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FRANCE: RUBIN SPEAKS ON KOSOVO TALKS
English/Nat
U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright seems to have been unable to persuade ethnic Albanian leaders to accept an autonomy agreement for Kosovo which does not guarantee eventual independence.
Speaking to reporters, the...
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ALBANIA: GJIROKASTRA: ASYLUM RANSACKED BY ARMED REBEL TEENAGERS
Gjirokastra, Southern Albania, 11 March 1997
1. Wide shot of looted room in asylum
2. Various of mad inmate helping to clear up mess
3. Tracking shot along looted corridor showing the debris
4. Mad inmate dragging filing cabinet along...
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Emergency services dig out houses after heavy snowfall on village
1. House in frozen landscape
2. House through frozen branches
3. Wide of Glodeanu Silistea village under deep snow, with boy pulling sledge
4. Mid of icicles on roof of house
5. Mid of men digging with icicles in foreground
6. Various...
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Albania - Berisha addresses presser
President Sali Berisha said on Monday (12/5) that he was talking
to other political parties in Albania about a date for holding elections to settle the bitter political conflict gripping the country.
Government experts are working on a...
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KOSOVO: ARRIVAL OF ALBANIAN LEADER RUGOVA
Albanian/Nat
Kosovo Albanian leader, Ibrahim Rugova, made his long-awaited return to Kosovo from wartime exile on Thursday.
Rugova has long been an advocate of passive resistance against Yugoslav authorities over their harsh treatment...
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KOSOVO: ETHNIC ALBANIANS BEGIN VOTING IN UNOFFICIAL ELECTIONS (2)
English/Nat
Ethnic Albanians in the Serbian province of Kosovo went to the polls in large numbers on Sunday, to vote for their own, unofficial, parliament.
Serbian officials, who refuse to recognize the ballot, have meanwhile arrested...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: FEARS THAT INVESTMENT BANK IS ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE
Farsi/Nat
Albania's largest high paying investment scheme, VESA holdings, has stopped repaying capital to investors and has sharply reduced interest rates.
The company says it is confident it will stay viable, but observers fear it is...
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Albania - NATO training seen as key move
NATO troops were on Wednesday (19/08) engaged in manouvres in Albania in what is being interpreted as a message to Serbia that the treaty organisation will act in Kosovo if necessary. Some 650 US troops, including a 200-man rifle...
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MACEDONIA/FRANCE: NATO TROOPS PREPARE TO ENTER KOSOVO
German/Nat
NATO forces in Macedonia are making final preparations for their imminent entry into the southern Yugoslav province of Kosovo.
The Western alliance suspended the bombing of Yugoslavia on Thursday, after verifying the...
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Kosovo - Assembly of Kosovo Albanian parliament
The unofficial Kosovo Albanian parliament, elected in clandestine polls on March 22, held its first constituent session on Thursday (16/07) in the provincial capital Pristina. The "parliament," dominated by members of the Kosovo...
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EU's Kosovo envoy threatens isolation for Serbia over Kosovo
1. Pan down of the exterior of the Pristina hotel
2. Wide of official's vehicles approaching the hotel
3. Mid of Russian diplomat, Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko exiting his vehicle
4 Wolfgang Ischinger, EU's diplomat taking his seat
5....
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: CIVIL STRIFE REACHES THE CAPITAL UPDATE
English/Nat
The violence sweeping Albania has reached the capital Tirana with rebels looting the military academy of weapons.
Five people have been reported killed during the night in the northern city of Shkoder previously untouched...
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Opening of summit, Greek and Albanian ministers comment on expansion
AP Television
April 3, 2008
1. Wide of Romanian parliament building
2. Tilt down of building
April 3, 2008
4. Various of opening NATO session
5. Zoom out from Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and Greek Foreign Minister Dora...
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CRETE: GREEK PM OPENS BALKAN SUMMIT WITH CALL TO END DIFFERENCES
English/Nat
The Greek prime minister opened the Balkan summit on Monday with a call for leaders to work through their differences towards forging peace and prosperity in the region.
The two-day Balkan summit taking place on the Greek...
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ADRIATIC SEA: ON BOARD USS KEARSARGE
English/Nat
The American aircraft carrier U-S-S Kearsarge continued its patrol in the Adriatic off the coast of Albania on Thursday.
While its main role is to be ready for naval attacks, it is also helping out with the pressing...
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ALBANIA: KIR: ANCIENT TRADITION OF VENDETTAS IS STILL ALIVE
Albanian/Nat
Vendettas and blood feuds are the stuff of legends in most of Europe - but they belong to everyday custom in the remote parts of Albania.
Here ancient rituals hold sway even in matters of life and death.
APTV went into the...
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President of the UN Security Council on Kosovo
1. Wide of United Nations (UN) building
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ricardo Alberto Arias, current President of the UN Security Council:
"A couple of days ago, the President of the Security Council received a letter from the republic of...
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ALBANIA: PRESIDENT TO REIMBURSE ONLY POOREST INVESTORS
Albanian/Nat
The situation remained tense in Albania Wednesday as the president promised immediate reimbursement only for the poorest investors in two failed get-rich-quick schemes.
The collapse of the investments prompted days of...
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NATO press briefing on deployment and overnight shelling
1. Wide shot of NATO press conference
2. Mid shot of press conference
3. Close shot of command structure for Task Force Harvest
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barry Johnson, NATO Spokesman: "We're looking at all the facts surrounding it...
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KOSOVO: ETHNIC ALBANIANS TURNING AWAY FROM THE STATE RUN MEDIA
Eng/Albanian/Nat
As the conflict continues in the Southern Serb province of Kosovo, the state run television news which generally screens censored stories, may not be as effective as authorities would hope.
Ethnic Albanians in the...
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Preview of UN sponsored talks on Kosovo's future
Pristina - 16 February 2006
1. Various street scenes
2. Wide of food stall in market
3. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Ise Borovci, market stall holder:
"From the Vienna talks I am expecting a recognition of Kosovo's independence. I think we...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO CRISIS: KLA CALL FOR WEAPONS
Albanian/Nat
The Kosovo Liberation Army (K-L-A) called for NATO to arm ethnic Albanian guerillas in Kosovo and send its Apache helicopters into the region.
The demands were made at a rare news conference by the rebels in the Albanian...
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ALBANIA: HOLDING COMPANY OFFERS SOME MONEY BACK TO SMALL INVESTORS
English/Nat
Albanians who were financially ruined by fraudulent pyramid investment schemes, were offered a glimmer of hope Thursday as VEFA, one of the country's biggest holding companies, offered to give back some money to thousands...
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WRAP Talks on Kosovo's future, Tadic, Thaci comments ADDS EU comment
1. Various of hotel where talks will take place
2. Various of Alexander Kharchenko, Russian envoy and member of troika checking in at hotel, walking inside
3. Various of police outside hotel
4. Convoy carrying Serbian President Boris...