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by Nektivni Ugnelj Sun Oct 07, 2018 7:34 pmJednak je hit i hapšenje te dvojice novinara koje je ona infervjuisala
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Erős Pista
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Hoću da kažem, ako je najgore što tebi može da se desi silovanje i ubistvo, a najgore što njima može da se desi da odu u zatvor na par godinica, onda tu nešto ozbiljno nije u redu sa ulozima. Pritom je verovatnoća za ovo prvo sve veća, a verovatnoća za ovo drugo vrlo mala - sve i da je žena preživela, verovato bi se završilo nekakvim razvlačenjem par političara po novinama, možda malo po sudovima, i na kraju ničim.
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ma kažu ima blizu neka ludnica
https://dnes.dir.bg/krimi/marinov-za-ubitata-zhurnalistka-blizo-do-proizshestvieto-ima-psihiatrichno-zavedenie
Наблизо има и психиатрично заведение, което също е обект на наша проверка - дали някое от лицата вътре се е отклонило.
da nije neko pobego i to
https://dnes.dir.bg/krimi/marinov-za-ubitata-zhurnalistka-blizo-do-proizshestvieto-ima-psihiatrichno-zavedenie
Наблизо има и психиатрично заведение, което също е обект на наша проверка - дали някое от лицата вътре се е отклонило.
da nije neko pobego i to
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Naravno. Neki ludak je ubio, štakojqrac
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pa nije prippvetka iz 19 veka pa da je blizina ludnice bitna pobogu
al opet, i ovde bi progutali isti spin
al opet, i ovde bi progutali isti spin
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Što se ostaloga tiče, smatram da Zapad treba razoriti
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nedosledni su medijski izvestaji o njoj. negde kazu da je ona investigative journalist a ponegde kazu da je poznati tv spiker, tj. access journalist. ako je ovo drugo onda je ipak ubistvo ipak neki drugi zanr.
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Као да је у том другом жанру мање мртва.
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the more you drink, the W.C.
И кажем себи у сну, еј бре коњу па ти ни немаш озвучење, имаш оне две кутијице око монитора, видећеш кад се пробудиш...
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ne znam koliko je bila praavi istraživački novinar taj pojam je rastegljiv, ali npr
"Виктория Маринова е включвала темата за исканите реформи от майките на деца с увреждания в своето авторско предаване „Детектив“ по русенската телевизия TVN. В предаването са имали място и разследвания за различни злоупотреби, като например източването на европейски фондове."
znači: "u svojoj autorskoj emisiji "Detektiv""
edit: da ne bude da opskurišem - bila je u najmanju ruku novinar, te autor informativne emisije sa elementima istraživačkog novinarstva
"Виктория Маринова е включвала темата за исканите реформи от майките на деца с увреждания в своето авторско предаване „Детектив“ по русенската телевизия TVN. В предаването са имали място и разследвания за различни злоупотреби, като например източването на европейски фондове."
znači: "u svojoj autorskoj emisiji "Detektiv""
edit: da ne bude da opskurišem - bila je u najmanju ruku novinar, te autor informativne emisije sa elementima istraživačkog novinarstva
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e pa to znaci ipak brankica stankovic a ne olivera kovacevic.
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William Murderface wrote:Ne mogu da dođem sebi. Nisu je oteli, niu je pretukli, nisu joj bacili bombu u dvorište, nego su je silovali i ubili.
EU kojoj težimo.
brt, kad neko ozbiljno krene da istražuje zloupotrebu EU fondova u recimo Italiji, mrtvi će se brojati u stotinama ako ne i hiljadama.
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u italiji je dovoljno i da neko pipne prihvatilista za napustene pse, a kamoli to
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Quincy Endicott wrote:William Murderface wrote:Ne mogu da dođem sebi. Nisu je oteli, niu je pretukli, nisu joj bacili bombu u dvorište, nego su je silovali i ubili.
EU kojoj težimo.
brt, kad neko ozbiljno krene da istražuje zloupotrebu EU fondova u recimo Italiji, mrtvi će se brojati u stotinama ako ne i hiljadama.
