# News on Greece 08-06-95 #
Vassilis Alexandris
-EURO COURT DROPS CASE OF GREEK PAPER FIRM
-Satanist murder and rape trial grips Greece
-Denktash says Russians launder money in Cyprus
-Cyprus Protests to U.S. Over pro-Turkish Report
-Turkish parliament gives Cabinet war powers
-Parliament clears way for Turkish military action against Greece
-BLACK SEA REGIONAL ASSEMBLY LOOKS FOR COOPERATION
-Greek "black magic" trial opens
-Greek diplomatic Bosnian initiative "appears to be succeeding"
Source: Greek Television (Channel one) in Greek 1800 gmt 5 Jun 95
-turkey, albania hold joint military exercises
-Israel honors Greeks who saved Jews from Nazis
-GREEK AIRPORT WORKERS TO STRIKE IN JUNE
- Another Threat in the Balkans?
Jane's Intelligence Review
-MACEDONIA: FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA SITUATION UPDATE
-GREECE AND TURKEY: CURRENT FOREIGN AID ISSUES
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Copyright 1995 Reuters Limited
The Reuter European Community Report
June 8, 1995, Thursday, BC cycle -12:47 Eastern Time
HEADLINE: EU COHESION FUNDS MAY BE CUT FOR SOME STATES
DATELINE: BRUSSELS, June 8
The European Commission is
considering withdrawing funds from member states which do not
meet the convergence criteria on public debts, an EU Commission
source said ON tHURSDAY.
Specifically, the so-called "cohesion funds," which are
distributed to poorer states, may be withdrawn from Spain,
Portugal and Greece later this year. All three countries are
currently well in excess of the 60 percent public debt to gross
domestic product ratio specified under the Maastricht Treaty.
Apart from the sums involved, the spokesman said such a
decision would largely carry a strong political message.
"If the member state does not respect its engagement under
the convergence programme then the Council can decide that its
receipts from the cohesion funds could be suspended," the
official said.
Ireland, while also in excess of the 60 percent hurdle and a
recipient of such funding, was recently deemed by the Commission
as having made sufficient progress toward the debt objective and
might therefore not be subject to such sanctions.
The official said the total sums involved were in the
vicinity of 2.5 billion EcuS.
While not insignificant, the official said such a decision
would weigh more heavily in the political realm.
"It's a pretty major sanction at the political level," the
official said.
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Copyright 1995 Reuters Limited
The Reuter European Community Report
June 8, 1995, Thursday, BC cycle -11:47 Eastern Time
HEADLINE: EURO COURT DROPS CASE OF GREEK PAPER FIRM
DATELINE: STRASBOURG, France, June 8
The European Court of
Human Rights dismissed on Thursday a complaint by the former
owners of Greece's largest paper manufacturer that Greek courts
had violated their rights, saying it lacked jurisdiction.
The former owners held 63 percent of the capital in
Athinaiki Khartopiia in 1984 when the Economy Ministry put the
firm under the control of Greece's Business Revival Agency (OAE)
after concluding it could not meet its liabilities.
The Industry Ministry later approved two increases in the
firm's capital, leaving the OAE with 62 percent of the capital
and its former owners with less than one percent.
After unsuccessfully challenging the moves in the Greek
courts, the former owners complained to the rights court that
Greek justice gave them inadequate recourse.
The rights court concluded that the alleged rights
violations occurred before Greece recognised the right of
individuals to petition the state.
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Copyright 1995 Reuters, Limited Reuters
June 8, 1995, Thursday, BC cycle -11:43 Eastern Time
HEADLINE: Satanist murder and rape trial grips Greece
DATELINE: ATHENS, Greece
Tales of the murder, rape and torture of young women by members of a
satanic
cult gripped Greece Thursday as witnesses began testifying in one of the
country's most gruesome trials in decades.
The three main defendants are charged with the abduction, rape and
murder of
two women and a 15-year-old girl, in satanic rituals at deserted
buildings near
the Greek capital.
The presiding judge of the Athens court hearing the case moved the
trial to a
larger room and allowed television cameras to cover the proceedings. Viewers
have been glued to their televisions since the trial formally opened
Wednesday.
Asimakis Katsoulas, 22, and Manos Dimitrokalis, 21, pleaded guilty to
kidnapping 30-year-old hotel maid Garufalia Giourga on her way home from
work,
repeatedly raping and torturing her at an abandoned winery before
crushing her
skull.
