Rritet siguria në depot e ushtrisë në Qafë Mollë

Gazeta Illyria 

 

NATO - BE - Albania

U zhvillua sot ceremonia e përmbylljes me sukses të projektit të përmirësimit të infrastrukturës së sigurisë, në mjediset e magazinimit të Armëve të vogla dhe të lehta dhe municioneve të tyre.
Të pranishëm në këtë ceremoni ishin zëvendësministri i Mbrojtjes z. Petro Koçi, përfaqësues të organizatave të rëndësishme ndërkombëtare, si Programi i Zhvillimit i Kombeve tё Bashkuara UNDP,  Delegacioni i Bashkimit Evropian nё Shqipёri dhe Qendra rajonale pёr kontrollin e armëve tё vogla dhe tё lehta “SEESAC”, ushtarakë të lartë të Minstrisë së Mbrojtjes dhe Shtabit të Përgjithshëm.

Zëvendësministri i Mbrojtjes, z. Petro Koçi në fjalën e tij përshëndetëse  falenderoi në emër të tij dhe në emër të ministres së Mbrojtjes, znj. Mimi Kodheli, ata që mundësuan këtë projekt, konkretisht SEESAC dhe UNDP, por edhe Bashkimin Evropian, i cili financiarisht mbështeti realizimin e projektit. Falë punës dhe kontributit tuaj, FARSH sot kanë një standard të ri të sigurisë së depove të Armёve tё Vogla dhe tё Lehta, standard i cili do të vijojë të përmbushet edhe në mjediset e tjera”.
“Ky projekt ndikon pozitivisht në përpjekjet tona, për rritjen e kapaciteteve kombëtare për menaxhimin dhe kontrollin e armëve të vogla dhe të lehta, duke eliminuar kushtet që favorizojnë humbjet e materialeve dhe rrjedhimisht keqpërdorimin, përhapjen apo tregtinë e paligjshme të armëve, nga elementët  kriminal”, vijoi ai më tej.

Zoti Koçi theksoi se “Ministria e Mbrojtjes e vlerëson kontributin e SEESAC për promovimin e sigurisë në vendin tonë, meqёnёse në muajin tetor, UNDP-SEESAC ofroi mbështetjen për një tjetër projekt të financuar nga BE-ja, nëpërmjet të cilit u shkatërruan 1987 armë të vogla dhe të lehta, të tepërta, të kategorizuara për asgjësim nga Ministria e Mbrojtjes. Projekti i cili në bashkëpunim me Fabrikën Ushtarake në Gramsh, përfundoi me sukses në fund të tetorit 2016, dhe promovoi sigurinë duke reduktuar tepricën e mundshme, për tu përdorur si burim për tregtinë e paligjshme të armëve në vend dhe rajon.

Në fund të fjalës së tij, zoti Koçi tha “Vendi ynë, dhe Ministria e Mbrojtjes është e vendosur dhe do të vijojë të kontribuojë me përkushtim në sinergjinë e  përpjekjeve të përbashkëta për stabilitetin rajonal, edhe duke kontrolluar AVL dhe parandaluar përhapjen, trafikimin dhe përdorimin ilegal të tyre.

Projekti i financuar nga BE dhe i realizuar nëpërmjet SEESAC, i cili arrin në 32,388,313 Lekë, do të përmirësojë ndjeshëm sigurinë e armatimit dhe municionit të magazinuar në këtë mjedis të Forcës së Armatosur të Republikës së Shqipërisë. Investimi i kontribuon jo vetëm rritjes së sigurisë kombëtare dhe rajonale, por edhe zhvillimit ekonomik dhe prosperitetit, pasi eliminon kërcënimet dhe rreziqet që lidhen me përhapjen dhe tregtinë e paligjshme e armëve të vogla dhe të lehta, si dhe municioneve të tyre.

Albania: Tanks of NATO, deployed in Durresi Harbor

A citizen has managed to photograph the entrance of a tank (which may possibly have been more than those who have entered our territory) in the Port of Durres, and has no knowledge of what is happening Mapo newspaper reports.

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NATO has warned that in Balkans, will intervene at any time

In Tirana, the State Department mission to regional security, meeting with government authorities and intelligence..


Tirana. Albanian media reports that occasionally, are photographed several tanks emerge from the Harbor of Durresi, for which there is still no official Press Release from the Ministry of Defense.

But in the meantime, it has become known fact that in the Balkans, NATO has warned of intervention in case of deterioration of the situation in the region. The contingent of tanks and motorized vehicles, is acting "De Facto" as the NATO intervention, even without warning or official sources Albanian authorities.

Albania approved by Parliament, a bill that authorizes the Government to accept in its territory to NATO troops, as part of the Western Alliance, to manage potential crises in the event of war.Meanwhile in Tirana, after the visit of the director of the CIA, John Brennan, has come a team from the Department of State, for security, for which, have developed a series of meetings with top leaders of the government and intelligence.

In the opinion of analysts, violence can erupt in the Balkans, due to the destruction of ethnic balance, which may be more visible in FYROM, Bosnia, Kosovo who are not members of NATO.

Regarding Albania and Kosovo, the Western alliance of NATO but also intelligence services, they have expressed a great interes to this country, which is seriously threatened by radical Islamic groups but also by paramilitary nationalist, which can operate without knowledge of authorities of these countries.

Los Angeles Times: Visit Albania not Turkey!!!!

December 16 2016 at 6:04 AM  

Why you may visit Albania, not Turkey, on some 2017 cruises

Some cruise lines won’t be stopping in Istanbul and other Turkish ports next year because of safety concerns. Passengers instead will substitute the Greek islands or even Sarande, Albania, on some itineraries.
Cunard, British line P&O Cruises and Holland America — all owned by Carnival Corp. — announced plans to skip Turkish ports in 2017.
“After careful consideration, Cunard has taken the decision to remove Turkey from all itineraries in 2017, based upon various sources, including advice given by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office,” a Cunard statement says.
Cocoa Katz writes on a Cruise Critic online forum about the August 2017 sailing on Cunard’s Queen Victoria: “Received a message from Cunard regarding the cancellation of all Turkish ports … very disappointing as this was over 40% of the cruise.”
Holland America says 10 departures next year are affected by the change, and that travel agents and passengers will be notified. Anyone who had paid for shore excursions in the skipped ports will receive a refund, according to a statement.
Three other cruise lines — Norwegian, Oceania and Regent -- also canceled itineraries that include Turkey in 2017.
The U.S. State Department on Oct. 29 warned Americans to “carefully consider the risks of travel to and throughout the country, noting they may be “explicitly targeted” by terrorists.
The cruise lines made the decision to pull out of Turkey before the bombing of a football stadium in Istanbul on Saturday that killed 44 people. Some cruises dropped Turkish port calls after a June 28 bomb attack at the city's airport, which killed more than 40 people, and a failed violent coup attempt on July 15.
USA Today reported in June that some lines, including Crystal Cruises, Disney Cruise Line,MSC Cruises, had canceled visits to Turkey in 2016.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-tr-turkey-cruises-skipping-istanbul-20161214-story.html

