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Craziness complete: Xhaferi enters Presidential Office in Parliament

http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/32007/1/

The newly-elected Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, today in the Speaker's office has kicked off his work duties, the office of the Head of Macedonia's Parliament said Wednesday.

"Alongside members of his office and Parliament's services, he is conducting all formal and administrative affairs that need to be completed so as to allow normal functioning and performance of his duties as Head of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia. Moreover, the handover act itself was done in a normal fashion in line with the principles of parliamentary system," read the office's press release.

Also, the Parliament's press service said that "the Head of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, Talat Xhaferi, held a meeting, in his cabinet, with EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar."

"In the meeting, Ambassador Zbogar had once again congratulated Talat Xhaferi on his election, noting that with this, the Parliament and the Republic of Macedonia are resuming the process of full integration into Euro-Atlantic structures," read a separate press release.

By taking up the post, Xhaferi said, first and foremost I will focus my activities on bolstering democratic processes and complete fulfillment of the principles of parliamentary democracy in the functioning of the country's Parliament, its legislative assembly.

"I expect swift formation of a new government, followed by joining all of our forces to respect, first and foremost, the independence of all branches of government so as to work for the well-being of all the citizens in the Republic of Macedonia and to meet our strategic ambitions - NATO and EU membership," stated Xhaferi.

Zaev Interview Causes Stir in Macedonia, Serbia

http://www.independent.mk/articles/43364/Zaev+Interview+Causes+Stir+in+Macedonia%2C+Serbia

In an interview with the Serbian Kurir said that the parallel session of Parliament on Thursday was legitimate as is the election of Talat Xhaferi as Speaker, and that SDSM has the majority in Parliament to now continue forming a Government.

A number of comments Zaev made in the interview were seen as controversial. Macedonian commentators picked up his statement that Talat Xhaferi, whom SDSM recognizes as a new Speaker, was an exemplary officer in the Macedonian army before the 2001 conflict, and later became a member of Parliament. In fact, Xhaferi deserted from the Macedonian army and joined the Albanian National Liberation Army whose insurgency in first half of 2001 caused hundreds of killed and brought the country to the brink of a civil war. A lot of comments were stirred by his claims that the 2012 Islamist killing of five Macedonians on the even of Good Friday was somehow staged by the VMRO-DPMNE led Government, as was the 2015 attack by a group of Albanian terrorists led by commanders from Kosovo on the city of Kumanovo. Zaev provided no evidence for these claims, but said that he has heard wiretapped conversations that indicate something in that direction. He said that the group of ethnic Albanian Islamists who are sentenced to life in prison for the 2012 killing are likely innocent.

Serbian officials strongly condemned his statement that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is a nationalist. Zaev singled Vucic out for his good cooperation with VMRO-DPMNE President Nikola Gruevski.

"I don't know what Aleksandar Vucic and the Government of Serbia did to deserve this brutal and scandalous attack on the part of this pretendent to be a Macedonian Prime Minister. Doesn't he have enough problems in Skopje, so he now goes looking for problems in Belgrade? Why won't Zoran Zaev attack Edi Rama and Hashim Thaci, but attacks Vucic? He is not that naive not to think that the concept of Greater Albania is incomplete without Skopje", Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said. Aleksandar Vulin, Serbian Labour Minister also asked Zaev whether he was told by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama or Kosovo President Hashim Thaci to make this attack on Vucic.

Zaev also tried to endear himself to Serbs, saying that he considers Kosovo to be the heart of Serbia. Macedonia recognized Kosovo as independent in 2008, and in his interview, Zaev condemned the recent Macedonian support for Kosovo to join UNESCO, saying that it would put historically Serbian churches and monasteries under the control of Muslim Kosovar Albanians who have nothing to do with them. Kosovars insist that the churches are part of the shared legacy of the region and see such statements as Serbian laying claim to Kosovo. The statement is made as Zaev needs the support of parties of ethnic Albanians in Macedonia to form a Government.

Explaining further the controversial Tirana platform which includes a clause of apology to Albanians for genocide during the Balkan Wars, the world wars and the early period of Communism, Zaev said that it would condemn the armies who occupied Macedonia at the time. He pointed out the Italian and German armies, but not the army of Kingdom of Serbia and Yugoslavia.

 

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Last week, the Serbian Military Security Agency sized large quantities of weapons ( several thousand rifles, machine guns,mortars and hand grenades) in southern Serbia, which illegally should have be transported in Macedonia.Weapons were intended for Albanian parties whose officials participated in the arm conflict in Macedonia and Kosovo as 'Blic' reported.

http://www.blic.rs/vesti/hronika/tajna-akcija-vba-zaplenjene-hiljade-pusaka-mitraljeza-i-bombi-za-albance-oruzje/vnqmg89



To legitimize Coup, EU’s Hahn calls Xhaferi to Brussels

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/04/to-legitimize-coup-eus-hahn-calls-xhaferi-to-brussels/

Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, in a meeting Thursday in Brussels with Talat Xhaferi – the new President of Macedonia’s Parliament who was elected last week by a parliamentary majority – said the country’s legislative assembly must be allowed to work unhindered and urged all actors to refrain from provocative statements and actions.

“The Parliament must now be allowed to work unhindered. All MPs, including the opposition, are expected to play a constructive rather than obstructive role, and all actors must refrain from provocative statements and actions. Parliament must be the forum to debate the serious challenges facing the country and to provide the necessary assurances about the way forward, in the interest of all citizens and communities,” Hahn’s office said in a press release.

Commissioner Hahn, it stated, called for the focus to now be on the next steps of the process of government formation, respecting the parliamentary majority and acting in line with the Constitution and democratic principles.

Hahn welcomed the election of Xhaferi by the majority of MPs and expressed EU readiness to work with him to advance the EU reform agenda, including implementation of the Przino Agreement and the Urgent Reform Priorities.

In the meeting, Commissioner Hahn reiterated the EU’s strong condemnation of the deliberate attacks on MPs and journalists in the Parliament last week. “He warned that any repeat of such acts would seriously endanger the country’s European perspective,” said the press release.

Talat Xhaferi is paying his first official visit to Brussels by an invitation of liberal EU and EP officials, not surprisingly, it’s the same people who supported the coup.

Dashtevski: Why is VMRO-DPMNE not taking Xhaferi to Constitutional Court?

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/04/dashtevski-why-is-vmro-dpmne-not-taking-xhaferi-to-constitutional-court/

Political analyst Aleksandar Dashtevski was a guest at the nightly edition of TV Nova news. During the discussion, Dashtevski stated that three constitutional laws were broken during Xhaferi’s illegal election, which is unheard of.

“I very much advise and recommend to the VMRO-DPMNE leadership to quickly submit a case to the Constitutional Court. Clearly, Constitutional law 14 and three of its articles were broken. The legal and procedural rights were broken in Parliament” says Dashtevski.

“We don’t have raising of hands in order to vote in Macedonian parliament since the electronic system was introduced. Every procedure was broken. We saw few people raising hands, and clearly they didn’t have 61, even pro SDS TV networks admitted they were short at least two votes, not to mention the illegality of the entire procedure” added Dashtevski.

Zaev Says Government Will Be Formed By End of Month

http://www.independent.mk/articles/43405/Zaev+Says+Government+Will+Be+Formed+By+End+of+Month

SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said Thursday he expects the formation of a new government by the end of May if the President gives him the mandate, and voiced readiness for meeting with Ivanov and the coalition partners to provide guarantees over Macedonia's unitary character

The letter informing Ivanov that a parliamentary majority has been formed and the election of a Parliament Speaker was sent on Wednesday, with the ten days for the government mandate assignment starting to expire once the letter is filed in the President's Office.

"Besides this legal aspect, I am also prepared to visit President Ivanov and hold discussions along with the coalition partners, to once again guarantee the country's unitary character, its constitutionality, multiethnicity, NATO and EU perspectives. These activities aim at accelerating the mandate assignment procedure. We would also shorten the 20­day deadline for the government proposal before the Parliament", Zaev told reporters after a meeting with OSCE officials.

According to him, the new government could be elected by the end of May, but this depended on Ivanov's decision to give the mandate, as well as the Parliament's operations.

Asked about the Albanian flag placed alongside the ones of Macedonia and the EU on the desk of new Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, Zaev said laws in Macedonia are clear need to be respected, whereas the person who made the mistake must fix it.

"I would like for Macedonian laws and the Constitution to be respected, regardless of the fact whether the violation comes from our coalition partner or not. Everyone needs to have political and legal responsibility. Laws in Macedonia are clear and need to be respected. I hope the one who made the mistake will fit it. We must send a message that the Constitution and the laws cannot be trampled upon while demonstrating this as an act of patriotism, be it Macedonians, Albanians, Turks, Serbs. We all need to demonstrate attentiveness", said Zaev.

SDSM MPs have still not received any call from the prosecutor's office over last week's Parliament incidents.

"It is very important that institutions identify the true perpetrators. I would refrain from influencing the investigation and the process to follow", added Zaev and expressed hope that institutions would act accordingly.

Regarding the responsibility of Public Security Bureau director Mitko Cavkov over the Parliament incidents, the SDSM leader said he should resign immediately.

I do not know why would someone wait for a motion over his dismissal. There is direct responsibility. He should resign and leave at once", added Zaev.