They pleaded innocent to the other murders. The other six defendants,
including cult leader Katsoulas' then girlfriend Dimitra Marieti, 20, pleaded
innocent to all charges.
"I'm sorry I did not have the courage to reveal what was going on,"
Marieti
told the court.
Katsoulas and Dimitrokalis, also known by their ritual names of Amon and
Enigma, confessed after their arrest in December 1993 that they led a
20-member
satanic cult conducting animal and human sacrifices in the outskirts of
Athens
for three years.
The case shocked the nation and led to a series of revelations of Satan
worship in Greece.
Television for months had Greek Orthodox priests rushing to offer
spiritual
aid to the defendants and social workers urging parents to improve
communication
with their children.
The trial is expected to take weeks. The main defendants face life in
prison
if convicted.
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Copyright 1995 Reuters, Limited Reuters
June 8, 1995, Thursday, BC cycle -10:16 Eastern Time
HEADLINE: Denktash says Russians launder money in Cyprus
DATELINE: ANKARA, Turkey
Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash said Russia was supplying arms to
rival
Greek Cypriots and a money-laundering Russian Mafia was entrenched on the
island, Turkey's Cumhuriyet daily reported Thursday.
"In the (Greek Cypriot) south there are 35,000 Russian residents and
60,000
so-called tourists," he told the paper.
"Some 850 of them are training (Greek Cypriots) to use sophisticated
Russian
arms," he said adding that the weapons included Russian SS-12 and Scud-B
missiles.
"A Russian Mafia has become influential in the south. The Russians are
in the
south with 12 offshore banks and 84 companies. This is where black money is
laundered."
Denktash leads a breakaway Turkish Cypriot republic in the north,
recognized
only by Ankara.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkish troops occupied its north
following a coup in Nicosia by advocates of union with Greece, then ruled
by a
military junta.
Denktash accused Greek Cypriot leaders and Greece, which has close
military
cooperation with the Greek Cypriot government, of preparing for war.
He said the U.N. Security Council, which has mandated Secretary-General
Boutros Boutros-Ghali to broker settlement talks between the rival
communities,
remained a spectator to the rapid arming of the Greek Cypriots.
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Copyright 1995 Associated Press
AP Worldstream
June 8, 1995; Thursday 09:44 Eastern Time
HEADLINE: Cyprus Protests to U.S. Over pro-Turkish Report
BYLINE: ALEX EFTY, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: NICOSIA, Cyprus
The government formally protested to the United States Thursday over a
perceived pro-Turkish report on the Cyprus problem prepared by the State
Department.
A brief announcement said Foreign Minister Alecos Michaelides summoned
U.S.
Ambassador Richard Boucher to convey a verbal protest ''on the content of the
recent State Department report to Congress.'' It gave no other details.
The report has angered Greek Cypriots and undermined a U.S.
initiative to
find a settlement to the Cyprus problem.
It was published in Washington last week a few days before Richard
Beattie,
President Clinton's Cyprus envoy, was due to launch a new bid to break the
deadlock in U.N.-sponsored efforts to reunify the island in a bizonal
federation.
On Friday, the foreign minister said the U.S. initiative should continue
despite the report, which he said did not accurately reflect the
situation on
the east Mediterraean island.
He added that the ''aim of the report was to facilitate the aid
package to
Turkey which has been cut by 10 percent by Congress.''
President Glafcos Clerides made an indirect reference to the report
over the
weekend. Without naming the United States he said that those who were
trying to
provide an alibi for Turkish intransigence in connection with Cyprus ''are
making a big mistake.''
Cyprus has been divided since July 1974, when Turkey invaded and
occupied the
northern one-third of the island following a short-lived coup by
supporters of
union with Greece.
The 150,000-strong Turkish Cypriot Minority proclaimed a breakaway
state in
the north which is only recognized by Turkey.
The State Department report was demanded by Congress following
allegations of
of human rights abuses by the Turkish military in Turkey and
Turkish-occupied north Cyprus.
The report said that the Turks had shown willingness to negotiate on
reunification, but that the Greek Cypriots have not.
Greek Cypriot officials retorted that U.N. Secretary-General Boutros
Boutros-Ghali had in many statements blamed the stalemate on Turkey's
''lack of
political will for a settlement.''
The U.N.-sponsored negotiations have been deadlocked for years
primarily over
Turkish insistence on international recognition of the breakaway statelet.
Turkey also rejects Security Council resolutions demanding the
withdrawal of
the estimated 35,000 Turkish troops and 50,000 mainland settlers from the
north
and the return of 200,000 Greek Cypriot refugees who fled their homes or were
evicted when the Turks invaded.