Kërcim mbi akse

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Ndoshta kështu mund të konfigurohej “balerina” në momentet kur bota ndërton akset. Ja, jemi tani në këto orë kur Bota po lëshon ura. Zgjedhjet presidenciale në Amerikë kanë zgjuar si të fjeturit edhe të pagjumët në gjithë botën. Po punohet ditë e natë për akset; edhe qeveritarët e rinj amerikanë po përzgjidhen nga burrat e gratë më të fuqishëm për të ndërtuar akse…. Çfarë bëjnë këta këtu të kupolës? Balerinën…
… Dje ka qenë një ditë famoze simbolikash; me siguri ka edhe ditë të tilla të simbolizmit “kërcimtar”, por dita dje sikur ishte bërë për të dëshmuar sa larg akseve botërore po kërcen shteti shqiptar. Dje ndodhën këto ngjarje: Media britanike- në fillim, e pastaj ballkaniket, thyen ekranet dhe portalet me lajmin se “Rusia po vendos në Serbi armë bërthamore”. Këtë e konfirmuan si Rusia edhe Serbia. Ministri i Jashtëm serb tha se “lidhjen ia kemi borxh Rusisë përjetë”. Ndërsa vetë kryeministri serb Vuçiç kishte bërë ftesën për raketat bërthamore. Vuçiç iu kthye dje Brukselit duke i thënë “do të të iki nga tavolina” nëse nuk përmban Kroacinë…
Çfarë ndodhi kështu, e shikoni?! Nuk kishte veçse pak kohë që ishin prerë baste vëllazërimesh  të mëdha,  me ne dhe rreth nesh. Kishim bërë vëlla kryeministrin e Serbisë. Kosovën- ashtu ashtu, sepse doli më e rëndësishme Serbia. Kryeministri i Tiranës hyri garant si “lider global” se me Serbinë merrem “unë”.  Më parë diplomacia evropiane, dhe në përgjithësi perëndimore, ishte angazhuar për të lidhur vendet lindore që nuk ishin të lidhur mirë, me qëllim që të krijohej një aleancë e vogël anti- ruse. Thërritja e “katër çunave” të shteteve të Ballkanit Perëndimor, nga zonja Merkel, nuk kishte kuptim tjetër… Mirëpo ja ku përfundoi, ajo çfarë ndodhi dje…
Në fakt nuk ishte serbi Vuçiç- i pari nga “çunat” që e këputi kordonin e lidhjes. Ky, dihej se një sy e një gjysmë zemre i kishte në Rusi; dhe ja e tregoi dje. I pari ishte kryeministri i Tiranës, Rama. Ky kishte deklaruar sy për sy me zonjën Merkel se mund të “kemi edhe faktorë të tjerë”, veç Bashkimit Europian. Në një televizion në Tiranë, menjëherë pas kësaj tha se “mund të shkoj te presidenti Putin”. Në takim me kryeministren e Polonisë, në Tiranë, tha se sa nuk jemi në BE jemi të këndshëm, kur të jemi “në BE do të bëhemi të mërzitshëm”. Pak muaj më parë kishte deklaruar se do të rishikohen marrëdhëniet me Amerikën “në qoftë se fiton Donald Trump”.  Ja ku Trump fitoi… Dje, gazetari Genc Mlloja shpërndau një intervistë me ambasadorin e Turqisë në Tiranë, i cili kishte thënë se “se shpejti Kryeministri i Shqipërisë Rama dhe autoritetet me te larta turke do te nënshkruajnë dokumentin mbi ‘Partneritetin e Përbashkët Strategjik’. Këta kanë rrëshqitur në anti- atlantizëm- aksi më i fuqishëm i kohës moderne…
Nuk ishte i pari Vuçiç i Serbisë mes “katër çunave” të Merkel që këputi kordonin e lidhjes së aleancës së “Lindjes së vogël” kundër Rusisë. Ai edhe pse doli,  e kishte dhe e mbajti strehën: në Rusi; edhe pse BE nuk e dëbon ndonjëherë. Po ky këtu,  që e theu i pari kordonin dhe doli fushës pa një fije bari ku të mbahet; kryeministri i Tiranës, domethënë ne? Ne ku jemi, në cilin aks? E gjeni dot? Nuk ka bir nëne që e gjen këtë. Tjetër janë akset, tjetër politika e këtyre të kësaj qeverie.
Shteti shqiptar, për arsye të politikës së padenjë, në këto momente po mbetet “jashtë”. As në BE, as në Rusi, as në Turqi, as në kordonin sanitar të Lindjes, as në dinastinë e lashtë Jagellone… Akset e politikave botërore, o nuk janë kuptuar, o nuk janë përshtatur, o nuk janë nevojitur  për politikanët; dhe kjo “shije” e ka lënë shtetin jashtë.
Nuk janë nevojitur?… Ideja tragjike e mos- nevojës për akset botërore mbolli në Shqipëri  uri, vdekje, torturë, izolim, burgje dhe tru të shpëlarë. Kjo i përket periudhës së diktaturës komuniste. Autokratëve të kohës nuk u “nevojiteshin” akset, sepse në akse humbnin pushtetin e tyre. Edhe në këtë rast tani: Këta po mbyllin gjithçka brenda për brenda duke mos lejuar as zgjedhje të standardit të “akseve”. Mendojnë për jetëgjatësinë e tyre në pushtet dhe “luaje sa andej këndej” me akset.
Nuk janë përshtatur akset? … Në këto momente po përdoret fiks skema e vjetër e strategjisë së akseve: Dy vjet me Jugosllavinë, tre vjet (deri në vitin’51 kur vdiq Stalini)- me Rusinë ; dhjetë vjet me Kinën (duke pasur nëpër këmbë edhe  Korenë, Vietnamin  dhe Kamboxhian). Vetëm aty nga  vitet  ‘90 nisi era e rreshtimit me BE, e cila tani po vihet në dyshim serioz. Po kështu, kryetari i qeverisë ka vënë në pikëpyetje aleancën me Shtetet e Bashkuara- aleati që na e dhuroi më shumë natyra se vetë ne. “Balerini” i fundit dëshmon se nuk rri dot mbi akset, përsëri si në skemën e vjetër. Këta nuk bëhen dot pjesë e boshteve të qëndrueshëm; dhe për nga gjenetika nuk kemi “farefisni”- siç thotë studiuesi i famshëm Hantington për shqiptarët… Tjetër gjë ndodh me Rumaninë, me Hungarinë, me Poloninë- vende si edhe ne- Lindore. Aty njerëzit, gjenetikisht e konsiderojnë veten avampost të Europës Perëndimore, nuk ua prish dot akset “balerini”. Polakët që në shekullin 16 formuluan “res- publica” (gjëra të përbashkëta, Republika).
… Nuk janë kuptuar akset? Edhe kjo pyetje mund të bëhet, duke dashur t’i gjykosh më për mirë. Po si nuk kuptohen ato që përbëjnë themelin e jetës dhe të prosperitetit të popullit që ti thua se po e prin?!  Megjithëse këtu ka vërtet një pengesë në të kuptuar. Le të bëjmë pyetje si e kuptuan ata që e kanë kuptuar dhe po e zbatojnë strategjinë e akseve.  Për shembull vendet balltike… Ato, të gjitha, edhe pse në dekada ishin pjesë e Bashkimit Sovjetik, sot janë vendet me “amerikane” mes gjithë vendeve të Europës Lindore. Ka këtu një çështje të të kuptuarit, vërtet. Ja cila është:  Liderët e tyre kanë dituri dhe shije perëndimore,atlantizmi dhe amerikanizmi. Këta janë mësuar që në vegjëli me këtë frymë. Edhe kanë marrë këtë kulturë. Vaira Vike- Freiberga, psh., presidente e Letonisë, që luajti rol kryesor për pranimin në NATO, është rritur në shkollat e Montrealit. Presidenti i Estonisë, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, është rritur në New Jersey dhe shkolluar në “Columbia University”… Ja kështu… Po këta tanët? Këta gërricen me Vuçiç me të cilin kanë të njëjtën barsoletë. Këta kanë lindur në bllokun komunist dhe janë shkolluar: o për pikturë, o për gjuhë të huaj… dmth., pa shkollë. Këta e kanë shijen te bunkerët; bunkerët janë simboli anti- akse… A nuk u çor dynjaja duke thërritur: “Mos i zgjidhni liderët nga komunistët e djeshëm”, por thatë “Hë mo, luftë klasash prapë?”.
Shteti po mbetet jashtë akseve; domethënë ne.
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ΠΑΓΩΣΕ ΟΛΗ Η ΚΡΗΤΗ…ΝΕΑΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΙΑΣΕ ΜΕΤΑΝΑΣΤΗ ΠΟΥ ΠΡΟΣΠΑΘΗΣΕ ΝΑ ΤΗΝ Β1ΑΣΕΙ…

