EDI RAMA MYSTERIOUS VISIT IN ATHENS

Rama welcomes in Athens in a critic moment for Berisha. The Albanian President Bamir Topi visited Ankara.

Very interesting the ulterior diplomatic movements of Albanian politics. After Kosovo anniversary of Albanian Independence day, the trip of the Albanian opposite leader Edi Rama in Greece is very mysterious. Athens welcomes Rama to visit Hellenic Country for the first time as the leader of Albanian opposite.

According to information Edi Rama will hold meetings with high represent of Greek state including the head of PASOK and International President George Papandreu and Albanian emigrants.

The visit has been programed immediately after the visit of the Albanian president in Turkey Bamir Topi.

Anyway, the tension between Tirana and Athens has been in alert after a declaration of the Albanian PM Sali Berisha during the visit last week in Bitola (FYROM) where he declared about the "cham issue".

The regime of PM Sali Berisha continues to be against the Hellenic economic interests such are particularly the building of new Hydrocarbon thermocentral from the consortium of a Greek German joint group in Durresi Region and the ulterior developments in southern Albania, when the Greek community continues to resist the robbery of properties by the Albanian mafia supported from the Albanian authorities.

In January 09, Athens will head the presidency of OSCE , a year very problematic for Albania which will hold the political elections next summer.

Press Conference about the properties in Northern Epirus

Athens, Greece, November 29, 2008

About the protest demonstration outside of the Albanian Embassy on Monday, December 1, 2008 ..

The Himara Union in Greece held press conference about the ongoing events in Nivitsa - Kakomaia, Himaras historical province, following the efforts of the Albanian state to robber the land and proprieties of the Greek community of Albania. In a press conference was denunced the mafia efforts to robber the beach Kakomaias which belong to the residents of the village Nivitsa and the Greek Orthodox Church of Albania.

In addition last week, four members of the community including the mayor of the village are currently prisoned after a decision of Tribunal of Saranda under accuse of police Albanian authorities. During the democratic resistence to protect their lands, the villagers of Nivitsas are attacked by an Albanian paramilitary group, terrorizing inhabitants of the region.

The citizens are not opposed to tourism development when it contributes to the greater good of the region and respects the environment, but it is vertically opposed to the illegal seizure and effort of manipulation in progress. The chairman of the World Council Epiroton Mr Chrysostomos Dimu expressed its support of ipeiroton in the world and condemned the manipulation against the Albanian ethnic Greek minority, called to Albania to respect human rights of northern epiriotes and stressed that the road of Albania into the European Union should pass through the full respect of human rights.

The chairman of the Himara Union Mr Fredis Beleris described the political landscape of Albania and the timeless efforts for the depredation of restitution of property of northern epiriotes.

The press conference announced that on December 1, 2008 will be held on 18.00 AM, a protest demonstration outside the Albanian embassy in Philothei observing from OSCE and other european represent insitutions in Athens. Will attended Member of Greek Parliament as L.A.O.S. Party Mr. Thanassis Plevris and the member of general council of ND Mr Babis Karathanos.

sources: Himara Union,

Athens, Greece

ALBANIA AND KOSOVO TO BE UNITED TO ONE STATE

Photo: Krasniqi and Rama

The head of Kosovo Parliament Jakup Krasniqi declared the unification of Albania and Kosovo as only solution for the future of "One Albanian State", during the meeting with the Albanian opposition leader Edi Rama.

According to Albanian satellite TV ALSAT, during the meeting with the Albanian opposite leader Edi Rama, the speaker of Kosovo Parliament Jakup Kransiqi said for the press the prospective of unification of Kosovo and Albania to "One State of albanian people".

The declaration was made during the Indipendence day of Albanian State.

Anyway the center of indipendence day Vlora city, has been for the first time in albanian history out organisation of state anyversary ceremony, said the News 24 TV.

Albanian Press "Gazeta Shqiptare"

ATHENS DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE CHAM ISSUE"

According to the Albanian newspaper "Gazeta Shqiptare", Athens does not recognize any cham issue, but only the friendly protocol between Greece and Albania of 1996 based to the right of respective citizen properties of tow countries.

more: www.balkanweb.com

NATO CALLS ALBANIA TO "OBSERVE" KOSOVO UNDER EULEX MISSION

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Lulzim Basha had an official meeting with Secretary General of NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Mr. Basha informed Mr. Scheffer on the developments in Albania and the region. Minister Basha informed Mr. Scheffer for the progress of reforms undertaken by Albania, for the consensual climate especially in case of the adoption of the electoral code, an important reform for the integrating processes of Albania.

