Curated Video
Reax as UN court acquits fmr Kosovo PM of war crimes, crimes against humanity
Belgrade, Serbia
1. Wide of news conference in the Serbian Government building
2. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Bozidar Djelic, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister:
"This is a black day for justice. We should all remember the way Carla Del Ponte...
Curated Video
ALBANIA: MULTINATIONAL SECURITY MISSION: ARRIVAL OF TROOPS UPDATE
French/Italian/Nat
Hundreds of troops have arrived in Albania, the first major step of a multinational aid operation aimed at bringing relief to impoverished Albanians.
The French and Italian troops reached the main port of Durres...
Curated Video
Decisive talks on Kosovo's future, Tadic and Thaci comments
1. Various of hotel where talks will take place
2. Various of Alexander Kharchenko, Russian ambassador and member of troika checking in at hotel
3. Various of police outside hotel.
4. Convoy carrying Boris Tadic, Serbian President...
Curated Video
ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS LATEST
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Ambassadors from the U-S, Britain and France are expressing hope that the United Nations Security Council will speedily approve a draft resolution which could pave the way for an end to the Kosovo conflict.
But for the...
Curated Video
Thaci states intention to declare independence, Berisha ex-Davos
Brussels, Belgium
1. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci standing in lobby, on left with another man
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hashim Thaci, Prime Minister of Kosovo:
"I will repeat that Kosovo is ready, is united, is very well prepared for...
Curated Video
Reaction to UEFA ruling on Serbia-Albania match
The Albanian Football Association (AFA) on Friday condemned a UEFA decision to award Serbia a 3-0 win over Albania following a violent riot on the pitch during their European Championship qualifier in the Serbian capital Belgrade last...
Curated Video
Serbs cross ethnic divide, travel to Albania to find brides
Sagonjevo, 280km south of Belgrade
1. Wide of Zoran Tomic and wife Edmonda Kardaku driving a tractor
2. Mid of chicken
3. Mid of Tomic and Kardaku getting off the tractor
4. Wide of house
5. Mid of couple sitting on the the porch in...
Curated Video
ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS: REUNION
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Some of the Kosovar refugees are being reunited this week with relatives, following difficult periods spent in refugee camps.
Among them are Isak Zogiani, a retired mining engineer and his wife, Anjnisha, who have...
Curated Video
Rights group urges investigation into claims of organ trafficking of Serbs
1. Wide of Pristina skyline
2. Pan from statue to people walking
3. Mid of people walking
4. Exterior of Kosovo government building
5. Close-up of sign reading: "Ministry of Justice"
6. Set-up of Kosovo's Justice Minister, Nekibe...
Curated Video
USA: WASHINGTON: IMF APPROVE CHANGE IN PROCEDURES
English/Nat
The International Monetary Fund has approved a major change in procedures, allowing it to make available billions of dollars in resources to countries before times of crisis.
It says the change will hopefully prevent panic by...
Curated Video
ALBANIA: 13TH DAY OF PROTESTS OVER PYRAMID INVESTMENT SCHEME
Natural Sound
Protests continued for the 13th day running in the southern Albanian town of Vlora, over the failure of the pyramid investment schemes.
Two thousand demonstrators demanded the resignation of the Mayor of Vlora for his ...
Curated Video
Francis says Albania's religious harmony an example to the world
Pope Francis said on Sunday that Albania was a country that had "succeeded in finding peace" between different religions.
Francis, who was speaking on board the Papal Plane en route to the Albanian capital Tirana, also said the country...
Curated Video
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ENT4-MICHAEL DOUGLAS
English/Nat DOUGLAS SWAPS PREMIERES FOR PEACE PROMOTION
Story: Michael Douglas
Location: Gramsh, Albania
Date: 11 October 1999
Ageing film idol MICHAEL DOUGLAS is being kept a busy boy these days - and none of it seems much to do...
Curated Video
Albania - Deployment of international force
French troops who landed at the Albanian port of Durres on Tuesday (15/04) were welcomed by Albanians as they were transported in a convoy to a base three kilometres (2 miles) from the town.
t/s port
french troops preparing for departure...
Curated Video
KOSOVO: US-UN AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE VISIT
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Ex-Balkan troubleshooter Richard Holbrooke has praised the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo and the U-N for their joint efforts in stopping post-war ethnic violence.
During a visit to Pristina, the new United...
Curated Video
Germany - US Spy Planes To Be Deployed In Albania
Diplomatic sources in Albania and Germany decried suggestions that
the deployment of US spy planes is connected with a possible
United Nations withdrawal from Bosnia under NATO protection.
gv c130 hercules transport plane on tarmac
gv...
Curated Video
MACEDONIA: STENKOVIC CAMP: PREPARATIONS FOR CLINTON VISIT (V)
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
U-S President Bill Clinton is expected to meet with pleads of poverty from the authorities in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia when he visits the country on Tuesday.
The president...
Curated Video
Dry winter means power cuts likely due to lack of supply for hydroelectric plants
An unusually dry winter in northern Albania was putting at risk the country's electricity supply, which is heavily dependent on hyrdoelectric power, a government-appointed official said.
The artificial Fierza lake in the Kukes area, on...
Curated Video
OSCE election observers say vote "tainted" by distrust between parties
1. Wide of observers arriving for news conference
2. Two OSCE (Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe) observers, Petros Tatsopoulos of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and Roberto Battelli,...
Curated Video
ALBANIA: VLORA: US MISSIONARY STOPS LOOTERS AT ORPHANAGE
English/Nat
When an American missionary learned his orphanage's warehouse had been looted he decided to take action to prevent militants from coming to where the children were housed.
Mark Nyberg obtained five AK-47s, went onto the...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Angela Merkel in Albania for part of Balkans tour
CLEAN : Angela Merkel in Albania for part of Balkans tour
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Albania moves to heal scarred coastline
VOICED: Albania moves to heal scarred coastline
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Rich harvest for Albania's organic farm
VOICED: Rich harvest for Albania's organic farm
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Ethnic Albanians share views ahead of PM visit
CLEAN : Ethnic Albanians share views ahead of PM visit