25 Ιουλίου 2016

Απίστευτο περιστατικό στο Ρέθυμνο – Νεαρή κοπέλα χτύπησε το βιαστή της στο Ρέθυμνο

Ο νύχτα εφιάλτη για το υποψήφιο θύμα μετατράπηκε σε μία απίστευτη περιπέτεια για τον δράστη. Ο λόγος για μία νεαρή κοπέλα από την Κίνα και

έναν αλλοδαπό από το Αφγανιστάν που εισέβαλε στο σπίτι της και επιχείρησε να τη βιάσει.Η κοπέλα μετά το αρχικό σοκ επιτέθηκε στον επίδοξο βιαστή της με ότι έβρισκε μπροστά της.

Ο Αφγανός, όταν αντιλήφθηκε τη σθεναρή αντίσταση από τη νεαρή, προσπάθησε να διαφύγει, διότι η κοπέλα παράλληλα με τα χτυπήματα φώναζε σε βοήθεια.



Πανικόβλητος ο αλλοδαπός άρχισε να τρέχει προς την έξοδο και εκείνη τη στιγμή η κοπέλα τον χτύπησε με ένα γυάλινο μπουκάλι στο κεφάλι.

Η νεαρή κατήγγειλε το περιστατικό στην αστυνομία και λίγη ώρα αργότερα εντοπίστηκε ο επίδοξος βιαστής με βαριά τραύματα και οδηγήθηκε στο νοσοκομείο Ρεθύμνου.

Tirana kerkon te drejta per shqiptaret ne Shkup dhe haron se dhunon te drejtat e grekeve vecanerisht ne Himare

QEVERIA E TIRANES, KERKON TE DREJTA DHE AUTONOMI (MARVESHJA E OHRIT) PER SHQIPTARET, DUKE KUSHTEZUAR PJESEMARJEN NE QEVERINE GRUEVSKI, NDERSA MBAN PENG INTEGRIMIN E SHQIPERISE NE BE, PASI NUK ZBATON TE NJEJTA STANDARTE PER GREKET E SHQIPERISE DHE VECANERISHT NE HIMARE, SIC AI I KERKON SHKUPIT.

MESA DUKET KJO "DOUBLE STANDART" QE PRAKTIKON TIRANA, DO TE MBAJE ENDE LARG INTEGRIMIN E SHQIPTAREVE PER NE BE, DUKE NEKUPTUAR SE ESHTE AQ E LEHTE TU KERKOSH LLOGARI FQINJEVE PER STANDARTE MINORITETESH, SA EDHE E VESHTIRE TI PRAKTIKOSH ATO NE VENDIN TEND, DUKE I DHUNUAR LIRITE DHE TE DREJTAT E NJERIUT SI RASTI HIMARA.

Takimi Rama Ahmeti

Ali Ahmeti takon Edi Ramën: Marrëveshja e Ohrit, përparësi themelore

Autori: Lajmi.net Lajme 19:53, 15 December 2016

 

Më shumë se dy orë ka zgjatur takimi mes kryeministrit Edi Rama dhe kryetarit të Bashkimit Demokratik për Integrim, Ali Ahmeti, partia e të cilit arriti të fitonte 10 deputetë në zgjedhjet e 11 dhjetorit në Maqedoni. Në takim ishte i pranishëm edhe ministri i Jashtëm, Ditmir Bushati.

Burime pranë Kryeministrisë thanë sot se, linja e Ramës është ajo që është bërë publike. Sipas shefit të qeverisë shqiptare, faktori shqiptar duhet të flasë me një zë të vetëm, në funksion të vendosjes së kushteve të Marrëveshjes së Ohrit në programin e cilësdo qeveri që do të krijohet.
Liritë, të drejtat dhe detyrimet e shqiptarëve, si qytetarë të barabartë të shtetit të Maqedonisë, duhet të kthehen në përparësi themelore.
Ali Ahmeti është takuar edhe me kryeparlamentarin Ilir Meta. I pyetur nga Top Channel, Ahmeti ka theksuar se është ende herët për të folur për koalicionet, por ka listuar kushtet e panegociueshme të BDI-së.
“Marrëveshja e Ohrit, anëtarësimi i vendit në NATO dhe në Bashkimin Evropian, zhvillimi ekonomik i barabartë midis komuniteteve, këto do të jenë parimet mbi të cilat ne do të zhvillojmë negociatat në të ardhmen”, tha Ali Ahmeti, i cili shtoi se është ende herët që të flitet për një koalicion të ri me Gruevskin. “Në këtë moment, me rëndësi është që vendi nuk duhet të rikthehet në krizë. Këto zgjedhje duhet të shërbejnë për t’i dhënë fund krizës dhe për të pasur një rifillim të mbarë në Republikën e Maqedonisë. Të gjithë duhet të vëmë interesin e stabilitetit dhe të mos humbasim më kohë”.

Dy Aeroplanmbajtese gjendje Lufte ne Mesdhe, Kuznetsov i Rusise dhe G. Garibaldi i Italise perballe njera tjetres

Rajoni me i militarizuar ne historine e Luftrave Boterore, sot ndodhet Mesdheu. Ne kete rajon ndodhen te pakten 6 Aeroplan Mbajtese, 3 Amerikane, 1 italiane, 1 Franceze dhe 1 Ruse. Ndersa ka nje numer te madh te Destrojereve, Fregatave si dhe nendteteeseve te te gjitha shteteve.

