THE GREEK AMERICAN LOBBY, MOBILISED FOR GREEK NATIONAL ISSUES

A full mobilization is the Greek expatriates in the U.S. and culminating processes to find a solution to the issue of the name of FYROM. Specifically there are entries in full-page newspaper «The Hill» and «Politico», the two prime political newspapers covered the "Washington Times" source of information for members of the House and Senate and their staffs, which indicated that 130 members of the Congress have called for the FYROM to stop the actions.

The entries, which highlight the fact that among the legislators who have signed the amendment to include the Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama, published by the National Coordinating homogeny organization of Greeks (The National Coordinated Effort of Hellenes) and cooperating closely with the senators Snoou and Menentez, who had the day before yesterday published an opinion article in the «Washington Times». http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/24/macedonian-quandary/

Information indicates that today - or tomorrow at the latest by-Barak Obama will make a statement on Skopia extremely positive for the Greek positions, which will be mentioned in the letter sent to Mr. Rice on the matter. Where been released this statement, will coincide with events of the Greek Diaspora in New York.

U.S. Election: The Emergence of Idealism or Redefinition of Realism

September 23 @ 17:15:26 EDT by greek_news

By Nikolaos A. Stavrou

The world is looking with interest and anticipation at the political drama played out every four years in the United States. After one of the most contentious primary seasons, the two parties selected their presidential candidates for the November 4 elections. Now, in an atmosphere of irrational enthusiasm, special interest and ethnic groups clamor for attention and pursue meaningless pre-electoral declarations from the two candidates to advance their causes. It is the season for transparent illusions and, as usual, inevitable disappointments. As history shows, pre-electoral promises, particularly in foreign policy issues, are rarely translated into post-electoral policies. But every new beginning raises expectations for a better future. This time the hopes are high that matters will not ultimately follow Giuseppe Mazzini's dictum of "things changing in order to remain the same."

see more: http://www.greeknewsonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9138

FM addresses Greek-Americans to their vote

"Northern Epiriotes are obligated to vote next politic elections"

"We are determined to deal with the problems and move forward, all together. In this difficult environment, Greece is going through a period of change and reform," the minister said.

Lastly, Bakoyannis underlined the government's continued commitment to giving overseas Greeks the right to vote in national elections from abroad, noting that this was a long-standing demand and desire of expatriate Greeks throughout the world, while accusing main opposition PASOK and the other opposition parties of "delaying tactics" on this issue.

"For the Greek government, giving a vote to expatriates remains an important commitment that we will continue work hard to bring about, with a deadline at the end of this year," she said, adding that two draft bills had already been tabled and a third would be following soon.

more see: http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=6879919&maindocimg=6658636&service=10

General Petreaeus comments Senate decision to joint to NATO, Albania and Croatia

Just What We Need: New Reasons to Go to War

By Sheldon Richman

"Does anyone wonder where the government obtains the authority to promise to go to war over Croatia and Albania? It is simply taken for granted that the government may do this. That’s what governments do. In the United States, it’s what presidents do. Especially this president, who has asserted extraordinary autocratic powers in the last seven years".

A few days before Gen. David Petraeus confirmed for Congress how overworked the military is in Iraq, President Bush was in Croatia talking about the significance of inviting that country and Albania to join NATO.

“Henceforth, should any danger threaten your people, America and the NATO alliance will stand with you, and no one will be able to take your freedom away,” he said.

Any danger. Under the supposed obligations of NATO, the American people will be committed to go to war if necessary to protect Croatia and Albania from ... anyone. Macedonia could be next, if Greece can be bribed to go along.

see more about article: http://mwcnews.net/content/view/25508/26/

Neglect and disrepair' leads Corfu dissidents to seek split from Greece

New self-rule party will fight in next election · Government accused of not investing in island

Helena Smith in Athens The Guardian,
Friday September 26 2008
Article history

The small village of Agios Gordis on the west coast of Corfu. Photograph: Oliver Koenig/AP
Nearly 150 years after it was united with Greece, unrest is mounting on Corfu, the country's premier tourist destination, amid unprecedented calls for autonomy from Athens.
With the embattled Greek government ensnared in scandals barely a year after its re-election for a second term, disquiet is growing on the island.

Dissent is such that community and business leaders enraged with the wayward practices of politicians they see as distant and corrupt have set up a party to press for self-rule.

more see The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/26/greece

FAMAGUSTA GAZZETTE

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania to visit Cyprus

By Staff Reporter 26.SEP.08

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania will be visiting Cyprus next week at the invitation of the Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II. According to a statement issued Wednesday by the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus, Anastasios arrives here on October 2 for a seven-day official visit.

While being here, he will be received by the President of the Republic Demetris Christofias and visit holy sites.

Europe Report N°196 25 September 2008

Kosovo’s Fragile Transition

"THE BALKAN RISK TO CHANGE BORDERS"

Kosovo has taken first state-building steps, but the inter­national community has not met its commitments to provide adequate support. A rule-of-law mission (EULEX), the EU’s biggest ever European security and defence policy (ESDP) operation, was agreed in February 2008 but has only started to deploy. The International Civilian Office (ICO), projected to supervise independence, is a shell.

