We have students, such as myself, who are interested
and wish to learn more about Albanian Studies. And we have many others who
are not directly involved in Albanian Studies, but simply interested in the
field. And finally, we have geographic diversity as members are located in
Albania, Central and Western European states, and the United States.

Although I do not have any great aspirations for this list (i.e. I'm not
planning for us to revolutionize Albanian Studies from here), I still hope
that we will all use this list to our advantage, exchange thoughts, ideas,
and information, and perhaps help each other with locating sources and
information, giving feedback or whatever it may be. This list should be a
useful networking tool for all of us. Although I personally favor English or
Albanian, feel free to use any language you may like, as long as the
discussions conform to reasonable norms of civility. The list is unmoderated
for the time being, just to keep the atmosphere open (and make my life
easier :)), but in case there are attempts at obstruction or things just get
out of hand (as can sometimes happen in that impersonal way of communicating
called e-mail), that may change.

Just to get things going, let me start by introducing myself. I am currently
an M.A. candidate at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, in the Center
for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies, majoring in Government and
minoring in History and Ethnic and Social Issues. I received my B.A. in
political science from Hunter College in New York City in 1998. I
occassionally write for the Koha Ditore daily in Prishtina, as a
correspondent from Washington, dealing mainly with U.S. policy towards the
crisis in Kosova.

I am originally from Prishtina, Kosova, so my interest in the developments
in Kosova, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, and the Balkans in general is
natural, if you will. My current and long time fascination has been
ethnicity and nationalism and the development of nationalism in the Balkans,
its social and political aspects. I am also interested in theories of regime
transition, economic transformation, and post-communist society in general.

If you like, please send a brief introduction about yourself to the list,
just so that we can start in a somewhat friendly manner. Just in case you're
wondering, the data that has been sent to me by subscribers will be used
only for the records of the list and will not be made public.

In the end, I ask all of you to do some campaigning on behalf of this list,
and invite all those who may be interested to join.

Enjoy your stay!

Besnik


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From SSALBO at aol.com  Sat Jan  9 01:43:25 1999
From: SSALBO at aol.com (SSALBO at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 01:43:25 EST
Subject: [alst-l] Everyone, welcome to ALST-L!
Message-ID: <c96dd22f.3696fa8d@aol.com>

Please excuse my ignorance of matters that are cyber related.  How does one
access the Albanian Studies site?  I made my interests known but do not know
how to share my thoughts.  

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From besnik at albanian.com  Sat Jan  9 06:46:42 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 03:46:42 -0800
Subject: [alst-l] Everyone, welcome to ALST-L!
Message-ID: <005301be3bc5$ba478d00$258056d1@oemcomputer>

>Please excuse my ignorance of matters that are cyber related.  How does one
>access the Albanian Studies site?  I made my interests known but do not
know
>how to share my thoughts.


You just did share your thought with the list :) To send a message to the
ALST-L list send an e-mail to ALST-L at alb-net.com. To set your subscription
options go to http://www.alb-net.com/cgi-bin/majordomo.

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From gazeta55 at icc.al.eu.org  Sat Jan  9 06:04:59 1999
From: gazeta55 at icc.al.eu.org (GAZETA 55)
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 12:04:59 +0100
Subject: [alst-l] Everyone, welcome to ALST-L!
Message-ID: <199901091104.MAA07279@icc.al.eu.org>

At 03:46 AM 1/9/99 -0800, you wrote: 
Can we talk in albanian language, or must write in english language to
express our thoughts.
with respect
Gilmana Bushati

>>Please excuse my ignorance of matters that are cyber related.  How does one
>>access the Albanian Studies site?  I made my interests known but do not
>know
>>how to share my thoughts.
>
>
>You just did share your thought with the list :) To send a message to the
>ALST-L list send an e-mail to ALST-L at alb-net.com. To set your subscription
>options go to http://www.alb-net.com/cgi-bin/majordomo.
>
>Besnik
>
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From besnik at albanian.com  Sat Jan  9 16:00:42 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 13:00:42 -0800
Subject: [alst-l] Fw: Balkan Human Rights Web Pages: A Guide to Keep!
Message-ID: <003701be3c13$25dae420$b28356d1@oemcomputer>


