Without future, the foreign policy of Athens, in North Epirus
SManalysis
Two months after the speech of Greek Prime Minister Papandreou, the Greek community property, has no progress to protect them. In Himare, the mafia is still in action, with the help of state authorities.
Frustration for getting Greek citizenship and pensions, they may force the Greeks in Northern Epirus, to be turned back from Greece, forever.
In 20 years after the collapse of the dictatorship in Albania, Greece is failing in its foreign policy, leaving orphans Greek homogeneous, in northern Epirus, and placing primary priorities, the interests of their businesses is disappearing at companies in Tirana.
Historically is inexcusable that, for the failure of national policies of Athens, after 20 years, hopelessness and fatigue, with hundreds of thousands epiriote omogjene from southern Albania, their return home, with a profoundly tragic despair, for the future.
The consequences of the economic crisis in Greece, is also opening in foreign policy, so that, northern epiriotes in the south of Albania, now, would be forced either to stay in Greece to obtain Greek citizenship and to sell all their possessions in Northen Epirus, or, to return with empty hands and no prospect in the country.
Based on what is happening in the Balkans and exclusively in Albania, Athens is bracing after its own interests, and considers relations Tirana, Athens, only a question of mutual friendship and economy. On the other hand Tirana, which is very active in its foreign policy, plays in two acts: first, that all proclaimed ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, FYROM and outside its territory, but creates conditions to be provided with Albanian citizenship , and also creates opportunities for expansion in the activity at real stats assets, especially in areas where they live predominantly Greek homogeneous in southern Albania.
Looking, Serbia, Bulgaria, Italy and Turkey in relations with Albania, they are very active and directly affect foreign policy of Tirana, of course to have their strategic interests particularly against Greece. Bulgaria is the EU that has distributed about 200 thousand Albanian Bulgarian passports, as well, Serbia has increased its influence for its minority in Albania, Italy, a strong competitive in Greece continues to support pro opinion historically Albanian Muslims and the influence extends its in Northern Epirus.
Instead, it is very interesting to note that Turkey, though no Turkish minority in Albania, exerts its influence through to islamic community and funding in the field of military cooperation, to cope with Greece in its northern part.
But remains intractable the total indifference of Athens foreign policy about the assimilation of northern epiriotes assets and properties in Southern Albania.
Two months after the speech of Greek Prime Minister Papandreou, the Greek community property, has no progress to protect they properties. In Himare, the mafia is still in action, with the full help of state authorities. Is very important to remember the battle to protect the properties of grandparents, from thousands of years in their land.
Some days ago, the Bishop of Konitsias Andreas, calls Athens to take in high consideration the critic situationof greeks in Northern epirus, He sasid that: "As when, however, the policy of our country will be amateur? The mistakes of the past, but the seriousness of the times, we must teach and raise the morale. Now, even the superpower across the Atlantic again shows "interesting" for the Balkans, we have increased the duty to remain vigilant on the ramparts of the debt against the brothers in Northern Epirus"
