ALBANIA: GREEK SOLDIERS ARRIVE IN DURRES.

Record ID: 566047

  • Title: ALBANIA: GREEK SOLDIERS ARRIVE IN DURRES.
  • Date: 18th April 1997
  • Summary: DURRES, ALBANIA (APRIL 18, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: ITALIAN SOLDIERS ON QUAYSIDE (2 SHOTS) 0.10 2. GV: GREEK MARINES IN VEHICLES 0.14 3. LV/GV: GREEK SHIP DOCKING (4 SHOTS) 0.35 4. LV/GV: BOW DOORS OPENING/ GREEK MARINES DISEMBARKING IN VEHICLES (7 SHOTS) 1.28 5. LV: VARIOUS OF ITALIAN SHIP ARRIVING 1.31 6. GV: POLICE LAUNCH 1.37 7. LV/GV/MV: ITALIAN SHIP DOCKING/ ITALIAN SOLDIERS DISEMBARKING (8 SHOTS) 2.09 Initials s.3 - p.3 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 3rd May 1997 13:00
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  • Location: DURRES, ALBANIA
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  • Country: Albania
  • Reuters ID: LVAWTWF00NHQI6COZ0IBRHD6GK4
  • Story Text: INTRO: About 130 Greek soldiers with armoured vehicles have arrived in Albania as part of the Italian-led multinational force.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Greeks arrived on board the Samos on Friday (April 18), meeting up with compatriots and some of the Italian forces.

    They were then moving on to Vlore, where 52 violent deaths have been registered since Albania slid into near-anarchy earlier this year.

    A final group of Italian forces also arrived on Friday.

    Armed unrest erupted in Albania in late February when protests over the collapse of fraudulent investment schemes mushroomed into insurrection in much of the south.

    The 6,000-strong international force, which also includes troops from Turkey, Spain, Romania, Denmark and Austria, is expected to become fully operational within three weeks. The first major humanitarian aid delivery is expected by the weekend.


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