Το ΝΑΤΟ έτοιμο να επέμβει στα Βαλκάνια – Ποιος είναι ο εχθρός

Το ΝΑΤΟ είναι έτοιμο να επέμβει στα Βαλκάνια, με την δικαιολογία...
της πρόληψης μιας “εθνοτικής σύγκρουσης” και με πραγματικά αποστολή να περιορίσει τον διαρκώς αυξανόμενο ρόλο της Ρωσίας στην περιοχή.

Αυτό αναφέρει διαβαθμισμένο έγγραφο της Συμμαχίας που αποκαλύπτει κροατική εφημερίδα και αναδημοσιεύει το Sputnik.

Το σενάριο επέμβασης που περιγράφεται στο έγγραφο, αναφέρει ότι τα Βαλκάνια απειλούνται άμεσα από την ισλαμική τρομοκρατία και από τους τζιχαντιστές που επιστρέφουν από τη Συρία και το Ιράκ.Στο ίδιο έγγραφο που έχουν εγκρίνει οι ΥΠΕΞ του ΝΑΤΟ αναφέρεται ως αποσταθεροποιητικός παράγοντας στην περιοχή η Ρωσία.

Σε  συνέντευξή του στο Sputnik Σερβίας,ο αναλυτής Αλεξάντερ  Πάβιτς δήλωσε ότι το έγγραφο αντικατοπτρίζει την επιθυμία του ΝΑΤΟ “να σπείρει νέο χάος στα Βαλκάνια”. 

Δηλώνει ότι δεν πείθει η δικαιολογία της ισλαμικής τρομοκρατίας και επισημαίνει ότι η πραγματικότητα είναι πως θέλει να αποδομήσει την όποια ρωσική παρουσία στη περιοχή. 

Στο στόχαστρο του ΝΑΤΟ παραμένει πάντα η Σερβία, παρά το γεγονός ότι συμμετέχει στην Σύμπραξη για την Ειρήνη. Η στρατιωτική “ουδετερότητά” της όμως φαίνεται ότι προκαλεί την ανησυχία του ΝΑΤΟ...
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Djuric arrives in northern Kosovo despite Pristina's ban

Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric on Thursday arrived in Kosovo, where he attended the opening of a gas station.
Source: Beta, Tanjug Thursday, December 15, 2016 | 15:30

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The NIS gas station in Kosovska Mitrovica is one of three opened in northern Kosovo, and Djuric described them as doing business there legally, "as these are economic organizations registered in both systems."
"I am glad that turnover will increase here, that a number of our people will find jobs with these gas stations that have not worked for 16-17 years," he said.

When reporters asked "whether he had been banned from visiting northern Kosovo," Djuric said he was "forced to move around Kosovo and Metohija these days like Isa Mustafa."

He was referring to the Kosovo prime minister, who recently, according to media reports, had to use "alternative roads" in order to attend a ceremony in the north, after local Serbs blocked the main road.

"I don't think this in any way contributes to normalization of relations, but I am a free man. Serbia is a free country and we here know how to guard also the heritage of personal freedoms," Djuric said, adding that by guarding his own freedom of movement, he was guarding civil and personal freedoms of all people.

"We will fight for that freedom," Djuric stressed.

He also announced he would speak during the day with Telekom Srbija representatives in Kosovska Mitrovica to inform them that Serbia's telecommunications company on Thursday received a full license to do business in the entire territory of Kosovo and Metohija.

"We will also talk about the plans to develop that company which will a few months from now take an important share of the market in the southern Serbian province," Djuric said.

He also dismissed as "nonsensical" the claims linking the opening of the NIS gas stations with "the Russian influence" - considering that the Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS) is majority-owned by Russia's energy giant Gazprom.

"Anything that creates new jobs is good for us, while our desire above all is for NIS, as a national brand, to be present here and to conquer new markets... that's no threat to anyone, and I'm sure that citizens of all nationalities will take advantage of favorable fuel prices, as well as of the quality that is indisputable," Djuric concluded.

"Banned"

Earlier in the day, a Pristina-based daily reported that the Kosovo Foreign Ministry has not approved the request of Marko Djuric to enter Kosovo.

Albanian language Koha Ditore added that the decision was made after it was learned that Djuric and and other officials "plan to visit several gas stations in Kosovo."

The Pristina-based daily reported that the Kosovo Foreign Ministry did not approve Djuric's request.

According to the newspaper's website, Djuric requested a permission to visit Kosovo, while the gas stations in question are "not licensed by the Kosovo government."

The report stresses that Djuric "can only enter Kosovo with the previous permission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, to whom he must submit a report about the agenda of his stay in the territory of Kosovo."

It was announced earlier that the director of the Kosovo Office would be in Kosovska Mistrovica on December 15 for the opening of a gas station and a store owned by the Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS).

The Office said that NIS would reopen three of its gas station in the north of the province after 17 years - in Zvecan, Zubin Potok, and Kosovska Mitrovica.

Έρχεται «καταιγίδα» στο Αιγαίο – Το «ξύλο» που έριξε ο «Πιπίνος» σε βρετανικό πυρηνοκίνητο υποβρύχιο τρομάζει τους Τούρκους

Μήνυμα αποτροπής και ισχύος έστειλαν οι Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις από την ενυπωσιακή άσκηση στη Σάμο, δείχνοντας πως βρίσκονται σε απόλυτη ετοιμότητα...

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15 Δεκεμβρίου 2016,

Μήνυμα αποτροπής και ισχύος έστειλαν οι Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις από την ενυπωσιακή άσκηση στη Σάμο, δείχνοντας πως βρίσκονται σε απόλυτη ετοιμότητα.

Στο πλαίσιο της επιχειρησιακής εκπαίδευσης και του ελέγχου του βαθμού άμεσης ετοιμότητας, την Τρίτη 6 Δεκεμβρίου 2016, ενεργοποιήθηκαν τα Τμήματα Χρονικών Ετοιμοτήτων της 79 ΑΔΤΕ, στη Σάμο.
Σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες, η άσκηση ήταν άκρως επιτυχημένη, με τις ΕΔ να δείχνουν πως όποτε και εάν χρειαστεί θα απαντήσουν άμεσα στον εχθρό.

