Red and Black Alliance in London: We Albanians, are the biggest nation in Balkan

The leader of the Red and Black Alliance, Kreshnik Spahiu, considered the Census as completely unreliable, and also launched serious accusations towards the government, which he accused of being submitted to the Greek interests.

Spahiu held his speech for the foundation of the Red and Black Alliance in London, which was accompanied with a march of hundreds of new members of this organization in the British capital roads.

“The Census is a big deceit that artificially diminished the biggest population of the region”, declared Kreshnik Spahiu from Oxford Street.

“I guarantee you that before being published, it was sent for approval to the Greek authorities. The Greek reaction is also shameful, when they presented their concern for the results only two days before they were published”.

In his speech, Spahiu was inspired by a historical fact: “In London, 100 years ago, Albania was divided. Today, in this very same city, the unification is started. Let us become 1 million Red and Black activists for the 100th anniversary of independence”.

The Albanian Press "Shqiptarja.com", Greece to B Plan, ready to give 600 thousand passport in Albania
www.shqiptarja.com

Skopje urges Albania to make available the port of Durres

 
December 23, 2011

Skopje urges Albania to make available to the port of Durres in order to replace the port of Thessaloniki which has been crucial for Slavo Macedonian business trading exchanges. At a meeting in the ministry conducted between two counterparts economy ministers, Valon Saracini, the Slavo Macedonian Minister said that the two countries should increase trade exchanges in order to replace foreign goods.
 
Slavo Macedonian business to come to Albania to become part of the privatization process of investing in tourism and mining. Minister of Economy Trade and Energy Nasip Naço said, continuing that the trade between two countries are very good but they should be more intensified.
 
For the first three months of 2011, our trade relations have grown by 30 percent but imports of FYROM to Albania are around 46 million euros, indicating that unlike a year ago, due to global crisis and, economies of our two countries have begun to have more commercial developments.

2012 Calendar of Aspasia Sxina to Support Greek Language Tuition Units of Himara

By Stella Tsolakidou on December 22, 2011

In her new artistic calendar for 2012, professor of Greek language Mrs. Aspasia Sxina is supporting the function of two private tuition units offering Greek language courses to the Greek students of the broader Himara region in Albania.
Entitles as “Ellinon Athyrma” (translation: Greek Games), the calendar presents the games played by the ancient Greeks and still survive to our days.
The calendar was published by the Friends of Marioupoli Association and aims at enhancing the transmission and preservation of Greek traditions and culture.
Mrs. Sxina has worked upon such concepts related to cultural matters of ancient Greece and how these are reflected in modern times for the past 11 years.
“This calendar shows that ancient Greeks have also played football, pessous, backgammon, yo-yo, blind man’s buff, leapfrog and many other children’s games. This calendar is a collection work and not something to hang on the wall” stressed out the relative announcement of ODEG, responsible for promoting the calendar.

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Mysterious meetings: Goro - Dhimojani called in Tirana

Geeorge Goro and Anesti Dhimojani, "a special" meeting with Prime Minister Sali Berisha

For several days, Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha, has requested a meeting with  two Heads of Himara Municipality, George Goro, and Vlora District Council, Anesti Dhimojani.

The news made ​​public by certain sources within the Prime Ministry, in which will be discussed by the Government approval, in the nearest meeting of the Council of Territorial Adjustment, of the Master Development Plain of the Municipality of Himara.

Himara Diaspora Community, and Civil Society, have opposed this plan, before the Albanian state, does not return the properties and lands, families, communities and the Orthodox Church in Himara Region.

The Albanian Press, about the Scandal in Perivolo beach, Drymades, Himara Municipality

http://www.shqiptarja.com/news.php?IDNotizia=67664&IDCategoria=1

Edi Rama: SP, clear program for the elections

The Socialist leader, Edi Rama, gathered the discussion table for the political program, which according to him will be clearer than ever when the elections will approach.

“When the Socialist Party enters the elections, the citizens should already have a clear program. Our program has started with ambition and will be a long and detailed process”, Rama declared.

The Socialist leader underlined that most of the Albanians think that the country is going the wrong direction, which, according to him, makes it very necessary for a new politics.

“We have the good will and desire to give a solution to the Albanian people. Today more than ever, we need a new policy for Albania and the Albanians”, Rama underlined.