Mr. Scheffer expressed his appreciation for the "positive developments in Albania by evaluating the political stability, and the role of the country for the regional stability. Secretary General of the Alliance noted that NATO backs Albania and its stabilizing role in the region".

In this framework, Minister Basha informed Secretary General of NATO that Albania will contribute in the fund for the establishment of Kosovo security force with 100.000 Euro.
Likewise, Mr Basha said to Mr.Schefer that Albania will send specialists of its armed forces to train and assist the setting up of Kosovo security force.

During the conversation they tackled on the issues of regional stability and the developments in the neighboring countries, whereto they once again pointed out the constructive role of Albanian as a pillar of stability in the Southeast Europe.

Kosovo Albanian group takes the responsability for Pristina bombing

27 November 2008
An group calling itself the Army of the Republic of Kosovo has claimed responsibility for the bombing of the International Civilian Office (ICO) in Priština. Three German nationals were arrested on November 14 over the incident, but will probably be released due to a lack of evidence.

The Albanian group sent a message via a personal e-mail account, threatening the Kosovo government, media and international organizations in the province. “As long as the UN plan is in force, we will attack with full might and there will be no security for Serbs that live in Kosovo,” the organization stated in its e-mail, adding that severed Serb heads would be sent to Serbian politicians.

The organization also threatened to bomb EULEX headquarters as well if it remained neutral on Kosovo’s status, adding that there would be new conflicts not only in Kosovo but in other regions as well,” Kosovo Police Service spokesman Veton Elshani told B92.

http://www.b92.net/eng/news/in_focus.php?id=91&start=0&nav_id=55343

Press declaration of Himara Union, Athens

Protest a front at the Albanian Embassy
Kifissias Avenue
Athens - Greece

MONDAY DECEMBER 2008 at 18.00 AM

The demonstration is motivated by the efforts of Albanian Government to robber the lands and properties of the greek community area of Ionian Coast Line. The issue of Kakomaia - Nivitsa is one of most dangerous intervention of Albanian state against local governance and the community of Himara Region.

Violence and cruelty of Albanian forces of repression against the old men and other inhabitants of Nivitsa who resist to protect their lands and properties by Albanian mafia.

ALBANIAN STATE MUST TAKE THE RESPONSABILITY OF THE PARAMILITAR GROUP THAT ATTACKED THE VILLAGERS OF NIVITSA LAST WEEK, IF THE COUNTRY WANTS SERIOSLY TO JOINT NATO AND EU ALLIANCE.

BIG DEMOSTRATION A FRONT OF ALBANIAN EMBASSY IN ATHENS IS PREVISTED TO MAKE NEXT DAYS

TIRANA CONTINUES TO IGNORE THE POLITICAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE GREEK MINORITY

More than 500 residents of the village Nivitsa gathered once again to protest against the seizure of their land in the Kakomaias, last Saturday. Protest was a result of new arrests by the Albanian police. This time went to the arrest of the head of village Nivittsas , Klementes Bantzari.
Still now from the Greek state there is no reaction so far.

It is recalled that has already been granted permission to build a tourist complex of the Albanian Company "Riviera". Is very interesting to implicked the eforts under the name of frenc company "Club Med" by the Albanian media abusing against interests of proprietors of Nivitsa, when the "Riviera" Company is linked with Berisha`s family as important client of "Maltezi Legal Studio"

The inhabitants of Nivitsas, have made in the recent past and action to put an end to arbitrary effort seizure of the property. The board of the Himara Union has convened a meeting this afternoon to discuss the issue and decided the next steps, first to make a big demonstration a front of Albanian Embassy in Athens.

Some days ago the albanian PM Sali Berisha remembered to Athens a "technical" problem of the properties of the "Cham Community". According to geopolitic annalists, for Berisha the tentative to open the old discussion of Albanian properties in Greece could send immediately an agravation of the situation between Athens and Tirana, when in fact Berisha is using a strong diplomatic pressing remembering to Athens that: "In my state territory I can do everything".

FM thanks Albania over military cemetery agreement

BUT THE ROBBERY OF GREEK COMMUNITY PROPERTIES CONTINUE OPENING A LARGE AND DANGEROUS FRONT BETWEEN TIRANA AND ATHENS

Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis on Friday praised an agreement with Albania that opens the way for the creation of two military cemeteries in the neighbouring country to properly bury the remains of Greek soldiers that fell there during the early stages of World War II.