The meeting with OSCE officials focused on issues of preventing any type of crises and risks.

"We provided our views over the events expected in the coming period and the lessons learned. We requested OSCE to provide support in the future processes of the country's stabilization" underlined Zaev.

OSCE gets involved to save Zaev from Court Appearance

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/04/osce-gets-involved-to-save-zaev-from-court-appearance/

Zaev’s Court Appearance for accepting 163,000 euros in bribes by a Strumica businessman has been postponed for the ninth time.
This time, quite shockingly, it was OSCE who stepped in to save Zaev from appearing in Court.

It is as if this a Crime Syndicate network. Previously, multiple foreign Embassies have stepped in to prevent Courts from starting the bribery case against Zaev. It was the Italian, Swedish, US, French and German embassies who all made up meetings for Zaev to attend on the day the Court date was scheduled well ahead of time. Clearly, he is being assisted and this is very obvious even to those who don’t wish to see.

Today, OSCE officials from their office in Skopje sent a note requesting to meet with Zaev at 7am to discuss the Parliament incident, while his Court appearance was at 8am.
Using this ‘invite’, Zaev skipped yet another Court appearance.

 

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According to Serbian security services about 800 Albanian terrorists have entered from Kosovo to Macedonia.The terrorists arrived into groups,and secretly transporting weapons,learns Serbian 'Novosti',-'Zurnal' reported:

http://zurnal.net/?p=39230

Austrian Paper: US and EU Behind Macedonian coup

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/05/austrian-paper-us-and-eu-behind-macedonian-coup/

We just witnessed another regime change by the leftist forces within the US and EU administrations – says Vienna based and oldest printed European newspaper Wiener Zeitung.

In an absurdly illegal fashion, with no votes, outside of Parliament session, the (former) communists in the country elected Talat Xhaferi as Parliament speaker of Macedonian parliament, a man who had previously deserted the Macedonian army to fight against the state.

The left wing forces in the US and EU nearly broke their necks in voicing support for Xhaferi, despite the fact his election was illegal. The faked Parliament seals provided by an ethnic Albanian staffer was the icing on the cake – says Wiener Zeitung.

“So much for democratic values and norms that the US and EU allegedly fight for. The truth is, both Washington and Brussels have worked very hard for years in trying to undermine and unseat the conservative led Government by VMRO-DPMNE because the Government refused to follow US and EU directions visavi the Russian south stream project. Skopje also refused to enact sanctions against Russia which irked Washington further” – reports Wiener Zeitung.

German chancellor Angela Merkel lied that no one can prevent the migrants from coming into the EU. But a tiny Macedonia showed you can do so with ease.

Washington and Brussels, assisted by their intel agencies spent untold millions trying to bring SDSM to power. Incredibly, they failed, as their minions came in second. After the elections, once again directed by a “progressive” fraction within the CIA, a document nicknamed the Tirana Platform was introduced which essentially turns Macedonia into another Albania – says Wiener Zeitung.

Macedonia’s president and the majority of the population have resisted this state suicide with daily protests, which often fetch 200,000 people. In the name of preserving peace, VMRO-DPMNE has given up.

Cui bono? Now the path for the communists and the “ex” terrorists to get back in power in Macedonia is paved, thanks to fraudulent spectacles by Washington and Brussels.

The EU and the US have won, yet another regime change accomplished, likely with devastating consequences for the country itself – concludes Weiner Zeitung.

Russian Official: We offer Macedonia alternative path to EU and NATO

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/05/russian-official-we-offer-macedonia-alternative-path-to-eu-and-nato/

Russian Ambassador to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said that Russia offers an alternative to the Euro-Atlantic integrations to Macedonia, as well as to other countries in the Balkans. In a press briefing, Chizhov was asked about the Russian position on the Macedonian political crisis and the recent incident that erupted over the attempt to appoint Talat Xhaferi as Parliament Speaker.

“What could Russia offer? Of course, there is always an alternative to Euro-Atlantic integration, as some countries are contemplating, others chose not to. But of course, I will not say that the Euro-Atlantic path is the only one available for any country of the Balkans, or any other. Unlike the US and the EU we are not interfering in this political crisis. We believe that the ultimate goal is to preserve Macedonia as a single country, to preserve its Constitution and allow the political forces to agree on how to proceed. My personal understanding is that there should probably be a new round of elections in Macedonia”, Ambassador Chizhov said.

During the political crisis in Macedonia, Russia has often accused the United States and the European Union of supporting the left wing SDSM party, culminating with the incident last week, after which Russia pointed to the quick decision by the US and the EU to recognize Xhaferi. Recently, Chizhov said that Russia is looking at the content of the Tirana platform in Macedonia, and if it is implemented, Russia may ask for similar minority rights arrangements for some of the Baltic countries which have large Russian populations. According to Chizhov, the Tirana platform goes much beyond what was agreed in the 2001 Ohrid framework agreement and said it is against the current constitutional order of Macedonia and is damaging to the country.

Chizhov added that the election of Xhaferi is clearly in violation of the Macedonian Parliament rules and reminded the journalists that Xhaferi has a long history as a combatant in armed conflicts. “When the next morning the European Union puts out a statement in support of those developments, that, I am afraid, was not conducive to alleviating the tensions and promoting a peaceful outcome of the crisis”, Ambassador Chizhov said.

Serbia delivers non-paper to EU regarding "Greater Albania"

http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2017&mm=05&dd=05&nav_id=101199

Serbia has handed a non-paper with four demands to EU ambassadors, regarding the tensions in the region and "the legitimization of the Greater Albania project."

The daily Vecernje Novosti reported this a day after the meeting in Belgrade between the ambassadors of member-states and Serbian Minister without Portfolio for EU Integration Jadranka Joksimovic, and Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric.

Asked to comment on the report on Friday, Joksimovic said that the document "does not contain any demands, but instead Serbia's positions and expectations."

In its article, Vecernje Novosti said that the non-paper, presented during the meeting on Thursday, asks relevant international actors to condemn aggressive rhetoric that pushes the Western Balkans into new conflicts and divisions.

Serbia also wants the continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, a balanced, political and peaceful solution to the crisis in Macedonia, and respect for international standards in terms of respecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of internationally recognized states.

The document, among other things, cites the most extreme statements made by Albanian political leaders since the beginning of the year.

Djuric will next week deliver the same paper to UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin with a request to forward it to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the paper said it learned.

The meeting was attended by ambassadors of almost all EU member states, including the five that have not recognized Kosovo.

The newspaper is reporting that French ambassador Christine Moro, German Ambassador Axel Dittmann and EU Representative Oskar Benedikt spent the most time explaining EU's positions.

To the the arguments of Joksimovic and Djuric about the aggressive behavior of Albanians and the need for greater involvement of Brussels, EU diplomats responded by saying that all sides should work to calm the situation, while the aim was peace and stability in the region.

All Eyes on Ivanov: Will Zaev Head for Another Adventure, If Mandate is Not Granted

http://www.independent.mk/articles/43421/All+Eyes+on+Ivanov+Will+Zaev+Head+for+Another+Adventure%2C+If+Mandate+is+Not+Granted

After the newly elected President of the Assembly Talat Xhaferi sent a letter to the head of state that a new parliamentary majority is formed, now all eyes are on Ivanov.

It depends on him whether Zoran Zaev will get a mandate to form a government or the president will once again reiterate his last statement that he will not do this until all legal and political obstacles are eliminated. The head of state believes that the Tirana platform is an obstacle to give the mandate to Zaev, while the new parliamentary majority gives an unconvincing assurance that such thing does not exist.

"I will talk with the coalition partners and leaders to go together once again to guarantee the unity, constitutionality, multi-ethnicity, NATO and the EU perspectives of the country. Once again to ensure and confirm, all so Ivanov can grant the mandate, in order not to use the twenty days and come out before parliament with a proposal for the new government", the leader of SDSM said.

While Zaev is waiting for Ivanov Xhaferi announced that he will soon convene a parliamentary session for forming a government. The question is whether Zaev and his coalition partners are prepared to start another adventure and violation of the Constitution, as they did when they elected a speaker, and elect a government without the mandate of the Head of State.

Experts are unanimous that without the publication of the decision of the regular (normal) election in the "Official Gazette", Talat Xhaferi must not take on anything in the official correspondence or to represent as President of the Assembly, because each of these steps would mean a misrepresentation, a punishable offense under the Criminal Code.

"He can not officially inform the President Ivanov and ex officio, to ask the President of the Republic to grant the mandate for forming the government. The letter that Talat Xhaferi will eventually send to Ivanov has no meaning because it is directed by an unauthorized person, and as such it does not provide any legal meaning", Professor Tanja Karakamisheva is decisive.

 

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Serbia's Military-Security Agency (VBA) has reportedly seized large quantities of weapons in the southern parts of the country.

Serbia: Authorities Intercept Illegal Weapon Shipments to Macedonia
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/05/serbia-authorities-intercept-illegal.html

According to newspaper Blic, seized weapons were allegedly en route to Macedonia.

It is believed the weapons were intended to become the party infrastructure of the major Albanian parties whose officials participated in the armed conflicts in Kosovo, Metohia and Macedonia, Blic claims while citing VBA sources.

