
Wollfarth and his trashy report
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The OSCE ambassador, Eugen Wollfarth, reported yesterday in Vienna before the Permanent Council of the organization he represents in Tirana. It was a poorly drafted report, often inaccurate, badly reasoned and unobjective. The ambassador stuck to the same topic, that of the need for political dialog and repeated once again his never-ending appeal for dialog just like an...
Frattini in una Mission Impossible a Tirana
Alfred Kola
TIRANA - Il capo della diplomazia italiana Franco Frattini e quello di Atene Stavros Lambrinidis si recheranno lunedi prossimo in visita ufficiale a Tirana in un tentativo di far reconciliare i due lati della politica Albanese e di convincerli a lavorare insieme per le reforme dell’adesione del paese all’Unione Europea. Essi saranno accompagnati durante la visita dall’ambasciatore di UE Ettore Sequi.
I due ministri cercano di promuovere il dialogo politico nel paese e l’accelerazione delle...
Gunman kills four at Nevada pancake restaurant
A man armed with an AK-47 assault rifle killed four people in a shooting rampage, including three National Guardsmen, and wounded seven others during the breakfast rush at an IHOP in the Nevada state capital Carson City. Then the gunman, Eduardo Sencion, 32, of Carson City turned the gun on himself. The investigators are trying to determine the motives and whether the man targeted a group of National Guard personnel in the restaurant, police said.
Of the 12 people shot in the rampage, five were National Guard members who were sitting together, all in uniform, in the back of the...
Super-cop beats up two women in their office – Super-poliziotto picchia due impiegate all'ufficio
It has begun. The physical violence as lowest form of emotional and sociopathic personality disorder and scummy morals is stretching to the highest ranks of local and central government in Albania. Today the Chief of Tirana Municipal Police, Florenc Hoxha, stormed the office of the tax authority and assaulted two women employees, Anila Çobani and Etleva Duro, dragging and punching them in the stomach, causing severe bruises in the body and humiliation in their personality. The motive: they had to pay for being Socialist Party supporters. It couldn’t happen otherwise. We all know who...
'Pavarotti's heir' Licitra dies after crash - Muore l’erede di Pavarotti
Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra has died from head and chest injuries suffered in a road accident. He was 43. Licitra, known in his Italian homeland as the “new Pavarotti” for his potent voice and considerable stamina, died Monday after spending nine days in a coma following a motorscooter accident in the province of Ragusa. He was not wearing a helmet when he crashed.The singer made his international breakthrough in 2002, when he stepped in for Pavarotti in Puccini's Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera in New York The Swiss-born singer had been flown to the hospital in...
A national pact for integration is implausible.
by Alfred Kola Click here for the version in Albanian
The U.S. ambassador in Albania has repeatedly called on the country’s political class to sign a national pact that will make them work together for the common good of the Albania’s integration in EU. This appeal was first made by the SMI (LSI) Chairman Ilir Meta a few days ago and it’s not known whether the latter and ambassador have discussed the initiative before Mr....
39 vjet nga Masakra e Mynihut
5 Shtator 1972. Mynihu, kryeqyteti i Landit të Bavarisë në Gjermani dhe organizatori i Lojrave Olimpike Verore atë vit, zgjohet me një lajm tronditës. Ekipi Olimpik i Izraelit ishte marrë peng gjatë orëve të para të mëngjesit nga një organizatë terroriste palestineze të quajtur Shtatori i Zi. Duke përfituar nga mungesa e rojeve të sigurisë terroristët kishin kapërcyer gardhin dhe kishin mundur të hynin, rreth orës 4.30 të mëngjesit, në seksionin e Fshatit Turistik ku ishte strehuar ekipi izraelit. Dy prej pengjeve, trajneri i mundjes Moshe Weinberg dhe...
Berisha lambasts Withers and Assange
Berisha spoke today about the U.S. embassy cables published on WikiLeaks that are making the headlines in all major televisions and newspapers in Albania. He said that ambassador Withers’ cables were just a mirror of the daily press in Albania. He also dubbed Julian Assange as the Lupin of modern times, but said that that his esteem for the current U.S. ambassador Alexander Arvizu was very high and the relations with the American government are on their best terms. Yesterday another member of Berisha’s cabinet, the Transport Minister Sokol Olldashi, questioned the authenticity...
It can't get worse than this!
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The cables published online on WikiLeaks are really shocking. They contain opinions and observations that unfold what the American diplomacy thinks of the Albanian political class as a whole, and of its favorite Sali Berisha in particular (we all know how important is the American opinion for the ruling establishment in Albania). But more than anything else, these cables provide shocking facts and details that...
Euro 2012: Albania vs France 1 : 2. Excellent game and a hapless loss
by Alfred Kola
The game started really bad for the red-and-black team. In the first 20 minutes of the game Les Bleus scored two goals with Benzema at the 11th minute and Mvilla at the 18th and looked like it would be an easy ride for the team coached by a legend of the world soccer, Laurant Blanc. But the beginning of the second half turned the tables after Bogdani scored a goal and narrowed the score. The rest of the game was a battle for survival. The Albanian team showed that it was by no means inferior to the great France, when they missed some chances to tie the game. At the...