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Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), 98-01-02Albanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at <http://www.telpress.it/ata>Albanian Telegraphic AgencyCONTENTS
[01] IRON-NICKEL INDUSTRY TO BECOME ACTIVE IN 1998TIRANE, Jan 1 (ATA)-By M. Mano,Iron-nickel reserves in Albania are estimated at 250 million leks, although during the past five years the industry of this mineral has almost been stagnant. Efforts are underway to materialise agreements with foreign companies interested in this mineral in order to make this industry active. Of importance are the agreements with the Swiss company "Marc Rich", which envisage reactivation of the main factories of the metallurgical plant of Elbasan. Cooperation is underway with the Greek company "Arco" for the Bitincka mine of Devoll district. The mineral output is estimated to reach 50 000 tonnes. kled/lm/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[02] FAIR PLAY TO BE INCLUDED IN PHYSICAL TRAINING IN SCHOOLSTIRANE, JAN 2 (ATA)- By D. Grillo, Including Fair Play in physical training programmes as an indispensability of the time was among the main topics of the seminar on sports held in Tirane recently.Attending the seminar were the President of the Fair Play European Movement, Fritz Week, as well as specialists of Albanian sports. At the end of the seminar the Albanian National Olympic Commission was presented with two cups and an order of "Fair Play". One of the cups was given to basketball player Ela Tase, merited master of sports, and the other to the Ministry of Education in Tirane, for the activity and work to introduce the "Fair Play" idea to the school systems. pas/lm/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[03] PATIENT NOT LEAVING NEUR.-PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL FOR 60 YEARSVLORE, JAN.2 (ATA)-By H. Koci,A patient of neur.-psychiatric hospital of Vlore district has not left the hospital for 60 years. Coming from the Korce villages he has long been forgotten by is family. Nase K. was only fifteen when his parents brought him to this hospital. His grave psychical condition made them leave him under the care of the small medical staff. Visits to the patient became increasingly rare as the time passed. For decades, now, the "father" of the mental hospital has been almost forgotten by his relatives. Nase K., is today over 75. His memory is erased. Doctors say he is a quiet man. He looks after the garden of the "common house" of the mental patients and can do any kind of work he is given. This is the oldest patient in the republic suffering from this disease, say the Vlore neur.-psychiatric hospital doctors. ke/lm/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[04] 30 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR INFORMATION CENTRE OF HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY CENTRETIRANE, 02 JAN (ATA) - By K Shehu: The Hospital University Centre of Tirane will have its information centre soon, with a value of 30 thousand dollars.The AIHA and USAID programs which cooperate with Albania in the field of medicine will provide computers for QUS. "The creation of this centre will facilitate considerably the communication and information among hospital administrations and the Ministry of Health and Environment and the exchange of information with the programs of the states with which this Ministry cooperates," the director of hospitals in the Ministry of Health and Environment, Pirro Prifti told ATA. ake/pas/xh/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[05] ENGLISH RELIGIOUS CHARITY ASSOCIATION TO HELP ALBANIAN HOSPITALSTIRANA, 02 jan (ATA) - By K Shehu: The English religious charity association ADRA is ready to supply equipment worth 300 million Leks to Tirana hospital and in other seven districts, sources at the Ministry of Health and Environment Protection said to ATA.John Arthur, association's representative, and chiefs of hospital directorates at the Albanian Health Ministry agreed that ADRA will cover all the urgent demands for radiology equipment and apparatus for surgery. They will be distributed to hospitals of Tirana, Tepelena, Durres, Vlore, Berat, Ballsh, Sarande and Puke. The hospitals have urgent needs for such apparatus because part of them is lacking or is old. ake/pas/ak/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[06] PRIVATE FIRMS GET RICHER BY SELLING CHROME ILLEGALLYTROPOJE, 02 JAN (ATA) - By R Hoxha: About 10 private firms for the exploitation of chrome operate at present in the district of Tropoje, North of Albania, but only three of them have a continuous activity.The inspector for industry in the prefecture of Kukes, Qemal Perllaku, told ATA that many of these firms during 1997, by exploiting the unrest in the country, have sold the stock chrome of the mine