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Copyright 1995 Reuters, Limited Reuters
June 8, 1995, Thursday, BC cycle -08:48 Eastern Time
HEADLINE: Turkish parliament gives Cabinet war powers
DATELINE: ANKARA, Turkey
The Turkish parliament passed Thursday a resolution empowering the
government
to take military measures against NATO ally Greece, but tempered the
gesture by
saying it was "with friendly sentiments."
The resolution followed a Greek parliamentary vote last week to extend
Greece's territorial waters in the Aegean Sea, a move that brought age-old
friction between the two neighbors to the surface.
Turkey, facing Greece across the Aegean, has said it will consider any
extension of Greek waters beyond the present six miles as a reason for war.
But tension eased as Greece said it was pleased by what it called Turkey's
low-key reaction to the parliamentary vote.
Thursday's Turkish resolution said: "The parliament has decided to
invest the
government with all powers to take all measures including military steps
deemed
necessary to protect the vital interests of our country."
Nevertheless the resolution was proclaimed "to the world and Greece with
friendly sentiments."
Ankara says 12 miles of territorial waters for mainland Greece and its
islands close to Turkey would make 70 percent of the Aegean Sea Greek and
choke
Turkey's access to the high seas.
"It is out of the question that Turkey, itself a peninsula, should accept
such a situation which would leave its access to international waters
subject to
passage through Greek national waters," the resolution said.
"Turkey has vital interests in the Aegean.
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Copyright 1995 Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
June 8, 1995, Thursday, BC Cycle
13:31 Central European Time
HEADLINE: Parliament clears way for Turkish military action against Greece
DATELINE: Ankara
The Turkish parliament passed a resolution Thursday empowering the
government to take "all necessary measures" including military action against
Greece, reports said.
The step, approved by all parliamentary factions, was taken in
response to
ratification by the Greek parliament on June 1 of the Law of the Sea
Convention.
Ratification has paved the way for the Greeks to extend their territorial
waters
from six to 12 miles.
Such an extension would mean that the Aegean would become virtually a
Greek
sea. Hundreds of small islands off the Turkish coast would be in Greek
waters.
Greece has insisted that it has the right to extend its territorial
waters
but has not gone as far as saying it intends to do so.
Turkey, which has not signed the convention, has for 20 years maintained
that any extension would be reason to go to war. dpa ur
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Copyright 1995 The Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union
TASS
June 8, 1995, Thursday -05:02 Eastern Time
DATELINE: MOSCOW, JUNE 8 (ITAR-
THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY FOR BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION (PABSEC)
FINISHED ITS FIFTH PLENARY SESSION IN MOSCOW ON WEDNESDAY.
THE SESSION'S AGENDA WAS THE EXPANSION OF COOPERATION IN FINANCE, BANKING,
EDUCATION AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISASTERS.
STATE DUMA DEPUTY CHAIRMAN GENNADY SELEZNYOV, WHO IS THE
ASSEMBLY'S VICE-PRESIDENT, SAID IN A FINAL ADDRESS THAT THE PABSEC IS
GROPING
FOR RAPPORT. INTERESTS OF THE REGION'S COUNTRIES ARE BEING AIRED AND
AREAS OF
BENEFICIAL COOPERATION SOUGHT IN DEBATES.
THE PABSEC AT PRESENT INCLUDES ALBANIA, ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA,
MOLDOVA, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, TURKEY, UKRAINE AND GREECE. BULGARIA HAS AN
OBSERVER
STATUS. THE SESSION GRANTED THE OBSERVERSTATUS TO EGYPT.
THE NEXT SESSION OF THE PABSEC IS DUE TO BE HELD IN TURKEY IN NOVEMBER.
DELEGATION L EADERS TOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT THE PABSEC IS AN IMPORTANT
TOOL FOR STABILITY IN THE BLACK SEA REGION AND FOR THE CREATION OF AN
ECONOMIC
BASE FOR ITS INTEGRATION WITH INDUSTRIAL EUROPEAN STATES.
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Copyright 1995 Agence France Presse
Agence France Presse
June 07, 1995 12:19 Eastern Time
HEADLINE: Greek "black magic" trial opens
DATELINE: ATHENS, June 7
Eight young people went on trial here Wednesday accused of taking part in
grim black magic rituals which led to the deaths of three young women in
a case
which has shocked Greece.