Several thousand rifles, machine-guns, mortars and hand grenades were reportedly confiscated last week close to the towns of Presevo and Bujanovac One foreign and two Serbian nationals were arrested in the process. The relatively large shipment of arms was supposedly meant to be used in case of the breakout of an armed conflict in Macedonia.

Following orders from Serbia's state leadership, the VBA rose their level of activities and state of alert to the maximum.

The VBA sources also claim that Macedonian authorities have since been informed about the discoveries of the VBA, adding that lots of Albanian community members from Presevo and Bujanovac were spotted heading towards the Macedonian border in the past few days.

Tensions in Macedonia are currently high and some are even expecting the outbreak of a Kosovo-style conflict.

EU officials announced that 3 more countries, apart from Ukraine, joined the EU’s extension of sanctions, aimed at certain individuals from Russia and Ukraine and which will last for a period of 6 months.

Albania, Montenegro and Norway Join the EU Crusade Against Russia
http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/05/albania-montenegro-and-norway-join-eu.html

The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini said Albania and Montenegro, two candidate states to join the EU, accepted the EU’s decision to further extend sanctions against specific persons from Russia and Ukraine. In addition, the EU’s decision was also adopted by Norway and Ukraine, a move warmly received by the EU officials.

The EU Council’s extended batch of sanctions, previously imposed on approx.150 citizens of Russia and Ukraine, will last until September 15th. The “blacklisted” persons are accused of being behind “destabilization” of Ukraine and making “violations”, related to Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence.

 

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Milenko Nedelkovski interview with Austrian Diplomat

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/06/milenko-nedelkovski-interview-with-austrian-diplomat/

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Popular Macedonian journalist Milenko Nedelkovski visited former Austrian Ambassador to Macedonia Harald Kotschy.
What does Kotschy think of Maceonian politicians and the overall situation, here are excerpts from the interview:

– Present day VMRO is not the same as old VMRO (no kidding).

– VMRO is not good at public relations or with the media. SDS sent their only English speaking MP (Shekerinska) to all Embassy conferences where she bad mouthed Macedonia and the Government. VMRO either didn’t send anyone, or sent a very low ranking official.

– SDS will complete a hat trick: changed the flag, the UN acronym and will now change the name.

– All western Embassies are staffed by SDS and Soros activists.

– You don’t fight western fascism with peaceful protests. You always lose.

– If Albanians ask for Tetovo, Kicevo, Presevo, Gostivar… they will get it because they are hosting US bases.

– Macedonia is run as a colony by few foreign ambassadors. Your politicians let them.

It’s a great interview with a foreign diplomat who gives you an outsider’s perspective, certainly worth watching. He has spent four years in Macedonia and frequently visits the country to this day. Harald Kotschy is one of the few pro Macedonian western ambassadors who worked in the country and often pens articles in the Vienna press regarding Macedonia.

 

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The US-our 'strategic partner' destroying us 25 years in a row- strategically!


Hardened VMRO Supporters admit: They Sold us out

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/08/most-loyal-vmro-supporters-admit-sold-us-out/

Macedonia’s two most popular journalists, Mirka Velinovska and Milenko Nedelkovski in their latest columns both came to the same conclusion: The fake patriots in VMRO-DPMNE sold out the country and their people.

“According to all parameters of international and local laws, Macedonia saw a putsch in which illegitimate speaker of Parliament was installed, outside of all rules and regulations. We have to admit, this was accomplished with major assistance from the VMRO-DPMNE” says Nedelkovski in his column.

“You don’t have to have an impressive IQ to understand this was done for two reasons: quickly change the country’s name so NATO can usurp Macedonia too.”

Mirka Velinovska agreed, stating all Macedonian institutions have been revoked and suspended.

“Now, Jess Baily and Mitko Burcevski, the two US Deep State representatives are in charge of Macedonia. Zaev’s next moves will be very dependent on what Baily and Burcevski say”, adds Nedelkovski.

Both journalists foresee mass arrests of people that the SDS and the US Embassy deem to be their ‘enemies’, as for local or any other elections, you can say goodbye to those. SDS cannot win elections, therefore there won’t be elections at least for five years, and Washington and Brussels will fully support this.

Macedonia as a country, just like in the past, can’t rely on anyone. Forget Russia who have their own issues, China (who is only interested in business) or the US which defacto is Macedonia’s enemy – says Nedelkovski.

Only the people can defend Macedonia from the foreign aggressors. They are outside. We don’t know how they will take a change of the country’s name which once again will be determined by the US Embassy.Nedelkovski adds, any sort of detainment of Gruevski and his team will make the US Embassy a major target, because people are not idiots, they know who is issuing orders to Zaev, Ahmeti and the SPO.

Macedonia in NATO will turn the country into a territory. Similarly to Germany, which is under US occupation since 1945 (with dozens of bases and 90,000 soldiers who commit all sorts of crimes and cannot be prosecuted.).

Nedelkovski adds, Macedonia cannot rely on Turkey for help, as Turkish assistance comes with a trojan horse, they will offer help, but only to further the islamization of the country.

In the end, the two journalists conclude, Washington has already dug Macedonia’s grave, have brought in the tombstone, they are just not sure what date to put on it.

Srbov to all those who think that Gruevski has relented: He became synonym for resistance to external forces

http://english.republika.mk/srbov-to-all-those-who-think-that-gruevski-has-relented-he-became-synonym-for-resistance-to-external-forces/

Gruevski has relented? Tell me who other leader of a political party in Europe has offered more resistance, defending the national interests of their country, while at the same time exposing themselves personally at a huge risk, analyst Nikola Srbov has reacted over the comments that VMRO and Gruevski have quietly stepped away before the SDS and Xhaferi and he reminds that Macedonia, a country of two million inhabitants, under the leadership of Gruevski has become a synonym for the resistance against external pressures.

“Gruevski put up resistance and for a decade defended the country from the operation of the international community to change the government in order to change the state system, with the ultimate goal to change the name and deprive Macedonia of its individuality”, Srbov wrote on Facebook, reminding all those who think that Gruevski has relented.

“Everyone is talking about the people all the time. How many people were gathered outside the parliament building on 27 April? 3 to 4 thousand patriots. And how many of them stormed the Parliament … Is that all the people? Where were the others? At home, watching television, on the Internet. It’s time to get realistic, to look the truth in the eye and be self-critical. To all who are spreading the word that Gruevski has relented: Not only Gruevski has not relented, he stands tall, and I assure you that he is willing to keep defending the interests of Macedonia and its citizens,” writes Srbov.

VMRO continues empty rhetoric after Zaev’s call to fire all Judges

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/07/vmro-continues-empty-rhetoric-after-zaevs-call-to-fire-all-judges/

VMRO-DPMNE strongly condemned a statement by SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev at a recent interview that his party will perform a general recall and re-appointment of judges in Macedonia.

“We all remember how our judiciary hit rock bottom in the 1990ies, when SDSM performed a general re-appointment of judges, naming 600 of them through their partisan machine.

Zaev now wants to repeat this scenario to save himself from responsibility over the crimes he has perpetrated. He was pardoned once by President Branko Crvenkovski over the eight million EUR worth ‘Global’ corruption scheme in Strumica. Now, Katica Janeva saved him from responsibility in the wiretapping case. The entire public saw the video of him asking for a bribe for his brother in a new Strumica real-estate corruption.

We all know how the Strumica Gas and Carevi Kuli companies are used illegally”, VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Darko Kostovski said at a press conference.

In an interview with Radio Free Europe in Macedonian, Zaev said that the judiciary needs to be dismissed and then re-elected. Recall and appointment of judges is done through the Judicial Council to avoid partisan interference.

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi Meets US Ambassador Jess Baily

http://www.independent.mk/articles/43501/Parliament+Speaker+Talat+Xhaferi+Meets+US+Ambassador+Jess+Baily

The new president of the Parliament, Talat Xhaferi on Monday met with the US Ambassador Jess Baily. This meeting is part of several meetings of the Speaker of Parliament with the diplomats in the country. It is interesting that on the table where Xhaferi and Bailey discussed, beside the flag of the United States was only the flag of Macedonia.

When taking the presidential office last week, despite the official state flag Xhaferi put the flag of Albania, triggering a public outcry. When asked why he did it, Xhaferi said that the Macedonian flag was there where it belongs.

Protest in Skopje: Ivanov Must Save Constitution and Laws

http://www.independent.mk/articles/43511/Protest+in+Skopje+Ivanov+Must+Save+Constitution+and+Laws

The civic initiative for Joint Macedonia has gathered in Skopje, as well as across Macedonia to protest against the Tirana platform for the 71st time in a row.

During the march in Skopje, Bogdan Ilievski held a speech in front of the crowd.

"We came here to call on you to continue to hear the voice of your people," Ilievski said in front the People's Office of the President.

"Do not fall under the pressure. There will be no mandate for a Tirana platform. You cannot answer to an illegally elected Parliamentary speaker. There has to be order in this country, laws must be obeyed, we have to keep the Constitution, you are the last pillar. You will have the support of the citizens," Ilievski concluded.

 

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Eight members of the security forces lost their lives in the anti-terrorist action that happened on this day in 2015 in Diva Naselba - Kumanovo.


