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Presa din Rusia nu suflă o vorbă despre vizita lui Geoană la Moscova
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Cine este Boris Golovin, presupusul intermediar al vizitei la Moscova
Potrivit unei anchete realizate în 2006 de Centrul Român pentru Jurnalism de Investigaţie, Boris Golovin se prezintă drept un fost membru al forţelor speciale ale armatei din fosta Uniune Sovietică (ex- ofiţter GRU). În România însă, Boris Golovin este reprezentantul firmei ruseşti Zoomar Engineering Company, firmă care face parte dintr-un consorţiu numit EM Alliance-Atom. În acest consorţiu, statul rus, prin firma TVEL Atomoenergomash, deţine 51% din acţiuni. EM Alliance-Atom este un gigant rusesc activ în domeniul energiei nucleare. În România, Golvin reprezintă interesele lui Oleg Deripaska şi Igor Ziuzin, doi oligarhi ruşi. Golovin este asociat şi unul dintre administratorii firmei Global International 2000.Compania este unul dintre principalii furnizori de cărbune rusesc, printre clienţii săi numărându-se termocentralele de la Deva, Iaşi sau Suceava. Amintim că singura vizită oficială pe care Mircea Geoană a efectuat-o la Moscova a avut loc în septembrie 2008, în calitate de preşedinte al Comisiei de politică externă a Senatului.
Băsescu: Sassu, un „nou mogul”
Joi, 19 Noiembrie 2009
Chestiunea aromână şi „talibanii românofobi“
„Chestiunea aromână” a fost pusă în discuţie cu maximă seriozitate la Congresul Aromâ-nilor, desfăşurat timp de două zile în capitala Albaniei, Tirana, pornind de la realitatea că ea a străbătut veacurile şi continuă să emane dispute care s-ar putea repercuta la nivel diplomatic.
Istoricii şi lingviştii au nenumărate argumente, acceptate de majoritate, pentru a susţine că aromânii sunt o parte a poporului român. Diversele societăţi şi fundaţii ale aromânilor aderă la această idee demonstrată ştiin-ţific, iar alocuţiunea preşedintelui Societăţii de Cultură Macedo-Română, Ion Caramitru, a arătat că înalte personalităţi ale societăţii româneşti s-au implicat, de-a lungul timpului, în susţinerea cauzei acestui „avanpost al românismului în Balcani”, cum îl numea Nicolae Bălcescu la 1848. Iar cauza era aceea a păstrării identităţii naţionale prin şcoli şi biserici aromâne.
Şi în prezent, statul român susţine cu fonduri minorităţile de aromâni din ţările balcanice, ca pe o componentă semnificativă a românilor de pretutindeni, fapt subliniat în repetate rânduri de reprezentanţii la congres ai Asociaţiei Culturale „Aromânii din Albania”. De fapt, este singurul sprijin pe care îl primesc, ei nefiind recunoscuţi decât ca „minoritate lingvistică” de statul albanez, deşi o reciprocitate ar fi de dorit, de vreme ce albanezii sunt recu-noscuţi ca minoritate naţională în România, au reprezentare în parlament şi primesc finanţare de la statul român.
„Talibani românofobi“
Problema care a apărut în ultimii ani şi contrazice toate faptele istorice şi ştiinţifice este pretenţia unei organizaţii a aromânilor de a se organiza ca minoritate în cadrul statului român, la fel ca maghiarii, armenii, grecii sau turco-tătarii, ceea ce ar conduce la obţinerea de fonduri din partea statului. Doar aceasta ar putea fi motivaţia pentru propagarea unei idei nesusţinută de vreun argument ştiinţific, idee care ar demola, de fapt, tot ceea ce aromânii ştiu despre istoria şi limba lor şi nu ar pune nimic în loc.
S-au rostit vorbe dure la congresul aromânilor, mesajul preşedintelui fundaţiei macedo-române din America de Nord conţinând chiar cuvinte ca „talibani românofobi, dizidenţi minoritari”, cu referire la cei care au pretenţia să reinventeze istoria.
Obiect de tranzacţie la nivel european
Un mesaj tot atât de grav, dar transmis în termeni diplomatici, a dat ambasadorul României la Tirana, E.S. Viorel Stănilă, care a îndemnat asociaţiile aromânilor să îşi urmărească perseverent şi solidar scopurile comune spre a contracara astfel acţiunea celor care lucrează pentru a li se substitui în reprezentarea aromânilor de pretutindeni. „Avertismentele sunt foarte serioase şi timp nu a mai rămas” a spus ambasadorul, lăsând să se întrevadă că interese mai mari ar fi în spatele acestor „rătăciri”. „Cauza aromânească ar putea ajunge obiect de tranzacţie la nivel european”, a mai precizat ambasadorul.
Albania during Communism
Nov. 1st, 2009
Nov. 4th, 2008
12:17 am - Tirana city center from the air
Not the clearest photo, but the original was very small. It's an aerial view of Tirana's center, primarily the east side, looking west toward Skenderbeg Square. This was the primary shopping area of communist Tirana, with MAPO state stores in the three apartment buildings in the right/center of the photo, and other state-owned shops (there were no other kind) along the street running up and down in the center of the photo. The cirle at the bottom is now a market area, but collective farm markets were not allowed in Albania until the last few years of communist rule. In those years, the area had artisan workshops. The photo is from Ylli (The Star), December 1988.