An important point of the Socialist plan will be the local autonomy, which has always been a priority of this party.

The opposition leader commented the preliminary Census results, published only recently, considering them as very encouraging for the Albanians.

“The Census data show how many Albanians have left the country due to the absence of jobs. Our program has an ambitious promise for creating 300.000 new jobs”, Rama declared.

Another problem mentioned by Rama was corruption in the health system, a phenomenon that according to him has turned into a real plague for this important sector.

The health system has plunged in corruption. We will work for a health system that belongs to all citizens”, Rama underlined.

Among other issues treated by the Socialist leader, were those of the property right and the media freedom. Rama declared that justice should be made with the property, because the current government is not returning it to the legal owners.

As for the media, Rama thinks that today they are functioning as loudspeakers of the government, or have been isolated in small islands, damaging this way that little independence that has remained to them”, Rama added.

Turkey freezes all ties with France: Erdoğan

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Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint news conference with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (not pictured) in Ankara December 22, 2011. REUTERS Photo

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday a bill passed by France's lower house of parliament, making it a crime to deny genocide, was racist, discriminatory and xenophobic and said it had opened wounds with Paris that would be difficult to heal.

Erdogan said Turkey was cancelling all economic, political and military meetings with NATO partner France and said Ankara would cancel permission for French military planes to land and warships to dock in Turkey as a result of the bill.

UNSC postpones discussion on organ trade draft

Source: Tanjug

NEW YORK -- A draft resolution on illegal organ trafficking was not on the agenda of UN Security Council on Wednesday.

The UN Security Council (Beta, file)

It is unknown when the Security Council could consider the issue.
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said earlier on Wednesday that the UN Security Council was holding consultations on a draft resolution on the investigation into illegal organ trafficking in Kosovo and reiterated that a serious investigation was not possible without a mandate from the UN Security Council.

He stated that the outcome of consultations in the UN Security Council was difficult to predict.

According to Jeremić, some UN Security Council members are strongly opposed to the adoption of a resolution proposed by Serbia, which is a moral abdication before criminals and war criminals.

“No serious investigation is possible without a mandate from the Security Council,” said the Serbian foreign minister, who participated in the conference "Serbia and the EU - quo vadis" in Belgrade.

According to him, the goal of the draft resolution is to establish a mechanism for monitoring the investigation and reporting by EULEX.

Russia's permanent representative to the UN Security Council Vitaly Churkin said Monday that the UNSC should vote Wednesday on the draft resolution on forming an international mechanism for investigating the allegations of trafficking in human organs in Kosovo, which would answer to the UN.

“The resolution was drafted several months ago by Russia and Serbia,” Churkin said.

“Now we updated it and made it even more precise and clear,” he stressed, adding that the obligations of the special representative of the UN and the EU Mission were better defined in the draft.

Party accuses Montenegrin FM of cigarette smuggling

Source: Tanjug

PODGORICA -- Movement for Changes (PZP) leader Nebojša Medojević has accused Montenegro’s Foreign Minister Milan Roćen of being behind the illegal cigarette trade.

Nebojša Medojević (Tanjug)

He said at the Montenegrin parliament that smuggled cigarettes made at least 50 percent of tobacco products on the Montenegrin market.
“According to my information, the foreign minister and his people are behind the illegal cigarette trade in Montenegro,” the PZP leader stressed.

Medojević stated that those involved in the illegal cigarette trade earned EUR 25-30mn a year.

He added that the cigarette smuggling operations were predominantly carried out at the border between Montenegro and Kosovo and that there was no control over the smuggling whatsoever.

Large scale exercise of the Hellenic Navy

December 22, 2011 | Filed under: Featured News,Navy

Defencenet.gr exclusively presented the first photos and initial conclusions from the large exercise “Astrapi” of the Hellenic Navy held in central southern Aegean during the second week of December.

It was one of the largest mobilizations of the Fleet and it was not a single exercise but four of them evolving simultaneously. Thus, apart from the exercise “Astrapi”, which included Frigates – units of the Navy also conducted the exercises “Ormi” of the Fast Patrol Boats Command, “Vronti” of the Gunboats Command and “Aigialos” of the Amphibious Forces Command.

