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500 Kosovars from Vushtri arrive in Morina on foot
KUKES, May 7 (ATA) - By H. aani: About 500 Kosovars driven
from Vushtri area arrived early on Friday in the border crossing
of Morina, Kukes district, after a five-day journey on foot.
The new arrivals told of an exhausted and dreadful journey.
Their sufferings started a week earlier when the Serbian police
forces entered their villages and obliged them to leave their
houses, they said.
Enver Shabani, from Studime village, told that residents of
the Vushtri area had left in groups in direction of Prizren at
the beginning of the week and two days ago from Prizren to
Albania. His daughters 11 and 6 years old had been forced to walk
because the carts were loaded with blankets, food and elderly
people.
They were immediately assisted and accommodated temporarily
in a tent near the main square of Kukes city.
The influx of Kosova people in the Morina crossing point
continues. /led/ak/
Health Ministry takes hygienic-sanitarian measures for summer
season
-Order of Albanian Health Minister, Leonard Solis-
TIRANE, May 7 (ATA) By R.Xhuvani: Albanian Minister of
Health, Leonard Solis, issued an order on Friday "On
strengthening of measures on hygienic-sanitarian and
anti-epidemic control" in all the districts and places where are
sheltered the displaced Kosovars.
The aim of this order is to prevent the spread of epidemic
deceases during this hot season. A hygienic-sanitary control will
be exercises even in the production objects. A special attention
is to be payed to the imported goods, and in food items sent by
different countries in the framework of humanitarian aid for
Kosovars.
/led/A.A/
Five lorries blocked in Kapshtice
KAPSHTICE, May 7 (ATA) - By B.Fejzullai: Five lorries
loaded with UNCHR aid for displaced Kosovars continue to be
blocked since five days ago in Kapshtice custom house, Devolli
district, due to the lack of documentation.
Spokesman of this custom house told ATA that the lorries
are charged with matresses and blankets for refugees settled in
Qatromi camp, Korce district, while the documents show that thier
destination is in Durres. He said that the non-accordation of the
work between the UNCHR and central commission of aid has caused
confusion.
Kapshtice custom house has strengthened its control on
implementation of legal procedures, after the critics made on its
address some days ago on violation of procedures to allow the
lorries loaded aid pass the custom house.
/led/A.A/
France accords aid for Albanian hospital system
TIRANE, May 7 (ATA) - By R.Xhuvani - The talks held in
Tirane on Friday between the Albanian Health Minister, Leonard
Solis, and his French counterpart, Bernard Kuchner, were mainly
focused the emergency necessities of the Albanian health sector
to cope with the very difficult situation and the investment of
30 million francs to be accorded by France for building of a new
hospital within the University Hospital Center in Tirane.
Spokesman of Health Ministry, Artur Rada, reports that the
French delegation offered help for the hospital system, because
only such a thing will be efficient and will be used for a long
time.
In the framework of a master plan drafted times ago for the
University Hospital Center, the French part is to send French
specialists, who in cooperation with the Albanian counterparts
will draft a project for setting up a hospital within this
center, and will help in constructing the building.
/led/A.A/
Apache helicopters resume training
RINAS, May 7 (ATA)-By B. Meta,
The Apache helicopters resumed training on Friday, after a
temporary halt because of the funeral ceremony of two U.S. army
pilots killed in an incident of one of these helicopters a few
days ago.
Today's training was held under very normal conditions.
One of the officers of the NATO forces deployed at the
military airport of Rinas, or as its is now called "HAWK BASE",
stated that although the pain for the two killed colleagues is
great, the moral is high and they are there to fulfil the mission
they are charged with.
/dast/lm/
Spanish troops to set up a new refugee camp in Hamallaj, Durres
TIRANE, May 7 (ATA) - By Enkelejda Koraqi: The Spanish
military contingent dislocated in Albania as a part of AFOR
mission of NATO troops, is giving its contribution in setting up
a new camp for the displaced Kosovars.
Manuel Rodriguez, chief of the information office for
Spanish troops, told ATA on Friday said that the aim of the
Spanish troops arriving in Durres port on April 25, is to deliver
humanitarian aid for Kosova population driven from their soils by
the Serb offensive.
Spanish contingent is actually made up of 400 soldiers, who
are working for setting up a new camp with a capacity of 5 000
people.
Part of the Spanish contingent are as well a group of
health service (80 people), and a group of engineers to be
engaged with the building up of this camp. This group is
specialized in missions of the civil emergency, territory
regulations, and other similar issues.
/dast/A.A/
Opposition: Rugova remains part of Kosova politics
TIRANE, May 7 (ATA)-By A. Haxhiu,
Albanian opposition political parties commented the
departure from Kosova of the Head of the democratic League of
Kosova, Ibrahim Rugova, and his arrival in Italy on Wednesday.
The head of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, after
hailing Rugova's appearance in Europe, evaluated the ongoing
activity of Rugova for the internationalization of the Kosova
issue.
"He was the first to ask the signing of the Rambouillet
agreement," said Berisha who expressed the belief that Rugova
along with the other political and military factors will help
correctly resolve the Kosova issue".