"We would like to express our satisfaction and thanks to the Albanian government and to the Albanian people for their cooperation and understanding, which led to a successful outcome of this decades-old matter," she added

Anyway in this time in Southern Albania, Kakomea is became an important issue beetwen Tirana and Athens, since the protest of villagers of Nivitsa and Lukovo, continue to be provoked from "paramilitaries armed hooligans" under the interference of Albanian authorities. Five persons including the mayor of Nivista has been arrested while the situation is raising to an ethnic tension in future.

Kosovo: German suspects detained

23 November 2008
Three German nationals arrested in Priština this week will spend the next 30 days in detention, an investigative judge has decided.They are subject to an investigation, suspected of involvement in the bombing this month of the International Civilian Office (ICO) premises in Priština.

The defense lawyers said that the local judiciary was trying to charge their clients with "acts of terrorism", which carry up to 20 years in prison. Albanian language daily Express wrote yesterday that all three Germans work for the German secret service, BND, while officials refused to comment on these allegations. There were no injuries as an explosive device was set off on Nov. 14 in the yard of the ICO. The EU mission building sustained minor material damage, Beta news agency says.

BERISHA: ALBANIA SUPPORT ANY SOLUTION WITH EULEX MISSION IN KOSOVO

But FM Lulezim Basha some days ago declared that Albania is against six points solution of Ban Kim More for new mandate of EULEX.

Prime Minister Sali Berisha held a meeting with the Prime Minister of Kosova Hashim Thaci. Both prime ministers are in Skopje to attend celebrations on occasion of the 100 anniversary of the Congress of Manastir.

The two premiers discussed bilateral relations and the recent developments in Kosova. They expressed their determination for consolidation of cooperation between the two countries in all the fields.

The government of Albania said Berisha during the meeting with Thaci, is following with great attention these developments and notices two projects, a 6-point plan and the 4-point plan of the government of Kosova.

Anyway some days ago, the Albanian FM Lulezim Basha declared against the new mission with six points mandate of EULEX in Kosovo.

Two Cemeteries for Greek Heroes in Albania

Two military cemeteries will be built in Albania for Greek heroes, who lost their life during the Greek-Italian war from 1940-41. The agreement was signed in Tirana and is the result of long negotiations with the Albanian side.Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis expressed her satisfaction to the Albanian government and people for their cooperation and understanding.

She also reported the agreement settles an issue of humanitarian and emotional importance to the Greek people.She also thanked Deputy Foreign Minister Theodoros Kassimis and the head of the negotiating team Ambassador Eleftherios Angelopoulos, the Ambassador Dimosthenis Stoidis and all the members of the Foreign and Defence Ministries, as they had worked hard and responsibly to settle the above issue.

Albania "hopes" by Athens the vote from the Greek Parliament about SAA process, negotiating for the Greek cemeteries but the Greek organisations in Diaspora and more half member of the Greek parliament are against joint Albania to NATO and EU if the politic and civil rights to the Greek minority of Albania will continue to be violated.

George Tenet suggests Obama for his chief of staff.

The man of Obama for the CIA

All show that the favorite for the post of Director of the CIA under the chairmanship of Barak Obama will be John Brennan who has a career behind him 25 years to tackle terrorism. J. Brennan has worked as an analyst and as an officer in the CIA offices abroad and was the first director of the National Antiterrorism Center . His link with Obama since the beginning of the campaign with the recommendation of Anthony Lake was national security adviser to Clinton and was his adviser on matters of information and asfaleias.

John Brennan served as a personnel officer of ex Director George Tenet and'90s decade was the CIA station in Riyadh, S. Arabia. He was the man who informed each morning the President Clinton will do the same with Obama in the case appointed Director of Central Intelligence.

As a close associate of Tenet as Cabinet Chief of CIA Director, John Brennan, pioneered in the program unacceptable kidnapping, imprisonment and interrogations by the CIA which has been publicly critical of Barak Obama, and the program of monitoring communications within the IPA.

Brennan was born on 22 September 1955 in N. Jersey, he studied political science at Fordham University, the American University of Cairo (the speaks fluent Arabic) and the University of Texas.