In order to conduct the four parallel exercises the Navy mobilized a large numbers of boats and helicopters. More specifically, in the Aegean were 12 frigates, divided into two squadrons A and B, at least 15 fast attack crafts and gunboats, and submarines including the “Papanikolis” (S-120) and Triton (S-112). The Navy Helicopter Command participated with at least 8 helicopters for operations on the frigates. Also LST vessels participated in the “Aigialos” exercise, while the support had been taken over by two General Support Ships “Aliakmon” and “Prometheus”.

All vessels were constantly in the field during the five days of the exercise taking part around the clock in various exercise scenarios. Live firing came from the main guns of the ships (5-inch guns and the OTO-Melara 76 mm.), and from Phalanx anti-missile systems. Antiaircraft firing was performed against a windsock tugged by a private owned Liar Jet. The fire was so accurate that the windsock disbanded after a few passages.

Operations were also performed during the night, almost in complete lights blackout, which included take offs and landings of helicopters taking part in anti-submarine scenarios.

One of the main phases of the exercise included an attack by at least 40 (!) fighter aircraft, mostly F-16 from their bases in Crete and F-4AUP, while the Fleet was “protected” by Mirage 2000EGM of the 332 Squadron. Thus the air part of the exercise also included full scale scenarios of simulated dogfights between aircraft attempting to attack the main units of the Fleet and those which had the role of protection.

The last phase of the exercise was attended by the Alternate Minister of Defence Mr. Ragousis onboard the frigate Hydra and the Alternate Minister of Defence Mr. Georgiou onboard a EMB-145H AEW&C aircraft.

Source: defencenet.gr

Meeting of the President of LAOS George Karatzaferis, with a delegation of the New Party of the Greeks, MEGA 

December 21, 2011

A meeting with a delegation of the new party of the Greek National Minority in Albania MEGA,' the Greek National Minority in the Future "had today the President of LAOS, Mr. G. Karatzaferis.

The President of the Party of Northern Mr. Kristos Kitsos informed the President of LAOS and Member of PC Mr. John Korantis on the problems faced by the Greeks of Northern Epirus, and for the establishment and purposes of the party.

The President of LAOS, stressed that issues relating to the Greeks of Northern Epirus is always high on the agenda of LAOS, who was, is and will always continue to assist any effort to defend the laws of the Greeks abroad.

LAOS is member of Papadimas Government in Greece.

Census, Albanian population shrank

Albania, a mysteriously country, the total population according to the last Census is 2.850.000, while the number of voters for the last Administrative elections May 8, 2011, was 3.166.000....????

The Albanian Institute of the Statistics announced the preliminary results of the Census, which shows that the population in Albania has shrank in the last decade. The Albanian population for 2011 is 2.851.471, 7.7% less than in 2001.

INSTAT explains that in this number are also included the foreigners that have been living in Albania for more than one year. According to INSTAT, the population structure, which has always been dominated by the rural population, now has changed. For the first time in history, 53.7% of the population lives in the city and 46.3% in the countryside.

The results show that the number of buildings in Albania has reached 1.075.000, or 37% more than in 2001.

INSTAT says that 29.300 people refused to answer to the Census interviewers, or around 1.04% of the population. These are only the preliminary results, because INSTAT will announce later the other data regarding the religious and ethnic affiliations, the results of which are expected to be announced in the next year. The Census was greeted by representatives of the European Union, who considered it as a process that fulfilled the recommendations of Eurostat and the United Nations.

The Red and Black Alliance reacted after the results published by INSTAT, saying that these figures fulfill the desires of Serbia and Greece.

“The Albanians are the biggest population in the region, with 10 million residents, while INSTAT showed the contrary. These data damage the interests of the Albanians”, says the RBA.

The Prime Minister Berisha commented the results as the first real modern Census of the Albanians. He thanked the Albanian government and all citizens for participating in this process.

According to Berisha, the preliminary data have a positive indicator, and for the first time, the population of the cities dominated over the rural areas. 

Census for the Ethnic Groups was not presented 

Tadić vows "not to give in to pressure"

Source: Tanjug

NOVI SAD -- President Boris Tadić said late on Tuesday that pressure on Serbia regarding Kosovo cannot be fruitful since Belgrade will not give up on its principles.

