ALBANIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVED: ALBANIA IN NATO

Photo: During the visit of the US President Bush in Tirana June 2007, the promise of the Joint of Albania to NATO

A historical Session of Albanian Parliament . The Assembly approve the unanimity, the package of laws of Albania's NATO membership. According to the declaration of the Albanian PM Sali Berisha, the decision passed after the aspiration of Albanian people to joint to the NATO alliance. Berisha stated that 96% of Albanian people wants the Albania to Joint NATO.

Photo: The friendly Albanian - Chinese solidarity 1962-1978

Anyway the joint of Tirana to NATO alliance is became a

"FACT" even Albania is the poorest country of Europe, with organized crime and contraband including massive weapons corruption, violating the human rights of properties and minorities, is the only country which never has make free democratic elections.

Photo: Albania Joint to the "Varsavia Treaty" with USSR against NATO

But during the modern Albanian history the country headed by dictator regimes was jointed to the other alliances against the Atlantic forces. On the period of the Second World War 1939-1943, Albania jointed to the "Axis Fascist Forces". While after during the dictator regime of Enver Hoxha Albanian jointed to "Varsavia Treaty" until 1968.

Photo: Italian fascist FM Ciano with King Zogu, Albania joint to the "Fascist Axis" 1939-1943

The last years Albania linked with China to the strong economic and military

cooperation until 1978. A historically carachteristic of Albanian state is the love to cooperate with the "great powers" with long distance as possible.

According to the albanian press the decision of albania to joint NATO alliance shows the new dimension as "Regional Power" of albanians in Balkan Region.

Sotiris Ninis: the rising star

The Champions League, which he has entered to play during the match Panathinaikos - Inter, offered for the Italian public the opportunity to admire a player of great talent such as Sotiris Ninis.

It is no coincidence, but there are several large clubs of the old Continent who already follow with interest the imagination of talented of Panathinaikos, including Manchester United, Milan, Arsenal, Real Madrid. The Athenian Society, for its part, has taken steps to protect Ninis who wants to pay about 15 million.

In a country with strong nationalism, such as Greece, it is interesting to note that Sotiris Ninis was born in Himara, a city south of Albania. This should not mislead: Ninis is pure greek origin. His parents, as several sources report, are of Greek ethnicity. In addition, Sotiris Ninis has actually ever lived in Greece, where his parents have moved since 1991.

more see: http://www.mondogreco.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=503&Itemid=45

GREEK INDIPENDENCE DAY IN ARGIROKASTER

25 March 2009, Celebration on March 25 in Northern Epirus, Southern Albania.

Greek considerations & Obama’s Turkey trip

Greek American News Agency

By Ioannis Michaletos*
The developments that occurred over the past few weeks and after the end of the Gaza war, have showed to an extent that Turkey acquires a louder voice in the Middle Eastern affairs by promoting itself as the main Muslim power and in parallel trying to combine that with its ability of assisting the US withdraw its troops from Iraq.

The forthcoming Obama voyage to Turkey will mostly center on the Iraq issue and more specifically how Ankara could assist in securing an exodus for the American Army via its ports and airfields. In that sense it is quite natural for the Greek policy makers to fear that Turkey's role will be highly elevated and that may have deteriorating effects for the relations of the two states.

In reality all the aforementioned considerations are not valid in any sense since the Americans do not need Turkish assistance to secure their withdrawal from Iraq. They can perfectly use the Basra port or the highway connecting the country with Jordan. Turkey could just ease American retreat but just that. The real stake of Obama's trip could not be other than the all timely issue of Kurdish insurgence and the real possibility of the declaration of independence by the Kurds of Northern Iraq.

According to all current information, Washington will move a substantial part of its Iraqi forces into secure areas in Northern Iraq and in that sense it will not leave the country. As it can be understood that will elevate the role of the Kurds in the Middle East as the sole ethnic group that secures American presence in a period where Washington is under a serious negotiation process with powers such as Iran, Syria and in a wider extent with the whole Muslim world.

