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Albania - Savings certificates for investors
The government and banks in Albania are trying to at least partially repay those who invested their life savings in the "pyramid schemes". Among other measures, Tirana is having "saving certificates" printed to give investors who are...
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ALBANIA: UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME APPEALS FOR RELIEF SUPPLIES
Eng/Albanian/Nat
The U-N World Food Programme has appealed for medical supplies and food for Albania ahead of Tuesday's landing of a multinational force sent to protect aid deliveries.
It says there's a desperate need for relief...
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ALBANIA: PRESIDENT FINO'S REACTION TO SINKING OF REFUGEE'S BOAT
Albanian/Nat
Albanian Prime Minister Bashkim Fino said Saturday he thought the collision between an Italian Navy vessel and a boat full of Albanian refugees could have been avoided.
Fino said a group of experts had been set up to find...
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Albania - Political parties meet
Albania's ruling Democratic party, led by President Sali Berisha, met
opposition members for crisis talks on Thursday (6/3) to address the ongoing violence in the country.
The two sides met for the first time since the start of the...
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ALBANIA: PRESIDENT SALI BERISHA TRIES TO WIN BACK POPULAR SUPPORT
English/Nat
Albanian President Sali Berisha has launched a charm offensive in a bid to win back popular support from angry investors who have lost money in fraudulent pyramid schemes.
During a visit to Lushnja Tuesday, Berisha said he...
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Merkel, Kostunica meet in Berlin, Kosovo resolution on agenda
1. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica entering news conference
2. Cutaway of reporter
3. SOUNDBITE: (German) Angela Merkel, German Chancellor:
"We don't believe that there should be a vote on...
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Albania - Berisha loses immunity
The Albanian parliament on Friday (18/9) voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of opposition leader Sali Berisha, paving the way for his arrest and prosecution on charges of leading an attempted coup.
High WS Skanderbeg Square full of...
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Albania - Immunity of Berisha
Former Albanian president Sali Berisha should have his immunity from prosecution lifted, a commission of deputies from the country's parliament said on Thursday (17/09). The commission is to make the recommendation to a full session of...
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Vox pops, newspapers as Kosovo marks 1st year since declaring independence
Pristina, Kosovo - 17 February 2009
1. Wide of Pristina street lined with flags of many nations
2. Wide of newspaper stand and flags
3. Pan (left to right) of headline reading: (Albanian) "Kosovo celebrates, Serbia provokes, UNMIK and...
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Residents of divided city look to the future
Mitrovica - 1999
1. File: Various of Albert Kuneshevsci (ethnic Albanian) standing on bridge in Mitrovica
2. File: Various of Albert's cafe in North Mitrovica
3. File : Various of destruction and devastation
4. File : French UN...
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Ethnic Albanians prepare to celebrate first year since declaring independence
AP Television
Pristina, 16 February 2009
1. Wide of people walking in street decorated with flags of different countries
2. Various of children holding banner, reading (Albanian) "Happy Independence Day"
3. Mid of flags
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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Kosovo/Albania - Border unrest
The OSCE ambassador to Albania visted the town of Qafe Morina on the border between Albania and Serbia and met refugees from Kosovo. Europe's Organization for Security and Cooperation is planning to set up a permanent post in...
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Albania - Presidents pledges to return investments
Albanian President Sali Berisha acknowledged on Friday (31/01) that many of his countrymen were in despair over the collapse of pyramid investment schemes, but said calm would return once investors knew they would get some money back....
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ALBANIA: REACTION TO PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS
English/Nat
President Sali Berisha's ruling party on Tuesday acknowledged it had lost Albania's parliamentary elections, but threatened to dispute results in rebel-controlled areas of the country.
The protest could call into question...
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GS Albania - Albanian returnees
About 30 Albanians were returned to Tirana's newly reopened
airport on Saturday (22/3) aboard an Italian C-130 military
aircraft.
Meanwhile, Fino said it was unrealistic to expect elections to
be held in June if the unrest across Albania...
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ALBANIA: RIVAL POLITICAL PARTIES AGREE TO HOLD EMERGENCY ELECTIONS
English/Nat
Albania's rival political parties on Thursday agreed to hold emergency parliamentary elections on June 29.
The date was announced by Franz Vranitzky, the international envoy sent by the Organisation for Security and...
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WRAP Kosovo Serb reax on Thaci ADDS Thaci comment on future
Pristina
1. Outgoing Prime Minister Agim Ceku handing over documents to newly elected Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, shaking hands
2. Close of United Nations flag and Kosovo flag
3. SOUNDBITE: (Albanian) Agim Ceku, former Prime Minister of...
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ALBANIA: SIGNS THAT JUNE ELECTIONS COULD BE DELAYED
Albanian/Nat
Signs are emerging from Albania that elections promised by June could be delayed.
The leader of Albania's coalition government said Saturday he could not guarantee elections before June because they would be undemocratic...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO CRISIS: POST TRAUMATIC STRESS SYNDROME
Albanian/Nat
After having to deal with the practical problems of survival, another danger is now facing the thousands of Kosovar refugees who have fled their homes.
In the Albanian capital, Tirana, medical experts claim they're seeing...
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Bush welcomes Croatia, Albania to NATO in weekly radio address
1. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President: (++Please note, soundbite overlaid with graphic showing picture of Bush)
"This week NATO invited Croatia, as well as the nation of Albania, to join the NATO Alliance. These countries...
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Ethnic Albanians hope for independence as Troika hands over report
1. Various street scenes in Pristina
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Agron Bajrami, Editor-in-Chief, Albanian newspaper Koha Ditore:
"I think that the tenth of December will confirm what we all expect, that the additional process of...
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ALBANIA: EU ENVOY VRANITZKY ANNOUNCES ELECTIONS BREAKTHROUGH
English/Nat
European envoy Franz Vranitzky has announced a breakthrough in plans to hold early elections in Albania.
Speaking on Friday, Vranitzky said the 10 main parties had signed a political contract to ensure the vote went...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS: HYGIENE CAMPAIGN
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Aid organisations are launching clean-up campaigns in Albania's overcrowded refugee camps as hot weather threatens to spread disease.
Many of the 440 thousand refugees who have fled their homes in Kosovo are now living...
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WRAP Ethnic Albanians reax as Troika hands over report; Serbia reax
Pristina, Kosovo
1. Various street scenes in Pristina
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Agron Bajrami, Editor-in-Chief, Albanian newspaper Koha Ditore:
"I think that the tenth of December will confirm what we all expect, that the additional...