>From: MINELRES moderator <minelres at mailbox.riga.lv>
>
>Original sender: Greek Helsinki Monitor <helsinki at compulink.gr>
>
>Subject: Balkan Human Rights Web Pages: A Guide to Keep!
>
>
>
>Dear list members,
>
>Happy New Year!
>
>Many of you have been wondering why we had stopped sending you all
>pertinent human rights documents on the Balkans. The reason was the
>various other activities of the persons involved in this distribution.
>
>However, our web site manager has meticulously put all these documents
>in the appropriate pages. Also, she has listed all previous documents
>on the countries covered and for as far back in previous years as
>available in their web site for the following organizations:
>
>Amnesty International
>Association of Independent Electronic Media in Yugoslavia (ANEM)
>Greek Helsinki Monitor
>Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia - Herzegovina
>Human Rights Watch (HRW)
>International Crisis Group (ICG)
>International Freedom of Expression (IFEX)
>International Helsinki Federation (IHF)
>UN High Commissioner for Refugees
>
>To make our Balkan site more easily accessible, we have assembled here
>its contents by country and by organization. Keep this page and when
>you want to find what is available for a country or an organization,
>just click below, where appropriate. We would like to point out that
>as some of the organizations do not have an index by country, you will
>find our site helpful as a guide to their material for each Balkan
>country.
>
>Naturally, we will welcome your comments.
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Contents by Country:
>
>Albania
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Albania.html
>
>Bosnia-Herzegovina
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Bosnia.html
>
>Bulgaria
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Bulgaria.html
>
>Croatia
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Croatia.html
>
>Cyprus
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Cyprus.html
>
>Greece
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Greece.html
>
>Kosovo (FRY)
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Kosovo.html
>
>Macedonia
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Macedonia.html
>
>Montenegro (FRY)
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Montenegro.html
>
>Romania
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Romania.html
>
>Serbia (FRY)
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Serbia.html
>
>Slovenia
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Slovenia.html
>
>Turkey
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/countries/Turkey.html
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Contents by Organizations:
>
>Albanian Helsinki Committee
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Albania%20Hesinki%20Commi
ttee.html
>
>Alternative Information Media Network
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Alternative%20Information
%20Media%20Network.html
>
>Amnesty International
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Amnesty%20International.h
tml
>
>Association of Independent Electronic Media of Yugoslavia
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Association%20of%20Indepe
ndent%20Electronic%20Media%20in%20Yugoslavia.html
>
>Belgrade Center for Human Rights
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Belgrade%20Center%20for%2
0Human%20Rights.html
>
>Bosnian Helsinki Committee
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Bosnian%20Helsinki%20Comm
ittee.html
>
>Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Bulgarian%20Helsinki%20Co
mmittee.html
>
>Canadian Macedonia Human Rights Committee
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Canadian%20Macedonian%20H
uman%20Rights%20Committee.html
>
>Croatian Helsinki Committee
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Croatian%20Helsinki%20Com
mittee.html
>
>European Court of Human Rights Judgments
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/European%20Court%20of%20H
uman%20Rights%20Judgments.html
>
>European Roma Rights Center
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/European%20Roma%20Rights%
20Center.html
>
>Greek Helsinki Monitor
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Greek%20Helsinki%20Monito
r.html
>
>European Center for Minority Issues
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/European%20Center%20for%2
0Minority%20Issues.html
>
>Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in the Republic of Macedonia
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Helsinki%20Committee%20fo
r%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Macedonia.html
>
>Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Republika Srpska
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Helsinki%20Committee%20fo
r%20Human%20Rights%20in%20Republika%20Srpska.html
>
>Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Helsinki%20Committee%20fo
r%20Human%20Rights%20in%20Serbia.html
>
>Helsinki Monitor of Slovenia
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Helsinki%20Monitor%20of%2
0Slovenia.html
>
>Human Rights Foundation of Turkey
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Human%20Rights%20Foundati
on%20of%20Turkey.html
>
>Human Rights Project
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Human%20Rights%20Project.
html
>
>Human Rights Watch
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Human%20Rights%20Watch.ht
ml
>
>Human Rights Without Frontiers
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Human%20Rights%20Without%
20Frontiers.html
>
>Humanitarian Law Center
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Humanitarian%20Law%20Cent
er.html
>
>International Crisis Group
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/International%20Crisis%20
Group.html
>
>International Helsinki Federation
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/International%20Helsinki%
20Federation.html
>
>International Freedom of Expression
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/International%20Freedom%2
0of%20Expression%20.html
>
>International Press Institute
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/International%20Press%20I
nstitute.html
>
>Kosova Helsinki Committee
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Kosova%20Helsinki%20Commi
ttee.html
>
>Netherlands Helsinki Committee
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Netherlands%20Helsinki%20
Committee.html
>
>Norwegian Helsinki Committee
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Norwegian%20Helsinki%20Co
mmittee.html
>
>Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Observatory%20for%20the%2
0Protection%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Defenders.html
>
>Society for Threatened People
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Society%20for%20Threatene
d%20People.html
>
>Tolerance Foundation
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/Tolerance%20Foundation.ht
ml
>
>University of Cambridge Center of International Studies
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/University%20of%20Cambrid
ge%20Center%20of%20International%20Studies.html
>
>UN High Commissioner for Refugees
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/UN%20High%20Commissioner%
20for%20Refugees.html
>
>US Department of State
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/US%20Department%20of%20St
ate.html
>
>World Association of Newspaper
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/organizations/World%20Association%20of%
20Newspapers.html
>
>_______________________________________
>
>Greek Helsinki Monitor &
>Minority Rights Group - Greece
>P.O. Box 51393
>GR-14510 Kifisia
>Greece
>Tel. +30-1-620.01.20
>Fax +30-1-807.57.67
>e-mail: office at greekhelsinki.gr
>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr
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From ngapeja at rocketmail.com  Mon Jan 11 09:26:48 1999
From: ngapeja at rocketmail.com (Isa Blumi)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 06:26:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [alst-l] Isa Blumi
Message-ID: <19990111142648.7993.rocketmail@web1.rocketmail.com>

I make my initial formal contribution to this
discussion forum with the hope that this can be a
fruitful medium for exchanging ideas, info and the
like.  I will begin with a brief biographical
description but will quickly get down to business. 
My father was a Kosovar from Peja, I personally have
lived outside the Kosovar community most of my life
due to my mothers German heritage, therefore I have,
I think, a somewhat different impression about being
Albanian.  I am writing my PhD Dissertation at New
York University for the joint Middle Eastern
studies/History program on Identity and state
formation both the Northern Highlands of ALbania and
Yemen during the last 50 years of the Ottoman Empire.
  I am currently in ?stanbul conducting archival
research which has produced a wealth of information
which will prove ground-breaking in many ways.  I
have published in journals such as East European
Quarterly, East European Politics and Society and the
?nternational Journal for Albanian Studies of which I
am a member of the editorial board.

