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Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), 99-03-10Albanian Telegraphic Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at <http://www.telpress.it/ata>Albanian Telegraphic AgencyCONTENTS
[01] Kakavija customs house collects 30 million leks in two daysKAKAVIJE, March 9 (ATA) - By H. Çani: Customs house of Kakavija collected some 30 million leks from customs clearance within the last two days.Tight security in national roads particularly in Kakavija-Gjirokaster and Tepelene-Ballsh road segments are factors, which have conditioned an influx of traders in the Kakavija border crossing, police officials said to ATA on Tuesday. They added that the installment of a weighing-machine two months ago had also affected the increase of revenues. A group of experts of the Ministry of Public Order, which stayed there for four days in order to reinforce police border measures in registration procedures for citizens passing through the border crossing, left the place on Monday. Over 300-400 people a day pass through the border crossing to Greece while in holidays this figure reaches over one thousand people a day. /dast/ak/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[02] Ministry assists Albanian publishers in international fairTIRANA, March 9 (ATA) - By Ornela Kadaifçiu: The Culture Ministry accorded recently a fund in aidfor the Association of Albanian publishers to attend international book fairs in Bologna and Geneva. "The fund worth US$one thousand for the Bologna fair and US$two thousand for the international fair in Geneva is a modest aid for the Albanian publishers," Fatmir Toçi, chief of the publishers' association, said to ATA. The international book fair in Bologna, which opens every April 8 to 11, is the biggest fair for children and youth books. This is the sixth time that the Albanian publishers attend it. While the book fair in Geneva, which opens every April 14 to 18, is another book fair where over 300 countries from all over the world take part. The Albanian book of all genre will be displayed in some international fairs such as the international book fair in Paris, and that of Torino and the like. /dast/ak/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[03] Measures to cope with emergency situations discussed in KukesKUKES, March 9 (ATA)-By R. Hoxha, The situation on the border belt of Kukes prefecture continues to be tense due to fierce fighting in its vicinity between the Serb army and the Kosova Liberation Army (KLA).Sources of the Kukes police department told ATA that although no grave incidents have been recorded on the border belt recently, there have been Serbian army and police reinforcements near it. The responsible for the office of the district council Regional Civil Defence, Ahmet Hereni, said that the local government has taken measures to cope with emergency situations. The Kukes prefecture met on Tuesday and discussed emergency situations and the ongoing measures in this region. The meeting was attended by leaders of the Kukes and Has local governments. The meeting focused on the tasks of the local government to cope with possible difficult situations, such as mobilisation of the population, supply with bread, water and electricity, shelters to be secured and other measures. /dast/lm/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[04] Thousands of people wainting to cross to MacedoniaPRISHTINA, March 10 (ATA) - Some 5 000 women, elderly people and children, who have fled their houses after the Serb attackson Gorance and some other villages of Kaçanik, are only one kilometer from the border between Kosova and Macedonia in the village of Globocice near the border crossing of Jazinca, the Center for Information in Kosova said. Sources from the "Kosova sot" reported that the displaced people were eager to pass the border to Macedonia but they were banned by the Serb police. The same sources said that 49 Albanians from the shelled villages crossed the border on Sunday night to Macedonia. The Red Cross of Tetova is providing them accommodation. /dast/ak/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[05] OSCE to open offices in Podujeva regionPRISHTINEA, March 10 (ATA) - Coordinating center of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Podujeva will open offices in some areas of the commune of Podujeva, the Centerfor Information of Kosova said. Vice chief of the OSCE in Podujeva, Olovo von Konov, told the daily Koha Ditore that this center would open its office on the ground in villages of Zaku, Orlan, Dumnice e Poshtme and Luzhan as well as an office in the city of Podujeva. /dast/ak/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[06] Greek Minister to visit TiraneATHENS, March 10 (ATA)-By R. Goro, The new Foreign Minister of Greece, Jorges Papandreou, today begins a two day tour of Balkan capitals. The main aim of this visit to the Balkans is to discuss the new round of talks on the Kosova issue and present himself as the new chief of the Greek diplomacy.Papandreou will first