Δείτε εντυπωσιακές φωτογραφίες:

Μετά το σημερινό περιστατικό στα Ίμια όλοι στις ΕΔ είναι πανέτοιμοι για παν ενδεχόμενο.
Σημαντικό ρόλο σε ενδεχόμενη σύγκρουση με την Τουρκία θα παίξει το ΠΝ και φυσικά τα σύγχρονα υποβρύχια της χώρας μας.
Η Άγκυρα δεν θα ήθελε να βρεθεί απέναντι στα 214 του ΠΝ. Να θυμίσουμε οτι ένα εξ αυτών ονομάστηκε από Νατοικούς επιτελείς το «υποβρύχιο-φάντασμα», “The Ghost Submarine”. Ο λόγος για το υποβρύχιο «ΠΙΠΙΝΟΣ» (S-121), Type-214AIP, κλάσεως «Παπανικολής», το οποίο συμμετείχε με επιτυχία στη μεγάλη Συμμαχική άσκηση υποβρυχίων με την επωνυμία “Dynamic Manta 2016”.
Το υποβρύχιο «Πιπίνος» στην πρώτη του αποστολή είχε «ψαρώσει» τους ΝΑΤΟϊκούς εντυπωσίασε τους ξένους κα τους έκανε να δώσουν στο ελληνικό υποβρύχιο τον τιμητικό (επί υποβρυχίων) χαρακτηρισμό… «ξύλο» που έδωσε σε ένα υπερσύγχρονο βρετανικό πυρηνοκίνητο υποβρύχιο (κατασκευής του 2012!) το οποίο προσέβαλε δύο φορές με εικονικές επιθέσεις και εξαπέλυσε βολή τορπίλλης εναντίον του ισάριθμες φορές, χωρίς να γίνει…αντιληπτό από τους Βρετανούς.
Η συμμετοχή τού “Πιπίνος” στην μεγάλη NATOϊκή άσκηση υποβρυχίων “Dynamic Manta 2016” ήταν η πρώτη για το υποβρύχιο μας, αλλά και για τα αδελφά υποβρύχια Type-214AIP. Η άσκηση διήρκεσε την περίοδο απο 22 Φεβρουαρίου έως 4 Μαρτίου 2016 και πραγματοποιήθηκε στα ανατολικά τής Σικελίας.
Η ομαλοποίηση των παραδόσεων των υπερσύγχρονων υποβρυχίων Type-214 έχει φέρει ισχυρές εξελίξεις στον υποβρυχιακό στόλο του ΠΝ καθώς πλέον εφοδιάζεται με μονάδες που μπορούν να αντιμετωπίσουν κάθε νέα απειλή σε συνδυασμό με τα παλαιότερα αλλά εκσυγχρονισμένα και μη υποβρύχια που υπόκεινται συνεχώς σε αλλαγές βελτίωσης αξιοπιστίας.

PM: Only Croatia blocked opening of Chapter 26

Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday evening in Belgrade announced that Serbia had opened two new negotiation chapters in the EU accession negotiations.
Source: B92, srbija.gov.rs Wednesday, December 14, 2016 | 09:16

(Tanjug)

These are Chapters 5 and 25, with Chapter 25 also immediately closed, the prime minister told a news conference in Belgrade, and "congratulated the citizens of Serbia."
Vucic also said that he left Brussels on Monday evening, and missed Tuesday's Intergovernmental Conference between the EU and Serbia "because there was no logical and justifiable reason not to open Chapter 26 too."

"Only one EU member state has not given consent to the opening of Chapter 26, and that is the Republic of Croatia," the Serbian government quoted him as saying.

"On the table of our values and in our hearts there is no place for fascism, hatred and discrimination. We do not hate anyone, we do not want conflicts, we are not tripping anyone, we want to talk with everyone, but we want work and find compromise. Also, no one will humiliate us in any way and that is our message to our neighboring countries, Europe and the world," he said.

"On the basis of these values we had entered into negotiations with the EU and I hope that in this same way we will become a member of the EU, but if that does not happens, Serbia will be a modern country with European values which has not stepped on its vital principles," he said.

"That is why he left Brussels last night, but did not abandon the negotiation process, nor the wish that Serbia joins the community of well-regulated countries," Vucic said, and "thanked Slovakia for advocating the opening of all three chapters, and to the United States,"and "noted that U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden spoke by phone this afternoon with Croatian representatives and highlighted the need to open Chapter 26."

He said that "without the vital values there would be no us, nor the people, nor the citizens, and that for the defense of these values he left Brussels," while "Serbia is not making compromise with the European Union (EU), but with itself."

"Europe is not just a territory for us, we do not see in it only funding and money, much less a patron. Europe is a lesson that we are learning for ourselves. No one else will give us lessons and teach us what is wrong, or punish us, especially not those who are so far from ever learning that lesson. In particular, we do not intend to listen to any lectures from those who say that the whole history begins and ends with the platitude of a great Serbian aggression," the prime minister said.

Vucic said that this year Serbia has invested about RSD 33 million in books and magazines in the Croatian language, about RSD 19 million for paving roads and it is all done in order for members of the Croatian minority in Serbia "to feel much better than before," while there was now work "on the Ban Jelacic House."

Concerning media reports that Croatia yesterday blocked the opening of Chapter 26 in Brussels due to the lack of textbooks in the Croatian language, Vucic quoted an earlier statement of the Leader of the Croatian national minority Tomislav Zigmanov, who said that the biggest progress was made precisely in solving the issue of textbooks for education in Croatian.

"For this school year, textbooks in Croatian were published for pupils from the first to eighth grade, and contracts were signed for high school textbooks and it remains to solve the issue of textbooks for education in Croatian according to the model C, i.e. the publication of textbooks for the subject 'Croatian language with elements of national culture',", Vucic stated.

He added that Zigmanov also said that radio program in the Croatian language on RTV Vojvodina has been expanded from a half hour to one hour, that the question of funding the three-hour program of Radio Subotica has not been resolved, but that the lower division of the music school in Apatin has been opened in the Sonta village.

Vucic said that the Serbian government will continue the European path and will take account primarily of its national and state interests, "reforming ourselves from the inside and will belong to society of civilized European nations."

According to him, Serbia will continue cooperation with the EU and will develop he best possible relations with China and Russia and all other factors, and that he was "fighting for a strong Serbia that no one can harm in any way, economically or with the military."

The prime minister also said that Bulgaria had "small reservations" regarding Chapter 26, but repeated that Croatia was the only country that blocked it.

He mentioned that 250,000 ethnic Serbs have been driven out of Croatia, "while somebody says we have not paid the price."

"We will no longer be paying those prices. Nobody paid the price for Jasenovac, and we won't be asking that they do," he said, referring to the WW2-era fascist Independent State of Croatia (NDH), whose Ustasha regime operated death camps for Serbs, Jews and Roma, including in Jasenovac, and added:

"We will not allow, either, those who glorify the Ustasha movement, that is not Europe. By supporting and looking the other way Europe is often supporting its own forgery."

"We'd intervene if Bosnian Serbs crossed red line"

Separatists trying to divide Bosnia-Herzegovina along ethnic lines "could endanger its efforts to join the EU," says Valentin Inzko.
Source: Reuters, Tanjug Wednesday, December 14, 2016 | 10:35

(Thinkstock)

Speaking for Reuters, the high international representative also said that this could force international powers to "intervene":
"We would intervene if red lines are crossed, if they (the Bosnian Serbs) announce a referendum on independence - this would be such a red line."

As for the possibility of "a military intervention in the case of secession," the Austrian diplomat said he would "rather stick to peaceful solutions such as international pressure."

The agency, however, noted that "some Western diplomats" said that "in the case of the Bosnian Serb secession, Inzko would be authorized to invite foreign troops to prevent an armed conflict."

According to the report, "recently Serb and Croat nationalists have intensified calls to divide the country along ethnic lines."