Now to business.  

First item;  I currently seeking original
well-written and researched articles (previously
published in other languages my be alright)to put
together an edited volume for publication within the
next year.  While I intend to edit the volume I would
welcome a co-editor who has experience.  I am not
sure there is a large enough number of us,
unfortunately who are producing research on Albanian
related topics to justify restricting the topic to
some narrow definition or theme, I think the content
and number of papers I can get my hands on will
dictate the overall theme of the volume but I do
believe we are in serious need of such a volume to
address the many of the serious misconceptions and
misrepresentations the rest of the world (and
Albanians for that matter) have of the regions
neglected issue.  The recent publications on Kosova
prove unrewarding in many aspects and attempts to
understand Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Italy
etc with a strong historical focus from the
perspective of Albanians is lacking at best.  Please
be forthcoming with proposals, references or
recommendations, I have two university presses who
expressed priliminary interest if I could get
together a volume (this is a most important aspect
for the ALbanian community which to date has been
neglected)  Please send all inquiries to my e-mail
address---ngapeja at hotmail.com


Issue two---I am  terribly concerned with recent
developments in Kosova regarding media coverage (what
else is new!?)  I see a dramatic shift in attention
away from Albanians as a collective community in the
abbreviated  articles I am picking up in Turkey from
UP?, NYT,  etc....I am troubled that the  --human
side of this media event---has clearly shifted to the
Serbs, there are no longer stories of the homeless
Albanians, the children who brave the elements,
violence etc,  recent stories have focused on teh
Serb population giving them an imbalanced level of
humanity while reporters seem to only emphsize the
KLA and its commanders, looking for the military
details of its capacity (which I am dissappointed to
note the answers are confident, verbose and overly
cocky).  I remember that period in late spring of 98
when KLA was in control of large tracks of land in
Kosova and similar rhetoric was coming out of Demac?
and commanders of imminent victory etc....NATO and
the West responded with the infamous --Green
Light--and we know what happened then.  Someone must
tell those in charge of media relations for KLA to
tell their commanders to keep down the confidence,
the boasting and insist reporters do stories about
the human side of our plight, otherwise, I see the
attitude the French are spewing out, that is we are
far too deferential to the KLA (read albanians for
they are the provocateurs--read terrorists in Serb
media circles) We must demand that media represent
our situation with less emphasis on our military
activities and return the focus on the human  pain
this is causing our people...let us not let the world
forget that it is we who are the victims and it is we
who are fighting for our lives.

I hope this will stimulate a responce.

Tung

Isa





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From besnik at albanian.com  Tue Jan 12 20:38:50 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 20:38:50 -0500
Subject: [alst-l] Everyone, welcome to ALST-L!
In-Reply-To: <199901091104.MAA07279@icc.al.eu.org>
Message-ID: <v04003a02b2c1a8e09d89@[207.69.34.125]>

>Can we talk in albanian language, or must write in english language to
>express our thoughts.
>with respect
>Gilmana Bushati

Hello,

as I said in my earlier message, I personally prefer English or Albanian,
but you may use any language you like.

I know most if not all members of the list know English, and a considerable
number know Albanian, but, as far as I know, not everyone.

Regards,

Besnik



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From labova at JUNO.COM  Tue Jan 12 22:15:06 1999
From: labova at JUNO.COM (Agron Alibali)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:15:06 -0500
Subject: [alst-l] Latest from Human Rights Watch
References: <199901091104.MAA07279@icc.al.eu.org>
Message-ID: <19990112.221523.11518.1.labova@juno.com>


                                                                         
  

                 Turkish Minority Rights Violated in Greece

 (JANUARY 8, 1999) -- Ethnic Turks in Greece face continued serious
discrimination in the enjoyment of language, religious, and educational
rights, according to a report released today by  Human Rights Watch. The
report, which updates 1990 and 1992 studies, notes significant progress
in recent years but calls for continued improvements in the rights
enjoyed by approximately 100,000 ethnic Turks in Greece.

 Greece has enacted a number of discriminatory measures to
force ethnic Turks to migrate to Turkey or to disrupt
community life and weaken its cultural basis. The most
 egregious example was Article 19 of the Citizenship Law,
 which, until it was abolished in 1998, allowed the state to strip
 approximately 60,000 non-ethnic Greeks of their citizenship
 between 1955 and 1998. Human Rights Watch welcomed
 abolition of the law last year, but noted that it did not apply
 retroactively, so tens of thousands of ethnic Turks remain
 wrongfully deprived of their Greek citizenship.

 A 1990 law granted the state wide-ranging powers in appointing the
mufti, the Turkish  community's religious leader who also serves as an
Islamic judge in civil matters. In defiance of the law, the Turkish
community has continued to elect its religious leaders, who have been
prosecuted and imprisoned by Greek authorities. In addition, the repair
of mosques is sometimes blocked by state authorities, and those involved
in the repair are prosecuted.