Boris Tadić (Tanjug, file)

Those are primarily its insistence on UN SC Resolution 1244, he stated.
“The pressures which someone in Europe plans to exert on Belgrade and me can only be a hindrance rather than help, and this is what I have told everybody I talked with, including President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy,” Tadić told journalists in Novi Sad.

Tadić underlined that there is no pressure which would make him give up on Resolution 1244, since it is not only the last international act which guarantees protection of human rights and lives in Kosovo-Metohija and return of refugees, but also the only document which could be the basis of future solutions.

“Resolution 1244 might yield an agreement i.e. a document which would regulate the issues that everyone are trying to resolve today, primarily north Kosovo, and which would give security guarantees to Serbs in southern municipalities and secure our monasteries, historical heritage and property,” Tadić said.

Serbia will not give up on the international document which is the only basis for protection of legitimate and basic interests of Serbs in Kosovo, the president stressed.

“We are more than a stable and reliable partner, and we have no secrets. We have clearly stated that we will not give up on UN SC Resolution 1244 as regards Kosovo's representation in regional forums,” Tadić said, adding that the question arises whether the talks with Pristina will be resumed at all, taking into account initial positions on the issue of regional representation.

Tadić said that there are many ways in which Serbia's next step in the EU accession process could be thwarted, and therefore an excessive optimism must not be spread.

“In the coming days, I will confer with European officials, and I hope that we will reach a solution, but an excessive optimism should not be encouraged as that would be rather wrong. Citizens are aware of that, but it should be made clear to the media and analysts that it would be sufficient if just one country said 'no' and other 26 'yes' for Serbia's candidate status to be denied, Tadić underlined.

Greece, is going to Plan B: grant for 600 thousand Greek citizenship, at the Consulates

Failure of the Census in Albania, apparently, has forced Athens, put in place, going to Plan B to its foreign policy, grant citizenship to all Hellenic Community of Northern Epirus (Greek passports) through three Greek consulates in Albania.

According to "The Albanian newspaper Gazeta Shqiptare", in a statement issued by the Greek Consul in Argjirokaster, Nikolaos Kotroxois, will begin soon, giving the Greek passports to Albanian citizens of Greek descent, who have applied for years.

The decision is taken, after Athens, has used all diplomatic sources to have to Tirana, the same wavelength, particularly in geopolitical matters, particularly Kosovo. In his statement, the Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas, noted, that Tirana, continues to show towards Greece, feeling not sincere cooperation, while simultaneously calling for the right to self-determination of the Greek community in Albania.

Provision for Hellenic Greek citizenship of Albania, is thought be given in a shorter time, which will also be used as self declaration of its community (census of Greeks) in Albania. The approximate number of Greek citizenship in Albania, thought to be around 600 thousand, where only Albanians who have applied, are about 100 thousand.

Giving the tow citizenship for Greeks in Albania, was approved by the Government of Karamanlis on October 2006, but the Greek foreign national Commission, had blocked, since Albania, would hold free census process for the Greek community.   

SManalysis, in Focus

Charges of Athens, Government spokesman of Tirana, is still, the Black & Red Alliance

Albania's foreign ministry, in total silent for an answer.....

Dimas, warning that the ethnic Greek minority has the right to self-determination

Statement of Greek Foreign Minister, Stavros Dimas, on the pressures of Albania, to manipulate the Census and to terrorize the Hellenic population, unfortunately, has taken in response, not by the government of Albania, or from the office of President of the Republic, but the Alliance Red and Black, an association formed by Albanian nationalists, mainly from Kosovo and FYROM.

Meanwhile, international media, is interested to know the official answer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Albania, on a series of allegations, that a Greek foreign minister, has articulated, at least these 10 years.

By remembering to Tirana, the biggest help that Athens has given, to harmonize Greek Albanian relations which, Dimas expressed, the right to self-determination that has the ethnic Greek minority, recalling in this case, activation of an international agreement, to the south of Albania .

According to many geopolitical analysts, the statement of Greek Foreign Minister, Stavros Dimas, is the mostly strong message, after that of former Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis in 1993, made to Albania.

"Bosnia moving toward Sharia law"

Source: Večernje novosti

BANJA LUKA -- RS President Milorad Dodik says the leader of Bosnia's Muslims, Mufti Mustafa Cerić, was "the main political figure among Bosniaks (Muslims)".