Ma Italija je Italija, to je jasno.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-latest-turnout-is-low-for-romanian-vote-on-marriage/2018/10/07/0780f38e-ca28-11e8-ad0a-0e01efba3cc1_story.html?utm_term=.3d29417261da
bojkot uspeo, crkva mrs
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Sukob zbog zastave, albanska policija ubila Grka
Pripadnici albanske policije ubili su Grka nedaleko od granice dve države, javljaju grčki i albanski mediji.
Grk, identifikovan kao Konstantinos Kacifas, stradao je u pucnjavi pošto je iz "kalašnjikova" otvorio vatru na albanske policajce koji su skidali grčku zastavu sa groblja iz Drugog svetskog rata.
Albanski mediji su javili da je Kacifas zapucao na policajce koji su hteli da skinu grčku zastavu postavljenu na vojničko groblje kod sela Bularat, nedaleko od granice Grčke.
Incident se dogodio u trenutku kada su stanovnici tog sela, mahom Grci, obeležavali ulazak Grčke u Drugi svetski rat 1940. godine.
Albanski policajci su pokušali da skinu grčku zastavu, ali je Kacifas otvorio vatru iz "kalašnjikova", zatim pobegao u pravcu sela, a potom ka okolnim šumama.
Tu su ga stigli albanski specijalci, koji su ga ubili posle razmene vatre, navode albanski mediji.
Albanska policija navodi i da je Kacifas nosio uniformu tokom sukoba, kao i da je sa nekoliko hitaca pogodio policijsko vozilo.
Bogami, drugovi, ako ovako nastave smesi im se granica izmedju Srbije i Grcke na Skumbinu kako je dogovoreno 1913.
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Varoufakis: “Soros phoned Tsipras in 2015 and demanded” his sacking
Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis claimed on Monday that it was billionaire George Soros who demanded that he was sacked from the Greek government in 2015.
In an interview with private Skai TV, the former minister and founder of DiEM25 said George Soros phoned Alexis Tsipras in July 2015 and demanded that he be sacked.
“Soros has picked up the phone about me only one time. When he contacted Tsipras in July 2015 and demanded my expulsion,” Varoufakis said.
He added that his “contact” with Soros was limited to this one phone call.
At the same time, he attacked Defense Minister Panos Kammenos who recently claimed Soros had funded the Prespes Agreement – and apparently had attacked also Varoufakis.
“Kammenos said about me that I was a Soros employee,” the ex finance minister said.
Saying that Kammenos is a far-right populist like Orban, Salvini and others, the ex minister stressed “when they want to tarnish someone’s reputation and honor, all these neo-fascists use the name of Soros.”
This trend shows antisemitism and anti-Jewish because “Soros is of Jewish origin,” the ex minister said.
Describing Soros as a “controversial” figure Varoufakis said that the billionaire “did a few good things but also some weird ones.”
After the interview, Varoufakis posted on Twitter that he recounted the incident with Soros in full in his book “Adults in the Room.”
PS As we have not read Varoufakis’ book we wonder whether he also wrote what kind of power Soros had over the Greek SYRIZA-ANEL government to be able to demand his removal form government.
http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2018/10/29/varoufakis-soros-tsipras/
Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis claimed on Monday that it was billionaire George Soros who demanded that he was sacked from the Greek government in 2015.
In an interview with private Skai TV, the former minister and founder of DiEM25 said George Soros phoned Alexis Tsipras in July 2015 and demanded that he be sacked.
“Soros has picked up the phone about me only one time. When he contacted Tsipras in July 2015 and demanded my expulsion,” Varoufakis said.
He added that his “contact” with Soros was limited to this one phone call.
At the same time, he attacked Defense Minister Panos Kammenos who recently claimed Soros had funded the Prespes Agreement – and apparently had attacked also Varoufakis.
“Kammenos said about me that I was a Soros employee,” the ex finance minister said.
Saying that Kammenos is a far-right populist like Orban, Salvini and others, the ex minister stressed “when they want to tarnish someone’s reputation and honor, all these neo-fascists use the name of Soros.”
This trend shows antisemitism and anti-Jewish because “Soros is of Jewish origin,” the ex minister said.
Describing Soros as a “controversial” figure Varoufakis said that the billionaire “did a few good things but also some weird ones.”
After the interview, Varoufakis posted on Twitter that he recounted the incident with Soros in full in his book “Adults in the Room.”