The UN still functions in part as an interim administration, negotiating arrangements for Kosovo Serbs with Belgrade. The Ahtisaari plan, on the basis of which 47 states have recognised Kosovo, has been undermined by the international organisations meant to help implement it. The EU and U.S. are struggling to come to terms with Russia’s attempts to portray its support for breakaway regions in Georgia as a mirror image of what they did in Kosovo.

Most urgent now is for the EU to make EULEX fully operational before year’s end and use its leverage with a Belgrade government that wants membership to begin to make pragmatic accommodations to Kosovo’s new status.

more see: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm

ALBANIA BETWEEN JOINT TO NATO AND CIVIL RIGHTS LIMITED IN EXTREME

Albanian Press about the strong measures of PM Sali Berisha "to fight corruption and organized crime".

Albania risks to come back to the 1997 if the Parliament will approve laws which are against the human rights values, said the Socialist Party during a declaration for the Albanian media. The Albanian Government is making a project law to control the Secret Service of Interior Ministry known as SHKB replacing the National Secret Service SHIK.

According to Albanian politic opposite, the decision of PM Berisha may send the country 10 years ago regarding the tragedy Berisha History of 1997, when the President of the Country split Albanian in tow parts declaring "Civil War" and sending military forces to combat with "rebels" in southern albania.

see more analysis: http://www.balkanalysis.com/2007/03/25/security-and-politics-in-albania-a-limitation-of-civil-liberties/

The Greek Press..Newspaper "STOXOS":

"Dangerous negotiates for Hellenic National issues"

"Apart from the question of the name of FYROM, is expected to discuss the issues of Cyprus, the crisis in Georgia, the challengers in ballkans and more generally in the Caucasus, bilateral issues and the impending takeover by the Greek presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)".

more see: www.stoxos.gr

TOW STANDARDS OF ALBANIAN GOVERNMENT

IN THE EX GOVERNMENT RESIDENCE OF KING ZOGU IN DURRESI WILL BUILD CASINO, WHEN IN "COULD WATER" IN VLORA THE OWNERS CONTINUE THE "WAR" WITH SPECIAL FORCES

Photo: King Zogu Villa in Durres

Tow standards of Albanian government are showed by Albanian press those days:

First, the conflict since one month in "Could Water" in Vlora City between owners Patsos family and special police forces of Republican Guard. The Albanian authority have known the propriety of Patsos family in 1993, sequestered since Dictature Regime by "Government Residence Directory" of Vlora, wining the right in 2008 to build according to Vlora`s Municipality licenced decision and finally conquested with special forces again, for the second time last days.

Photo: Special Albanian Forces against property rights in "Could Water" of Vlora City

Second another standard, under the decision of Albanian Government on 2005 which come back to know to the owners King Zogu the building inside the zone of the Government Residence of Durresi "The Vila of King Zogu" giving the right to build a Casino according to decision licenced by Durresi Municipality.

Why tow standards of Berisha`s Regim for the property issues of albania?

VASSILLIS BOLLANOS TRIAL

What does the Berisha`s Government think about the road sign in Italian language on the High Way Vlora - Tirana? Is the zone populated by Italian Minority?

NO COMMENT!

"Integrimi" the newspaper of LSI about the property conflict in Vlora City.

ON THE WAY OF THE PROPERTY SCANDAL IN "COULD WATER" VLORA CITY

SPECIAL STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING SUBJECT: RELEASE OF 2008 ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BRIEFERS: SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE; JOHN V. HANFORD, III, AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LOCATION: STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING ROOM, WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME: 2:36 P.M. EDT DATE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

ALBANIA, RELIGION FREEDOM AND PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE GREEK COMMUNITY, ATTACK BY ALBANIAN GOVERNMENT
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Question: Lambros, ....Okay, one more question. I go to Albania for a second, Ambassador. Did you have the chance personally to watch and report any aspect of religious freedom and property rights for the Greek community in Northern Epirus in Albania, which most recently are under systematic attack by the Albanian government?


MR. HANFORD: Right. I have not met with the government of Albania on these issues, but we're aware of them. Obviously, our government raises them. I don't have an answer for you right now that would provide clear guidance on where that's likely to go.

NOTE; ALBANIAN SPECIAL FORCES "RENEA" CAME FROM TIRANA ARE CONFRONTING WITH OWNERS, MEMBERS OF GREEK COMMUNITY IN VLORA CITY. VIOLATING THE PROPERTY LAWS AND ALBANIAN COSTITUTION, THE ALBANIAN AUTHORITY CONTINUE TO SHOW TERROR AGAINST UNIVERSAL RIGHTS OF PROPERTY.

GREECE RECOGNISES THE PASSPORT, BUT NOT KOSOVO

The Greek Represent in Pristina Dimistris Moschopoulos during the meeting today with Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci expressed the decision of Athens to recognise the Kosovo Passport.