 Human rights violations in the education field affect the largest number
of individuals and have done  the most to foster economic
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by ethnic Greeks. And the two Turkish-language high schools in Western
Thrace can provide only a fraction of the needed places, resulting in a
disproportionate drop-out rate.

 In addition, Human Rights Watch has received credible complaints from
members of the ethnic Turkish minority, alleging police surveillance,
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From besnik at albanian.com  Wed Jan 13 00:35:33 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:35:33 -0500
Subject: [alst-l] Fwd: Univ. of Vienna summer program - Feb. 28 (fwd)
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Subject: Univ. of Vienna summer program - Feb. 28

***UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA INTERNATIONAL SUMMER PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS***

A limited number of partial and full scholarships are available to
Austrian and foreign students for this annual summer school (July 17 to
August 16, 1999) in Strobl, Austria, on European studies. The Program
consists of two two-week sessions with 30 hour classes offered on topics
in international relations, European history, economics, international
law, political science, art, literature, and study of the German language.

The deadline for application is FEBRUARY 28, 1999. For information
and applications CONTACT:

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From besnik at albanian.com  Wed Jan 13 00:36:19 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:36:19 -0500
Subject: [alst-l] Fwd: CALL FOR PAPERS - GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE COLUMBIA
 UNIVERSITY
Message-ID: <v04003a04b2c1e13ddedc@[207.69.34.125]>

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          Harriman Institute and East Central Europe Center
			COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

		          CALL FOR PAPERS
	   	   GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE

THEME: 1989-99 TRANSFORMATIONS: TRIUMPH OR TRAGEDY

The Harriman Institute and the East Central Europe Center are pleased
to announce a graduate student conference.  The conference seeks to bring
together studies and ideas from a variety of disciplines to examine the
dramatic transformations which have occurred in the Former Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe over the course of the last decade.  Suggested topics
include:

Nations and Boundaries: Rediscovery or Creation?
Political Choices: New Systems or Old Legacies?
Changing Economies: New Wealth or New Inequalities?
Changing Cultures: Re-discovering Traditions or Losing Distinct Identities?
Changing Foreign Policy: Independent Voices or New Foreign Domination?
Ideologies and Looking at the Recent Past: Reconciliation, Redefinition,
or Retribution?

Papers are invited around these or other areas which address the key theme
of transformation.  Submissions from a variety of disciplines which emply
diverse critical and theoretical approaches are encourages.

LOCATION AND DATE OF CONFERENCE: The Conference will be held at Columbia
University, in the City of New York, February 26 - February 27, 1999.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:  Papers should be no more than 30 pages in length.
Please e-mail the submissions as a MICROSOFT WORD attachement to:

			kph2 at columbia.edu

Or mail a copy of the paper on diskette in Microsoft Word format along
with a hard copy to:
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			1227 IAB MC3336
			Columbia University
			420 W. 118th St.
			New York, NY 10027

		DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: January 15, 1999

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From ngapeja at rocketmail.com  Thu Jan 14 08:07:08 1999
From: ngapeja at rocketmail.com (Isa Blumi)
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 05:07:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [alst-l] Carl Bildt
Message-ID: <19990114130708.27030.rocketmail@attach1.rocketmail.com>

On the 12th of this month Carl Bildt, the former head
diplomat for the wests efforts in Bosnia submitted an
op-ed piece in Britains Times Supplement I think. 
Granted I have read extracts only from the article
but found it a most dangerous piece for Albanians. 
As I mentioned in my last communique (to which no one
responded) media and diplomatic focus is shifting on
matters concerning Kosova, the KLA and the ALbanian
population is beginning to lose the sympathies of
many---Bildts piece is indacative of this rising
current started by the French to get the SErbs off
the dipomatic hook by beginning to place EQUAL blame
on both sides.  Bildts suggestion that NATO seal off
the Albanian and Kosovar borders to halt the flow of
weapons is akin to that deadly policy of --everyone
is guilty in the Bosnian war---this I am afraid will
only grow as a sentiment among the less sympathetic
parties in the contact group, and I am afraid it is
only the US state department who is insist?ng on 
putting exclusive pressure on Milosevic...This Bildt
first of all has no grounds for offering his opinion
on Kosova for the utter failure his tenure as head
diplomat in Bosnia proved to be a significant
component of the fall of --security zones and the
caving into territory concessions demanded by the
party that started the war and perpretrated the vast
majority of the astrosities.  For Bildt to suggest
Albanians are equally guilty in this conflict is
perverse and disgusting, it obscures the history of
this conflict and reduces the pain and trauma of
hundreds of thousands of people to that of a deserved
result of demanding political, cultural, economic and
human rights.  There are many Kosovars in Sweeden,
Bildt was prime minister at one time, I hope there is
someone organizing a boisterous public protest in
Stockholm and I hope the kosovars in Britain are
flooding the newspapers editorial office with equally
vigerous protests....this guy does not have the right
to comment and influence opinions on Kosova, he lost
that priviledge in the Bosnia fiasco---and yet there
he is, there are the French soldiers, as in Bosnia,
spewing contemptable pro-Serb sympathies when they
should at the very least be neutral on the ground. 
The recent book of the Dutch UN commander at
Srebrenica tells us all about the French who
commanded UN forces and his refusal to support UN
troops under attack by Serbs on that fateful day.  It
is happening in more nuanced ways this time but the
actors are the same and we better do something to
expose the similarities and put collective pressure,
in particular, on European governments.  