Milorad Dodik (Tanjug, file)

The president of the Serb Republic (RS) deduced that this was "leading toward a creation of a Sharia state".
"I have nothing against Bosniaks and Islam, I respect freedom of religion, but it is the desire of the Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina to direct political processes in the country that is completely unacceptable," he said.

The president added that this community was attacking the RS and him personally, "to which I have a duty to react, as president and politician".

This was Dodik's response to announcements that came from the Islamic Community (IZ) in Bosnia-Herzegovina, that they would send a proposal to embassies of Islamic countries to declare him persona non-grata for his alleged activity to "spread Islamophobia".

"The IZ statement is a political pamphlet of the lowest kind. It's proof that Mustafa Cerić is the leading political figure among Bosniaks, which is one step toward creating a Sharia state," Dodik concluded.

FM MESSAGE IN TIRANA ON THE OCCASION OF THE POPULATION CENSUS

"The Greek ethnic Community in Albania has the right of free of charge self-determination"

The reliability of the results of population census in Albania, in terms of minority groups, directly challenging the foreign minister Stavros Dimas, diaminyontas same time that the Respect for human and minority rights is …

crucial criterion for the progress of the accession method of our neighbor.

In a letter sent to the Home in response to a question from a Member of LA.OS K. Aivaliotis, Dimas says that “the foreign ministry has closely followed all the developments surrounding the census in Albania, even though produced timely plays, both bilateral and European level to make sure the integrity process and unimpeded registration of members of the Greek National Minority, and each location of residence of such ».

As outlined, the “Selection of the representatives of the main minority groups, including the Greek National Minority, invite their members to abstain in protest not guaranteed to respect the right of free of charge self-determination, showed a significant deficit of trust minority in the Albanian state, which ought to itself the Albanian government to address priority ».

This, says Minister of Foreign Affairs, in conjunction the allegations of irregularities in the conduct of the census’ has in fact a matter of credibility of the outcomes obtained by processing the data, the sizes of minority groups and locations where they reside ».

In the letter Mr. . Dimas, after recalls that “respect for human and minority rights in the EU is an crucial criterion for the progress of the integration procedure of Albania”, emphasizes that respecting the right of free self-determination, in conducting the census, has been characterized by European Commission in the latest progress report for Albania as critical.

conclusion, the foreign minister noted that Greece has invested more than time in constructing good relations with Albania and “will continue to do so, considering understood in this context, respect and protect the rights of the Greek minority, which is a bridge of friendship among the two countries».

Facts: 71 years ago. Ten days and ten nights kept the battle of Himara

22/12/1940 The story of 10 Days Battles for Himara during Greek Italian War
The Greek Press in December 1940 for the Liberation of Himara

"With an unstoppable march of our army, the city of Chimaras released on December 22, 1940"

Paul Paleologos Himare sent by the newspaper "New Athenian '(24-12-1940) response to title:" Our army in Himare. The reception of moving people.

In the same tone announcing the happy event and other newspapers:

The "New Hellas" (24 December 1940): The Himare free! Was captured yesterday by our army. The Heimarriotes congratulation our soldiers.

The "Daily" (24 December 1940): "The Greek troops occupied yesterday Himare.

"Ten days and ten nights kept the battle of Himara. The Italians had fortified and used for protection of tanks, aviation, artillery and infantry. On the beach, the Italians had blocked the Strait of Papathias with successive lines of defense. The Greeks were repulsed on 15 months. They made three days and lost 370 men until you take a hill. When, on 19, was taken inside the saddle of Koutsi, the Italians of Papathias where circulated.

On 20 fell on the beach. On 21 delivered. Kutsi and Papathia claimed 900 prisoners, 300 dead, artillery, mortars and large quantities of ammunition "armed him" the Greek army. On December 22tou, "on foot, ten hours, as indicated by the standard bearer of the Navy commander Mylos Spyromilios, the Greeks entered the city" and becoming accepted by residents furious with inspiration. "

The flagship hoisted the Greek flag and started. new course to north. The heavy winter stopped the advance. The Italians barricaded themselves in Vlore".

ALBANANIA 1985, NORTHERN KOREA 2011, DICTATORS AND PEOPLES IN FUNERALS

Bosnian mufti wants RS president declared persona non grata

Source: Tanjug

SARAJEVO, BANJA LUKA -- The Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina will propose Muslim countries' ambassadors to deny hospitality to Republic of Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik.