Two of them, Assimakis Katsoulas, 23, and Emmanuel Dimitrokalis, 21, are
accused of murdering and raping at least three young women, one of them a
15-year-old, during the black magic sessions.
Legal sources say they face three life sentences each if found guilty.
As the trial opened, Katsoulas admitted taking part in the murder of one
young woman during a black magic ceremony, but denied involvement in the
other
murders.
Dimitrokallis denied the charges, saying he had learned of the accusations
only during his interrogation by police.
A third defendant, Dimitra Margeti, 20, whose confession led to the
arrests,
has asked the court to forgive her for being unable to prevent "acts of this
kind."
However, she faces up to 17 years in jail if found guilty of taking
part in
the events leading up to the murders.
The five others, four of them women, are charged with varying degrees of
involvement in the crimes.
At the time of their arrests, the accused gave details of the rituals
which
they said were held in the northeastern Athens suburb of Pallini in 1992 and
1993.
The case has attracted huge media interest and the trial had to be
adjourned
shortly after it opened because of lack of space in the courtroom, too
small for
the assembled public, media, lawyers and some 50 defence and prosecution
witnesses.
The trial resumes Thursday in a bigger courtroom with defence lawyers
demanding that reporting restrictions be imposed on the media.
It is likely to last at least a month, legal sources said.
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Copyright 1995 The British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
June 7, 1995, Wednesday
HEADLINE: BOSNIAN SERBS;
Greek diplomatic Bosnian initiative "appears to be succeeding"
SOURCE: Source: Greek Television (Channel one) in Greek 1800 gmt 5 Jun 95
The Greek foreign and defence ministers, Karolos Papoulias and Yerasimos
Arsenis, have held talks in Pale with Bosnian Serb leader Radovan
Karadzic and
the Serbian president's special envoy Jovica Stanisic on the resumption
of the
peace process and the release of the UN peacekeepers. The Greek foreign
minister
said that the release of the American F-16 pilot shot down over Banja
Luka would
also be discussed and Greece would continue to play an important
diplomatic role
in Bosnia. The following is the text of a report by Greek television:
[Presenter] We begin our bulletin with Athens's notable diplomatic
initiative
on Bosnia, which appears to be meeting with success. The initiative's
objective
is the release of the Blue-Helmets held hostage by the Bosnian Serbs and
it is
to this end that Greek Foreign Minister Karolos Papoulias and National
Defence
Minister Yerasimos Arsenis are in Belgrade and Pale. A short while ago the
office of the Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic announced that over
250 UN
Blue-Helmets would be released soon. Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's
special envoy, Jovica Stanisic, chief of Serbia's security service who
two days
ago released 120 Blue-Helmets, has been taking part for a little while
now in
the talks between Messrs Papoulias and Arsenis with Radovan Karadzic.
Let's now
see the report sent to us here a short while ago by Nikos Pelpas:
[Pelpas] Greece is the only country which can exert positive influence
on the
decisions of the Bosnian Serb leadership to get peace talks resumed.
This is
the aim of the visit to Pale by the foreign and national defence ministers,
Karolos Papoulias and Yerasimos Arsenis. The Greek ministers, after a
long trip
lasting several hours, arrived at the capital of the Bosnian Serbs at
five o'
clock, when talks began with Radovan Karadzic. According to information
received
by ET-1, it was Pale which demanded Greece's mediation on the resumption
of the
peace process. This fact creates optimism regarding the success of the
mission.
The release of the remaining 250 Blue-Helmets is the immediate aim of the
Greek
ministers'visit to Pale. This is confirmed by the participation in the
talks of
the chief of the security service of Yugoslavia, Jovica Stanisic, who, it
may be
recalled, three days ago accompanied the released hostages as Milosevic's
envoy.
The question of the pilot of the American F-16, shot down over Banja
Luka, would
also be discussed-this was stated exclusively to ET-1 by Mr Papoulias.
[Reporter ] There have been some reports that you will try to mediate to
secure the release of the American pilot. [Papoulias] These are issues
which will be discussed in Pale and certainly
the release also of the American pilot is a very important issue. Greece has
played, is playing and will continue to play an important role in this
effort,
as a Balkan country and as an EU country.
[Pelpas] The Bosnian Serb leadership is ready to begin negotiations with
Muslims and Croats on an equal basis and for this reason they asked for
Greece's mediation. From Pale for ET-1, Nikos Pelpas.
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Copyright 1995 Southam Inc.
