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ALBANIA: US ENVOY ATWOOD KOSOVO CRISIS WARNING (2)
English/Nat
U-K Prime Minister Tony Blair warned on Wednesday that Nato would defend Montenegro in the face of Serb aggression.
His words came amidst growing fears that the Kosovo conflict was spreading to neighbouring states.
A special...
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ALBANIA: SOCIALIST LEADER FATOS NANO CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO STEP DOWN
English/Nat
Albania's Socialist leader, Fatos Nano, just released from jail, has called on President Sali Berisha to listen to the voice of the people and step down.
Fatos Nano got out of Tirana prison along with 600 other prisoners...
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Albania - 11th day of anti-government protests
Demonstrators filled the streets of the Albanian port of Vlore again on
Saturday (15/2), the 11th day of anti-government protests following the
collapse of a number of get-rich-quick schemes.
And there were more protests in Fieri, 30...
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ALBANIA: PRESIDENT BERISHA APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER
English/Nat
Albanian President Sali Berisha appointed a new Prime Minister from the opposition Socialist Party on Tuesday in a bid to halt an armed rebellion sweeping the south.
Berisha appointed Bashkim Fino, an economist from the...
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ALBANIA: ALBANIAN NATIONALS RELY ON FOREIGN MEDIA TO FOLLOW EVENTS
Albanian/Nat
Despite worldwide focus on the crisis in Albania, the Albanian people themselves remain unable to accurately gain information from what is happening in the country from their own media.
No local newspapers are being...
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Albania-Army officers on international task force
Italian, Greek and Albanian army officers met on Sunday (20/4)
in Fier, 113 km south of Tirana, at the newly established Greek
army base to discuss the deployment and Italian forces in Vlore.
In Vlore, the local fire brigade cleared a...
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Albania - Berisha appoints new prime minister
President Sali Berisha and opposition leaders on Tuesday (11/3) agreed on a new premier to head a national unity cabinet, amid signs that the Albanian insurrection was spreading to the north.
WS parliament INT;
VS announcement of new...
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BELGIUM: NATO KOSOVO CRISIS PRESS BRIEFING
English/Nat
NATO said on Friday that improved weather allowed its warplanes to carry out their heaviest day of air raids against Yugoslavia since the attacks began on March 24.
NATO spokesman Jamie Shea said that allied planes flew more...
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Kosovo Serbs urge UN to reject Ahtisaari plan
1. Street scene
2. Serb flag in square
3. Set up shot of Serb official Rada Trajkovic
4. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Rada Trajkovic, Serbian National Council:
"We hope that UN Security Council will not support Ahtisaari's proposal, they...
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Frmr rebel ldr Thaci elected PM; AP i/v, reax from Kosovo/Serbia
Pristina - 9 January 2008
1. Various of lawmakers voting in favour of Thaci for next Prime Minister
2. Lawmakers giving standing ovation to Kosovo's new Prime Minister Hashim Thaci
3. SOUNDBITE: (Albanian) Hashim Thaci, Prime Minister of...
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Albania - Berisha update
Albania's president and international officials are urging albanians to disregard calls by ex-President Sali Berisha for a nationwide protest Friday to force the current government to
resign. Berisha called on Thursday (17/9) for a...
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Owner of tug boat towing crippled ferry says weather conditions hampering their efforts
Tug boats towing the burnt ferry Norman Atlantic are waiting for better weather conditions near Albania's Vlore bay, before they move towards Brindisi, the owner of the Barretta tug boat company told The Associated Press on...
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ALBANIA: VLORA: 11TH DAY OF ANTI GOVERNMENT PROTESTS
Vlora and Fier, 14th February 1997
Vlora:
1. Wide of tyres burning in street
2. Close up of fire
3. Various of demonstrators chanting anti-government slogans
4. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Vlora Resident
5. Medium shot of man ripping up...
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NETHERLANDS: FOREIGN MINISTERS ISSUE STATEMENT ON ALBANIA
Eng/Dutch/Nat
E-U Foreign Ministers meeting in the Netherlands late on Saturday, say they've received reports that the Albanian President Sali Berisha has resigned.
The reports are - as yet - unconfirmed by any official source in...
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ALBANIA: INCREASE IN VOLUNTEER BLOOD DONORS
English/Nat
Doctors in Tirana report an increasing number of volunteer blood donors in response to KLA fighters being wounded and the refugee crisis in Kosovo.
The capital's main blood bank says the emphasis is shifting from paid to...
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Kosovo Albanians react to President Bush's visit to Albania
1. Mid of Kosovo Albanians at bar, watching the television
2. Close-up of TV screen showing news conference with US President George W. Bush in Tirana
3. Various of Kosovo Albanians, sitting at a bar, watching television
4. Close-up of...
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ALBANIA: PARLIAMENT APPROVE DEPLOYMENT OF A UN MULTINATIONAL FORCE
English/Nat
The Albanian parliament has Sunday approved the quick deployment of a U-N multi- national force to the strife-torn country.
President Sali Berisha's Democratic Party voted overwhelmingly in favour of dispatching a foreign...
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Albania - Drowned refugees mourned
Albania was in official mourning on Monday (31/3) for 83 refugees listed as dead or missing after their boat collided with an Italian warship in the Adriatic Sea last week and sank.
Each country was blaming the other for the tragedy. The...
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ALBANIA: GJIROKASTRA: ASYLUM RANSACKED BY ARMED REBEL TEENAGERS
Gjirokastra, Southern Albania, 11 March 1997
1. Wide shot of looted room in asylum
2. Various of mad inmate helping to clear up mess
3. Tracking shot along looted corridor showing the debris
4. Mad inmate dragging filing cabinet along...
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ALBANIA: 500 EUROPEAN ELECTION OBSERVERS TO SUPERVISE ELECTION
English/Nat
Some 500 European election observers who will supervise Albania's election departed Tirana on Friday under international military escort for different parts of the country.
The convoy of vehicles was seen off by the...
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FRANCE: RUBIN SPEAKS ON KOSOVO TALKS
English/Nat
U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright seems to have been unable to persuade ethnic Albanian leaders to accept an autonomy agreement for Kosovo which does not guarantee eventual independence.
Speaking to reporters, the...
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KOSOVO: ARRIVAL OF ALBANIAN LEADER RUGOVA
Albanian/Nat
Kosovo Albanian leader, Ibrahim Rugova, made his long-awaited return to Kosovo from wartime exile on Thursday.
Rugova has long been an advocate of passive resistance against Yugoslav authorities over their harsh treatment...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: FEARS THAT INVESTMENT BANK IS ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE
Farsi/Nat
Albania's largest high paying investment scheme, VESA holdings, has stopped repaying capital to investors and has sharply reduced interest rates.
The company says it is confident it will stay viable, but observers fear it is...
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Emergency services dig out houses after heavy snowfall on village
1. House in frozen landscape
2. House through frozen branches
3. Wide of Glodeanu Silistea village under deep snow, with boy pulling sledge
4. Mid of icicles on roof of house
5. Mid of men digging with icicles in foreground
6. Various...