Friday, Sept. 12, 2008
*Albanians in FYROM demand dual state* September 11, 2008 SERBIANNA The ethnic Albanian movement ANDI led by Nevzat Haliti demands that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia rename itself into "Macedonia-Ilirida" in order to reflect ethnic Albanian demands for a formation of their own entity inside the country. "The majority of Macedonians are, together with state institutions, against possible name changes, irrespective whether Macedonia becomes member of NATO or EU," says Haliti and warns that ethnic Albanians will not tolerate the state that will "victimize" ethnic Albanians because of its "stubbornness" over the name. "If the leaders of the state functions and Macedonian people are against this integration, no one then can force the Albanians to be victims of Macedonian stubbornness," warns Haliti. Haliti wants authorities to include the institutions of the "Republic of Ilirida" into the name debate. Haliti is also urging mayors of ethnic Albanian municipalities to remove Slavic Macedonian language and institute Albanian as the official language. "Our choices are based on a natural right of equality and liberty of all people in the civilized world," says Haliti. ANDI is an ethnic Albanian group formed after peace accords signed in Ohrid after which ethnic Albanians stopped their organized violence against the state and the Christians. ANDI demands that the western part of FYROM becomes Republic of Ilirida dominated by ethnic Albanians who are Muslims. Similar state was conquered from Serbia after Muslim Albanians in the Kosovo province declared independence. Many expect that similar demands will be made on Greece and Montenegro in order to later unify those conquered lands into a large mono ethnic Albania. Yesterday, Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski appeaed to the Macedonian Government to be careful when taking the decision over Kosovo’s independence. "Kosovo’s interest is to get recognition from as many countries as possible, primarily from neighbouring countries. Macedonia’s interest is to mark the border with Kosovo, in time and without any concessions," Crvenkovski said. Crvenkovski said that Kosovo must recognize, respect and use the constitutional name of the republic of Macedonia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com <http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014>.
