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Kosovo, Albania refuse Nobel award ceremony
Kosovo and Albania say they will boycott the ceremony of the Nobel Prize for literature won by Austrian writer Peter Handke whom they closely link to the war in former Yugoslavia.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : First plane with tourists lands in Albanian capital as lockdown eases
The first charter plane arrives at the Albanian capital of Tirana with nearly 200 Belarusian tourists onboard, as the country lifts a country wide lockdown and reopens the tourism industry (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Nip, tuck, mask: cosmetic surgery sweeps Albania amid pandemic
Pandemic-fuelled anxities have set-off a plastic surgery boom in Albania, leaving some patients at the mercy of risky unregulated operators (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Jahjaga Foundation Chair on Empowering the Balkans
Jun.23 -- Atifete Jahjaga, Founder and Chair, Jahjaga Foundation and 4th President of the Republic of Kosovo speaks with Bloomberg’s Jan Bratanic at the Qatar Economic Forum, powered by Bloomberg.
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U.N. Security Council To Meet On Nuclear Plant
Russia's shelling of Europe's biggest nuclear plant in Ukraine received widespread international condemnation on Friday.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Albania opposition supporters clash over leadership
Albanian police use teargas and water canons to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters who broke into their Democratic Party headquarters during an internal struggle over the party's leadership (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Serbians and Albanians kick aside differences on the football pitch
Relations have rarely been good between Albania and Serbia in recent history (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Albania - Socialists rejoin Parliament
Socialists who make up the strongest group in Albania's
opposition rejoined the government in parliament on Wednesday
(09/04), but indicated that they would maintain their contacts
with rebels who control the south of the...
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USA: STATE DEPARTMENT IRAQ/UN WEAPONS INSPECTIONS PRESS BRIEFING
English/Nat
The United States says it won't rule out military action against Iraq following Baghdad's threat to end United Nations weapons inspections.
Iraq wants the United Nations to reconsider its policy of sanctions, but in...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO CRISIS: US APACHE HELICOPTERS ARRIVE
Natural Sound
U-S Apache helicopters in Albania are being prepared for an active role in NATO's air campaign against the Serb military in Kosovo.
The helicopter gunships continued to fly test manoeuvres on Saturday from their base in...
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ALBANIA: REBELS IN SOUTH CONSOLIDATE THEIR HOLD ON A STRING OF TOWNS
Natural Sound
Rebels in southern Albania are consolidating their hold on a string of towns.
The rebels hold a number of towns along the road from the port of Vlora in the south to Kucove, around 115 kilometres southeast of the...
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FYR Macedonian President, Albanian PM in Washington
1.Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski and US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld walk out of Pentagon
2. Cutaway of press
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski: "It was a good opportunity to explain to the...
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Albania - Protests over arrest of radio owner
Demonstrators protested on Monday (21/9) against the arrest of an Albanian radio station director accused of taking part in the civil unrest which disrupted Tirana, the capital, last week. Alfons Zeneli was arrested on Sunday. He runs...
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WRAP Gruevski declares victory, celebrations; candidates vote, DUI comment
Skopje
1. Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski entering press room and approaching podium
2. Gruevski at podium with coalition members
3. SOUNDBITE (Macedonian) Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian Prime Minister:
"This victory for...
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USA: STATE DEPARTMENT N.IRELAND SITUATION PRESS BRIEFING
English/Nat
Despite the I-R-A's decision to pull out of disarmament talks, the U-S is calling on all parties in the Northern Ireland peace process to remain engaged.
State Department Spokesman James Rubin said on Tuesday that the...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS: WATER SUPPLIES
Albanian/Nat
The 100-thousand Kosovo refugees in Kukes are rapidly exhausting the supply of drinking water.
The town of Kukes has warned it could cut off the water as early as Thursday, according to the United Nations refugee agency...
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USA: KOSOVO CRISIS: NATO AIRSTRIKES DEFENDED
Eng/Albanian/Nat
U-S officials in Washington have been defending a third day of NATO air strikes against Serb forces.
They say Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic shows no signs that he's ready to sign on to a peace deal for war-torn...
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Preparations, security, ahead of visit by President Bush
1. Wide of street in Tirana flags waving
2. Building with US and Albanian flags
3. Various of flags
4. Police car
5. Various of police officers preparing cordons
6. Sign reading: (English) "Proud to be partners"
7. Police officers...
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Albania - Arrival of international force
The second wave of a multinational force to protect the distribution of food supplies and other relief aid began arriving in Albania on Friday (18/4).
CU brow of ship;
VS soldiers on quayside and ship;
WS quayside;
VS ship docking;...
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ALBANIA/MONTENEGRO: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS
Albanian/Nat
Montenegro's ethnic Albanian population has started crossing the border into Albania, as the situation in Montenegro becomes more volatile.
Serbia's smaller partner in the Yugoslav federation is edging closer to civil...
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Albania - New Prime Minister
The new Albanian Prime Minister, Bashkim Fino of the main opposition Socialist Party, said on Wednesday (12/3) he hoped his appointment would be a first step to finding a way out of the crisis gripping the country.
Fino met President...
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KOSOVO: CRISIS SITUATION UPDATE
Eng/French/Nat
Tension is mounting in Kosovo, as more NATO troops arrive in neighbouring Macedonia, and Yugoslav forces begin bolstering their positions inside the war-torn province.
NATO has warned of possible air strikes against...
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ALBANIA: MULTINATIONAL PEACE FORCE TO BE SET UP
Italian/Eng/Nat
In response to the Kosovo conflict defence officials from southeast European countries agreed on Friday to set up a multinational peace force.
The agreement, signed in the Albanian capital Tirana, outlines a force which...
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Arrivals for latest round of talks on province's future
1. Wide pan exterior of Hotel Intercontinental
2. Wide of delegates getting out of their cars
3. Zoom in to former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader and delegate from Kosovo, Hashim Thaci entering hotel
4. Cutaway of journalists...