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DPA LEAVES GOVERNMENT COALITION
Central Presidency of the Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA) decided late
Wednesday on the party's exit from the Government coalition.
The party's Central Board should confirm the decision at Thursday's session,
chaired by honorary president Arben Xhaferi.
"The session will be held at 17,00h in Saraj, and I am certain that the
decision on DPA's exit from the Government will be accepted, thus making it
final", said DPA leader Menduh Thaci after the Central Presidency session.
He emphasized this represents a difficult problem and a big political
crisis, adding that the ones hoping for spin or trick masters to resolve the
situation are to be fooled. Thaci stated that DPA wants to be part of the
problem's solution, not the problem itself.
"Taking into account the Macedonian Constitution and the laws in the
country, Gruevski and Ahmeti should tell us whether they have agreed on
composing a new Government. We do this because of our renown to avoid
behind-the-scene games, hide and seek, and our aspiration for transparent
policy. The NATO process is very important, but our priority are the rights
of the people we represent", emphasized Thaci.
According to him, DPA is supported by "our allies EU, NATO and USA on the
joint efforts to resolve these problems".
"They are not that naive to interfere in the composition of our governments.
Their message is quite clear", underlined DPA leader Thaci.
PM GRUEVSKI AT MEETING OF
EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S PARTY LEADERS
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski takes part Thursday at the meeting of
European People's Party leaders in Brussels.
PM Gruevski will use the meeting to lobby among his colleagues-leaders of
people's conservative demo-christian parties on Macedonia's candidacy for
NATO membership, obtaining a date for beginning of EU accession talks in
2008, and annulment of the EU visa regime.
The meeting will be attended by prime ministers, and leaders of parties of
the center-right in EU member-states, as well as candidate-countries.
MACEDONIA, CROATIA, ALBANIA NATO ACCESSION WILL NOT BURDEN ALLIANCE
BUDGET
Officials from NATO and the U.S. State Department support the accession of
Croatia, Albania and Macedonia to the Alliance, and believe these three
countries would not additionally burden its budget.
"If Greece and Macedonia do not manage to resolve the name issue, their
failure should not penalize the chances of Croatia and Albania in their NATO
accession process", said chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Policy
Committee, Joseph Biden.
According to him, the NATO entry of the three countries would bring the
Balkans closer to the European future, as well as strengthen regional
security.
U.S. Assistant State Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Daniel
Fried assessed that Croatia is an important military partner, adding that
the country has achieved political and economic progress, as well as in
implementation of army reforms.
NATO Europe Commander John Craddock said that Croatia, Albania and Macedonia
provide enormous contribution to the ISAF Mission in Afghanistan, adding
that their accession would not represent a burden for the NATO resources,
taking into account their contribution.
"There is a requirement within NATO that each country secures its own air
defense, but since they cannot do this, NATO will", stressed General
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NEWS
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TREE DAY
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Having in mind the bad condition of the forest fund, and in particular the
catastrophic forest fires which occurred last year, we have started a
citizen's initiative for afforestation in the Republic of Macedonia.
The purpose of this initiative is to plant more than 2 million tree
seedlings corresponding to the population of the Republic of Macedonia in a
single day, on March 12, 2008. The action shall be entitled « Tree day ».
For this purpose we have also created an Initiative Board, composed of about
one hundred renown citizens, distinguished members of society, creators of
public opinion, artists, representatives of the scientific milieu, music
stars...
PROJECT SUPPORT
We addressed requests for support to the relevant national and foreign
institutions, such as the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, the EU
representative office in the Republic of Macedonia, the Assembly of the
Republic of Macedonia, ZELS (Association of Local Self-Government Units) and
other. It is our great pleasure to state that this action has been received
with unconditional support by all above – mentioned parties. The Government
of the Republic of Macedonia supported our action by providing the necessary
tree seedlings and logistic support, and will be our partner in its
realization.
FUNDS
With a view to provide the necessary financial means for the needs of this
Action, the Initiative Board shall submit applications to various domestic
and foreign institutions and funds, as for example : Government of the
Republic of Macedonia, European Union, USAID, UNDP...We will invite all the
institutions and organizations providing financial assistance for this
action, to delegate their own project manager who shall be in charge of
managing the financial assistance provided.
PARTICIPANTS
In order to ensure the desired number of citizens participating in the
action, the Initiative Board has tried to raise public awareness through the
following :
PR and marketing campaign. In order to realize the PR campaign, we have
asked for support by all electronic, printed and internet media in the
Republic of Macedonia.- Cooperation with various organizations and
institutions among which : Non-governmental, student and high - school
organizations...
The Initiative Board shall try to provide as much media coverage of the
campaign as possible, especially in Europe. This shall also have a positive
influence on the public opinion in the Republic of Macedonia, which is more
than necessary in the forthcoming period. |
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