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Koha Jonë

E hënë 15 shkurt 1999

What will happen to the emigrants now?

Yesterday’s adventure of the seizure of a bus carrying Greek passengers was suspected within a minute, after what happened, as Tisi turned back to hide at the customs checkpoint. From Kapshtica, turned into a shelter by rescuers and workers. This concern is, above all, the result of the moment and the sensitivity of the situation so far. From reports, of the one Albanian in Greece. On the altered side sparked by a blow to a passenger by Greek police as well as by the hijacking of a regular bus with 18 passengers and a driver. Helped in being pulled from the driver’s seat by some of his companions and by the reserve reaction to this scene of tragedy from the neighbors. The incident, with such consequences even after the unavoidable crisis of the news in Albania in Anina. Since he was never found in Athens, the living author will be an unknown person. Yesterday’s course spread over an area six kilometers from the border. Even now, from which place with the greatest crime rate in the world. So, of course, the things in inventory that crime, with the scene and of Ofrgjerad[n?] Albanian who is the chief of the criminal. He transports. Perhaps not painful, the debate spread over an area six kilometers from the border. And again the question is how the Albanian government will act now with such a delicate situation, where clashes between Albanians and Greeks in Corfu, Durrës, and Vlorë have brought tragic human losses and heavy consequences for the economy and the country’s image, with crime in Athens and Greece. The event is worthy of being remembered, it will go on to further developments, but we must not become someone else’s so-called hero. Its contours are still unclear. On the contrary, its spread in Albania was leading at one point to a severe agony in Albania, including emigration in person. It must be ensured that the media and Albanians do not do more damage than has already been done. There is always a living emotional and deep element. We must talk with the Greek authorities without hysteria, with maximum correctness, so that the net of the adventure does not turn fate into a train. If there really is an alleged perpetrator who is said to have committed this act, for simple or complicated motives, that is a matter for the Greek police and the Greek authorities to deal with. If the hostage-taker stated that “we will choose between killing and fleeing,” any possible quarrel between Albanian emigrants and the media should be avoided. The least exploitative criterion in the media is to report and close the incident without endangering the hostages. That is the standard. The best lessons within the bounds of the media are exceeded in this way.
Kapshtica Athinë Korfu Durrës Vlorë