Two Years Since Attacks at Diva Naselba

http://www.independent.mk/articles/43524/Two+Years+Since+Attacks+at+Diva+Naselba

At 4 AM in the morning two years ago on this day, a police action started in Kumanovo`s Diva Naselba, the aim was to disperse a terrorist group hidden in the houses. The police ran into stiff opposition from the group of terrorists, eight police officers were killed. A part of the terrorist group was killed, and the rest surrendered. 37 are charged for terrorism, the court proceedings are nearly finished.

Eight members of the security forces lost their lives in the anti-terrorist action that happened on this day in 2015 in Kumanovo`s Diva Naselba. In the attack the police arrested 37 persons, they are still in custody and are charged with terrorism.

The residence of Kumanovo awoke at around 4 am on the 9th of May 2015 to gunfire, explosions and helicopters.

The Ministry of Interior shortly announced that the police began an action against an unidentified armed group in Diva Naselba. The whole of Macedonia lived in fear for the next few hours not knowing what is happening, Kumanovo was under siege by the police.

Heavy gunfight lasted a day, around 10 police officers were injured. Information about the first injured started arriving early in the morning, and during the day information started trickling in about casualties from the security forces.

The populace was evacuated and the town looked like a warzone. During the day MoI came forth with an announcement explaining the situation in Diva Naselba.

"Competent authorities in the Ministry succeeded in locating an armed group in Kumanovo`s Diva Naselba, specifically several houses in the neighborhood. Sources state that the group is well armed and trained in fighting in these conditions. Around 5 am special forces started realizing the plan" announced MoI.

The death toll from the gunfight that lasted 28 hours was eight dead Macedonian policemen and 37 injured. In the action 14 terrorists were eliminated, and many more arrested after they surrendered.

In the unfortunate events eight police officers lost their lives: Zarko Kuzmanovski (32) from the village Brvenica near Tetovo, Saso Samoilovski from Brvenica (32), Nenad Serafimovski (27) from the village Zubovce near Gostivar, Isamedin Osmani (32) from Skoje`s Studenicani, Boban Ivanovik (47) from Skopsko`s Stajkovci, Goran Ilievski (41) from Gostivar, Ljubisa Arangelkovik (49) from Skopje, Goran Stojmenkovik (45) from Skopsko`s Miladinovci. And 37 of their colleagues were injured.

On the 9th of February last year the court case against 29 persons from Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania began, they are charged with terrorism. Several months later the court case started anew when the case "Diva Naselba" merged with the case "Lightning" in which eight more people were charged with helping the terrorists in Diva Naselba.

All the defendants pleaded not guilty. In their hearings they all stated that they came in a peace mission to help implement the Ohrid Framework Agreement. A part of the accused admitted that they participated in the conflict in 2001 as a part of UCK.

One of them is Sami Ukusimi, who is the first defendant and who is known as commandant Sokoli in UCK.

"If I was commander on the 9th of May 2015 there would not have been 18 dead, but 200, I'm not that naive", Uksimi said during his testimony on the 17th of February this year.

He said that the attack of the Macedonian security forces that started at 5 am in the morning was massive. He stated that Macedonian security forces attacked with a large arsenal of weapons. According to him the whole event was politically staged and that Ndrecaj and Rizaj had political support from Macedonia.

After more than a year the court case is entering the last phases. The prosecutor for organized crime and corruption, presented its evidence and witnesses, the defense is nearly done presenting evidence.

WikiLeaks: Terrorists in Kumanovo were in communication with SDSM

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/08/wikileaks-terrorists-in-kumanovo-were-in-communication-with-sdsm/

WikiLeaks just confirmed MINA’s reports from 2016 that SDSM structures were in communication with Kosovo terrorists who entered Kumanovo. Although our sources went pretty high up the chain in the DBK, it was Zoran Zaev who practically admitted on SDSM’s collaboration and planning with the terrorists when he announced “There will be blood in May if Gruevski doesn’t step down”.

The terrorists struck on May 10th, although were prevented by police to carry out their original plan which was to attack malls, open markets and police stations on May 15th which would have resulted in many civilian casualties.

In correspondence between State Department officials and the US Embassy in Skopje, Wikileaks published the following communication:

“The Bravo team confirms at least 20 members entered from Kosovo, at the moment they are concentrated in the hills around Kumanovo. Even though they see themselves as islamic radicals, this group uses criminal and terrorist methods” says the correspondence.

The State Department goes on to say: “This group is close to Haradinaj in Kosovo, and has already established communication with politicians in Skopje. They have met at least twice in Prishtina. Members of these radicals in Kosovo and Macedonia are communicating with political movements (SDSM) who wish to see the fall of the Government” says in the document obtained by WikiLeaks.

A day after the incident in Kumanovo, SDS leader Zoran Zaev instead of visiting the injured policemen, he opted to visit individuals with close ties to UCK who assisted the terrorists with logistics and real-time information on the movement of Macedonian policemen in the area.

We had also reported that Zaev’s right hand Zahir Bekiri (currently in jail for producing 35,000 fake Ids) had 80 bullet proof vest hidden away in an SDSM office meant for the terrorists in Kumanovo, but were never delivered as the police took action several days before the scheduled terrorist attack.

Parliament Speaker: Constitutional Court will nullify Xhaferi’s illegal election

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/09/parliament-speaker-constitutional-court-will-nullify-xhaferis-illegal-election/

Parliament speaker Trajko Veljanovski says the SDS and DUI continue to fake documents in an effort to make the election of Xhaferi legal.

In a FB post, Veljanovski states that his deputies in Parliament are Stojan Milanov of SPM and Jusuf Hasani from the Turkish Democratic Party, who were appointed to their roles on 30-12-2016, in accordance to article 10-1 from Parliament’s Law.

However, the decision published in the Official Gazette, just like the seals, is falsified. It was signed by SDS’ Goran Misovski who is not my deputy.

The stenographic notes (shown below) are just one more proof that Xhaferi was illegally elected and this will be reversed by the Constitutional Court, says Veljanovski.

Moscow: US Cheered storming of Ukrainian Parliament with AK47s, but condemns unarmed Macedonians?

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/08/moscow-us-cheered-storming-of-ukrainian-parliament-with-ak47s-but-condemns-unarmed-macedonians/

Russian media is analyzing the Western double standards employed around the world when it comes to ‘regime change’ particularly instigated by Washington and Brussels.

Over the past 5 years, we have seen numerous successful and failed coups around the world. The most publicly scrutinized was of course the Ukrainian coup, fevereshly supported by Washington and Brussels to the tune of $6 Billion.

Russian state TV is discussing the latest coup in Macedonia and compares the outrageous double standard employed by the US and EU when it comes to Ukraine and Macedonia.

In Ukraine, high ranking US State Department officials in front of cameras urged Ukrainian Neo Nazis to arm themselves with AK47s and storm parliament. We all know how that ended and where is Ukraine today. But all of this is acceptable and democratic for Washington and Brussels. According to them, in Ukraine, people were allowed to express their anger, simply because the West is behind the coup, financially and operationally.

When similar coup was underway in Macedonia and unarmed Macedonians stormed Parliament to prevent it, Washington and Brussels condemned the protesters and their right to prevent the illegal installation of an official, outside of the legal framework. But since the US and EU were behind the coup, they are not interested in anyone preventing their regime change.

After the illegal appointment, the new speaker placed not just the albanian, but the flags of his backers (US and EU) in Parliament.

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Todor Petrov Submits Complaint to Constitutional Court to Contest Election of Talat Xaferi

http://www.independent.mk/articles/43546/Todor+Petrov+Submits+Complaint+to+Constitutional+Court+to+Contest+Election+of+Talat+Xaferi

President of the World Macedonian Congress Todor Petrov is asking the Constitutional Court to annul the election of Talat Xhaferi as chairman of the Assembly. He explains for Telegraf.mk that he expects the court to accept his complaint and annul the election as unconstitutional.

"The election of Xhaferi is contrary to the Constitution, Laws and Rules of Parliament. With his election four provisions of the Constitution are violated, seven of the Law on Assembly and several of the Rules of the Parliament. Also, with this proclamation five crimes from the Criminal Code were committed. I expect the Constitutional Court to annul the decision because it is a general rule that the court is competent to decide on. Until the final decision, I expect the court to rule on stopping the execution of individual acts and actions taken on by the Parliament", Petrov explains for Telegraf.mk.

He emphasizes that the work of the Parliament should continue where it ended with the legitimate Chairman or President of the Assembly of the previous Parliament.

Special Report
Anti-U.S. Backlash in the Balkan Caldron

Congressional delegation jets to increasingly tense region where failed Soros-Obama policies are still in force.

https://spectator.org/anti-u-s-backlash-in-the-balkan-caldron/

House Judiciary Chair, Republican Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) is leading a 15-member delegation on an urgent mission to Greece, Bosnia, Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, and Italy as evidence mounts that Obama-era favoritism continues — to the detriment of citizens, local institutions, and regional stability.

The Congressional Delegation (known as a codel) departed Saturday for a ten-day investigation during the congressional recess.

A House Judiciary communications staffer refused to comment citing security concerns.

Although six of the nine members traveling are Republicans — including conservatives such as Steve King (IA) and Tom Marino (PA) — the nature of Congressional foreign travel makes a codel dependent on the State Department; in this case, Ambassadors in each country are Obama administration holdovers who continue to implement inherited policies.

It’s hard to imagine the delegation getting unbiased information from embassies that have been highly interventionist in local politics according to significant communities in each country.