Jul. 22nd, 2008
10:24 pm - Home Sweet Home
Inside an apartment from the communist years, from the book "Poem for the Albanian Woman" (with a heavy dose of propaganda in the introduction by Ismael Kadare's wife, Elena Kadare). It was published in 1972. Most of the photos were by Petrit Kumi.
Jul. 14th, 2008
05:20 pm - MAPO stores in Tirana
The main MAPO stores were in the ground levels of these Enver-era skyscrapers. MAPO was the state-owned chain of shops during the Communist years. It was an acronym for Magazin Popullore (People's Store). If anyone has close-up photos or interior views of these MAPO stores, please email me at alphistia@yahoo.com. Falemniderit.
Jul. 13th, 2008
12:44 am - Tirana from the Air
Two aerial views of Tirana from the communist era - the western residential area in color from 1961 (from Ylli August 1961) and again but in black and white in 1970 (from New Albania magazine in 1970)
An aerial view from New Albania magazine in 1970 of central Tirana - this was before the construction of the History Museum.
May. 7th, 2007
07:24 pm - Activist
Socialist Realism painting "Aksionisti" by Sali Shijaku.
Mar. 27th, 2007
03:44 pm - Tirana Mosque
Skenderbeg Square has the Ethem Bey mosque at its southern end. Even during the terrible years after 1967 when Hoxha banned religion completely, this mosque wasn't desecrated. It was open as a museum. Now it is both a monument and used again for prayer.
Mar. 9th, 2007
Mar. 6th, 2007
09:52 pm - Ammonia and nitrate production plant
I'm not sure where this factory was located. The photo comes from the book "Te Njohim Industrine Tone Kimike", by E. Shehu and R. Dhimitri, published in Albania in 1979. Like nearly all books published in Albania before 1991, the required quotation from Enver Hoxha appears on the first page of text. The rest of the book is a technical manual of some kind, with a few color photos such as the one above.
Mar. 5th, 2007
Mar. 4th, 2007
10:02 pm - Albanian Industry
Like all communist regimes, the Albanians up until 1991 prominently featured photos of industrial sites in their magazines, newspapers, and even postcards. This postcard is of an industrial area in the city of Korce. It was used by an ordinary citizen as a New Year's greeting card in 1979, with the handwritten text: "Gezuore Vitim e Ri 1980." (Happy New Year 1980).
I'll be adding several other similar images. Albanian born Arian sent me an email asking if I had any such pictures. He has a blog about Albanian design at http://tirana-idc.blogspot.com
Feb. 23rd, 2007
08:09 pm - Berat
a postcard I found in Albania. I don't know who painted it, but I think it is pre-1991.
Feb. 21st, 2007
07:57 pm - Road to Kruja
The road to Kruja is a long curving route through beautiful woods. In the distance, the town and the fortress.
Feb. 11th, 2007
02:18 am - Another view of Kruja
This is from the cafe of the Kruja Turizm hotel.
Feb. 7th, 2007
10:29 pm - Kruja
About an hour north of Tirana is the old town of Kruja. It is beautifully situated high up on the side of a mountain, and on clear days, the Adriatic can be seen. The national hero of Albania - Skenderbeg, had a fortress here and defended the country against the invading Turks. The ruins can be seen in the distance, and next to it is the impressive Skenderbeg Museum. The museum was designed by Enver Hoxha's daughter, Pranvera.
Jan. 24th, 2007
10:22 pm - Tirana University area and Blloku
(source: Tirana, 1990 photoalbum)
This view is the southern part of central Tirana, looking north toward Skenderbeg Square. The tower in the distance is the Tirana International Hotel. In the forground, the distinctive main university building is seen from the back. To its right are the Archaeology Museum and the Palace of Congresses. A bit further north, the pyramid shaped building is the former Enver Hoxha museum. On the left side of the photo is the Blloku area, which had the villas and apartment houses of high Party officials. Actually the villas of both Hoxha and Mehmet Shehu can be seen. The Central Committee building is the block amidst on the trees inthe center of the photo, just down that street (closed to all but VIPs) was the ostentatious villa of Mehmet Shehu (second in command who committed suicide, or some say -- was murdered in 1981). A bit further on, the squarish wing of Enver's compound can be seen. Now these buildings are surrounded by skyscrapers.
Jan. 23rd, 2007
10:59 pm - Pogradec
Aerial view of the town of Pogradec on Lake Ohrid. Postcard dates from the 1960s, probably.
Jan. 22nd, 2007
09:45 am - Tirana Government Buildings
This is the southern part of the main boulevard of Tirana. In the distance is the University building. In the foreground are various government buildings, constructed in the 1930s. Even today with the heavy traffic, the trees along this street are beautiful and a walk here is a nice antidote to some of the more overwhelming parts of urban Tirana. This is a postcard from the late 1950s.
Jan. 20th, 2007
01:02 pm - Kinkaleri
(source: "Human Rights in the People's Socialist Republic of Albania" vy Minnesota Lawyers International Human Rights Committee, 1990)
More or less the same view as the painting in the last entry, but taken during the late 1980s. The photographer is unknown, but this kind of photo from Albania was very rare. A large crowd of people are waiting in line to get into a fruit and vegetable store. Next to it, is a store marked "Kinkaleri", a kind of mini-variety shop.
01:30 am - Tirana painting
Postcard of painting by Albanian artist M. Arapi. The view is from the market toward Skenderbeg Square. Older buildings are in the foreground, surrounded by modern blocks that had some of Tirana's larger stores in their ground floors.
