Monday, October 8, 2007

The Albanian Parliament prohibits the Hellenic Beneficences Activities in Albania

Photo: The inaguration of Modern Medical Scanner in Albania

Tirana, October 8, 2007

The Albanian Parliament approves to put out of law the Foundations activities in Albania.
The decision took some Foundations activities but the must important of the country where Hellenic investments. The Diagnostic Orthodox Center, the Greek School “Arsakeio” in Tirana and some other beneficence activities of Orthodox community are obligated to close or would continue their activity in “accordance of their finance obligations to albanian authority”.

The HRU Party has been against government even it’s coalition member of Berisha`s cabinet. Vangjel Dule and tow other MP has voted against the decision requesting the demission of Finance Minister Ridvan Bode and reformation of Albanian Government. Dule said for immediate new position of government particularly to be transparent with public finances.


The Diagnostic Orthodox Center has the Most Modern Medical Scanner in Albania which was provided by the initiative of Archbishop Anastasios and with the cooperation of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, two Greek NGO’s (the Orthodox Center “Poreuthentes” in Athens and the Human European Network of Human Development, Ioanina)


Medical clinics of the Orthodox Church exist also in other parts of Albania (Korça, Kavaja, Lushnja, Gjergucati, Gjirokaster), and a mobile dental clinic provides free dental care to young and old people in different parts of the country.


According to observers, the anti Hellenism rhetoric continues to rise in Albania particularly during Kosovo Independence Status finale, “Chameria issue and the unknown status of Albanian emigrants” in Greece. While in Southern Albania the people of Himara Region a strong oldest greek community, demonstrated last Sunday in center of Himara Municipality against the land and proprieties assimillisation process from Albanian tribunals and government, which use any “administrative form” to change the propriety identity with falls documents. The protesters sent ultimatum to Prime Minister Berisha to take in high consideration their requests, before beginning violence protests against albanian authorities.

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