PS As we have not read Varoufakis’ book we wonder whether he also wrote what kind of power Soros had over the Greek SYRIZA-ANEL government to be able to demand his removal form government.
http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2018/10/29/varoufakis-soros-tsipras/
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REVITHOUSSA, Greece – Greece inaugurated on November 22 the upgraded liquefied natural gas terminal (LNG) in Revithoussa, operated by gas grid operator DESFA, in the Greek region of Attica, west of Athens.
Following a packed ceremony in a makeshift tent on the artificial Revithoussa Island in the Gulf of Megara accessible by small boats from the nearby shore, Greece’s Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis told New Europe that the project will boost Greek and European energy security.
“Today’s project is of strategic importance because it is essential the largest entrance gate of LNG in the Balkans and with the Balkan interconnections it’s transformed into a essential entry point with an export capacity of approximately two-thirds of the natural gas that will be supplied to this terminal,” Stathakis said. “Therefore for us it’s the most important project that advances the diversification of natural gas sources,” he added.
The expanded Revithoussa LNG terminal in conjunction with the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) and the Interconnector Greece Bulgaria (IGB) as well as a planned pipeline between Bulgaria and Romania will open new routes for natural gas supply in Europe, diversifying energy supplies in the Balkan region, which heavily relies on Russia for gas supplies.
“Clearly the interconnections between the Balkan countries and the strengthening of projects create a better environment for diversification. Nobody is talking about the complete replacement of today’s gas sources that originate from Russia. But they create a more balanced environment in natural gas that allows for part of the market to come from other sources,” Stathakis said.
This terminal, already in operation, provides Greece with more affordable, secure and sustainable energy. The project was built in two stages: first the construction of a Combined Heat and Power plant and then the extension of the storage capacity of the Revithoussa terminal. The second stage included the construction of a third tank, the upgrade of marine facilities and the installation of additional technology equipment to increase the gasification.
The European Commission welcomed the completion of the third storage tank in Revithoussa, reminding that €40 million from Cohesion Policy funds helped this important energy project get off the ground. “Thanks to this Cohesion Policy project, citizens are saving money in energy bills and Greece confirms its position as an entrance gate for natural gas supply within a secure and interconnected European energy market,” European Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Creţu said in a statement from Brussels.
Meanwhile, Bulgaria’s Deputy Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov told New Europe on the sidelines of the RE-Source 2018 conference in Amsterdam on November 21 that the IGB is a very important project. “The diversification of the gas supplies is one of the most important points in our government strategy,” he said.
“At the moment the project is developing good. We’re expecting in 2020, at the end of the year, to have the interconnector in operation. This will give us the real diversification because that’s the first quantity of gas coming from another route and another source. At the moment, we’re depending 95 percent from one supplier and one route. That’s the (Russian) Gazprom contract coming from north to south delivering gas,” Stankov said, reminding that Bulgaria was one of the “big losers during the natural gas crisis of 2009 and, of course, that’s why we’re working very hard constructing new interconnectors.”
The Bulgarian state-owned gas company and the Azeri state gas supply company have already signed contract for 1 billion cubic meters (bcm) from Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz-2 field starting from 2020, Stankov said, adding: “Of course, it’s very important to mention how much is 1 bcm for Bulgarian natural gas system. It’s about one third of our energy consumption.”
https://www.neweurope.eu/article/greece-launches-expanded-lng-terminal-to-deliver-gas-to-the-balkans/
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ATHENS (Reuters) - A powerful blast smashed windows and wrecked offices at Greece’s SKAI TV in Athens on Monday in what officials called an attack on democracy. No one was injured.
SKAI is one of Greece’s biggest TV stations and part of a media group which includes a radio station and is affiliated with the leading daily newspaper, Kathimerini.
Police said a makeshift explosive device went off near the SKAI building at 2:35 a.m. following warning calls to two media outlets. On its website, the station said windows were smashed from the first to the sixth floors.
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simptom koji ce ja mislim postati trend
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Киријакос Мицотакис: Пут Тиране ка ЕУ зависи од поштовања права грчке мањине у Албанији
уторак, 25. децембар 2018.
Атина -- Пут Тиране ка ЕУ зависи од поштовања права грчке мањине у Албанији, поручио је лидер грчке опозиције Киријакос Мицотакис, преноси телевизија Сител.