These are my furious, immediate thoughts from
?stanbul, I would hope we can get a little more
action going along the lines of exchanging our
various impressions from our little corner of the
world, I think it would be helpful for all of us to
know what is going on beyond our immediate media
market/community.

Best,

Isa Blumi





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From gazeta55 at icc.al.eu.org  Sun Jan 17 10:15:03 1999
From: gazeta55 at icc.al.eu.org (GAZETA 55)
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 16:15:03 +0100
Subject: [alst-l] Gilmana Bushati
Message-ID: <199901171515.QAA11787@icc.al.eu.org>


Kosova ne lufte do te thote qe dhe Shqiperia eshte ne lufte

( Keto jane mendimet e mia personale dhe jo te gazetes time)


Kosove: Ne Recak ekzekutohen pa gjyq 45 shqiptare. Sot vazhdojne perseri
bombardimet ne zona te ndryshme te Kosoves, per ta kthyer ate ne toke te
djegur dhe te shkretuar. 
Shqiperi: Ne Tirane ministri i jashtem Milo, kryetari i shtetit Meidani,
kryeministri Majko, e denojne rende kete ekzekutim. Po keshtu dhe opozita
shqiptare. 
Faktori nderkombetar: Ne shume deklarta te shteteve perendimore, pro dhe
kunder luftes ne Kosove denojne kete akt barbar te serbeve.
Aktualiteti: Shqiptaret ne Shqiperi qe me fillimin e luftes ne Kosove u
mesuan me idene se lufta behet larg nesh, ne vetem mund te sensibilizojme
faktorin nderkombetar per ate qe po behet atje, pasi jemi nje shtet i cili
njihet pak a shume ne konferenca te ndryshme nderkombetare. Politika
shqiptare, qe ka parasysh te luftojne vetem kundershtarin politik dhe jo ate
te perbashket e quajti luften ne Kosove si nje lufte tej kufijve tane
shteterore. Duke perjashtuar keshtu legjitimitetin e shqiptareve ne Shqiperi
per te mbrojtur ato toka te cilat jane lare me gjak shqiptari shekuj me
radhe. U quajt qe ne fillim lufte ne Kosove, ndersa qe atehere me fillimin
agresionit serb te quhej se vete Shqiperia eshte ne lufte. Shqiptaret jane
ne lufte. Koha kerkon angazhim per te mbijetuar edhe kesaj lufte qe shume
faktore na e plasen ne dere. Ekzistenca si shqiptare me e rendesishme se ca
venie, nderrim, apo zgjedhje te reja ne Shqiperi. Askush nga politika
shqiptare nuk e vleresoi ashtu sic duhet qe ne fillim kete lufte. Pasi nese
komunitetit nderkombetar t'i ishte bere e ditur se ne lufte nuk eshte vetem
Kosova, por edhe e gjithe Shqiperia atehere agresioni serb dhe Milloshevicit
vete ky komunitet do t'i ishte drejtuar ndryshe. Justifikimet dhe arsyet se
pse nuk u be kjo ka me mijera, por ajo me kryesorja eshte se asnje shtet
perendimore nuk do te na ndihmonte ne kete pike, do te mbeteshim vetem, dhe
kauza per nje pavaresine e Kosoves do te shuhej bashke me te. Por nuk e di
se per cilin komunitet nderkombetar behet fjale, per ate qe ndez luftra, apo
per ate qe ben paqe. Nuk kemi ndonje fakt qe ne Shqiperi, faktori
nderkombetar te kete luajtur rolin e paqevenesit. Perkundrazi ai me
deklaratat e hapura apo punen e tij nen rogoz ne nje menyre a ne nje tjeter
kane bere te mundur qe ne Shqiperi te ndezet lufta politike, qe Shqiperia te
vuante ne te gjitha planet, ekonomike, sociale dhe politike, dhe ajo te jete
e varura e tij e perjetshme, qe te mos kete hapesira qe ajo te kerkoje te
drejten legjitime te saj, pavaresi e Kosoves. 
Ishte po ky komunitet qe mbeshteti ardhjen ne pushtet te komunisteve
shqiptare, qe ne ideologjine e tyre plan te pare kane internacionalizimin
dhe jo nacionalizmin. Komuniste si Nano qe me paturpesine me te madhe i
japin doren Milloshevicit, bejne "paqe" me te, bejne deklarata te tilla si
ne Krete, Lisbone, Krans-Montana, per te fituar perkrahjen e faktorit
nderkombetar vetem per te zgjatur ditet e tij ne pushtet. Dhe ishte po ky
komunitet qe e vleresoi me nje medalje Nano, si i burgosur politik (ne fakt
si nje i burgosur ordiner, pasi ai u denua per vjedhje te ushqimit te fundit
te shqiptareve ne 1991) dhe si njeri i madh i vitit. E pra cfare presim ne
prej komunitetit nderkombetar, qe shume here, ku vazhdojme edhe sot te
besojme se dikush duhet te beje paqen ne Kosove. Kjo eshte nje perralle qe i
ka kaluar koha. Tani duhet te besojme diku tjeter, aty ku komuniteti
nderkombetar nuk mund te hyje dot dhe nuk e beson me nje gje te tille kur
bie fjala per te tjere kombe, tek nacionalizmi i shqiptareve te ndershem.
Shqiptareve qe nuk jane corientuar nga asnje faktor politik. Luften e kemi
ne dere. Italia, Gjermania, Franca, Amerika, Rusia, nuk e cajne koken per
kete pasi luften edhe po ta kene ne dere dine se si t'i pergjigjen vete.
Nese Italia do ta kishte serbin mijera kilometra larg Triestes ajo do ta
mobilizonte kombin italian, e keshtu me radhe. Dini flet per permbajtje,
ministri i jashtem francez kerkon te hetohet per pergjegjesit, Ollbrajt
mbledh NATO-n, ministri i jashtem gjerman nuk degjohet se ku eshte, Rusia
kerkon mes te vrareve mos ka ndonje "terrorist". Kjo edhe nje komendi e
madhe, qe vete ne shqiptaret e lejojme te luhet ne kurrizin tone. Asnjeri
prej tyre nuk e ka marre seriozisht ndonjehere luften e Kosoves, qe do te
thote luften e kombit shqiptar. NATO-ja e paralajmeroi disa here
Milloshevicin se do ta godase, tani qendron ne Maqedoni vetem se nese ka
ndonje rast sulmi ndaj vezhguesve te OSBE-se t'i evakuoje keto trupa. Pra
NATO nuk eshte ne Maqedoni te ruaje territorin e shqiptareve, por vetem per
njerezit e vet. Ajo ka vetem te drejte te evakuoje e jo te sulmoje, sic po
bejne trupat anglo-amerikane ndaj Irakut, i cili edhe pse nuk po i sulmon
direkt bombardohet si shtet agresor. Kjo eshte politika e shteteve te medha,
qe t'i lejojne keto masakra, me vone kur te gjithe te kene vrare, te
nderhyje vetem per ta hequr nga skena politike Milloshevicin e jo t'ia beje
atij te ditur se deri ku e ka te drejten. 
Duke e njohur mire kete politike, dhe duke pasur mbeshtetjen e vendeve pro
luftes ne Kososve, si Rusia, Franca edhe ndonje shtet tjeter qe nuk del
hapur, por eshte ne nje fare menyre mbeshtetes i Milloshevit, e tille mund
te jete Italia, masakruesi serb i shqiptareve vazhdon "festen" e tij ne
Kosove duke mos e care koken as per kercenimet e Amerikes, as per
paralajmerimet e shteteve te tjera perendimore, as per formacionet e medha
ushtarake si NATO, per te cilen gjen edhe forcen ta kerecenoje se nese hyn
ne tokat serbe do ta sulmoje ashper. Pra ku e gjen ky njeri forcen per te
tilla kercenime, nese prapa shpine dikush nuk i rrah shpatullat. E kesaj
here nuk behet fjale per Rusine apo Francen, ketu behet fjale per shtete qe
diten e kercenojne dhe naten e keshillojne te bejne te njejten gje per ta. 
Shqiperia eshte ne lufte, ajo ka forca, sic ka pasur gjithmone, vetem pak
t'i hedhim sy historise, te mesojme se duhet t'i pergjigjemi agresorit, si
duhet t'i pergjigjemi atij qe na vret femijen e na djeg shtepine. 
Ajo qe me bjen ne sy ndersa shfletoj historine, eshte se megjithese kemi
pasur humbje ne njerez serbi gjithmone ka deshtuar perballe bashkimit tone. 