"We have on one side integration into Europe and at the same time disintegration at home. It can happen that the country will slow down its process even towards Brussels because disintegration could be stronger than integration," Inzko said.

There are still about 200 soldiers of the EU peacekeeping mission EUFOR in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Reuters, said, noting that the EU accepted Bosnia's application to join three months ago "and last week took the first step in what is certain to be a long accession process."

Taking EU-NATO cooperation to a new level

Joint Op-Ed by President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

• 13 Dec. 2016 -

Rising from the ashes of World War II, NATO and what is now the European Union were created with one goal: to prevent the horrors of another war in Europe.
And, in the years since, we have striven for – and achieved – peace and prosperity for our hundreds of millions of citizens.
We are different but complementary. NATO, a unique alliance between Europe and North America, has been the cornerstone of our security. It is this security that has enabled the European Union to deliver peace, prosperity and political cooperation for the continent. We have replaced trenches with negotiating tables.
But more than ever in a changing world, soft power alone is not enough. Security begins at home and that is why the EU is committed to doing more to protect and defend its citizens, and to help those Member States who are Allies to play their full part in NATO. The European Defence Fund announced last month aims to boost investment in the key defence capabilities needed to deter and respond to external threats.
The imperative to work together is also more acute and relevant than ever. We not only share 22 members but also the same values, the same devotion to freedom, democracy and the rule of law, and the same challenges, too.
For two decades, we have worked increasingly closely – cooperating in the Western Balkans, Afghanistan, and off the coast of Somalia to bring greater stability to our neighbourhood and so keep our nations safe.
Now, facing the greatest security challenges in a generation, we must take our cooperation to a new level.
The challenges confronting us are severe and complex: terrorism stemming from turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East, a Russia willing to break international law, the refugee and migration crisis, and cyber-attacks. These are urgent concerns requiring us to work not just side-by-side, but hand-in-hand.
That is why the three of us signed a joint declaration in Warsaw in July, pledging to find new ways of working together at a new level of ambition.
Following decisions taken in recent days by EU and NATO ministers, we are stepping up how we work together in a whole range of areas – be it in operations at sea, strengthening our cyber defences, or working with partner countries in our southern and eastern neighbourhoods.
When it comes to hybrid attacks, for example, we have agreed to pull together if one of us is threatened – to increase the resilience of our societies, to share our understanding of what is happening on the ground, and to combat and dispel propaganda.
On cyber defence, we are sharing information and strengthening cooperation on training. That's important because in a deeply-integrated economy like Europe’s, an attack on one country hurts its neighbours too.
Building on our achievements in countering piracy off the Horn of Africa, we are increasingly working together to cut the lines of human smuggling in the Mediterranean. We are using exercises to learn from one another – including in planning, and sharing the lessons we have learned, to destroy the business model of those wilfully exploiting the misery of refugees.
But our security so often depends on stability beyond our borders. That is why we are working with countries like Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, as well as Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, and in the Western Balkans – helping them to strengthen their institutions and sustain their reforms. This cooperation with NATO is a key strand of the EU's Global Strategy to build bridges with partners around the world and protect citizens at home.
Put simply, all of this means we are becoming better prepared to deal with clear and present dangers as well as an uncertain future. Neither of us nor any of our member states is capable of tackling the challenges we face alone. Together, we can react faster and more effectively to a rapidly changing security situation. Our combined efforts are far greater than the sum of their parts.
By cooperating closer than ever, the EU and NATO are making a profound difference to the welfare and security of the many millions of people we exist to serve and protect. We owe them nothing less.

This article was published on Monday and Tuesday (12-13 December 2016) in newspapers belonging to the LENA group. Any use of this opinion piece should give attribution to the publishing outlets.

Turkish Authorities Detain Over 40,000 People in Anti-Terror Raids - President

© AFP 2016/ YASIN AKGUL 

 

 Turkish law enforcers have detained more than 40,000 people and arrested over 10,500 during security operations over their ties to terrorist organizations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. 

 

ANKARA (Sputnik) — He added that counterterror raids had also resulted in death of more than 9,500 militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) group. .

 

 Turkish Police Arrest 568 People After Terrorist Attack in Istanbul "During [anti-terror] operations, more than 40,000 have been detained and more than 10,500 have been arrested," Erdogan said. The PKK is outlawed in Turkey as a terrorist organization. A ceasefire between the Turkish government and Kurdish rebels collapsed in July 2015, prompting authorities to launch a military operation in the Kurdish-dominated southeast.

ΕΚΤΑΚΤΟ: Βέτο στην ένταξη της Αλβανίας στην ΕΕ έθεσε η Ελλάδα! (upd)

14:20

14/12/2016

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(Aρχικό κείμενο 11.20): Ελληνικό βέτο στην ΕΕ για την είσοδο της Αλβανίας στην Ενωση. Η Ελλάδα μπλόκαρε τις ενταξιακές διαπραγματεύσεις καθώς, όπως τόνισε ο Ελληνες υπουργός Εξωτερικών Ν.Κοτζιάς, υπάρχουν πέντε προτεραιότητες που έχουν τεθεί, στα Τίρανα οι οποίες αν δεν υλοποιηθούν δεν θα ξεκινήσουν οι ενταξιακές διαπραγματεύσεις της Αλβανίας με την ΕΕ!
Σύμφωνα με τον ίδιο, κάποιες χώρες, όπως η Ιταλία ζητούσαν να τεθεί συγκεκριμένη ημερομηνία έναρξης των ενταξιακών διαπραγματεύσεων, ωστόσο αυτό δεν κατέστη εφικτό μετά το ελληνικό βέτο.
Στην ανακοίνωση της ΕΕ για πρώτη φορά γίνεται αναφορά στις μειονοτικές περιοχές.

"Θεωρώ μεγάλη μας επιτυχία, εκτός του ότι κατορθώσαμε να περιληφθούν αντί για ένα θέμα, πέντε ζητήματα, το γεγονός ότι επιβεβαιώθηκε ξανά η ανάγκη αναγνώρισης των δικαιωμάτων των μειονοτήτων σε όλη την επικράτεια της Αλβανίας και σεβασμού των δικαιωμάτων της ελληνικής μειονότητας" τόνισε ο υπουργός Εξωτερικών Ν.Κοτζιάς.

»Επιπλέον σε αυτό, στην ίδια φράση που αφορά στις μειονότητες, αναφέρεται η υλοποίηση και η συμπερίληψη σε όλες τις δράσεις του αλβανικού κράτους των δικαιωμάτων ιδιοκτησίας αυτών των μειονοτήτων.

»Αυτά είναι δύο ζητήματα, το ένα το έχουμε προσθέσει από πέρυσι και φέτος επιβεβαιώθηκε και επεκτάθηκε και στα θέματα της ιδιοκτησίας. Είναι ένα καινούριο θέμα που έχει θέσει η ελληνική εξωτερική πολιτική – ή μάλλον με τον καινούριο τρόπο που το θέσαμε – και ενσωματώθηκε στα κείμενα της ΕΕ», ανέφερε ο Ν. Κοτζιάς.