"Поруку коју данас шаљемо властима у Албанији, са којом желимо да имамо добре односе, чврста је и јасна. Албански пут ка европским институцијама је повезан са њиховим односом према етничкој грчкој мањини. То је нешто од чега нећемо одступити“, истакао је Мицотакис.
Лидер странке Нова демократија је ово саопштио током божичног пријема у седишту његове странке, где су били и представници грчке мањине из Албаније.
"Тирана заједно са Скопљем би требало у јуну следеће године да отпочне преговоре са ЕУ, али за то ће им бити потребан и грчки глас", казао је Мицотакис.
Према попису из 2011. године, број етничких Грка у Албанији је око 24.000, што је мање од један одсто укупног становништва у Албанији.
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Granica Srbija i Grcke na reci Skumbin 1913...
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Wess Mitchell sends clear message to Turkey over Cyprus
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US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell sent a clear message to Ankara not to obstruct drilling for hydrocarbons that is under way in Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), while hailing Greece as a “fantastic ally” to the United States in the region, in an exclusive interview with Kathimerini’s Sunday edition.
Mitchell said Turkey's view on Cyprus's EEZ is “a minority of one versus the rest of the world,” as international law stipulates that the island nation can use its resources in an equitable way.
Speaking to Kathimerini a day after the inaugural session of the US-Greece Strategic Dialogue in Washington, he said the US regards Greece, Cyprus and Israel as natural allies in the Eastern Mediterranean and described Greece as a “one of the most military capable allies.”
As for the contentious Prespes name deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mitchell said Washington supports the accord, noting that its enforcement could increase Greece’s economically dominant role in the Balkans.
What will the US-Greek Strategic Dialogue bring to US-Greek relations in a concrete way?
I think two big things. First of all it’s a platform, the most senior, deepest and widest platform we’ve ever had in US-Greek relations, to talk about our shared interests and pursue them. It’s a vehicle we will not be using once, but we will keep on using it in the future. And it really shows the level of US strategic commitment to Greece as an ally. And, secondly, there were a range of specific next steps and actions concretely that the group either agreed to or agreed to flesh out in these various pillars. Strategic dialogue is based on six pillars, trade/investment, people-to-people ties, regional cooperation, security and defense, energy and law enforcement/counterterrorism. In each of those buckets we talked about some things that we can do together, a more intense cooperation than the one we had in the past.
Defense is the most enduring pillar of US-Greek strategic relations. How do you see it developing from now on? Also, do you see a new multi-year agreement regarding Souda Bay? A closer cooperation in other fields like technology? And are any thoughts on the US side about including Greece in a bigger Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program?
We already have a very robust, decades-long cooperation with Greece. Greece is a fantastic ally. It supports US missions across the region. I think you know Operation Atlantic Resolve, the drones that operate out of various parts of Greece. Obviously Larissa and Souda Bay figure very prominently for us and also I have to say that our Greek allies have contributed significantly to US and NATO operations in a lot of bad places. We're looking at some pragmatic areas where we could increase US-Greek coordination. I don’t want to get too far ahead of process on some of the technical things you’ve mentioned. I’ll just say that I think there is a political will first and foremost for both Greece and the US to build on our existing cooperation. And, number two, Greek geography is something that allows Greece and the US to have a security and defense cooperation that’s really unique in that region. Souda Bay has a depth to it that makes it a very special kind of port. Greece’s location allows us to support power projection across the Eastern Mediterranean.
In that respect, I'd like to refer to the statement of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right after the US-Greek Strategic Dialogue. He mentioned Greece but also Israel and the Republic of Cyprus. And I was wondering if his comments are indicative of the role the US is proposing to play in that context.
Yes it is. These are three very special countries for the US because they are stable, democratic, Western allies in a region where you don’t find a very large number of stable, democratic partners. And it’s a natural step for the US to deepen cooperation with all three in the existing pattern of cooperation between Greece, Israel and Cyprus. As part of our Eastern Mediterranean strategy we want to strengthen the US role in that region and the most natural way to do this is to increase our formal participation in that format and we are looking for ways to do that next year. There are a lot of things we can explore with those three countries. It’s not exclusive to anyone, it’s not aimed at anyone. Why it’s important is because it’s a natural way to increase our energy security cooperation. As you know the Eastern Mediterranean is resource-rich and we want to see that add to European energy diversification. Secondly, we have a lot in common in security policy with those three countries, we kind of share strategic perspective. And, number three, it’s a way to place a check on, for example, Iranian efforts to develop a window on to the Mediterranean through Syria. You have increased Russian and Chinese activity there. So, it’s not construed as a counterpoise to anyone, but it’s a practical means of increasing cooperation with like-minded states.