General Prosecutor vs. Embassy Tirana

A nasty stand-off emerged this year between Albania’s Office of the Chief Prosecutor, a politically neutral national entity, and Chinese-American Ambassador Donald Lu.

“Prime Minister Edi Rama, backed by the U.S. Ambassador, has destroyed the independence of our judiciary,” declared a prosecutor speaking from Tirana by phone to The American Spectator. “Under the banner of judicial reform, they are succeeding to politicize it.”

Edi Rama, longtime leader of the Socialist Party, is a close friend of George Soros, whose network is deeply involved in Albania, partnering with the U.S. Embassy on numerous projects, including an $8.8-million USAID project on…you guessed it, judicial reform.

“When we expressed any professional opinions different from the U.S. Embassy — professional opinions on different approaches, Lu got angry,” said the prosecutor, unwilling to be named. She explained the European Union’s Venice Commission, designed to help vet reform proposals for compliance with European law, often sided with the Albanian prosecutors in these technical disputes.

The prosecutor added, her office tried to prioritize drug trafficking and criminality, major issues in Albania, while the U.S. embassy dismissed massive cannabis cultivation and export as “not a U.S. problem.” Divergent priorities held by Albanian legal authorities and the U.S. embassy is confirmed by independent news site Exit.al.

Donald Lu punished the prosecutors and judges who disagreed with him by revoking U.S. visas, already granted, to some 70 judges and prosecutors according to Chief Prosecutor Adriatik Llalla.

In response, Llalla blasted Ambassador Lu, accusing him of manipulation and blackmail, in a scathing letter posted on the office’s website and in a press conference February.

Llalla also accused Lu of trying to prevent his office from investigating corrupt practices by a major Chinese-owned firm, Bankers Petroleum.

As a Washington Times headline on this conflict summarized three months ago, “Soros-infected State Department Plays Games in Albania.”

Political Crisis in Macedonia

Not satisfied to mismanage his own country, Edi Rama has reached into neighboring Macedonia, provoking profound instability in an aggressive effort to help fellow socialists — and fellow Muslim Albanians.

The U.S. Embassy is widely considered to be siding with the socialist party in Macedonia as it does in Albania.

Rama convened a meeting of three Macedonian-Albanian political parties (some 15-20% of Macedonia is ethnic Albanian) and drafted the so-called “Tirana Platform,” a dangerously separatist document threatening Macedonia’s very identity.

These Albanian parties then entered into coalition with the Macedonian socialists and are demanding the right to form a new government — against the ruling conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, which has, until the current crisis, managed the most successful free-market economy in the Balkans.

Across the country, Macedonians are protesting en masse against the Tirana Platform and against Ambassador Jess Baily, considered biased against VMRO. Most recently, conflict erupted inside the parliament.

Again, most local officials have different priorities than the embassy: Macedonians have suffered centuries of incursions from neighbors. They are mostly concerned about security, while the Americans are feeding ginned-up NGOs money for “mobilization” and “activism.”

As Macedonian-American leader Bill Nicholov wrote in late April, “The US State Department and US Embassy in Macedonia are… meddling in Macedonia’s internal affairs, and it has wreaked havoc and perpetuated attacks on Macedonians’ ethnic origin and sovereignty.”

Nicholov begs President Trump to reverse course in the small country, north of Greece.

Crisis on Top of Crisis in Greece

Exactly as in Albania and Macedonia, the U.S. Government openly supports a youngish left-wing leader in Greece who implements polarizing policies as prime minister and head of the Syriza party (a left-wing coalition of radical parties).

On his final European tour, President Barack Obama visited Athens to see left-wing Greek Prime Minister Alex Tsipras, cooing to the perpetually tieless, ersatz Marxist that the U.S. thoroughly agrees: multilateral lending institutions should be kinder to his government.

Obama was as solicitous and protective of Tsipras as Bill Clinton was when the prime minister visited New York to attend a Clinton Global Initiative thing in September 2015.

Yet, Syriza’s immediate liberalization of immigration policy when it took power in 2015 is the single most important factor in the out-of-control refugee crisis that has overwhelmed, and endangered, Europe.

Within months of taking power, a Syriza minister announced the government would turn refugee detention facilities into welcome centers, and would discontinue an aggressive policy of identifying and deporting illegal migrants.

In the four months following the government’s April 2015 declaration that all Syrian refugees would receive documents for onward travel to Europe, arrivals increased 721%.

Even now, migrants continue to arrive from Turkey — to a country that still hasn’t got its financial house in order.

Can the U.S. Ambassador be trusted to brief Rep. Goodlatte’s codel on the disastrous cluster of crises besetting Greece?

Probably not. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt was posted to Athens last year following a three-year assignment in Kiev where he was widely considered a toady to those promoting a coup d’état, including George Soros.

Pyatt is best known, perhaps, for being on the receiver end of Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland’s infamous “F — k Europe!” phone call.

Although Nuland resigned after President Donald Trump’s election, her #2, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee, remains large and in charge of State Department policy in the Balkans.

He continues to travel often in the Balkans although just a few weeks ago, the Macedonian president refused to meet with him, so upset is he with American manipulation in his country.

Kosovo

Yee was more enthusiastically welcomed by officials in Kosovo, where American pressure — and a bombing campaign — is credited with creating the small nation of 1.8 million people. (Balkan war reporter Masha Gessen makes a strong case that NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999 without consulting Russia, created a precedent for Russia’s intervention in Crimea in the mind of the Russian government.)

Yet even in Kosovo, local officials are bridling at U.S. directives, which seem to be consistently acted out in public rather than discreetly or diplomatically.

For example, Yee went to Pristina in late March to order national leaders, contemplating a decision to turn the nation’s security force into a formal army, to “take the law off the table.”

If the U.S. didn’t want Pristina to create an army, why the hell have we been training and encouraging them for years?

It’s easy for U.S. Ambassador Greg Delawie to post awkward videos on YouTube in which he juggles like a clown while discussing anti-corruption projects, but security is no joke for the people who live in the Balkans.

Bungling in Bosnia

Another U.S. Ambassador who appears to prefer amateurish #hashtag diplomacy via social media, and public scuffles with national-level officials, is U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Maureen Cormack — another country the U.S. helped create where U.S. taxpayers have been billed $1.6 billion in foreign aid.

Within a week of arriving in country in 2015 she posted a blog taking on Bosnia’s education curriculum, accusing it of being discriminatory and ethnically divisive.

Excuse me, Ambassador Cormack, but the U.S. Government created a nation premised on ethnic division in the Dayton Accords so… welcome to your post.

This year, her escalating pissing match with Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, president of the autonomous Serb region, Republika Srpska — a problematic republic-within-a-country arrangement — reached new heights: she had the U.S. Treasury slap the president with sanctions for celebrating an Orthodox Serb holiday on January 9, St. Stephens Day. In response, he declared her “an enemy of the Serbs, [who] is not welcome to the Serb Republic.”

Nice work.

Overall, Obama-era ambassadors have managed to stoke ethnic tension (especially in Macedonia and Bosnia), promoting political favorites carried over from the past — primarily socialists and members of the George Soros network (Albania, Greece, Macedonia) — while alienating officials who feel they know what’s best for their own country (Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia).

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced last week the United States will no longer mandate that other countries adopt U.S. values.

Our embassies in the Balkans clearly haven’t gotten the memo.

(Our series, “Soros in the Balkans Under the American Flag,” will continue.)

Correction: Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) was incorrectly listed above as a member of the congressional delegation currently in the Balkans.

 

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Ivanov says he is awaiting ‘guarantees’ from Zaev on Tirana platform

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/10/ivanov-says-he-is-awaiting-guarantees-from-zaev-on-tirana-platform/

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov has received the letter from disputed new Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi on Tuesday, May 9th, informing him that there is a declared SDSM led majority in the Parliament. Sources in the Office of the President tell MIA that the President expects to see SDSM leader Zoran Zaev to meet his public announcement that he will “offer guarantees, jointly with the coalition partners, that we will strengthen the unitary character of the state and that everything will be done in accordance with the Constituion”.

President Ivanov refused to give Zaev the mandate when the SDS leader first announced he has the support of three ethnic Albanian parties, citing the controversial Tirana platform which these three parties jointly signed. According to President Ivanov, the platform is unconstitutional and would put Macedonia in a subservient position toward Albania, where it was signed. Ivanov asked Zaev to renounce the platform before he can ask for the mandate. The three signatory parties, DUI, BESA and Alliance of Albanians, insist that the platform is implemented by the future Government as condition for their support.

“President Ivanov remains on the position that neither the so-called Tirana platform, or any other document or action that are contrary to the Macedonian Constitution, can be used as a pre-condition to form a Government. In making his decision on whether to award the mandate, the Macedonian President will be led by the Constitution and the established practice”, MIA was told by sources in the President’s Office.

According to SDSM, President Ivanov was notified days ago and he should award the mandate to Zaev as soon as possible. The Constitution gives the President 10 days after the elections to award the mandate to the representative of a party that has the majority in Parliament. This holder of the mandate then has 20 days to propose the members of a Government and a program to the Parliament. This procedure is described in the Constitution for the first awarding of the mandate, and Ivanov respected it by giving the mandate to the leader of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski, whose party won the elections. Gruevski failed to form a Government in the 20 days, and as the Constitution says nothing about what happens next, the parties have descended in a deeper political crisis, leading to a filibuster in Parliament, a parallel session organized by SDSM and its Albanian partners, and a storming of the building on April 27th.