The decision as "first step" is made by Athens after continuing the pressing of Euro Atlantic great powers to Greece wich "must recognise the Independence of Kosovo". Anyway Athens has declared for "national issues" of its interes to block the Indipendence of Kosovo.

According to annalists, the pressing used by Washington to Athens for the name of Macedonia and other national Hellenic issues in Balkan Region, are linked with intern politic situation of Greece particularly the developments inside the government of Karamanlis and bilateral tensions with Turkey.

see more in greek: http://noiazomai.net/kossovopasport.html

ALBANIAN PARADOXES NO COMMENT!
Newspaper "SHQIP"

The Interior Minister of Albania, Bujar Nishani uses the official Ministerial car stolen in Western European countries and sequestered by Albanian authorities. But the patent documentation used for the car is falls.

Rexhep Qosja, the most known kosovo Albanian publicist calls to Albanian and Kosovo politics to unite the “Greater Albania”.

REXHEP QOSJA: “IS BETTER TO HAVE ONE STRONG COUNTRY AND NOT TOW PROBLEMATIC STATES SUCH ARE ACTUALY ALBANIA AND KOSOVO”

During an interview to the Albanian newspaper “SHQIP” the most known publicist of Kosovo Rexhep Qosja opposites the Kosovo Independence regarding the creation of tow Albanian states: “No, is wrong to think that tow Albania state would be similar as other states in Europe. We have tow problematic countries, Albanian and Kosovo and I think that is better to create one state, the unification of Albanian lands, Kosovo and Albania…said Qosja.

more see in albanian language: http://www.gazeta-shqip.com/gazeta/gazeta.pdf

Interes of the State Departament to the greek american comunity that live in USA for proprieties in Albania.

THE ANTY DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM INSTALED BY PM SALI BERISHA CONTINUES TO BE OBJECT IN STATE DEPARTAMENT

Daily Press BriefingSean McCormack, SpokesmanWashington, DCSeptember 17, 2008

QUESTION: Another subject. Thank you, Mr. McCormack. On Northern Epirus, American citizens from Northern Epirus, following the precise advice of the Department of State, attempted to reclaim their properties in Albania. Thus far, not a single Greek ethnic was successful. I wonder, Mr. McCormack, if the Department of State is prepared to tell Sali Berisha to stop violating (inaudible) law and allow rightful owners to reclaim their properties.

MR. MCCORMACK: Lambros, let me check to see if there’s anything that we would say about that, anything that we would believe that falls in – falls within our purview of comment.

Important meeting of Albanian opposition parties

HRUP TO JOINT ALBANIAN OPPOSITE

Photo: The Chairman of HRUP Vangjelis Dules.

The Greeks of Albania changes politic balance, after continuing as member of government coalition inside HRUP which are member of coalition politic parties since three years ago, actually are seeing leaving from coalition government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha.

The letter of Albanian leader in opposition Edi Rama sent to all opposition parties, concluded today after the meeting with specially invitation of HRUP, the Party, which represent the government coalition of Prime Minister Sali Berisha, but in particularly it represent the big part of Greek Minority electorate.

The declaration of The Chairman of HRUP Vangelis Dules for the participation of HRUP as represent of the Goverment Coalition Member Party, where justified as "the right to have an democratic institutional function system in Albania".

The new politically composition between new agreement of the big party in opposite Socialist Party very known for it politically influence in Southern Albania and HRUP known in albanian diplomacy as the "Greek Interest Represent Party" would bring new politic and geopolitical developments in Albania.

Albania is transforming to the mysterious politic consequences after the killed of most known personage of Albanian trafficking weapons and Gerdeci blast Kosta Trebicka, an businessman very known both to the Albanian and American authorities.

THE SCANDAL OF "COULD WATER" OF VLORA ON GREEK PRESS

NEEDS AN ADVOCATE FOR GREEK MINORITY IN VLORA

"Advocacy for the lands of Greek minority in Vlora Region". This is the comment of Greek newspaper "Ephemerida" about the efforts of Albanian state to conquest for the second time the proprieties of old Greek himariot community of Vlora.

more see in Greek language:

http://www.ephemerida.gr/istoxoros1/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8418&Itemid=30

Southern Albania, explosions and robbery

During the month of September, five explosions have disturbed the most important tourist region of the country, Saranda, while orthodox churches have been violated systematically.

According to the Albanian press, the last explosion made today early in Saranda town was target to one of criminal officers of Police Department, destructing totally his car. One day ago, an explosion by tritol, has destructed a buss, propriety of Albanian citizen with Greek nationality. When an anonymous body dead, has been fond by villagers of Bistritsa locality 10 km near Saranda.

In addition some of orthodox churches of the regions Argirokaster – Saranda has been violated systematically by tow persons came from Tirana, said sources of Interior Ministry of Albania. Tow boys where from Tirana and inside their car, found materials stolen of orthodox churches of Ksamili and Argirokaster, said for the public information Albanian Police Department.