visit Skopje, where he will meet with his counterpart Dimitrov and Prime Minister Gjeorgjevski. Then he will arrive in Tirane, where he will meet with Foreign Minister Paskal, Prime Minister Pandeli Majko and President Rexhep Meidani. The first day of the Greek minister will end in Sofia, where he will meet with his counterpart, Nadjezha Mihaillova. On Thursday Papandreou will go to Bucharest and later to Belgrade, where he will meet Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic, and Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic. At these meetings, especially in Tirane and Belgrade, Papandreou is expected to reiterate the stand of his government for a peaceful solution to the Kosova issue and to try to exploit the good bilateral relations to make Belgrade accept the Rambouillet agreement without conditions. /dast/lm/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[07] Landslide endangers 10 families of Babje villageLIBRAZHD, March 9 (ATA)-By M. Lulja, A landslide of large proportions, caused by continued rain, poses danger for the inhabitants of the Babje village in the Librazhdi district (Southeast of Central Albania).This massive landslide, 80 m long and 30 m wide and a volume of 400 cubic metres, in the Prenja quarter of this village has taken place for the first time, although toponym researchers say there have been earlier landslides at this place called Shpella e Shputes. Three families have felt the tension of danger and have joined their relatives in other quarters. Local government specialists told ATA that this landslide also threatens seven families in this area and the solution is only their displacement to another suitable zone. /dast/lm/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[08] NGO to help develop activity of women in rural areasLIBRAZHD, March 9 (ATA) - By M. Lulja: Two non government associations Cies and LDGR (NGO) in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of Labour have worked out a project on an integrated intervention in favour of women in rural areas applied first in Librazhd.The aim of the project is to stimulate the activity of the women in rural areas to establish relations of cooperation with the central and local government in order to improve the social conditions of the Albanian women, Liri Leka project coordinator in Librazhd district said to ATA on Tuesday. The project applied in Librazhd is of importance not only for the women in the area but also for all the women living in rural areas because it enables not only them but also their spouses and children to get contemporary information, learn how to use computer, learn foreign languages, exchange experience and the like. This project was expected to be extended even in remote villages of Durres and Korçe districts. /dast/ak/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[09] Former officers optimistic of military units' preparation in northTIRANE, March 9 (ATA)-By E.Koraqi, Former Albanian senior officers met Tuesday with Defence Minister Luan Hajdaraga and expressed optimism as regards the preparation of the military units, the spokesman of the defence Ministry told ATA.A group of officers, also including former generals, visited the Kukes Division on March 4-5. During their stay in this district, the former officers accompanied by the Commander of the Kukes Division, Hulusi Lamaj, visited the artillery and tank units in Bicaj and Krume. The former militaries also evaluated the performance of the border police unit. Hajdaraga thanked the former militaries and considered their contribution as a "specialised assistance". They said they would be ready to contribute to the defence of the country in any moment. /dast/lm/ Albanian Telegraphic Agency[10] LDK urges speed-up procedures for NATO troops in KosovaPRISHTINE, March 10 (ATA) - Presidency of the Democratic League of Kosova (LDK) urged the international factor on Tuesday to speed up procedures for the deployment of NATO troops stressing that "only the deployment of NATO forces can protect the Albanian population from Serb attacks," an LDK communique published on Tuesday in Prishtina and obtained by the Center for Information in Kosova said.Analysing the political situation in Kosova and especially the recent events in Tuesday meeting in Prishtina, the LDK said that Serbia was exploiting the time in the run-up to the next phase of peace talks on March 15 to undertake military and police operations against the Albanian civil population all over Kosova. Attacks of Serb forces against the villages of Vushtri, Podujeve, Prizren, Suhareke, Hani i Elezit, Kaçanik, Mitrovice aimed at forcing Albanians to abandon their houses and flee Kosova, the LDK communique said. The communique mentioned emptied villages of Hani i Elezit where part of inhabitants lived in the open while many others were settled in Macedonia and doubted "whether this is the start of a 'passage' via the so- called 'Glogorov's corridor'". /dast/ak/ 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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