Milorad Dodik (FoNet, file)

The Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina will also ask the Muslim countries to declare Dodik persona non grata.
According to the announcement, the RS president has been continuously making chauvinistic, racist statements about Muslims that incite hatred and distort the facts.

Bosnia-Herzegovina Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Human Rights and Ethics Chairman Aleksandra Pandurović has stated that the Islamic Community’s release represents a terrifying hate speech and a reason for concern in the entire country.

“Chief Mufti (Mustafa) Cerić is through this release being promoted to an ayatollah and making himself equal with the Islamic Community and the Bosniak parties’ policy. No one in the RS has anything against Bosnian Muslim’s tradition and no one is afraid of radicalism that was imported here during the war and that has grown its roots,” she told Banja Luka-based daily Nezavisne novine.

The Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina said in the statement that “it is not a rare situation that Dodik treats Bosniaks as Bosnian Muslims or just as Muslims, which represents an impudent denial of their national identity”.

“Denial of one people’s national identity in fact represents renewal of defeated and rejected ideologies of apartheid and fascism,” it is said in the announcement.

The Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina pointed out that Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) and Bosnia-Herzegovina Council of Ministers Chairman Nikola Špirić was following in Dodik’s footsteps.

“Such policy is preparing a new genocide and persecution of Bosniaks just because they are Muslims, and all the UN member states are obligated to fight against genocide and everything that leads to it,” the release reads.

The Islamic Community expects all relevant political factors to recognize, condemn and stop “Dodik’s dangerous and anti-human policy”.

Merkel: Priština, Belgrade to jointly reach solution

Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug

BERLIN, PRIŠTINA -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated Monday that it was necessary to find a solution for the conflicts in northern Kosovo.

Angela Merkel and Hashim Thaci (Tanjug)

She added that Serbia should meet the requirements laid down during her visit to Belgrade last summer, and that Kosovo should also contribute to the solving of issues.
“We are in direct contact with Belgrade, and we told Serbia clearly that it should establish a reasonable commodity exchange with Kosovo, which is currently not the case, establish control at the crossings in northern Kosovo and abolish the local parallel structures,” Merkel said after a meeting with Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci at Priština airport.

She said that, while she was in Priština, she did not wish to talk about what Serbia should do, adding that she conveyed to the Kosovo prime minister what was expected from Priština.

According to Merkel, Kosovo's independence was a huge step and now the Kosovo side must act responsibly with the aim of resolving all issues.

“It is important for the Kosovo authorities to cooperate with EULEX, but not only on paper,” said the German chancellor, who received assurance from Thaci that the request would be met.

As for the situation in northern Kosovo, Merkel said that it was above all necessary to establish reasonable relations.

Commenting the Belgrade-Priština dialogue, she pointed out that it was crucial to implement agreements, and stated as example a joint customs control, which should be established with the help of the Kosovo side.

The German chancellor underlined that it was important for Kosovo to become transparent and establish the rule of law.

Merkel arrived in Kosovo to visit the German soldiers within KFOR, who, as she said, significantly contributed to regional peace.

She said that latest developments showed that participation in international forces could be dangerous, adding that recent incidents proved that there was a lot more to be done in the solving of problems and improvement of relations with Serbia.

"No Development Plans without resolving the issue ownership" in Himara Region

Skerdilajd Zaimi

  Two associations, send open message to the Municipality Council of Himara. Land registration law and the abrogation of the Law 7501

Family properties, of the orthodox church and community, these three historical terms, are updated as part of the requirements, of the two associations, The Himara Community and The Coastal Association, included in a letter that responded to the Municipality Council of Himara. Curbing the registration process of real estate, farmland and pastures, respectively, implemented so far by the OSCE for residential land and homes, has put in motion Himariot Community representatives. Thus, in the last meeting of the Municipality Council by two associations presented a letter of application, which sets out concerns on the issue of individual properties, but also those of the church, started by reviewing the annual budget, which inter alia provides for a plan development, but also a property tax for local citizens.  