of Kam in Tropoje, which Albkrom, was not sold because of the low price and lack of markets. Thus, these firms are getting richer by stealing the national asset because the lack of control on this activity. "A recent analysis shows that the economic damage amounts to 75 thousand dollars," said the chairman of the district council, Xhevdet Hoxha. According to Mr Perllaku, the respective ministry must control these firms continuously. But so far nothing has been made in this respect although the Ministry of industry is the authority to give these license for these firms. Although the stealers have been denounced to the prosecutor's office, nobody is dealing with this problem yet. ake/kei/xh/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[07] THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEMS FOR DRINKING WATER IN DURRES AND KAVAJE IN THE FUTUREDURRES, 02 JAN (ATA) - By G Kabashi: Durres and Kavaje will not remain without drinking water for subjective reasons.The prefecture of Durres reports that the coordination of the work between local government and the public order forces in the district of Kurbin has eliminated the conflict with the people who claim to be the owners of the site where the pumping station in Fushe Kuqe has been built and where sources of the drinking water which supply over 200 thousand people of Durres and Kavaje, exist. A permanent police station is charged to monitor the work in the pumping station and in the wells of Fushe Kuqe, in order to avoid acts by those people who during the past 9 months have interrupted several times the drinking water supply. ake/kei/xh/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[08] TWO FOREIGN FIRMS RESUME ACTIVITY IN SHKODERSHKODER, JAN 2 (ATA) - By M Malja: Two foreign firms, Kausal for the production of ready-made garments and Mega which produces shoes that had interrupted their activity in Albania during the unrest of March 1997, resumed work in the city of Shkoder by end of last year.These two firms have employed 170 people. In the past four years, 47 foreign firms have been operating in the district of Shkoder, mainly in ready-made clothes, shoes, silver work, building materials etc. But after damage caused to them last March, only 12 of these firms have been able to resume their activity. ssh/kei/xh/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[09] AGREEMENT IN FIELD OF TRANSPORT BETWEEN ALBANIA AND GREECE SIGNEDTIRANE, JAN 2 (ATA) - An agreement signed in Athens by the end of 1997 adjusts the cooperation between Albania and Greece in the field of road, goods and passengers transportation, press department of the Albanian Foreign Ministry reports.For the Albanian side, the agreement was signed by the Minister of Transports and Communication, Gaqo Apostoli, and for the Greek side, his counterpart Tasas Mandelis. The two ministers agreed that Albania take part in the inter-European road system with the roads Durres-Kapshtice, Kapshtice-Siatista and Ormenio- Burgas which will link Albania with the Black Sea. ssh/kei/xh/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[10] ACTIVITY IN SHKODER TO MARK WORLD DAY OF PEACESHKODER, JAN 2 (ATA) - By M Malja: "A good year for Shkoder!" was named the activity held last Thursday evening by the association "Movement for Life" and the Franciscan Church on occasion of the World Day of Peace."This day which is celebrated every beginning of the year," said the chairman of the association "Movement for Life" Prof Gjovalin Cuni, "will be the day of peace, cooperation, understanding, tolerance between one another." ssh/kei/xh/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[11] AFTER CELEBRATIONS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, EMIGRANTS RETURN TO GREECE AGAINSARANDE, JAN 2 (ATA) - By Sh Hajno: Many emigrants, who celebrated Christmas and New Year in their country, started to leave Albania for Greece, sources of border police in Sarande told ATA.The number of the emigrants who returned home for the celebrations, as compared with the past years, was smaller. ssh/kei/xh/k Albanian Telegraphic Agency[12] EX-CHAIRMAN OF PRESIDIUM OF PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY HAXHI LLESHI DIEDTIRANE, JAN 2 (ATA) - By Th Thanasi: The former chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly from 1953-1982, Hero of the People, Haxhi Lleshi, died on Thursday evening in Tirane after a long and serious illness.Haxhi Lleshi was one of the outstanding figures of the World War Second on the international arena, and for this merit he was conferred the title of Hero of the Liberation War of the peoples of the former Soviet Union. ssh/kei/xh/k From the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at http://www.telpress.it/ataAlbanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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