Regarding this general idea of “frontier states,” I was wondering if Greece, somehow, is included in this periphery of countries that could become more crucial for US security worldwide.
I think very much that’s the case for Greece. As I’ve just mentioned, you are a stable, democratic ally. The resilience that Greece has shown in bouncing back from the economic crisis with US support. You are one of the most militarily capable allies of the US. If you started in Poland and went south – probably 1,500 miles – between Poland and the next most capable military, let’s say Israel, Greece would be a very natural center of gravity. I think Greece figures a lot more prominently in US strategic thinking because of the range of threats against the West, and those are threats to Greece. Greece feels the heat from threats much earlier than other states because of your geographic placement. And I think your leaders have shown a real sensible, strong but flexible approach to dealing with those threats.
Let me move on to the Thessaloniki International Fair. It has been mentioned many times by US officials. And I’d like to ask what is the investment part of the US-Greek Strategic Dialogue. Do you see American investments in Greece in the near future?
The idea of Thessaloniki was to begin the process of a marriage between something that the US is very good at, which is capital, but also innovation and IT, and combine that with something that Greece is very good at, which is your intellectual and creative power. Your people are a tremendous resource, your startups. So we see a “win-win.” We want to highlight the advantages of Greece to American innovators and investors.
As I understand, your government is transitioning to another economic model, after you bounced back from the crisis, whereby you base your growth less in a sort of debt-ridden consumption, more on the advantage of your geography. I think that for the US to be part of that makes a lot of sense for Greece. What we talked about yesterday, as a next step, we want to make sure it’s not just empty words. So Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt and his team have been working with the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce on a follow-on that would sustain the momentum, so some specific action items. We are very engaged with the Greek government but also with companies and investors to point them towards Greece and all its natural advantages.
When you speak of transitioning from a debt-ridden consumption to a different kind of growth, is it about innovation, technology and energy?
That’s right. Which is more, as I understand it, to leverage your geography. Because you are the crossroads, the same strategic frontier that presents you with strategic security challenges also presents you with natural economic opportunities. Of course that makes you interesting for other players like China.
Greece has long-standing disputes with Turkey. Also, in a period when Washington and Ankara are going through a turbulent phase, could Greece substitute part of the role that Turkey plays in the region as a security provider?
I would answer that in two ways. First, I would acknowledge that the US-Turkish relation is vexing but crucial. The role that Turkey plays in the Middle East in supporting our efforts against DAESH and the placement of Incirlik, our law enforcement cooperation as a NATO ally. It’s really indispensable. But it is a difficult relationship, we’re navigating through some shoals, from pastor Andrew Brunson, who we are very happy to see released, and of course we have been pressing the Turks to not buy S-400 [Russian military systems]. We are working to construct a modus vivendi, a way of interacting with the Turks in Northeast Syria. And then the second thing I would say is that Greece has a strategic role to play and I would not articulate that as something that is meant to be a backstop, a replacement to Turkey. It’s enough, I think, to say that the range of possibilities for US-Greek cooperation is underdeveloped and deserve better elaboration both from the standpoint of your interests and ours.
ExxonMobil is currently drilling in the Cyprus EEZ, in addition to companies from other countries, like Total, ENI and Qatar Petroleum. Turkey claims that these drillings are illegal and it blocked a company from drilling in Block 3 last February. Do these procedures, moves from the Turkish side, create constant frictions that block natural resources exploitation in the East Mediterranean? Do they jeopardize drillings?
