The Himara Community: June 2012

Friday, June 8, 2012

Those are "de facto" documents, sent to the Albanian Government by the Mayor of Himara Municipality Vasil Bollano on 2005, for the distribution abusive process of the Lands under the Law 7501, and the response represent of OSCE, to Bollano.

Press release

From my personal email address, of journalist Stavri Marko "acrocheranea@yahoo.com, are abusive news spread, which inform much worse, collaborators and fellow journalists. This is not true. but meanwhile, inform security services, and the central server of Google and Yahoo, to conduct verification of hackers, damaging the reputation of the freelance Journalist.

This happens often in Albania, threatening press freedom and journalists, who work for freedom and basic human rights.

Only a day earlier, a team from the OSCE, monitored with critical notes, free press situation in Albania.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

The Himara Community

Press release

The Himara Community, today called on Saturday 2 June, 2012, in Drymades, Himara Municipality, took the following decisions:

1. The request from Himara Municipality, full transparency, for the decisions of the Municipality Council and the administration, by September 1 of the year 2011, decisions and agreements with the Albanian government and the OSCE in connection with the people of Himara properties with respect to concessions and construction permit, to declare publicly in every village, in the interests of the right of public information, based on constitutional law. To make public, archive and decisions of construction permits, inherited from the previous administration of the Municipality. To call in September, the Conference PanHimariotes for properties.

2. The Himara Community, unanimously holding scientific symposium,for the hero of Himara Spiro Spiromilo, on the occasion of 100 anniversary of revolt of Himara.

3. Seeing opportunist and corrupt attitude of OSCE Mission in Tirana, in relation to the property registration project in the Himara Region, announced as the "person non grata"the OSCE ambassador, in Tirana, Eughen Worlfarth.

4. The Himara Community, addresses publicly, to the U.S. ambassador in Tirana, Alexander Arvisu, as a special guest, to visit the Himara Region, under the observance of universal human rights, to demand that thousands of American citizens originally from Himara to have properties inherited from their grandparents, to investigate the looting of the properties of the people of Himara.

5. The Himara Community, addresses the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, on behalf of citizens with dual nationality by Himara (European and Albanian) to send a special Prosecutor to investigate Court decisions and the Albanian institutions, in connection with robbery assets of the Himara Region and Orthodox Church.

6. The Himara Community, addressed the Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese and his Eminence Janullatos, to establish a Diocese in Himara, as Orthodox Christian Church in Himara Region, which, being of assets looted by the Mafia.

7. The Himara Community, formally gives the honorary title as the "World Cultural Ambassador of Himara" to Dr. George Tenet and the "World Honor of Himara" to Olympic Champion Pirro Dimas, making invitation to visit this summer Himara.

Participant and the meeting for The Himara community, Photo: Prof. Priamo Bollano, Dr. Niko Nesturi (Chairman of Coast Line Association), Theodori Bollano (Chairman of the Council of the Himara Community), Stavri Marko (Executive Director of the Himara Community), Petro Gjoni, Lefter Daflla, Jako Malo Nikola Duni, Marko Daflla, Petro Konomi.

Friday, June 1, 2012

KKRRT approved project plans for development of Himara

The Civil Society of Himara, has opposed this project which favorites the Albanian Mafia

National Council of Territory Adjustment of Albania, approved at today's meeting Himara plan. According to the Prime Minister, who also directed the collection of KKRRTSH, Himara authorities have carefully crafted plan, which according to him shows that where there can be constructed in the Municipality of Himara, which according to him has great potential for tourism development .

"The plan sets out where there should be built. Local authorities, which have become more careful government support for developing a plan. Encourage municipalities to follow this example that the development of tourism to recognize other dimensions. Important to know the criteria specified in the plan ", - said Berisha.

Meanwhile, the Civil Society of Himara, has rejected the plan, which favors concessions of Albanian Mafia linked to prominent politicians in Tirana. "No Turning to Himara`s people properties including those of the Orthodox Church, can not be speaking for developments plans, voices, which are against the adoption of this plan.

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.