*Ioannis Michaletos is an independent Strategic Analyst. He was born in 1978 in Athens- Greece and pursued studies in the UK in the fields of Political Science and Human Resource Management. He is occupied as a South Eastern European Analyst of the Research Institute on European & American Studies, RIEAS, and as a South Eastern European Editor in the World Security Network Foundation, WSNF. Moreover he regularly publishes articles in www.Balkanalysis.com

more see: http://www.greekamericannewsagency.com/gana/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4784&Itemid=83

THE GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY IN TIRANA

For the first time the Greek Independence anniversary of 25 March, held without the presence of the President and the Albanian Prime Minister.

The Greek Independence day held in Tirana invited by the Greek Ambassador in Albania Nicolas Pazios. Where represent Albanian politic personalities and foreign representative embassies in Albania.

But for the first time that was missing the presence of the Albanian PM Sali Berisha on the event. Also The President Bamir Topi was not present during the anniversary ceremony.

PRESS RELEASE

HIMARA UNION

Athens, Grece

see more; http://www.himaraunion.com/

PRESS RELEASE

PANEPIROTIC FEDERATION CONDEMNS ACTIONS OF ALBANIAN COURTS AGAINST MAYOR VASILIOS BOLLANOS OF HIMARA

12 YEARS AGO

Photo archive: Vlore, Albania March 1997

The crisis that broke out in Albania, in early March of 1997, following the collapse of the banking system and the State of Civil War.

By the No. 1101/1997 UNSC Resolution, issued after the Report of the E.U. and the OSCE Working Groups, the establishment of a temporary, small scale OSCE-led Multinational Protection Force in Albania was authorized, in order to create a secure environment for the missions of the International Organizations in Albania, ensuring the conduct of free elections for the appointment of a new government.

Italy was the lead nation in the Multinational Protection Force, with participating nations France, Turkey, Spain, Romania, Denmark, Austria, Slovenia, Belgium and Greece. PARTICIPATION OF HELLENIC FORCES: The Hellenic Contingent in Albania consisting of 803 men and 224 vehicles arrived in Albania on the 5th of April 1997, in the context of operation “ALBA”.

THE GREEK NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE JAIL OF OMONIA`S PRESIDENT

In its edition of Sunday 22 March, the newspaper "Η ΑΠΟΨΗ" host full page tribute in the proceedings of Hellenism in Himara Region regarding the prosecution of the Mayor Vasilis Bolanou by the albanian authorities.

see more: http://www.himaraunion.com/documents/apopsi358_p52.pdf

A DANGEROUS GAME OF FOREIGN GREEK MINISTRY ABOUT THE WATER AGREEMENT WITH ALBANIA

According to "Firence Protocol" of 1915, the Saseno Island is part of Ionian Islands of the greek national waters.

see more on Greek weekly: http://www.paron.gr/v3/new.php?id=39378&colid=37&catid=42&dt=2009-03-22%200:0:0

PRESSE RELEASE

THE WORLD COUNCIL IPEIROTON

SUPORTS THE PRESIDENT OF OMONIA BOLLANO

The World Council of Foreign Ipeiroton denounced the new scandal by the Albanian authorities to condemned the political institution of the Greek minority «OMONIA» by political persecution of its President Basil Bolanos

The World Council of Foreign Ipeiroton condemns these methods of the Albanian authorities. It calls the Albanian Government to stop these methods of intimidation of the Greek minority and to respect human rights values.

VANGJELOS DOULES ACCUSES ALBANIAN POLITICS FOR BOLLANOS CASE

HRUP has targetd state structures and in particular the Albanian justice, for the the case of Bolanos. The leader of this party, Vangjelos Doules, has called the judicial process in charge of the mayor and also the head of Himara OMONIA s, Vasillis Bollanos, an absurdity that Albania wants to keep away from what is happening in other countries of Europe modern.

Doules has made this statement during a meeting with the management structures HRUP the evening of Friday in Gjirokastra. "He who speaks for the rights of minorities is often biased, often found even charged, often also required penalized them, as in the case of the chairman of the Democratic Union of the ethnic Greek minority, Vasillis Bollanos, the fact that only requires also be implemented in Albania framework convention on the rights of members of ethnic minorities, as has the Albanian Parliament, "stressed Doules.