The chairman of the Republican Party, Fatmir Mediu, said
that Rugova remains part of the politics, as his previous stands
have helped develop the political processes that have to do with
the future and status of Kosova.
But, the republican leader added that with his latest acts,
Rugova has no more the responsibility of being leader and
President of the Republic of Kosova, as, besides him there are
very sensitive factors, either political or military, which
logically define what will be the future of their country.
/dast/lm/
World Food Program in support of Kosova expelled
Tirana, May 7 (ATA) - By E.Xhajanka - " The Agreement
assigned between the Albanian Government and the World Food
Program will facilitate Kosova crisis", inform sources from the
Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
The Minister of Food and Agriculture Lufter Xhuveli
assigned the agreement in the name of the Albanian Government,
while for Food World Program it was the Vice General Director of
this organization Jean Jacques Graisse.
According to him this cooperation with Albania started
since 1997, but now this cooperation is in its high levels by
delivering to Kukes 1100 tone ready made food.
World Food Program has a food reserve for 350 000 Kosova
comers for 6 weeks, meanwhile a fund of 64 million dollars for
three months period is accorded for Albania, Macedonia and
Montenegro, which are keeping the greater burden of Kosova
expelled.
According to Mr. Graisse this fund will reach to 100
million dollars, where the main donors of this emergent program
for Kosova expelled population are USA, England, Holland, Sweden,
Germany, Japan, etc.
During his mission in Albania the Vice General Director of
this organization will observe the operation of food
distribution for Kosova expelled Kosova./led/linda/
DP allies to reconsider stay in parliament
TIRANE, May 7 (ATA)-By A. Haxhiu,
The parties allied to the Democratic Party, grouped in the
political formation "Union for Democracy" said at a news
conference on Friday they would reconsider their stay in
Parliament.
The chairman of the Liberal-Democratic Union, Teodor Laco,
said that if a decision was taken to remove the mandate of the DP
deputies, which he considered a flagrant violation of democracy
and of the status of the deputy, then these parties, too, would
boycott parliament.
They also denounced the process against the chairman of the
Legality Movement Party, Ekerem Spahia, accused of participation
in the events of September 14 last year, considering this process
an effort to destabilise the situation.
According to the constitution, if the Democratic Party
deputies do not return to Parliament until by the end of May,
then they will be deprived of their mandate as deputies.
/dast/lm/
Food, drinks and tobacco to cover 30,8% of total imports'
Tirana, May 7 (ATA) - By Dorian Koza - The imported goods
in Albania in March 1999 continued to cover a considerable
specific weight. The import of "Food, drinks and tobacco" group
covered during March nearly 30,8% of the total commercial
imports.
According to the data taken from INSTAT, Institute of
Statistics, nearly 34,5% of the commercial import of the "Food,
drinks and tobacco" group is covered by the sub group of
"Vegetarian products. The import of the group of "Machineries,
equipment and repairing parts" marked this month the value of
11,3%.
Textiles and shoes covered in March respectively 40,1% and
28,6% of the total export. The export of the goods of "Minerals,
fuel and electric power" group is of great importance during this
month by marking so 4,3% of the total export./pas/linda/
New power station in Tirana
Tirana, May 7 (ATA) - By A.Lila - It is inaugurated on
Friday midday a new power station in the center of Tirana, which
is going to improve considerably the electric power provision of
the inhabitants of the capital town. The establishing of such
power station is financed by the Italian Government by a fund of
7 billion lirets. In the inauguration ceremony the Deputy Prime
Minister Ilir Meta was present.
The power station is set up provisionally on ground and
will operate this way for two-years period and after than the
underground installations will be performed.
This power station is set up by the Italian Government
ENEL within a record time of three months./dast/linda/
Continue finances on streets' rehabilitation
Tirana, May 7 (ATA) - By M.Pupa - Nevertheless the
situation created in Albania after the coming of great influx of
Kosova comers, the implements of the projects on rural streets
continue in Albania, inform ATA sources from the Ministry of
Public Affairs and Transport.
The processes on rehabilitation of the streets of the
Albanian villages are spread all over the areas with high
agriculture productivity through the implementing 62 contracts.
Nevertheless the operations these streets, including even of the
towns, are heavily damaged due to the increase of the traffic and
the number of the transport means, as well.
A project is implementing to bring back to life these
streets in rural areas financed by the World Bank by 15 million
dollars, by a grant sum of 15 million dollars of the Italian
Government and by the contribution of the Albanian Government of
3,6 million dollars. The improvements to take place are divided
in 4 phases.
In the first phase 8 contracts are assigned with some
construction companies, which improve till now 88.2 km marking a
value of more than 3.7 million dollars. During the second phase
nearly 220 km streets are repaired and 13 contracts are planned
to have the value of more than 6.4 million dollars.
The operations of the other phases predict the repairing of
nearly 379 km. 24 construction companies will work in this phase
and the predicted value is nearly 14.3 million dollars. The
construction process will be completed in the period of
March-June 2000. /linda/
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