 

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This further verifies to me, that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is neither "transparent nor neutral" but an extension of NATO and it's war activities. The "eyes and ears" on the ground. It's nothing more than a Pentagon lap-dog. What OSCE did in Yugoslavia, they are now repeating in Ukraine and other Countries.

Serbian Prime Minister and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic commented to Sputnik on the recent remarks of former head of the OSCE verification mission in Kosovo William Walker that he "has a project to unite Albanians," saying that the 'Greater Albania' project was used as a pretext for NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia.

The 'Whole World Now Has Evidence' OSCE Behind 'Greater Albania' Project
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201705111053491157-greater-albania-serbia-bombing/

The whole world now has the evidence served on a platter that William Walker is a 'Greater Albania lobbyist', who, as the former head of the OSCE verification mission in Kosovo, lobbied for the implementation of this project, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told Sputnik Serbia. Prime Minister Vucic, who was recently elected Serbia's president, will be sworn in in June.

His comments follow the recent statement of William Walker, former head of the OSCE verification mission in Kosovo, that he has been working on a "project to unite Albanians."

The American, who spoke during a ceremony in Pristina on Monday to mark the 17th anniversary of the founding of Ramush Haradinaj's party, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, noted that he has been coming to Kosovo often since 1999.

"This project that I'm working on is meant for all Albanians in Kosovo in the diaspora, in Albania. I'm working on a joint project for their unification. Albanians worldwide were united in the 1990s with the sole purpose of the liberation of Kosovo. I was with them when they declared independence. Albanians have won and they came here to celebrate together. Now is the time for the final step, for all of us to be together, to accomplish this achievement," the local media quoted Walker as saying.

"Serbia will in every place and at every level present this as the ultimate proof that Walker's goal was never to protect human rights in Kosovo but to fight against Serbia and for the creation of the 'Greater Albania'," Aleksandar Vucic told Sputnik.

This is an important piece of news that should be given attention beyond the everyday political level, the Serbian leader continued.

"We will continue to talk about Walker's message. And we'll do it at all levels, in Europe and in the world," he added.

William Walker was someone who represented a so-called 'independent and objective mission' of the OSCE, or at least that's what they have been attempting to convince us. However, do not forget that the 'Racak case' was a fabrication used as the reason to start the war," Vucic told Sputnik.

"That was the reason, it was a pretext for war. It all started with William Walker's lies. This is a man who now openly shows that he is in fact a Greater Albania lobbyist. This is the same man because of whom (NATO) carried out an aggression against the Republic of Serbia. This is the same man. This is a man who now stands for 'Greater Albania' and says so openly. He is no longer even hiding it," Vucic said.

Walker is known for heading the OSCE "verification mission" in the province, whose activities and reports during 1998 and 1999 influenced public opinion abroad in favor of launching a war against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), which eventually happened in March 1999.

Earlier that year, the bodies of 45 Albanians were discovered in the Kosovan village of Racak. The Walker-led OSCE mission accused Serbian security forces of killing them without presenting any evidence — although it was never determined whether the victims were in fact civilians.

Reports coming from the Serbian side said that those were Albanian terrorists, members of the Kosovo Liberation Army. Nevertheless, it was this very ' Racak case' which was qualified as a 'crime against civilians' and was used as a pretext to launch NATO's bombing of Serbia. Later, many international experts reported that the case had been fabricated.

Aleksandar Vucic also pointed out that former Finnish President and UN envoy for Kosovo Martti Ahtisaari, who was also "brought in as an international mediator, who was supposed to be independent, who was supposed to offer an objective plan for resolving the problems between Serbs and Albanians, is now on Pristina's Albanian team.

This tells us that from the beginning, everything was directed not against (President) Slobodan Milosevic, or certainly, not only against him, but primarily against Serbia," Vucic told Sputnik.

"Now, we have the key evidence for this. Now this is no longer our media's reports. Now this is not a question of whether some of us are thinking it. They have offered this evidence themselves, provided it to the world on a platter," he added.

Well — does all this mean that in future we should once again trust some supposedly objective international organizations, whose representatives will, in the most direct and blatant way, advocate a 'Greater Albania'?" Vucic asked. He noted that "their statements were the casus belli for the most direct attack on the Republic of Serbia."

Vucic does not think that his country will be able to "turn things back" soon and "make the US and 23 EU countries revoke their recognition of Kosovo" — but he thinks that "a great diplomatic struggle continues."

"Now we have important proof. If you look back, all the greatest battles and not only battles, but wars had been won by those who had the morals on their side. And now everything has become clear to everyone. Walker's confession is very important, and we should keep talking about it. The whole world is now aware that from the very beginning they had this plan for a 'Greater Albania' and were not fighting against any particular regime. They had invented it to be able to attack Serbia and grab part of its territory," Vucic concluded.

Meanwhile on Wednesday, Belgrade said it will appeal to the UN over Walker's statement.

The local media reported that Serbian Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic said that she will inform the UN member states about "the disgraceful role of the creator of the Racak case" that was used to launch NATO’s 1999 aggression against Serbia – who is now an Albanian lobbyist and one of the authors of a plan to change the borders in the Balkans.

Jadranka Jankovic, who is in charge of EU integration, confirmed this for RTS.

"Of course. We should turn to (the UN). The "Greater Albania’ project is not only Serbia’s problem. It includes the territory of several countries in the Balkans, and I think all of us need to be concerned," Jankovic said.

According to her, Walker’s statement is proof that the Greater Albania project is not merely flirted with at election time, but is instead "something that exists."

"I think we have good, extra arguments in our hands to show to the EU," Jankovic said.

Commenting on the above statements, Slavka Kojic, Serbian expert on international legal activity, told Sputnik that Walker's remarks come as a serious blow to the international order based on the UN charter and an urged for re-consideration of borders of the UN member states.

She added that she is convinced that Walker has been speaking on his own behalf and not on behalf of any state or any international entity, however his remark is not any less dangerous.

Meanwhile, well-known Serbian lawyer Branislav Tapuskovic noted that Walker has voiced what Serbia has been long trying to prove in the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

"He revealed that it was the plan backed by the international community. However it can be implemented only forcibly, as the non-Albanian residents of the countries which fall within the so-called 'Greater Albania' – Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece and self-proclaimed Kosovo – will defend their lives and property. Nobody had ever bore any responsibility for such calls and Walker's remarks won't be an exception," he finally stated.

 

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Polozhani: Zaev promised to free all narco dealers for votes

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/11/polozhani-zaev-promised-to-free-all-narco-dealers-for-votes/

Zaev recruited the relatives of ethnic albanian drug traffickers serving multi-year sentences and promised them their relatives will be quickly freed if the SDS wins the elections. As a result, many of these people were pressuring other ethnic albanians in their communities to vote for SDS – says Shpetim Polozhani, the president of an organization calling itself “political prisoners” in Macedonia.

In an interview with Shenja, Polozhani says the heirs of the Macedonian communists were very good in manipulating communities.

-The last parliamentary elections, the heirs of the Macedonian communists SDSM did a great deal of manipulations against albanians. SDSM, along with their albanian tools used the evident apathy among the Albanian electorate caused by two parliamentary parties, DUI and DPA. And on account of this apathy, encouraged with bribes created a situation for albanians to vote for them. I have recorded several cases where SDSM promised albanian families that if they vote for them would free their relatives from various criminal charges, of course if they came to power. The fact that SDSM has most Albanian votes in rural areas, where people are more easily controlled/bribed is expected – says Poplozhani.

– SDSM took albanian votes with a classic manipulation, and this is not news. They promised the families of prisoners to release them from prison if you vote for SDSM, he explained.

-My question is, how is it possible to free prisoners who have committed serious crimes, asks Polozhani.

Citing a classic example, Polozhani says: “A parent goes from house to house to beg for votes, allegedly this will free his son out of prison who has been sentenced to 12 years for having 15 kg of cocaine in his car. Of course he will not be freed, it’s ridiculous. But SDSM targeted these families with false promises.”

– People are rather quickly realizing this were all empty promises and will switch their votes back to DUI and DPA. They know they were taking for a ride. Similarly to the albanians who were promised they don’t have to pay utilities if they voted for SDSM. Now that their utilities were turned off, they realized the level of nonsense Zaev sold them before the elections – says Polozhani.

NLA veterans to Xhaferi: We hope that the law to reach decision for the 2001 events will not be skipped

http://english.republika.mk/nla-veterans-to-xhaferi-we-hope-that-the-law-to-reach-decision-for-the-2001-events-will-not-be-skipped/

The veterans of the National Liberation Army (NLA) congratulated Talat Xhaferi on his election as President of the Macedonian Assembly.

“Taking into consideration that you too had once donned the NLA uniform and were Macedonia’s Defense Minister, we believe that your professional engagement will result in success in guaranteeing the rule of law and the function of the lawful state,” reads the letter of the NLA veterans.

“We remain hopeful that in the spirit of the new politics of the country, you will aim toward the civil concept of not skipping the law to reach decision for the events of 2001. We ask of you, with your position as President of the Assembly Speaker, to prove that NLA’s objective was to provide peace and stability in the country and the region. We wish you much success in your work and the further developments with the new government that is to be formed,” reads the letter, signed by Daim Hiseni, president of the Association of NLA veterans.