Well, it is something that we watch and we're taking very seriously. Our line has been consistent. Cyprus is a sovereign country. And just like any other sovereign country it has resources and it can develop those resources. We hope that the Cyprus government will do that in a way that is equitable, brings everybody on board, but ultimately that is the decision for Cyprus, its leaders and its people. There really is not a debate to be had about that. We know Turkey's view and Turkey's view is a minority of one versus the rest of the world. The rest of the world has a clear straightforward view that the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus is grounded in international law. How the Cypriots choose to go about that... we hope they'll include everyone, but we don’t want to see the development of those resources become an impediment to the political process on the island. But as I said, that’s ultimately a decision for the Cypriots.
The appropriate US role on this is to message very clearly to everyone, including the Turks, most particularly, what I’ve just said, but also that we would not take a friendly view in any kind of harassment in Cyprus waters, especially when US ships are involved – we saw the incident with ENI, so we do watch these things very carefully. I think we have been clear in our messaging to the Turkish government. I have to say we've been pleased to see the latest Turkish moves have not been the kind of aggressive activities that we saw earlier in the year.
And there is another reason why all of this is important and it has nothing to do with the Eastern Mediterranean. There are other places in the world where sovereign countries want to develop their resources. You may be familiar with some of the moves that the People's Republic of China has made vis-a-vis the development of gas reserves off the coast of the Philippines and some other places. So to us it is important intrinsically what’s happening in Cyprus, the resources there. But it's also instrumentally important for creating the right kind of demonstration effect that lets others in the world know that sovereignty matters. International law matters. And it’s not in anyone's interest to see disputes or conflicts over those resources.
Is energy an additional reason to move forward with the Cyprus talks on the political problem? Also, there has been a discussion in Greece over whether NATO could play a role, direct or indirect, in the direction of reuniting the island. I think that discourse mainly concerns whether NATO could provide the guarantees that some sides on the table require.
Let me just gain altitude on both of those questions and say that what we are trying to do in Cyprus is view Cyprus as a Western state in a vulnerable strategic region that needs engagement from the West, needs engagement from the US, from others in the Western world, diplomatically, strategically, commercially. Because if we don’t engage, others will. And those gaps do get filled. I think that relationship with Cyprus very much needs to be cultivated and the US is doing a much better job than the one we did in the recent past of embracing Cyprus along those lines. Of course we stay committed to the effort to create a bizonal-bicommunal federation, but I think the key point here is that those efforts have been going on for decades and we can’t hold up the natural process of engaging with Cyprus as a state and as a partner from now on and kind of hold our breath for other efforts on the island to bear fruit. So you may have seen Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides has been here recently and we agreed on a Statement of Intent, showing that we are deepening our cooperation in security, counterterrorism, political cooperation etc. That’s fundamentally important, it sends a signal to a lot of other players in the region that we take Cyprus seriously and are trying to deepen our engagement there.
Let me sum up with the Prespes agreement. Do you believe that the agreement has played a substantial part, first of all, in making the Strategic Dialogue possible, in strengthening US-Greek relations, and at the same time strengthening stability in the Balkans? I am mainly asking because in Greece there is a political discourse about Prespes agreement.
We view Prespes as an undertaking by two friends of the US, Greece and Macedonia – you will permit me to say that because we are in the US. We view it as an undertaking that two democratically elected governments decided to embark upon. We have been supportive. But our appropriate role is not to write this agreement, is not to seal this agreement. But once the governments have embarked upon it, and they are showing the will, and I think the peoples are showing the will to stabilize the region and see the Balkans moving towards the West, of course we are going to be in a supportive posture as that moves forward.
I think on the Greek side of the equation in this agreement has shown us two things. First, it validated to us really what is the investment thesis of our overall strategy in Greece, that Greece is a leader and it has potential to export stability. So it took leadership to face this criticism at home and elsewhere and broker an agreement to a very, very difficult problem that has defied a solution for a very long time. Secondly it showed us a kind of nuance of creativity on the part of Greek diplomacy, beginning first and foremost with then foreign minister Nikos Kotzias’s effort. I think it has to be acknowledged the role he played in this process.