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From besnik at albanian.com  Mon Jan 18 23:12:38 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:12:38 -0500
Subject: [alst-l] book by Gazmend Xhudo
Message-ID: <v04003a00b2c9b3405e6b@[207.69.34.99]>

Hello,

in my university library I accidently ran into a book by Gazmend Xhudo
called Diplomacy and Crisis Management in the Balkans: A US Foreign Policy
Perspective, published in 1996 by St Martins Press of New York. The title
may be a little misleading, since judging from the table of contents and a
quick glance of the pages, a large part of the book is focused on Albania
and its foreign policy.

Has anyone here read this book? Any comments, impressions? Also, does
anyone know about Mr. Xhudo, any other publications by him, or his
whereabouts? The book indicated that Mr. Xhudo is affiliated with the
University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife.

In the end, let me wish a happy Fiter Bajram to all those here who
celebrate it.

Regards,
Besnik



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From besnik at albanian.com  Wed Jan 20 12:50:27 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 12:50:27 -0500
Subject: [alst-l] Fwd: Job Announcement
Message-ID: <v04003a00b2cbc7a9c863@[207.69.33.159]>

Subject:
        Job Announcement
   Date:
        Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:56:59 EST
   From:
        Meredith Clason <maarnold at EMAIL.UNC.EDU>
     To:
        SEELANGS at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU




Announcing a search for an Administrative Director for our Center:

        The UNC-CH Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies
seeks to hire a Social Scientist (preferably a Political Scientist) with a
strong commitment to Slavic area studies to teach in and administer our
existing BA in Russian and  East European Studies and our new MA in
Russian/East European Studies and Graduate Certificate Program in
Russian/East European Studies.  The main focus of the position will be on
the MA program, which is described in detail on our webpage
<http://www.unc.edu/depts/slavic>.  The Administrative Director will teach
the capstone course for the BA degree (taught every year), the capstone
course for the MA degree (taught every year starting with the second year
of employment), and will lead the one-credit spring MA seminar course
(taught every year).  The contents of the capstone courses may be adjusted
to take advantage of the Administrative Director's particular expertise.
The Administrative Director will manage all aspects of the three curricula
(BA, MA and Graduate Certificate), including recruitment, applications,
enrollment, advising, evaluation, internship/career placement, and
tracking of alumni.
        The position of Administrative Director will be funded in part by
an institutional award from the National Security Education Program; the
grant has been obtained, but the timing of its implementation is dependent
upon the approval of the MA program by General Administration.  If
approval is obtained by 3/30/99, the Administrative Director position will
commence on 7/1/99.  If not, it may be delayed.  This is a three-year
renewable EPA fixed-term faculty position and the expected salary is
approximately $45K plus benefits.
        The ideal candidate will possess area studies and language skills
relevant to one or more countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet
Union.  Demonstrated teaching excellence and administrative abilities are
a must; a record of scholarly publications and grantwriting/fundraising
experience are a plus.  Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
        Send a letter of application, CV, and three letters of
recommendation by 3/30/99 to: CSEEES, CB#5125, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC
27599-5125.  Teaching portfolios and writing samples are also welcome.
EOE/AA.



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From besnik at albanian.com  Wed Jan 20 22:19:45 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 22:19:45 -0500
Subject: [alst-l] Fwd: Contents: Ethnos-Nation vol. 6 (1998) no. 1-2
Message-ID: <v04003a03b2cc4d192636@[207.69.32.214]>

-----Original Message-----
From: James P. Niessen <habsburg at ttacs6.ttu.edu>
To: HABSBURG at H-NET.MSU.EDU <HABSBURG at H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 8:47 PM
Subject: Contents: Ethnos-Nation vol. 6 (1998) no. 1-2


ETHNOS-NATION
Eine Europaeische Zeitschrift / A European Journal

ISSN: 0943-7738

A bilingual journal for nationalism, minorities and migration in Europe.

Editorial Board:
Fikret Adanir, Manfred Alexander, Peter Alter, Gerhard Brunn,
Georg Brunner, Andreas Kappeler, Gerhard Simon, Stefan Troebst

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Ethnos-Nation 6 (1998) no. 1-2


ARTICLES
(summaries at www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/soeg/ethnos)

Landon E. Hancock (Fairfax)
The Patterns of Ethnic Conflict

Martin Brusis (Munich)
The Management of Minority Conflicts in Central and Eastern Europe

Stefan Troebst (Berlin)
Ethnopolitical Conflicts in Eastern Europe and the OSCE
Preliminary Results

Aschot L. Manutscharjan (Bonn)
Armenia Remains without Allies in the Karabach-Conflict

Volker Jacoby (Frankfurt on the Main)
History, Historiography, and the Karabakh Conflict

Wilfried Jilge (Berlin)
State Symbolism an National Identity in Post-Communist Ukraine

Brigitte Mihok (Berlin)
Equal Rights vs. Missing Opportunities
The situation of the Gypsies in Hungary

Anne Bazin (Prague)
The German-Czech Relations from a French Point of View

Thomas E. Fischer (Bamberg)
The Slovak _Sonderweg_
A Society in Transition and its Historical Culture


CONFERENCE REPORTS
(full text at www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/soeg/ethnos)

Vocabularies of Identity in Eastern Europe
(Brian A. Porter)

Gendered Nations
Nationalisms and Gender Order in the Long Nineteenth Century
International Comparisons
(Patricia R. Stokes)

Democracy and Human Rights in Multi-ethnic Societies
(Hans-Dieter Klingemann/Dzhemal Sokolovich)

Difference(s) in the East.
East Germany between New Beginnings and Marginalization.
24th New Hampshire Symposium
(Wolfgang Bergem)


BOOK REVIEWS
(full text at www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/soeg/ethnos)

Irina Livezeanu: Cultural Politics in Greater Romania.
Regionalism, Nation Building, and Ethnic Struggle, 1918-1930.
Ithaca, NY and London 1995
(Thomas Hegarty)

Ihor Shevchenko: Ukraine between East and West.
Essays on Cultural History to the Early Eighteenth Century.
Edmonton 1996
(Benedikt Salmon)

James Minahan: Nations Without States. A Historical
Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements.
Westport, CT 1996
(Jaclyn Stanke)

Stathis Gourgouris: Dream Nation. Enlightenment,
Colonization, and the Institution of Modern Greece.
Stanford 1996
(Anthony Spanakos)

Jeff Chinn and Robert Kaiser: Russians as the New Minority.
Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Soviet Successor States.
Boulder, CO 1996
(Aron Tannenbaum)

Dusan Kecmanovic: The Mass Psychology of Ethnonationalism.
New York 1996
(James Marcum)

Eastern European Nationalism in the Twentieth Century.
Ed. by Peter F. Sugar. Lanham, MD 1995
(Jaclyn Stanke)

Hagen Schulze: States, Nations and Nationalism.
>From the Middle Ages to the Present. Oxford 1996
(Andrei Znamenski)

Gerald Newman: The Rise of English Nationalism.
A Cultural History, 1740-1830. New York 1997
(Elizabeth Lane Furdell)

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From besnik at albanian.com  Wed Jan 20 22:58:28 1999
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 22:58:28 -0500
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:38:43 -0500
To: alst-l at alb-net.com
From: barons at dc.infi.net (F. & S. Baron)
Subject: Re: [alst-l] Carl Bildt