Επίσης, ο Ν. Κοτζιάς υπογράμμισε τη σημασία της «καλής γειτνίασης» και πρόσθεσε:

«Δεν υπάρχει ζήτημα που θελήσαμε και να μην εντάχθηκε στο σχέδιο των συμπερασμάτων. Έχουμε καινούρια ζητήματα που ετέθησαν για πρώτη φορά στα συμπεράσματα του Συμβουλίου και νομίζουμε ότι θα βοηθήσουν να προστατεύσουμε τα δικαιώματα της ελληνικής γηγενούς εθνικής μειονότητας, όπως και τα ιδιοκτησιακά της δικαιώματα».

Ο Ν. Κοτζιάς πρόσθεσε ότι η Ελλάδα επιθυμεί την ένταξη της Αλβανίας στην Ευρώπη, αλλά αφού ολοκληρώσει τα προαπαιτούμενα.

«Εκτιμούμε ότι έχουν γίνει βήματα ανασυγκρότησης της Αλβανίας. Αλλά δε δεχόμαστε δύο πράγματα: Πρώτον, να διαμορφώνονται πελατειακές σχέσεις από τρίτα ευρωπαϊκά κράτη προς υποψήφιες χώρες και να αξιολογούνται αυτές οι χώρες στη βάση πελατειακών σχέσεων και συμφερόντων.

»Δεύτερον, συμπληρωματικά ως προς το πρώτο, να γίνεται μια διαδικασία a la carte, δηλαδή, αντί να ισχύουν όλες οι αρχές που ίσχυαν μέχρι τώρα για ένταξη στην ΕΕ, ξαφνικά να μην ισχύουν για τη μια ή για την άλλη χώρα», ανέφερε ο Έλληνας υπουργός εξωτερικών.

«Εμείς θέλουμε την Αλβανία στην ΕΕ και πιστεύουμε ότι θα είναι μεγάλο κέρδος για λόγους γεωγραφικούς και οικονομικούς, αλλά για λόγους καλής γειτνίασης.

»Είναι συνεπώς προς το συμφέρον της χώρας, καθώς και για τη σταθερότητα των Δυτικών Βαλκανίων, η ένταξη της Αλβανίας στην ΕΕ. Αλλά η ένταξη πρέπει να γίνει με ευρωπαϊκό τρόπο, με ευρωπαϊκή αξιολόγηση, στη βάση ευρωπαϊκών αξιών και αρχών και όχι στη βάση κάποιας άλλης σκοπιμότητας», πρόσθεσε ο Ν. Κοτζιάς.

Όσον αφορά τα Σκόπια ο Ν. Κοτζιάς ανέφερε πως η διατήρηση σχέσεων καλής γειτονίας παραμένει ουσιαστικής σημασίας για την ΕΕ, ενώ παράλληλα τονίζεται ο θετικός ρόλος των μέτρων οικοδόμησης εμπιστοσύνης και ζητείται μια αμοιβαίως αποδεκτή λύση στο ζήτημα της ονομασίας, σύμφωνα με πρακτορείο.

«Στο σχέδιο συμπερασμάτων για την ΠΓΔΜ ορθά τονίζεται ο θετικός ρόλος των μέτρων οικοδόμησης εμπιστοσύνης», ανέφερε ο Ν. Κοτζιάς, σημειώνοντας ότι τώρα φτιάχνεται ξανά η σιδηροδρομική γραμμή Μοναστήρι – Φλώρινα, ένας αγωγός φυσικού αερίου από Θεσσαλονίκη προς Σκόπια.

Ο ίδιος υπενθύμισε ότι έχουν φτιαχτεί στο πλαίσιο της διασυνοριακής συνεργασίας, συνεργασίες στους τομείς του τουρισμού, της ανταλλαγής πληροφοριών, της πυρόσβεσης, καθώς και της έρευνας, με συνεργασίες ερευνητικών κέντρων και πανεπιστημίων.

Ο Ν. Κοτζιάς πρόσθεσε ότι στα συμπεράσματα υπογραμμίζεται ο ρόλος της πολιτικής κρίσης στα Σκόπια και της ανάγκης να λυθεί το ονοματολογικό ζήτημα.

«Η προσωπική μου εκτίμηση είναι ότι θα υπάρξουν πολλές διαβουλεύσεις για να διαμορφωθεί κυβέρνηση και ίσως κάποιοι, όχι εγώ ασφαλώς – το υπογραμμίζω – να σκεφτούν να κάνουν εκλογές την άνοιξη ξανά, εάν δε επιτευχθεί πλειοψηφία», ανέφερε ο Ν. Κοτζιάς.

Σχετικά με την Τουρκία, ο Ν. Κοτζιάς επεσήμανε ότι η Ελλάδα τάχθηκε εξαρχής ενάντια στο πραξικόπημα.

«Έχω υπογραμμίσει πάντα στα Συμβούλια της ΕΕ ότι έχει μεγάλη σημασία να είσαι ενάντια στα πραξικοπήματα, να υπερασπίζεσαι τη δημοκρατία και τους θεσμούς. Γι’ αυτό έχει σημασία όταν είσαι ενάντια στα πραξικοπήματα, από ποια οπτική γωνία τα αντιπαλεύεις – από μια οπτική που σου δίνει δικαιώματα αυταρχισμού και προσωπικής εξουσίας ή από μια σκοπιά υπεράσπισης της δημοκρατίας και των θεσμών ή προσπάθειας περαιτέρω εκδημοκρατισμού αυτών», δήλωσε ο Ν. Κοτζιάς.

Συνεχίζοντας, ο Ν. Κοτζιάς τόνισε ότι η Ελλάδα επιθυμεί τον εξευρωπαϊσμό και τον περαιτέρω εκδημοκρατισμό της, περισσότερο ίσως από κάθε άλλη χώρα.

«Εμείς έχουμε στρατηγική αντίληψη ότι είναι καλό για την περιοχή και τη σταθερότητά της, η Τουρκία να γίνει ευρωπαϊκή χώρα.

»Όμως, όπως υπογραμμίζουμε πάντα και το υπογραμμίσαμε και σήμερα, αυτό εξαρτάται πριν από όλα από την ίδια.

»Η προσωπική μου θέση και της κυβέρνησης είναι ότι δεν είμαστε εμείς που θα αποκλείσουμε την Τουρκία από την ΕΕ, αλλά θα είναι η ίδια που θα αποφασίσει αν θέλει να εξευρωπαϊστεί ή αν θέλει να αφήσει τον εαυτό της εκτός ΕΕ», ανέφερε ο Υπουργός εξωτερικών.

Επίσης, ο Ν. Κοτζιάς υπογραμμίσαμε ότι η όποια απόφαση παίρνουμε στην ΕΕ πρέπει να γίνεται κατανοητή και από την τουρκική κοινή γνώμη και από τις τουρκικές ελίτ, καθώς και να διαβάζεται με σωστό τρόπο.