Be noted here that, if the OSCE project on land and housing census includes a coastline that starts from the border with the amounts to Vlora to Saranda Xara, discussion refers Himara Municipality and the territory it administers. For this reason, the letter in question, read by a representative of The Community Himara, Stavri Marko, the Municipality Council urges the Himara Municipality that before dealing with the subject property to taxation, to solve or help solve the problem of property itself, that in this region is closely familiar with the law no. 7501 and all amendments made ​​to him in years......................continues in Albanian..................

http://www.gazeta-shqip.com/#/politike/c67129ba484e0746a2b523895a5b91d8.html

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tagged: Daily Telegraph, defence chief, economic crisis, great britain, Greece, military intervention, Sir David Richards, UK

Telegraph: After USA, UK Readies for Military Intervention in Europe!

Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy

I had thought we are in the middle of an economic war but things are apparently more serious. Great Britain makes preparations for a military intervention in Europe, should the economic crisis – see: the social unrest - get out of control.  Former Empire and hidden megalomaniac Great Britain will come to assist its European partners in need and therefore the British Armed Forces are getting ready to combat the uprising Europeans. Unbelievable?

In a report entitled “The Eurozone Crisis Poses Military Risk” UK Daily Telegraph quotes defence chief Gen. Sir David Richards  saying that “defence chiefs are drawing up plans to cope with the potential military fallout from the eurozone crisis.”
Looking ahead a possible collapse of the single EU currency would be followed by a completer breakdown of the social structure,  €uro-sceptists in UK, see as a challenge to come and aid their European partners.

Richards warned that economic issues pose a “strategic risk ” to Britain, “the biggest threat to Britain and its interests in the world.”
“I am clear that the single biggest strategic risk facing the UK today is economic rather than military,” Richards told the Royal United Services Institute, stressing that “ thriving economy must be the central ingredient in any UK Grand Strategy. This is why the eurozone crisis is of such huge importance not just to the City of London but rightly to the whole country and to military planners like me.”

He used his speech to raise questions about the ability of European economies to sustain their armed forces. He asked: “What impact will fiscal restraint and slow recovery have on European defence capabilities?’’
Gen Richards also noted that America, which is facing deep defence cuts, has said it will switch the focus of its main military effort from the Atlantic to the Pacific and south-east Asia.
That means “less emphasis on Europe and her problems,” he said. Gen Richards also accepted that Britain’s defence cuts carry risks, but insisted those risks were acceptable.
Daily Telegraph underlines, that “the military planning work has come to light after The Daily Telegraph disclosed last month that British embassies in the eurozone have been told to prepare emergency plans for the demise of the euro and the possible civil disorder that could follow.”

A dramatic act of intervention of the Greek Air Force, with Super Puma Helicopter

Shocking moments that are breathtaking, captured on video from yesterday's extremely difficult rescue of 11 Russian sailors from Greek Air Force Helicopter Rescue R-AS 332 Super Puma. The Russian cargo ship which was stranded aboard because of stormy winds blowing in a reef two miles off the coast of Preveza.

 

 

 

Ankara warns Paris of ‘irreparable damage’ if genocide bill approved

France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) shakes hands with Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before their meeting in Ankara in February. (Photo: Reuters)

12 December 2011 / TODAY’S ZAMAN, ANKARA

Ankara has warned France of the “irreparable damage” that could ensue should France’s latest move to criminalize denying that an alleged Armenian genocide took place in Turkey in 1915 be passed next week in the French parliament.

“Turkish efforts and contact [with French officials] are ongoing at the moment,” Turkish officials told Today’s Zaman on Monday, as they recalled statements from Ankara that urge France not to politicize a historical matter that is very sensitive for both Turks and Armenians. “The French administration is well aware of the sensitivity of this issue [the Armenian genocide] for our country. We hope that no steps that could cause irreparable damage will be taken at a time when Turkey and France have entered a stable phase that could increase opportunities of cooperation at bilateral and international levels,” a statement released by the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, as Ankara repeated once more that it regarded such attempts as “reoccurring events” ahead of elections in France.

Turkey’s reaction to the move has been revived as the French parliament readies to vote a legislation that could make denying the 1915 events that took place in Turkey as genocide punishable by up to one year in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros, the Anatolia news agency reported on Monday. The voting, however, is not the first time France has mulled over criminalizing the denial of the events as genocide, as the French National Assembly adopted a bill in 2006, proposing that anyone who denied the “Armenian genocide,” would be punished, but the bill was dropped the same year before coming to the senate.....................