Dear Isa,
        I had intended to reply sooner, and events may have overtaken some
of the things I meant to say, but here goes.  It is likely no one is
responding to current event/political messages because my understanding of
this list is that it is an academic list--for the study of Albania and
things and people Albanian.  For current events you might try lists such as
ALBANEWS run by Mentor Cana at the following address:
cana at ece.stevens-tech.edu  If you write to him, he will subscribe you and
I'm sure that he and other members of the list can suggest other lists too.
Secondly, I meant to comment on the Western European and American attitude
toward Kosovo, but I think last weekend's horrors have changed that
attitude and focus yet again.  I sincerely hope that this time some sort of
positive action based on a general concern for human rights rather than
political interests comes out of it before more innocent people have to
die.

Sabrina Baron

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From besnik at albanian.com  Fri Jan 22 13:02:23 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:02:23 -0500
Subject: [alst-l] Fwd: Balkans and Macedonia: Two New Publications
Message-ID: <v04003a05b2ce6d79272f@[207.69.32.101]>

From: MINELRES moderator <minelres at mailbox.riga.lv>

Original sender: Panayote Elias Dimitras <dimitras at ceu.hu>

Subject: Balkans and Macedonia: Two New Publications


We have just received two new and very interesting publications that
are available only in hard copy form.

-------------------------------------------------

Hugh Poulton "Minorities in Southeast Europe: Inclusion and Exclusion"
(MRG)

covers issues like nationlaism and minorities; the Ottoman legacy;
politics of identity: Macedonians and Muslims; 'transnational'
minorities: Jews, Armenins, Vlachs, and Roma; territoral autonomy;
citizenship and minorities; and detailed recommendations.

write to MRG  at minority.rights at mrgmail.org

-------------------------------------------------

Institute for War and Peace Reporting and Search for Common Ground

Reporting Macedonia: the New Accommodation

a thorough and indispensable guide to the post-election scene with
most articles written jointly by an Albanian and a Macedonian author;
with a vivid criticism of the West's complacency towards the previous
government by HRW's Fred Abrahams; and a very useful guide to related
Internet sites.

write to IWPR at info at iwpr.org.uk

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From besnik at albanian.com  Mon Jan 25 14:03:59 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 14:03:59 -0500
Subject: [alst-l] Fwd: Albania-Macedonia: New ICG Reports
Message-ID: <v04003a01b2d27085b91c@[207.69.34.217]>

C R I S I S W E B    N E W S
Tuesday January 19, 1999

ICG SOUTH BALKANS
--------------------------
ICG's latest report on Albania, "The State of Albania", looks at the
internal political and security situation in the country, where
Premier Pandeli Majko's new coalition government has been slowly
consolidating its hold over the administration since the country was
rocked by political violence in September.

The report also makes several recommendations aimed at restarting the
political process and improving the law and order situation.

http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/sbalkans/reports/alb05mai.htm

Meanwhile, in Macedonia, the recent parliamentary elections and the
change of government represent a landmark in the country's
development, suggests ICG in a new report entitled "Macedonia: New
faces in Skopje". The smooth transition of power from one political
camp to another and the fact that the "radicals" from both major
ethnic groups rather than the more moderate parties form the new
government are significant in themselves. If the new government
manages to solve Macedonia's problems, it might also have
repercussions throughout the region. This report, prepared by ICG's
field analyst in Skopje, looks back and draws lessons from the
elections and the formation of the new government, looks ahead at the
key policy changes facing the new administration, and assesses the
capacity of the ruling coalition to meet those challenges.

http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/sbalkans/reports/mac06main.htm

For older related ICG Reports on Macedonia and Albania, see our index
pages at

http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/reports/ICG-Reports-Macedonia.html

and

http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/reports/ICG-Reports-Albania.html



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From besnik at albanian.com  Tue Jan 26 22:58:08 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:58:08 -0500
Subject: [alst-l] Fwd: Bosnia-Kosovo: Physicians for Human Rights Web Pages
Message-ID: <v04003a0bb2d43e91b391@[207.69.38.178]>

From: MINELRES moderator <minelres at mailbox.riga.lv>

Original sender: Panayote Elias Dimitras <dimitras at ceu.hu>

Subject: Bosnia-Kosovo: Physicians for Human Rights Web Pages



Physicians for Human Rights Web Pages have two interesting pages on
Kosovo:

http://www.phrusa.org/new/index.html#kosovo

and on Bosnia

http://www.phrusa.org/bosnia/index.html

Please check them out
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GR-14510 Kifisia
Greece
Tel. +30-1-620.01.20
Fax +30-1-807.57.67
e-mail: office at greekhelsinki.gr
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From besnik at albanian.com  Wed Jan 27 11:49:11 1999
From: besnik at albanian.com (Besnik Pula)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:49:11 -0500
Subject: [alst-l] Fwd: Albanian Studies Programs
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Dear friends:
Frosina recieved an inquiry from a person seeking the names of American
universities offering Albanian Studies Programs. I'd be most grateful
for receipt of such information which I will also publish as a Frosina
Advisory. Thanks in advance for your help.
Te fala,
Van Christo
PS Check out the new INFOBIT on "Alexander the Great" on Frosina's
WebSite www.frosina.org

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