«Η Τουρκία, μετά από τις βομβιστικές επιθέσεις και τις τρομοκρατικές επιθέσεις που δέχτηκε τις τελευταίες ημέρες, θα διάβαζε μια πολιτική αποκλεισμού της από την ευρωπαϊκή διαδικασία ως εκδικητική από πλευράς ΕΕ, ενώ το θέμα του αποκλεισμού ή όχι εξαρτάται από το κατά πόσο η ίδια είναι διατεθειμένη να εξευρωπαϊστεί και να εκδημοκρατιστεί.

»Από αυτή τη σκοπιά, εμείς είμαστε υπέρ της διατήρησης όλων των διαύλων συνεννόησης, σε ευρωπαϊκό επίπεδο. Το ίδιο κάνουμε σε εθνικό επίπεδο με την Τουρκία και δε συμφωνούμε με προτάσεις περί «παγώματος» των σχέσεων ΕΕ-Τουρκίας», ανέφερε ο Ν. Κοτζιάς.

Επίσης, ο Ν. Κοτζιάς ανέφερε στο Συμβούλιο ότι η Τουρκία θα πρέπει να μην εμφανίζεται νευρική και να μη συμπεριφέρεται ως αναθεωρητική δύναμη, δηλαδή να θέτει ζητήματα όπως η Συνθήκη της Λωζάννης ή τα περί νήσων που, όπως αναφέρει η τουρκική αντιπολίτευση.

«Εξηγώ πάντα στους Ευρωπαίους ότι μιλάμε ακόμα και για νησιά κατοικημένα και για νησιά όπως η Γαύδος, το πιο νότιο και απομακρυσμένο σημείο της χώρας», πρόσθεσε ο Έλληνας υπουργός.

Τέλος, ο Ν. Κοτζιάς ανέφερε ότι «η συζήτηση στο πλαίσιο του Συμβουλίου ΕΕ ήταν γενικά καλή, καθώς δέχονταν οι περισσότεροι εκ των συμμετεχόντων Υπουργών ότι πρέπει να κρατήσουμε ανοιχτούς τους διαύλους και την ευρωπαϊκή προοπτική της Τουρκίας, αλλά ταυτόχρονα κατέγραψαν πάρα πολλοί συνάδελφοι τα μεγάλα προβλήματα στην ελευθερία του Τύπου, στην αντιμετώπιση της αντιπολίτευσης, στις συλλήψεις κλπ».

Donald Trump mund të mbyll USAID në vendet e botës, përfshirë edhe Shqipërinë

Posted on November 26, 2016

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Organizatat humanitare janë të shqetësuara se presidenti i zgjedhur, Donald Trump, i cili vuri në pikëpyetje vlerën e ndihmës së huaj gjatë fushatës, është gati të shkurtojë qindra miliona dollarë që qeveria amerikane jep për vendet në zhvillim –përfshirë programet për promovimin e demokracisë, planifikimit familjar, të drejtat e LGBT dhe përpjekjet për të adresuar cështjet e ndryshimeve klimatike. 
Punonjësit e ndihmës thonë se shumë nga planet mund të braktisen krejtësisht. Por e ardhmja e afro 34 miliardë dollarëve buxhet i përvitshëm i propozuar për të asistuar vendet e tjera për vitin e ardhshmëm është e mbuluar me mister, pas një fushate gjatë së cilës Trump bëri komente kontradiktore mbi rolin e programeve ndërkombëtare të ndihmës.
Dyshimet i përforcon fakti se ekipi i Trump që po merret me tranzicionin e pushtetit nuk ka kontaktuar USAID –in, Agjencinë e Shteteve të Bashkuara për Zhvillim Ndërkombëtar – organizmin ndërkombëtar që shpërndan ndihmën më të madhe të huaj. (USAID është prezent edhe në Shqipëri dhe kontribuon me ndihmë financare në fusha të ndryshme për forcimin e institucioneve dhe zhvillimin e demokracisë, pavarësisht se në disa raste janë ngritur dyshime për fondet e përdorura – shënim nga Boldnews.al).
Një zyrtar i USAD i tha Foreing Policy se agjencia e ndihmës nuk është kontaktuar nga zyra e presidentit të zgjedhur edhe pse USAID kishte ngritur një skuadër për të ndihmuar në tranzicioni e butë të pushtetit.  “Garantimi i një tranzicioni me rregull është prioritet kryesor i USAID”, tha zyrtari që foli në kushtet e anonimitetit për Foreign Policy.
Ekipi i presidentit të zgjedhur, i ngarkuar me tranzicionin, nuk iu përgjigj kërkesës për koment.
Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës janë donatorët më të mëdhenj në botë, duke përfaqësuar 24 përqind të ndihmës për zhvillim për vitin 2014. Vendimet e Uashingtonit mbi ndihmën e huaj kanë ndikuar tek qeveritë e tjera për të kontribuar në zhvillimin e projekteve në mbarë botën, të cilat synojnë reduktimin e varfërisë, promovimin e shëndetit publik, forcimin e stabilitetit dhe luftën kundër terrorizmit.
Grupet e ndihmës shpresojnë se republikanët në Kongres do të mbrojnë 37.9 miliardë dollarët që administrata Obama ka lëvruar për ndihmën e huaj – një fraksion i 4 trilirdë dollarëve të buxhetit federal. Por heshtja e kampit të Trump, i cili ende nuk ka vendosur se kë do të emërojë Sekretar të Shtetit ka nervozuar disa ekspertë të zhvillimit të cilët po presin të shohin se si presidenti i ardhshëm do ta zbatojë rektorikën e tij “Amerika e para”.
Si kandidat, Trump lëshoi mesazhe të turbullta mbi ndihmën e huaj. Ai ka thënë se në përgjithësi e mbështet idenë e ndihmës për zhvillim. Por ai gjithashtu ka sugjeruar se është koha për të zvogëluar ndihmën në favor të shpenzimeve për prioritetet në shtëpi.
Në një fjalim të qershorit 2015 kur njoftoi kandidaturën ai tha se SHBA “duhet të ndërpresë dërgimin e ndihmës për vendet e huaja që na urrejnë” dhe t’i investojë fondet “në infrastrukturën tonë, në tunele, rrugë, ura e shkolla”.
Në prill ai duket se kundështoi veten. Amerika – tha ai – do të vazhdojë përgjithmonë të luajë rolin e paqeruajtësit. “Ne do të ndihmojën gjithnjë që të shpëtojmë jetë. Ne jemi një komb human”.
Sido që të jenë qëllimet e Trump, ekspertët e grupeve të ndihmës thonë se ekipi i tij i tranzicionit të pushtetit duhet të vendosë kontakte me USAID sa më shpejt të jetë e mundur, në mënyrë që të përcaktojë axhendën dhe lidershipin për administratën e ardhshme. Gayle Smith, shefi aktual i USAID, pritet të japë dorëheqjen.
Organizatat për zhvillim që marrin fonde dhe këshillojnë qeverinë amerikane për ndihmën e huaj e kishin konsideruar të sigurt fitoren e Hillary Clinton. Por fitorja e Trump i ka tronditur dhe ka rritur frikën për një përcarje të madhe përsa i përket ndihmës dhe prioriteteve për vendet e huaja.
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