The Gazette (Montreal)
June 7, 1995, Wednesday, FINAL EDITION
HEADLINE: Claims and counters
Greece is once again stirring up a storm in a spoonful of Aegean water,
("Greece sets stage to extend control over sea," Gazette, June 1). Apparently
the Greek parliament has decided to expand its waters from 6 to 12 nautical
miles. Some Greek islands are
Historically, Greece is known to have made claims that are
unacceptable to
the Turkish government. In 1974, the Greek government, run by the colonels,
decided to annex Cyprus to mainland Greece. That plan was promptly halted
by the
Turkish intervention on
On several occasions, Greek politicians have gone so far as to claim that
western Thrace and even the city of Istanbul should belong to Greece.
The republics of Turkey and Greece are NATO allies. It would be a pity if
these two beautiful countries were at war with each other.
AYDIN YURTCU
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Copyright 1995 Xinhua News Agency
JUNE 7, 1995, WEDNESDAY
HEADLINE: turkey, albania hold joint military exercises
DATELINE: tirana, june 7; ITEM NO: 0607073
the air forces and navies of albania and turkey today began their
first joint
military maneuvers in the adriatic sea, marking a warming military
partnership
between the two countries. pandeli ristani, spokesman for the albanian
defense
ministry, said the exercises, scheduled to last for four days, are of "the
nature of a humanitarian relief operation." general sheme kosova, general
chief
of staff of the albanian armed forces, said the exercises are aimed at
coordinating joint action between the two country's air forces and navies and
called them a vital step in bilateral military cooperation. albanian has
recently strengthened its military cooperation with turkey, a nato member
nation. early this year the two countries signed a military treaty under
which
turkey agreed to train personnel for albania and provide other aid. albania,
having joined other east european nations in applying to nato for full
membership, in may sent troops to greece to take part for the first time
in nato
military maneuvers together with u.s., greek, bulgarian and romanian forces.
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Copyright 1995 Reuters, Limited
June 7, 1995, Wednesday, BC cycle
HEADLINE: Israel honors Greeks who saved Jews from Nazis
DATELINE: ATHENS
Israel Wednesday honored 11 Greeks who risked their lives to save Jews
from
Nazi death camps during the German occupation of Greece.
"You, my 'Righteous of Nations', dared to save your Jewish brothers by
risking your lives and the lives of your beloved," Israeli ambassador to
Athens
Davis Sasson said during a solemn ceremony at the Athens city hall.
About 54,000 Greek Jews were exterminated in the gas chambers of Auschwitz
and Birkenau during the 1941-1944 Nazi occupation of Greece. Just a few
thousand
remain from a community numbering about 80,000 at the turn of the century.
Sasson said that altogether 161 Greeks, a high number compared to other
European countries, have been honored with the title "Righteous of Nations',
awarded to any man or woman who has saved the life of a Jew.
"I never expected any reward for what I did," said Aliki Velliou, who hid
four members of a Jewish family from the northern Greek city of Salonika
in her
house for a year and a half.
"But it's marvelous to discover that these wonderful feelings of humanity
have not disappeared from our world," she said.
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Copyright 1995 Reuters Limited
The Reuter European Business Report
June 7, 1995, Wednesday, BC cycle
HEADLINE: GREEK AIRPORT WORKERS TO STRIKE IN JUNE
DATELINE: ATHENS, June 7
Greece's civil aviation unions on
Wednesday called for three days of strikes later this month
which will bring air traffic to a near standstill.
The unions are demanding more pay and modernisation of the
Civil Aviation Authority, the OSYPA union federation said in a
statement. They have scheduled a 24-hour strike on June 17 and a
48-hour stoppage beginning on June 23.
Workers are also protesting against construction of a new
airport for Athens at Spata that will replace the existing
facility at Hellenikon, the statement said.
"Only one out of every ten flights will take place in line
with legislation on strikes," OSYPA president Vassilis
Alevizopoulos said.
The unions are legally obliged to provide skeleton staff to
offer basic services during a strike.
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Copyright 1995 Jane's Information Group Limited,
All Rights Reserved
Jane's Intelligence Review - Pointer
June 1, 1995
HEADLINE: Another Threat in the Balkans?
The last thing a region such as the Balkans needs is yet another
group with a cause and the willingness to pursue it. Yet the recent
deterioration in bilateral relations between Albania and Greece
appears to have produced such a group. MAVI (the Northern Epirus
Liberation Front) appears to be based within Albania along the
Greek-Albanian border and is comprised of ethnic Greeks. It seems to
be promoting the cause of the ethnic Greek minority living within
Albania which, they feel, are being mistreated by the government in
Tirana.
