.: ONE AND ALL FOR INDEPENDENCE!

Monday, November 12, 2007

ONE AND ALL FOR INDEPENDENCE!

Dear friends,

We would like to notify you on our great concern related to the possible rising of tension in the Balkans due to the present delay in affirming Kosovo’s final status. This concern has pressed us, civil society actors and youth forums across the political spectrum, to organize a peaceful rally in name of Kosovo’s independence.

Through this rally we would like to call upon all international actors to respect the will of the people of Kosovo, and hence recognize Kosovo’s independence as a determining factor of stability and Euro-Atlantic integration for the region.

We urge you to join us in this initiative to demonstrate our unequivocal support for Kosovo’s independence. The rally will take place this Thursday, November 15, 2007, at 17:00 hrs. The rally will start with a peaceful march from Skanderbeg Square to Mother Teresa Square where we will also hold a concert with famous Albanian singers.

Part of this initiative is also a petition addressed to the United Nations and the trilateral negotiation partners USA, EU, and Russia.

We would like to use this opportunity to encourage different institutions, organizations, companies, and private individuals to provide their support to this initiative. Concurrently, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to all those that are currently engaged on a volunteer bases in organizing this rally.

Thank you in advance to all for your support!

Rally Organizers:

Political Youth Forums of:

Civil Society Organizations:

Democratic Party MJAFT! Movement

Socialist Party Albanian Institute of Liberal Studies

Socialist Movement for Integration Red and Black Fans

Republican Party The Forum of Free Thought

New Democratic Party

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Anonymous said...: The uneasiness of when to announce support for Kosova's independence is mounting.

Rumors circulating are that Kosova should wait until summer 2008, when France assumes the presidency of the EU.; 3:56 PM

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New York Times article published May 21, 1911

"ALBANIAN JOAN OF ARC: Handsome Heroine Takes Father's Place and Vanquishes Turks" – Cetinja, May 21, 1911 - A young girl, whose first name corresponds to that of the given name of the Maid of Orleans, is now being sung in the songs of the Montenegrin bards in the inns and coffee houses in Podgorica. When at the battle of Vranje last week, her father, the hereditary commander of his clan, fell, she immediately stepped to his place and led the Martinajs to victory against the Turks. Aside from the romantic phase of the affair, for Janitza Martinaj (Tringa e Grudes) is very beautiful, the battle is important as showing that the Montenegrins on the frontier had joined with the Albanians. According to a person who is well acquainted with her, this new Joan of Arc is “a tall, handsome, well-developed young woman. All the Albanian women are brave, and are trained from their girlhood to the use of firearms, and in times of war, as there are no mules, they carry the provisions and ammunition for their soldiers and go into the firing line to distribute them.” “And are sometimes killed?” “Yes, often that happens.” Janitza would probably have carried a Martini rifle; or, as many of the Marininis were collected last year by the Turks, her weapon may perhaps have been one of the old-fashioned Albanian rifles, which are handsomely decorated with silver and have very long, narrow barrels. Shooting is almost the only amusement of the young men and women in Albania. Both boys and girls learn to shoot when they are 12 years old. At weddings the parties amuse themselves by dancing and shooting: at christenings shootings is again the principal amusement – firing at large targets for some little prize – and at festivals there is shooting all day long. It’s one of the great difficulties that Turks have to contend with, for it is part of the national life; the people use their rifles by day and sleep with them by their side by night. The custom has grown up with the prevailing insecurity from vendettas at home and border troubles abroad. Physically, the Albanians are the finest race in Europe. Their women are handsome, with dark hair, though their eyes are sometimes gray. To see them walk is a delight. We like to see the ballet in Servia. The first time I saw the Albanians walk it gave me just the same pleasure. Their movements are so graceful, elegance and strength together. Yes, they are a very fine and very gifted race. They are like the Scots in the 17th century, and they will be by and by the finest race, intellectually as well as physically, in the Balkans. If you go to Constantinople you will find that many of the finest men, not only soldiers but also statesmen are Albanians. Their fault, due to their present degree of civilization, is that they cannot grasp the idea of State. The clan is their highest organization; they are unable to see the importance of combining the clan with the higher organization of making a state. But that will come.

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Monday, November 12, 2007

ONE AND ALL FOR INDEPENDENCE!

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