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BERLIN — According to the KLA representative for foreign affairs, Sabri Kiçmari, at least 50,000 Kosovars living in Germany are ready to set off to fight in the ranks of the KLA against the Serbs. He told the daily newspaper

Prime Minister Majko meets the World Bank’s director for Albania, Ana Hartman TIRANA — Albanian Prime Minister Pandeli Majko received on Monday the World Bank director, Franco Pasacantante, and the Bank’s director for Albania, Ana Hartman, and her staff, the Ministry of Information told ATSH. The World Bank mission has visited Albania to discuss ways and possibilities of providing assistance as quickly as possible, to help Albania cope with the situation created by the arrival of Kosovar war refugees and to mitigate the effects that this will have on the country’s macroeconomic balances. “We are trying to do the impossible. We feel the diffic— impossible. We feel difficulties, but no panic in our actions. We are now working on long-term strategies to address the situation; assistance for the Kosovar war refugees and direct support for the state budget,” Prime Minister Majko said. “The crisis has given the first signs of its impact on the country’s macroeconomic system,” Minister Angjeli said, listing the financial reasons why this is happening. Minister Angjeli stressed the importance of supporting the state budget and providing assistance to Albanian families who have hosted Kosovar war refugees. The World Bank’s director for Albania, Ana Hartman, expressed her deep admiration for the measures taken by the Albanian government and the support it has received from the population in coping with the influx of Kosovar war refugees who have arrived in Albania. “We are working quickly to provide our assistance, because we consider the problem you are facing to be of an absolutely enormous scale,” Hartman said. The World Bank mission announced that procedures are under way to provide a loan of 30 million dollars as budget support for Albania. At the meeting it was emphasized that the World Bank, despite the grave situation Albania is going through, is determined to continue its assistance in carrying out its reform agenda.

BERLIN — According to the KLA representative for foreign affairs, Sabi Kicmari, at least 50,000 Kosovars living in Germany are ready to set off to fight in the ranks of the KLA against the Serbs. BERLIN — According to the KLA representative for foreign affairs, Sabi Kicmari, against the Serbs. He told the daily “Sueddeutsche Zeitung” that groups of Albanians set out every week and, using various means of transport, reach not only Albania but also Bulgaria, Macedonia and Montenegro. “Some set out in groups of five in one car; others organize themselves into larger groups.” In addition, he spoke of ongoing contact with NATO. “Naturally, the Atlantic alliance needs the KLA, which informs it about the whereabouts of Serbian troops. In one instance, we also informed NATO about 5,000 Kosovars gathered at an industrial facility that could be a target for bombing. We are always providing the necessary information.” More than 3,000 Albanians from Kosovo who had settled in other European countries have arrived by ship over the past week as volunteers to fight Serbian forces in Kosovo, according to an official at Albania’s main port. On Sunday alone, 500 people arrived by ferry from Italy to join the KLA, Leonidha Gjermeni, who heads the port of Durrës, told AFP. Negotiator Holbrooke at his first meeting with KLA leaders (REUTERS)

100 graves in two rows The United States has satellite images showing the existence of mass graves in Kosovo, near Rahovec (southwest), according to the American television channel ABC, which cites military sources. “There are around 100 such graves. They were dug during the past two weeks. They were dug in two large rows and resemble the graves found after the end of the war in Bosnia.” NO GRAVES PRESENT NEW GRAVES IN PUSTO SELO, KOSOVO NEW GRAVES PRISHTINA PUSTO SELO 9 APRIL In the photo: Images shown by NATO proving the existence of mass graves in Pusto Selo, Rahovec. (REUTERS)

According to statistics from the government aid commission, by yesterday approximately 30 million dollars’ worth of aid had arrived in Albania for those coming from Kosovo. This aid consists mainly of food, bedding, tents, medicines and medical equipment. The aid is destined for various recipients: the government, NGOs, the Red Cross, UNHCR, the World Food Programme, etc. Humanitarian aid allocated to the government accounts for 8.7%, while NGOs and international organizations operating in Albania account for 91.3%.

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