The Himara Community

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Press Conference about the properties in Northern Epirus

Athens, Greece, November 29, 2008

About the protest demonstration outside of the Albanian Embassy on Monday, December 1, 2008 ..

The Himara Union in Greece held press conference about the ongoing events in Nivitsa - Kakomaia, Himaras historical province, following the efforts of the Albanian state to robber the land and proprieties of the Greek community of Albania. In a press conference was denunced the mafia efforts to robber the beach Kakomaias which belong to the residents of the village Nivitsa and the Greek Orthodox Church of Albania.

In addition last week, four members of the community including the mayor of the village are currently prisoned after a decision of Tribunal of Saranda under accuse of police Albanian authorities. During the democratic resistence to protect their lands, the villagers of Nivitsas are attacked by an Albanian paramilitary group, terrorizing inhabitants of the region.

The citizens are not opposed to tourism development when it contributes to the greater good of the region and respects the environment, but it is vertically opposed to the illegal seizure and effort of manipulation in progress. The chairman of the World Council Epiroton Mr Chrysostomos Dimu expressed its support of ipeiroton in the world and condemned the manipulation against the Albanian ethnic Greek minority, called to Albania to respect human rights of northern epiriotes and stressed that the road of Albania into the European Union should pass through the full respect of human rights.

The chairman of the Himara Union Mr Fredis Beleris described the political landscape of Albania and the timeless efforts for the depredation of restitution of property of northern epiriotes.

The press conference announced that on December 1, 2008 will be held on 18.00 AM, a protest demonstration outside the Albanian embassy in Philothei observing from OSCE and other european represent insitutions in Athens. Will attended Member of Greek Parliament as L.A.O.S. Party Mr. Thanassis Plevris and the member of general council of ND Mr Babis Karathanos.

sources: Himara Union,

Athens, Greece

Stema e Komunitetit Himariot

Shoqata jo-fitimprurese, jo-qeveritare "KOMUNITETI HIMARIOT" Themelimi i Shoqates "KOMUNITETI HIMARIOT" Date: 15.02.2002 Rruga “Myslym Shyri”, Pallati Bar "PINDOS", Tirane Tel.: +355 69 2192963 E-mail:stavrimarko@gmail.com Qellime dhe Objektiva * Qellim i Shoqates eshte te luftoje per ringjalljen e ndjenjave patriotike te kultures se lashte himariote ose quajtur ndryshe "rikthim ne identitetin patriotik". Ajo do te luftoje me mjete demokratike per te kerkuar te drejtat e trashegimise krahinore, fetare, gjuhesore, artistike. Shoqata mbeshtetur ne traditat e hershme te kultures himariote do te perpiqet te zhvilloje nje openence demokratike me institucionet shteterore per te mos lejuar shkaterrimin ekologjik te flores dhe faunes bregdetare e ujore. * Ne fushen ekonomike, Shoqata do te luftoje me te gjitha mjetet demokratike brenda kuadrit kushtetues qe e gjithe prona tu kthehet pronareve te ligjshem, dhe do te kerkoje ndryshimin e ketij ligji ne perputhje me kushtet specifike qe ka krahina e Himares. * Ne fushen kulturore Shoqata "Komuniteti Himariot" do te luftoje per gjallerimin e traditave kulturore te etnografise se krahines, mbeshtetur ne ligjin nr.7962, date 21.06.1995 "Per sistemin arsimor parauniversitar ne RSH-se", ne Kushtetuten e RSH-se, si dhe nga traditat gjuhesore te fshatrave te Himares, do te perpiqemi per hapjen e klasave prane shkollave publike ne gjuhen greke si pjese e edukimit arsimor ne keto shkolla, ne hapjen edhe te shkollave private ne kete gjuhe. * Ne fushen ekologjike, Shoqata do te luftoje per te kerkuar nga organet shteterore, ndalimin e ndertimeve pa leje, prej popullsise se ardhur jo himariote te cilat po shkaterrojne bukurite e krahines si dhe po behen pengese ne zhvillimin e turizmit ne kete zone. Ajo do te sensibilizoje opinionin per ndalimin e ketyre fenomeneve negative.

August 2011, Big Protest of Himara NGO in Drymades for property registration process

"The properties belong to our generations of Himara Region" Under the initiative of non-governmental organizations and especially the Coastal Association and the "Himara Community", today in Potam, in Drymades, the protest rally was organized for the owners of Himara Region "The Properties belonge to Himara legal generations." The meeting, which is held annually in Drymades (Dhermi), force was asked to respect the Constitution of Albania for the legal inheritance of property and non-law 7501, lecture held by the President of the Coastal Association Niko Nesturi and many other representatives. In protest were also invited representatives of the OSCE, Mayor George Goro, the company representatives, "Lorenzo & Compani" who perform registration, U.S. citizen originally from Himara and many immigrants who live and work in Europe especially in Greece. With unanimous voices by protesters, decided by a resolution to urge the Albanian Government and International Institutions, to observe the Constitution of Albania as a legitimate claim on the property total return to Himara legal inhabitantes and non-registration of property placed in service by the albanian Mafia.

Attention! Himara Region: The process of land registration, is to failure

"The Himara Community", states that the registration of lands in Region Himara based on Law 7501, should be boycotted. OSCE and "Lorenzo Company" is preparing to enter to the second phase in Himara Region, that of land registration, no end yet, the registration of houses and property, while the process is scheduled to begin in September 2011.Albanian Mafia, Italian and Russian, earnestly seeking the registration of land, based on 7501 law, with the help of the Albanian authorities. In the end of the year 2010, a series of non-governmental organizations of the Coastal regions, from Himara, Saranda and Lukova, also from USA and Greece, have sent a petition to OSCE, to respect the constitutional obligation of the process of registration of property in Ionian coast, on the basis of the documents to legitimate ownership, not including the Comunist Law 7501.