Protester Will Not Surrender: 74 Days on Streets for Macedonia

http://www.independent.mk/articles/43617/Protester+Will+Not+Surrender++Days+on+Streets+for+Macedonia

The civic initiative for Joint Macedonia has gathered in Skopje, as well as across Macedonia to protest against the Tirana platform for the 74th time in a row.

During the march in Skopje, Bogdan Ilievski held a speech in front of the crowd.

"We came here to call on you to continue to hear the voice of your people," Ilievski said in front the People's Office of the President.

"Do not fall under the pressure. There will be no mandate for a Tirana platform. You cannot answer to an illegally elected Parliamentary speaker. There has to be order in this country, laws must be obeyed, we have to keep the Constitution, you are the last pillar. You will have the support of the citizens," Ilievski concluded.

 

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Macedonians urged to buy land and properties in Western Macedonia

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/12/macedonians-urged-to-buy-land-and-properties-in-western-macedonia/

http://www.dnevnik.mk/default.asp?ItemID=924C0FB7068B2940BD6EBCC7727BDA4B

Do not sell your land in western Macedonia, warns journalist Velinovska in an editorial for Dnevnik.

When the braindead Murtino messiah visited Prilep from all cities to promote his idea that he will make the albanian language official in Macedonia, most people laughed. While we laughed at the latest shining stupidity from SDS’ ballist, we forgot that criminals don’t need a rational reason to go through with their plans – says Velinovska in her column.

The Tirana platform is really more of a formal cover for an open occupation of Macedonia. The taking over of Macedonia’s central Government is now complete, although that has been more or less complete since the Przino Agreement.

The real work begins now, says Velinovska. You can’t occupy a territory unless you own the territory.

Xhaferi was a precedent, which will be repeated over and over at a local level. Village and city councils can illegally elect anyone to be in charge of their community now that the central Government is essentially under their control – says Velinovska.

The CIA, through State Department’s OTI has been very active in western Macedonia for at least three years. Following the “Xhaferi-procedure”, they will install their own mayors which will begin the “democratic” exodus of Macedonians who own the majority land across western Macedonia. The CIA and their European gangsters aided by albanian proxies will try very hard through all sorts of aggression to evict Macedonians from their land offering them little to no money. How this ended in Kosovo and Metohija we already know, and it’s happening in western Macedonia.

Velinovska urges Macedonians, not just not to sell their land, but if they have the opportunity to purchase more land.

Western Macedonia is by far the most beautiful part of the country and is also the richest with unlimited supplies of fresh water, natural and mineral resources. It’s the reason why it’s being targeted.

Parliament Sends Bilingual Announcements to Media

http://www.independent.mk/articles/43635/Parliament+Sends+Bilingual+Announcements+to+Media

Announcements in Macedonian and Albanian language started to come from the Parliament, which has not been the case so far. Information Service of the legislature on Friday morning sent notifications that had two documents attached in it, one Macedonian and one Albanian.

It was a reporting that the Parliament speaker Talat Xhaferi, will meet with the ambassadors of EU member states.

Two emails were sent with announcements of the meetings. The first was delivered at 10:13 pm and in it there was an attachment in Macedonian. After half an hour, another email was delivered from the same e-mail address of the information service of the Parliament in which, besides the Macedonian document, there was a document in Albanian language that heralds the same meeting with the ambassadors.

This change in reporting of the legislature comes after ten days ago, Xhaferi on the first working day set up Albanian flags in his presidential office in the Parliament.

This move was followed by strong reactions in the public as well as comments from experts on this situation who noted that party affiliation and personal feelings should not be confused with the task and obligations that the president of the legislature has.

Similar to the Assembly, there were recent reports in the Albanian language, alongside Macedonian, sent by the information service ofthe Ministry of Interior Affairs. This practice began to be applied once the Interior Ministry was headed by the technical Minister Agim Nuhiu.

Dnevnik: First criminal charges filed against Muhic, Misovski, Xhaferi, Zaev and Ahmeti

http://english.republika.mk/dnevnik-first-criminal-charges-filed-against-muhic-misovski-xhaferi-zaev-and-ahmeti/

The citizens’ association for respecting the regulations in Bitola, founded in 2004, whose main activity is election observation, monitoring court proceedings and the like, on Thursday filed criminal charges to the Public Prosecutor’s Office against MPs Ferid Muhic, Goran Misovski, Talat Xhaferi the other 64, including Zoran Zaev and Ali Ahmeti, for the illegal election of the President of the Assembly on April 27, writes Dnevnik daily.

According to the newspaper, the charges were filed on the grounds of reasonable suspicion that the lawmakers committed several crimes under the Criminal Code: treason, abuse of office, unlawful intermediation, misrepresentation, autocracy, forging official documents and several other crimes.

The president of the association, Vasko Kosteski told Dnevnik daily says he expects the application to be processed as soon as possible because everyone is aware that Xhaferi’e election was not legal. “The Parliament at this point has a chairman and two deputies and only they can call a session. But it is obvious that this is a scenario previously agreed with external support,” said Kosteski.

 

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In an interview with Sputnik, Russian military expert Vladimir Kozin warned of the serious consequences Montenegro will face as member of NATO.

Paying the Price: Montenegro to Face 'Grave Consequences' of Its NATO Accession
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201705131053574896-montenegro-nato-ratification-consequences/

On Friday, Montenegro's government said that all the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization had ratified the protocol on the accession of Montenegro to the alliance.

The ratification of the protocol signed in May 2016 by all NATO member nations was a necessary requirement for Montenegro joining the group.

Montenegro's Prime Minister Dusko Markovic said that the formal joining of NATO, which could take place at the next summit of the military alliance in May, would add to the stability and economic benefit of the country and to the Balkans at large, including an increased influx of foreign investments to Montenegro.

Speaking to Sputnik, Professor Vladimir Kozin of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences said that Montenegro's joining of NATO will result in a spate of grave consequences for the country.

He said that "first of all, a number of Montenegrins refused to support their country entering NATO." Also, it is worth recalling that Montenegro has not contributed to the common defense coffers of NATO bloc before. That's why they will twist its arms and force Montenegro implement the decisions of NATO summits in 2014 and 2016, which stipulate the country allocating 2 percent of its GDP for NATO's budget," Kozin said.

In addition, Montenegro will be forced to purchase NATO's equipment, weapons and ammunition, according to him.

"All this may lead to social benefit cuts in Montenegro and Montenegrin troops being sent to the world's hot spots as part of the NATO contingents. In a word, there will be a partial loss of Montenegro's military and political sovereignty," Kozin added.

He also said that Montenegro joining NATO will most likely damage Podgorica's relations with Russia.

"Practice has already showed that all those states that were recently admitted to NATO embarked on sharp anti-Russian sentiments. As we know, it is a protracted illness which cannot be treated quickly. This is why it will affect Russian-Montenegrin tourist and business ties, as well as contacts between ordinary people," Kozin concluded.

Montenegro was invited to join NATO in December 2015, as part of the first expansion of the alliance into Eastern Europe in six years.

Podgorica accepted the invitation on December 3, 2015. However, the government's decision to join NATO triggered mass protests throughout the country.

On April 25, US President Donald Trump signed the protocol on Montenegro’s accession to NATO, which was the final step in ratifying the document.

Russia has repeatedly expressed concerns over the further expansion of NATO into the east. Last month, the Russian Foreign Ministry criticized the political course of Montenegro that sees them joining the alliance without holding a nationwide referendum.

Struggling against Euroscepticism in Western Europe, the EU is seeking to reinvent itself with expansion to the East that threatens the stability of the Balkans, analyst Igor Pshenichnikov warns.

EU's Post-Brexit Pivot to the Balkans Piles Pressure on Serbia to Give Up Kosovo
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201705131053575518-eu-serbia-kosovo-expansion/

Amid rising Euroscepticism in Western Europe, the EU is focused on eastern enlargement, but its desire to "relaunch" the European project depends on pressuring eastern European countries into making painful concessions, such as the demand on Serbia to give up sovereignty over Kosovo.

On Thursday, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told Italian newspaper La Stampa that the recent election of Emmanuel Macron as French President is a demonstration of "clear support for the European project" and of a desire to "re-launch it because they consider it [the EU] part of the solution."

Responding to a question about the impact of Brexit on the EU, Mogherini said that this relaunch depends on the enlargement of the bloc to the east.

"I am certain that in the future there won't just be 27 member states, because we will have new members. I am thinking of the Balkan countries, with which we are negotiating about entry," Mogherini said.

In an op-ed for RIA Novosti, analyst Igor Pshenichnikov of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies writes that the EU's efforts to reassert its significance in the aftermath of the UK's Brexit vote will result in renewed pressure for Serbia and other Balkan countries to fulfil the EU's conditions for entry, in spite of the high social, economic and political costs.

The issue of Kosovo, which unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, is one of the main stumbling blocks to Serbian accession. While Belgrade refuses to recognize the declaration and continues to consider Kosovo its territory, most EU member states, with the exception of Spain, have recognized Kosovan independence.

"At the same time, Kosovo is the historical cradle of the Serbian people and recognition of the province's independence for any Serbian politician means political annihilation. Recognition of Kosovan independence is a political taboo for the Serbs," Pshenichnikov wrote.