Concentrated on the Korca/Gjirokaster area, government sources
believe the minority numbers approximately 70000. Greek government
sources, however, concur that Tirana may be treating them unfairly.
MAVI's political goal, the incorporation of Northern Epirus
(southern Albania) into Greece, along with its anti-Greek government
posture, has made it a threat to both Greece and Albania.
Very little else is known about MAVI. According to most reports,
MAVI's first attack occurred on 10 April 1994 at an Albanian border
guard barracks in the village of Peshkepia, just two-and-a-half
miles from the frontier. During an evening 'commando-style' raid, a
small paramilitary unit shouting pro-Greek slogans killed two
soldiers, wounded three others and seized weapons from the barracks,
according to Albanian government sources. Two days later, Albanian
President Berisha condemned the attack and accused the Greek
government - specifically its intelligence services - with
complicity in the raid. Tirana recalled its ambassador from Athens
and expelled the Greek Consul-General from Gjirokaster while calling
on the UN Security Council to condemn officially Greek
state-sponsored terrorism. Greek government spokesman Venizelos
accused Tirana of needlessly fermenting unrest without proof. The
incident was the worst between the neighbours since the Greek civil
war in 1949.
By the end of April 1994, Tirana had launched a series of raids on
the headquarters and members' homes of Omonia, a political party
that promotes Greek interests and consists of Greeks from southern
Albania. Albanian authorities believe Omonia is either assisting
and/or is composed of MAVI members. The raids resulted in weapon
seizures and five arrests. Athens denounced the arrests and, with
political and economic pressure via the EU and the USA, the five menwere
released by 8 February 1995.
A meeting between Albanian and Greek officials in March 1995 called
on mutual assistance aimed at easing polemics and on joint action in
rooting out MAVI members.
In communiques issued by MAVI, it appears that the group has taken
on similar traits to another Greek terrorist organization, 17
November. Like the latter, MAVI is highly critical of the Greek
government for its 'criminal indifference' to the plight of ethnic
Greeks in Albania.
MAVI may also have had a role in prior attacks against Albanian
officials. Although most government sources believe MAVI to be
recently formed and active, it may have existed for nearly five
years. Unconfirmed reports of a car bomb attack in Athens against
the Albanian ambassador in 1991 made some observers point to 17
November, but MAVI has claimed responsibility for that attack. Two
other incidents near the time of the Peshkepia assault may indicate
MAVI responsibility. On 24 March 1994, explosives were placed in the
homes of Albanian political party chiefs Bashkim Kodhima and Minella
Boci. Although unconfirmed, Albania's Intelligence Service believes
leftist extremists were liable. Coupled with MAVI's anti-Greek
government position, it appears that its political orientation is
also akin to 17 November.
The second incident occurred after Peshkepia on 10 May 1994. Nebil
Cika, editor of a local Albanian weekly, was the victim of a bomb
placed in his home. Cika was strongly anti-Greek and printed
chauvinistic statements to such an effect.
Very little was accomplished until the end of March 1995, when Greek
authorities arrested seven men believed to be MAVI members. A day
later, on 25 March, two others were taken into custody in the
Athenian suburb of Pallini, accused of being MAVI members. Also
seized were weapons that may have been those captured in the
Peshkepia attack.
Both Greek and Albanian authorities have begun nationwide searches
for other members, sympathizers and suspects, and it is hoped that
joint government crackdowns will prevent future attacks. This may be
difficult since information is scarce and source acquisition becomes
increasingly problematic.
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Penny Hill Press
Congressional Research Report
June, 1995
HEADLINE: GREECE AND TURKEY: CURRENT FOREIGN AID ISSUES
By Carol Migdalovitz, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division. 16
pages. Updated March 23, 1995. For fiscal year 1996, the
Administration has
requested $450 million in Foreign Military Funding (FMF) loans, $52.888
million
in FMF loan subsidy, $100 million in Economic Support Funds (ESF), $5.4
million
in development assistance, $1 million for military education and
training, $
400,000 for narcotics law enforcement for Turkey; and $315 million in FMF
loans,
$37 million in FMF loan subsidy, and $50,000 for military education and
training
for Greece. Order No. IB86065.
The above-described CRS report is available to nonsubscribers for $47 from
Penny Hill Press, 6440 Wiscasset Road, Bethesda, MD 20816, 301-229-8229; fax
301- 229-6988.