"STOXOS" IMPLICS BERISHA FAMILY FOR ROBBERY LANDS OF THE GREEK COMMUNITY

After the National Greek Newspaper "ETHNOS" which accused some days ago the MP Berisha for the scandal of Kakomea and particularly for the "Wold Bank Project" during Ionian Coast Line, today another newspaper in Greece the weekly "STOXOS" raises new accuse for the family of PM Berisha.

more see: http://www.stoxos.gr/

One day ago, the albanian press declared that : "Athens will regonize Kosovo"

"Greece won't recognize Kosovo"

19 November 2008
Greek Ambassador to Belgrade Christos Panagopoulos told Tanjug on Wednesday that his country's position on Kosovo remains unchanged.Panagopoulos said the position of the Greek government and its foreign ministry has not changed, and that Greece "will not recognize any time soon Kosovo, in keeping with respect of territorial integrity of states".

Priština daily Koha Ditore has misquoted Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis as saying that Athens will allegedly recognize Kosovo soon, Panagopouls said. Any wrong interpretation or undue tension should be avoided, as Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis told Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković when he visited Athens one week ago, he said.

"I do not know what will happen later, but I do know that we will not recognize Kosovo in the near future," Panagopoulos told the news agency, stressing this was "a very categorical position". Albanian television channel Vision said, and Koha Ditore, along with some other regional media outlets, cited its report that Bakoyannis announced a recognition of Kosovo. This media report was denied by the Greek foreign ministry earlier on Wednesday.

BERISHA STOPS GREEK INVESTMENT TO RIVIERA TOURIST ROAD DRIMADES - VUNO

Photo: PM Berisha during last tour in Himara.

Is unclear the position of PM Sali Berisha regarding the investment of national road Drimades Ag. Saranda financed by the funds of Pan Hellenic Federation of the World and the Greek Government. The segment Drimades - Vuno 8 km still stands closed since last year when the national road Vlora - Ag. Saranda to be inaugurated.

But something other is sure that the "World Bank Project" helped by the son in law of PM Berisha Jamarber Maltezi as the represent of Albania to the World Bank Coast Project, has financed the interurban way of "Gjipeas" while the national segment Drimades - Vuno has stoped the construction.

According to information, another tourist village in "Gipeas Bay" after Kakomea, Porto Palermo, Jali and Palasa, has been projected to start the construction from the Albanian National Council for Tourism. Some voices by the villagers said that Berisha`s family is linked with anonymous investors, client of "Maltezi Legal Office" in Tirana.

Sources from Albanian Press, one of most known investor client of Maltezi Legal Office" to construct Kakomea Tourist Village in collaboration with french company ClubMed is "Riviera Company".

One week ago the V/Chairman of Socialist Group Party, Erion Brace, denounced in Albanian parliament the link of Berisha`s son in law Jamarber Maltezi who has registered in Tribunal of Tirana as President of a private Company linked with objects that the World Bank Investments finances in Southern Albania.

GREEK FM BAKOGIANI "PROMISES" ALBANIA TO NATO AND EU

Satisfaction in Tirana about the declaration of Bakogianis to joint Albania to EU, but on the Greek Parliament began the debate about SAA with Albania.

The Albanian opinion thinks that Athens could ratifie the SAA to joint Albania to NATO and EU. During an interview of Greek FM Bakogianis for the Albanian Private Channel TV "Vizion Plus" becames very complicated the waiting campaing of albanian politics to acomplisce the obligations to the way to joint EU.

Bakogianis promises the Albanian opinion for Greek diplomatic decision but to have officially the Greek support must approve by the vote of the Greek Parliament which has begun last Monday the debate inside commissions of Parliament about SAA of Albania.

Photo: The greek member of Parliament (LAOS) Athanasios Plevris

But the Greek parliament "is unclear" to accept ASS with Albania since Tirana is unprepared to implemente the politic and civil rights of Ethnic Greek Community and some other issue which have been historically obstacle between tow countries.

On Monday the LAOS Party, member of Parliament Athanasiso Plevris asked during a debate of Foreign and strategic national interests V/FM Valinakis for the right of properties of the Greek minority who lives on Ionian Cast Line and particularly the Kakomea Issue, which is become an important matter for the National Strategy of Greece to protect the interests of the Greek community known as northern epiriotes, expressed that Albania does not take any ticket to joint NATO and EU without giving the politic and civil rights to the Greek community.

During debate, V/FM Valinakis expressed the opinion of Athens to support Albania to joint NATO and EU if the conditions of the Greek Ethnic Minority will be guaranteed and stability by Tirana. according to the international obligations of Tirana promised to the Human Rights chapters.

One week ago the Greek World Organisation SAE sent a resolute to the Greek Parliament to stop the SAA with Albania since the Greek minority continues to be discriminated by Albanian authorities.

