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Albania - OSCE observers on Albanian elections
Voting in troubled Albania was underway Sunday (29/06) with
officials reporting encouraging turn outs in several parts of
the country though isolated problems had emerged in some remote
areas.
International observers say they're...
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ALBANIA: PUBLIC UNREST LOOKS SET TO WORSEN
English/Nat
Public unrest resulting from the collapse of several pyramid investment companies in Albania looks set to worsen.
Albania's largest high paying investment scheme, V-E-S-A holdings, has recently stopped repaying capital to...
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Evacuations as 2,400 houses flooded by rain and melting snow
Shkodra
1. Wide of area submerged in floodwaters, with flooded house and van in the distance
2. Mid of the house submerged in water
3. Van almost completely submerged in floodwater
4. Close of van
5. Tracking shot of flooded area
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS LATEST
English/Nat
The flood of refugees continued throughout Sunday at the border crossing near Kukes in Albania.
Most of the refugees crossing come from Prizren, the largest city in southern Kosovo.
They say for the past two days Serb...
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MACEDONIA/KOSOVO BORDER: REFUGEE CRISIS
Albanian/Nat
The flood of ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing Kosovo continued unabated on Tuesday, further stretching the ability of overburdened neighbouring countries like Macedonia to care for them.
In the Macedonian capital Skopje,...
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KOSOVO: CALL FOR MORE SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA
Albanian/Nat
Kosovo Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova has called for more sanctions against Yugoslavia, including the banning of Yugoslav sportsmen from international events.
Rugova welcomed sanctions crafted by the International Contact...
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MACEDONIA: ALBANIAN DEFENCE MINISTER HAJDARAGA VISIT
Albanian/Nat
Government Ministers from Albania and Macedonia have met to discuss claims that illegal weapons are flowing across their borders.
It's believed that many arms caches leave Albania and are destined for the K-L-A in...
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ITALY: OPPOSITION LEADER BERLUSCONI CRITICISES ITALIAN NAVY'S ACTIONS
Brindisi, Italy, 30 March 1997
1. Tearful Berlusconi visiting survivors of Albanian refugees in army barracks where they're being housed
2. Cutaway press in corridor
3. Berlusconi meeting Albanian survivors
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: PRIME MINISTER FATOS NANO PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
The Albanian parliament is due to decide whether to arrest ex-President Sali Berisha which could result in more political crisis for the Balkan state.
Western powers, fearing instability in the former Communist state could...
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Kosovo - Albanian shot dead in police clashes
One man was killed on Saturday (02/05) in the troubled Yugoslav province of Kosovo when Serbian police, said to be equipped with armour and heavy weapons, exchanged fire with ethnic Albanians. The Albanian man, 35-year-old Agim Emin...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF SALI BERISHA
Natural Sound
A huge demonstration in Tirana in support of former President Sali Berisha has passed off peacefully, despite fears of more rioting.
Thousands of people converged on the headquarters of Berisha's Democratic Party in the...
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ALBANIA: ETHNIC ALBANIANS STILL TRYING TO CROSS FROM KOSOVO
English/Nat
May ethnic Albanians are again trying to cross the border from Kosovo into Albania - despite Serb forces having sealed off most of the crossing points.
The Serbian forces are trying to cut off the supply of arms to the...
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SYND 14/11/1970 ALBANIAN UN AMBASSADOR DELIVERS SPEECH ON CHINA DEBATE
Albanian ambassador to United Nations, Halim Budo, delivers speech on the debate of China joining the United nations
1) overhead of United Nations chamber in session
2) Albanian ambassador to United Nations, Halim Budo, at podium,...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO: INCURSION UPDATE
English/Nat
Serb infantry troops crossed into Albania on Tuesday, seized control of a border village, and fought a running battle with border police and Albanian soldiers, according to Albania's information minister.
Yugoslavia denied...
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Kosovo - Unrest continues
Nine ethnic Albanians killed in clashes with Yugoslav army units in recent days were buried in Erec on Monday (27/4) at a ceremony attended by around 1,000 people. All those buried were from Erec, a village near Decani in western Kosovo....
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Albania - Italian troops arrive
Troops of the Italian-led multi-national force to help stricken Albania landed in Durres on Friday (11/4) and set off for the capital without meeting any hostility from local people.
WS Italian military plane on tarmac;
WS jeeps and...
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BELGIUM: NATO: KOSOVO: PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
At the daily press briefing in Brussels on Monday, a NATO spokesman said the air campaign against Yugoslavia was going to plan and had now moved into its second phase.
Jamie Shea told reporters that the effectiveness of the...
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Albania - Women protest against violence in Kosovo
Around 500 Albanian women protested in Tirana on Wednesday (4/3) against the recent violence in the Serbian province of Kosovo between ethnic Albanians, who make up about 90 per cent of the population, and Serbian security forces. The...
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Bosnia - Albanian demonstration
The UNHCR building in Sarajevo was on Wednesday (16/09) surrounded by
refugees from the troubled Serb province of Kosovo protesting against
the poor living conditions they are forced to endure.
ext. UNHCR building;
flags;
UNHCR...
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KOSOVO: MITROVICA: RALLY
Eng/Albanian/Nat
The mayor of Mitrovica in Kosovo issued a veiled threat to the U-N interim government on Tuesday that if it did not do more to protect ethnic Albanians living in the ethnically-divided town, they would find other ways...
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ALBANIA: CUSTOMS OFFICIALS SEIZE TRUCK LOADED WITH WEAPONS
Italian/Nat
Albanian customs officials have seized a truck loaded with weapons in the Adriatic port of Durres.
The 15-ton truck was carrying automatic guns and anti-tank launchers hidden beneath a load of detergent.
The haul follows...
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MACEDONIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS LATEST
Albanian/Nat
A new influx of refugees has crossed the Kosovo border into Macedonia with tales of persecution and horror.
After being rounded up from the villages the refugees said they were shipped to the border by train.
They then...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: PROTESTS AGAINST VIOLENCE IN PROVINCE OF KOSOVO
Natural Sound
Tens of thousands of protestors gathered in the centre of the Albanian capital Tirana on Friday, calling on the international community to help stop the violence against ethnic Albanians in the Yugoslav province of...
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Albania - Vranitzky arrives
Albania's European mediator, Franz Vranitzky, arrived in Tirana on Tuesday (1/7) for talks with political leaders, after elections at the weekend were won by the centre-left opposition.
WS plane at airport;
Franz Vranitsky leaving plane...