The EU's backing for Serbian Prime Minister Alexander Vucic, who was elected President in April, should be seen in this light.

The Serbian newspaper Danas reports that despite concerns about the state of Serbian democracy aired by the Council of Europe and Western NGO's such as Freedom House, the EU largely ignored protests that followed the election because it sees Vucic as the politician who will deliver Serbia's recognition of Kosovo.

Diplomatic sources told the newspaper that the EU wants Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Macedonia to be fast-tracked the bloc as soon as 2018, in the name of "regional stability."

"Clearly the EU is counting on Vucic to be the Serbian politician who will finally solve the 'Kosovo question' in the interests of the EU," Pshenichnikov wrote.

The analyst notes that last week's election of Emmanuel Macron as President of France was a welcome reprieve for the EU, whose very existence was under threat from the potential victory of the Eurosceptic Marine Le Pen. "In Brussels itself, there is a feeling of crisis. Brexit in the UK, and in second place in elections in the Netherlands and France were politicians who question their countries' EU membership and with it the very existence of the EU."

However, EU pressure on Serbia to recognize Kosovan independence, in return for the enlargement that would give such a boost to Brussels, could cause a political crisis in Serbia, which remains split over the question of EU membership.

"Then, something very serious could happen in Serbia – an internal political crisis, the essence of which will be the total rejection of the government by the people, to an even greater extent than now. We can only guess where that will lead," Pshenichnikov wrote.

"The EU's intention to expand into the Balkans – or simply put, to expand its influence in this region will not only fail to pacify it but may ignite a long-standing smoldering national-religious conflict into a full-scale fire. But the EU bureaucracy, judging by the statements of Mogherini, has firmly decided to orientate itself toward the Balkans, that is, Kosovo's separation from Serbia," Pshenichnikov concluded.

 

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Scare tactics: Police continues to detain protesters, no probes against MPs

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/15/scare-tactics-police-continues-to-detain-protesters-no-probes-against-mps/

SDS through the DUI-led police continue with scare tactics to deter protesters from showing up on the streets.

Police have continued their efforts to identify individuals who had been involved in the events of April 27 in Parliament and are ‘suspected of committing a crime’.

After analyzing surveillance camera footage, the Skopje Internal Affairs Sector over the weekend had brought in for questioning two men, a 39-year old man from Skopje and a 60-year old man from Tetovo. After being interviewed, the men were released.

Adequate charges are expected to be filed against them,” read a press release on Monday.

It said a 34 year-old man from Skopje on May 13 handed himself into the the police after charges had been brought against him in relation to the Parliament incident. Under a court order, he had been transferred to a jail in Skopje.

In cooperation with the public prosecutor’s office in Skopje, police are continuing their efforts and activities in connection to the incident in Parliament last month.

To summarize, Macedonian laws exist only for the common citizenry, while politicians are exempt. The public prosecution team led by Marko Zvrlevski has not even hinted that action will be taken against MPs (SDS, DUI, BESA, AA) for the coup.

Italian Media: Brussels supports Zaev who lost elections and has ties to Islamic Radicals

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/14/italian-media-brussels-supports-zaev-who-lost-elections-and-has-ties-to-islamic-radicals/

EU is supporting a Macedonian socialist who after accusing Serbs and Macedonians of genocide has now accused Italians of the same. Serbs have sent their army to the border to deal with aggressive statements from Albania – says Italian daily La Verita in its editorial.

Italy has once again placed itself in the middle of things in the Balkans – Zoran Zaev, the leader of the socialists in Macedonia, in order to improve his country relations with Serbia has now accused Italy of genocide over Albanians. There has been no comment from Brussels. As a result of the political instability in the region, Serbia has amassed its army on the borders with Kosovo and Macedonia. Belgrade doesn’t recognize Zaev’s attempt to destroy Macedonia’s constitution assisted by the smaller albanian parties who have blackmailed Zaev into forming a Government only if it results in Macedonia’s disintegration – reports La Verita.

Zaev, lost his elections in December, however thanks to the support of Italian communist and current EU socialist Federica Mogherini, the political situation was flipped on its head with power snatched away from the right wing majority – says La Verita.

In an interview with a Serbian daily, Zaev suggested that genocidal charges would be filed from 1912-1956. Considering the fact the Italian army had entered Macedonia in WW2, Zaev suggested charges may be filed against Italy, and not Serbia. This is expected as every country wants to have good relations with their neighbors. To assure his Serbian interviewer not to worry Zaev even told him that Macedonians were the same as Serbs. He did the same thing with a Bulgarian interviewer the day prior. In essence, Italy through Renzi and Mogherini is working and lobbying to put Zaev in power who in turn has said our country will be held responsible for genocide. This is absolutely genius! Both Renzi and Mogherini are juggling with grenades and no one knows when they will explode in all of our faces – says La Verita.

Zaev is following a document dubbed the Tirana Platform to the tee. It was given to the Macedonian albanian parties in Tirana after the elections. Western intel agencies have played the main role in the creation of the document which as you’d expect is written in english. Although Zaev refuses to acknowledge the document, every comment the leader of the socialists in Macedonia makes is tied to the Tirana platform. When pressed by a Serbian journalist on the Tirana platform, Zaev admitted the document will be the essence of the new Macedonian Government, adding a debate must be held on the new name, constitution, flag, anthem for the country. It will make Macedonia the third Albanian country in the region with major ramifications not just for the Balkans, but for Europe as a whole – says La Verita in its editorial.

Macedonian Chamber to promote Chinese new Silk Road

http://www.minareport.com/2017/05/15/macedonian-chamber-to-promote-chinese-new-silk-road/

The Association of Chambers of Commerce (SSK) of Macedonia (SSK) announced it will work on promoting the Chinese One Belt One Road policy of infrastructure investments across Europe, Asia and africa.

“SSK has excellent connections with the People’s Republic of China and we are part of the Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce which united 30 other chambers of commerce. We aim to be actively involved in the One Belt One Road initiative announced by President Xi Jinping. Our country is on the route of the old Silk Road and is one of the first countries of the 16+1 process between China and Central and Eastern Europe which recognized the potential benefits of this program” said Arsovska.

Arsovska added that SSK has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce which helps Macedonian companies tap the Chinese market and facilitates Chinese investments in Macedonia.

China invested 50 billion USD in infrastructure projects between 2014 and 2016, opening 180.000 new jobs and improving infrastructure in Europe and Asia.

In Macedonia, Chinese companies supported the construction of new highways between Skopje and Stip and between Kicevo and Ohrid.

 

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Here’s why Albania is a failed state

http://theduran.com/heres-why-albania-is-a-failed-state/

Albania's hyper-corruption threatens regional peace and stability.

With many eyes on Macedonia’s political situation which has been made worse by foreign interventions from the EU and NATO which both support the Tirana Platform which would effectively destroy the unity of the Macedonian state, internal events in Albania itself may soon jeopardise stability in the region.

Protests throughout Albania have been going on for months as the main opposition Democratic Party and other activists have called for the Prime Minister Edi Rama to resign prior to elections scheduled for 18 June, 2017 . Many want a technocratic government to oversee the process, having lost all faith in democracy.

We have reached an impasse wherein self-proclaimed Albanian democrats no longer trust that their country is democratic. Impartial observers have been warning of this for years.

One can tell that the genie is fully out of the bottle when even the neo-liberal Financial Times admits that half of Albania’s GDP comes from drug sales and cultivation.

The truth of the matter is that Albania is a narco-state, built on top of a mafia state where the illegal drugs trade, organ trade, weapons trade, human trafficking and blatant corruption are the guided forces of business in both the private and public sectors.

The fact that this impoverished, broken state has imperialist ambitions, threatening to annex neighbouring states including parts Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Montenegro is not only illegal and irresponsible but also deeply frightening.

Many in Albania are openly calling for a ‘Greater Albania’ which would encompass the sovereign territories of each aforementioned nation. But as it stands, Albanian leaders cannot even run the state that they have according to its current borders.

A lengthy report from a US based anti-corruption website, citing a variety of mostly western sources has found that corruption exists at almost every level of the Albanian state, including in private business dealings.

The EU is all rather confused about this. Albania’s corrupt mafioso elite are staunchly pro-EU and Albania is an enthusiastic member of NATO.

Some realists in the EU however realise that Albania’s cringe-worthy levels of corruption would be an economic and security disaster for the EU. More worryingly though, many EU officials prefer to look the other way or simply lie about the dire situation in order to continue promulgating a narrative that Albania is an EU country in the making.

While the EU itself is deeply corrupt, Albania’s corruption is far more ‘old school’ in the sense that money talks and when it doesn’t, the bullets do the talking.

Albania’s terrorist proxies and violent separatists threaten to break up Macedonia and violate Serbia’s territorial integrity. When one realises that these people cannot control their own country, it puts things into perspective. The perspective is in a word: grim.

 

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It turns out that, if you don't put up with EU, NATO, Soros and crew and you have the (un)fortune to border with Albania, you can expect the threat of losing some territories.

Unfortunately, my country- Montenegro- adores being a puppet for the west and those problems are currently not present. However, if I live enough to see the change of this corrupt government and the stoppage of non-logical anti Russia campaign, that could change easily and fast.

It also hurts me to see what Serbia has gone through and what is Macedonia now going through.