We will leave it to Greeks and Macedonians to decide the fate of this agreement, debate its various merits on certain issues but we are supportive to what we understand to be the role here and that is to clear out the friction points between these countries so that Macedonia can move towards the West. In doing that, the outcome will be good for Greece because you can only face the challenges on your southern frontier, your maritime frontier in Greece, and really develop resources and attention there and prioritize that if the region to your north is stable. Stable Balkans are good for Greece for so many reasons, but one that’s often not talked about is economic reasons. Historically the places like Macedonia to your north have been a natural extension of the Greek economic hinterland. And that connects with what we were talking about earlier with Thessaloniki. There are a number of countries in the Balkans that follow very unnatural supply lines to deep-water ports in the Adriatic Sea for importing-exporting. And with the resolution of the name issue they will be looking towards Greek ports. And you would see a measurable increase in Greek regional economic leadership and all the activities that come with that. And that’s something we want to encourage as well.
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The “Albanian mafia” are not really a mafia
They are every bit as violent but far less organised
The “Albanian mafia” are not really a mafia
They are every bit as violent but far less organised
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JOHN MACRIS was leaving his house in the seaside Athenian suburb of Voula on October 31st last year when a man ran towards his car firing a handgun. Mr Macris, a Greek-Australian gangster, threw himself out of the car in a desperate attempt to flee his attacker, but the gunman pursued him and shot him dead.
Some weeks earlier in New York, Sylvester Zottola, an alleged member of the Bonanno crime family, was in his car at a McDonalds drive-through when he too was shot and killed. And when Raúl Tamudo, a retired international football player, returned to his home in Barcelona on August 12th, he found someone had broken in and stolen his watch collection, worth more than €100,000 ($115,500).
Police said they suspected the burglar was a member of “the Albanian mafia”. Greek and American counterparts also blamed Albanians for perpetrating and ordering respectively the killings of Mr Macris and Mr Zottola.
The three crimes were among many that point to the growing prominence in the international underworld of ethnic Albanian gangsters. Asked to rank organised-crime groups by the danger they pose in Europe, a senior official at the eu’s law enforcement agency, Europol, put Albanian mobsters ahead even of their Russian counterparts. British police have said their activities are primarily responsible for a recent upsurge in human trafficking. Groups of Albanians and Kosovars in Britain are also claimed to have murdered and tortured their way to control of much of the cocaine trade there.
But, says Jana Arsovska
, who teaches at the City University of New York and has followed the doings of Albanian criminals for more than 15 years, the “Albanian mafia” is a myth. The showy wealth and extreme violence of criminals hailing from Albania and Kosovo does not mean they belong to a structured organisation with common rituals like Sicily’s Cosa Nostra or the yakuza syndicates in Japan. “We see many organisations that work independently of each other,” says Ms Arsovska. “They speak Albanian, but that does not mean they are connected to organisations back in Albania, and they are never exclusively ethnically Albanian.”
Several reasons help to explain why organised crime was able to put down strong roots in Albania after the fall of communism: the disbanding in 1991 of the country’s security service, the Sigurimi, which left around 10,000 agents with skills well-suited to organised crime jobless; the collapse six years after that of various Albanian pyramid schemes that robbed many people of their savings and prompted the looting of more than 550,000 small arms from military armouries, and the emergence in Albania and Kosovo during the Balkan wars of strong links between criminals, politicians and guerrilla fighters (with some players filling all three roles). By the late 1990s northern Albania especially, where clan loyalties had always been important, had become a violent, lawless place, riven by murderous feuds.
Yet, while individual mobsters have emigrated, there is little evidence that gangs formed in the Balkans have expanded internationally like Cosa Nostra or another Italian mafia, the ’Ndrangheta. Many ethnic Albanian offenders in Europe turned to crime after emigrating. Brutal, ruthless and showy, they are nonetheless much less sophisticated than true mafiosi. There are few signs of their forming alliances with local politicians to safeguard their activities or laundering their profits other than into Balkan real estate. And the very recklessness that makes them so frightening also makes them vulnerable to straightforward policing.
Ms Arsovska cites the example from New York of the Rudaj organisation. By the 1990s it was so powerful that some called it the city’s “sixth crime family”. The others, of Italian origin, remain in business. The Rudaj crew are all in jail.
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i would like to talk here about The Last of Us on HBO... and yeah, yeah i know.. the world is burning but lets just all sit and talk about television. again - what else are we doing with ourselves ? we are not creating any militias. but my god we still have the content. appraising content is the american modus vivendi.. that's why we are here for. to absorb the content and then render some sort of a judgment on content. because there is a buried hope that if enough people have the right opinion about the content - the content will get better which will then flow to our structures and make the world a better place
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