US State Dept Calls On Kosovo To Support EU Police Mission

November 17, 2008
BELGRADE (AFP)--A top U.S. official Monday urged Kosovo to support a deal that would allow the deployment of a European Union police mission, but the Kosovan president reiterated his opposition. Daniel Fried, the U.S. State Department's top diplomat for European affairs, held talks with president Fatmir Sejdiu over a deal between Serbia and the E.U. on the 2,000-strong E.U. police and justice mission in Kosovo, called EULEX.

"I believe that despite the questions and concerns and even disagreement...the way forward can be found that allows EULEX to deploy promptly and throughout Kosovo," Fried said.
The U.S. "support the deployment of EULEX as soon as possible," Fried said, adding that the E.U.'s goal of activating the mission in December would be the best timing.
Fried said the plan could "do a lot of good and no harm." "But we respect the fact that the Kosovo government has a different view," he said.

Kosovo, which unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February, has opposed the agreement between Brussels and Belgrade on the deployment of the law-and-order force.
Belgrade reached a deal with the E.U., which would keep local customs and police services in the Serb-dominated areas in northern Kosovo under U.N. and EULEX command.
The accord must be approved by the U.N. Security Council at Serbia's request.
The authorities in Pristina see the deal as a breach of Kosovo's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

"Such a document is unacceptable for Pristina," Sejdiu said after the talks with Fried.
The declaration of independence by Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders has so far won recognition from more than 50 states, including the U.S. and most members of the European Union.
Serbia, backed by its traditional ally Russia, promptly rejected the move as illegal.
EULEX was planned to replace a U.N. mission that had administered Kosovo since the end of conflict between Serb forces and pro-independence Albanian rebels in 1999.

MPs fast as OSCE urges Albania to improve vote law

The European Union has made it clear that the vote must be of a high standard if Albania wants to advance to join the 27-member bloc.

Monday, 17 November 2008 17:05
Europe's main security and democracy forum urged Albania's political parties on Monday to improve a disputed new electoral code that has prompted 10 members of parliament to go on hunger strike. Sitting in the debating chamber under a banner declaring "votes are sacred", the MPs entered the seventh day of their fast as police manned cordons outside the building, where hundreds of protesters had gathered. The lawmakers, all from small parties, believe the proposed new regional system of proportional representation will greatly reduce their number of seats at next year's general election.

The ambassador of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Robert Bosch, told reporters it would "not rubber stamp" the election code. The OSCE then issued a statement saying that "the draft Electoral Code, which was prepared by the Albanians themselves, was an achievement, but that it still needs some fine tuning". "For that reason, it needs to be discussed in the proper fora by the parties, but not under coercion by any one grouping," the OSCE said, referring to the hunger strike. The ruling Democratic Party and main opposition Socialist Party had been expected to force the new code through parliament in a vote on Monday.

But they postponed it until Tuesday, apparently in response to the OSCE comments and the protest by Socialist Integration Movement (SIM) and Christian Democratic (CHD) supporters. CHD leader Nard Ndoka said they had asked for two weeks to re-negotiate the draft code. The draft law does not formally require the OSCE's approval, but its opinion is important because its observers will be the arbiters of whether the election, expected next spring, is free and fair. The European Union has made it clear that the vote must be of a high standard if Albania wants to advance to join the 27-member bloc. Albania, which for decades was one of Europe's most rigid communist states, has yet to hold elections that meet international standards.

FYROM takes Greece to court over NATO

SKOPJE, Nov 17 (Reuters) - FYROM on Monday filed a lawsuit against Greece before the International Court of Justice in The Hague accusing Athens of blocking its NATO membership, the foreign minister said.

FYROM had hoped to receive an invitation to join NATO earlier this year along with Albania and Croatia. NATO-member Greece blocked the move because of a dispute over Macedonia's name, which is also the name of its northern province. 'We have thought this very thoroughly before initiating the case, but we don't see any other way to satisfy justice and protect our rights' said Antonio Milososki, Macedonia's foreign minister.

'We hope that this move will incite Greece to bring into accord its actions with the international legal obligations, and stimulate both sides to accomplish a final solution for the unsolved questions,' he said. In 1995, the two countries signed an agreement by which Macedonia agreed to use the provisional name 'The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia' in international organisations while Greece pledged not to block FYROM's integration into the European Union and NATO.

FYROM says Greece has violated the agreement. Greece objects to the name Macedonia, saying it implies a claim on the northern Greek province of the same name.