The plan to make the biggest port in the Balkans

The AMBO pipeline project, the plan is to make an oil pipeline from Burgas, Bulgaria, FYROM and opening to the meditterenean.



The plan of the proposed project:


This plan will mean that Vlora not Durres(Durrazo, anct. Dyrrachium) will be the chief port of Albania. It will accomondate the largest tankers in the world, provide electricty for much of Albania, on top of jobs.

At the cost of the cities feel. It would change Vlora from what I know completely. Right now its quiet and peaceful. If this were to be created. The city would be forever changed.

news report on it:

Albania Is Preparing for AMBO Pipeline

15 May 2006 | 14:04 | FOCUS News Agency



Tirana. Albania is getting ready for the AMBO oil pipeline, Macedonian newspaper Dnevnik reads today.
The Foreign Policy Commission at the Albanian Parliament approved the draft resolution on the construction of the pipeline.
It is expected that the construction of the pipeline from Bourgas port in Bulgaria through Macedonia to Vlora in Albania will cost over USD 1 billion.
The pipeline will be used to transport petrol from the Caspian Sea region to western Europe. The oil pipeline should be finished by 2009 the latest, the newspaper notes.

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=128&newsid=88408&ch=0

Congratulations, Theodore! I hope it comes to pass.

Im not too sure about it. Im very attached to this city and if it does happen, it will destroy the feel of it. On top of the fact that a major park was in the works here and if this is constructed, it will not happen. So far its still a plan and nothing less, until recently our quasi-mentally challanged PM, Salih Berisha, was against it because the predeccessor, Fatos Nano, supported it. But now he seems for it. It still has to pass, but a nice call from America will likely push it through.

Originally posted by Spartakus Without the Hellenic Capital F.Y.R.O.M and Albania would have economically collapsed.

Edited by bg_turk - 18-May-2006 at 08:47

Originally posted by Theodore Felix Im not too sure about it. Im very attached to this city and if it does happen, it will destroy the feel of it. On top of the fact that a major park was in the works here and if this is constructed, it will not happen. So far its still a plan and nothing less, until recently our quasi-mentally challanged PM, Salih Berisha, was against it because the predeccessor, Fatos Nano, supported it. But now he seems for it. It still has to pass, but a nice call from America will likely push it through.

Theodore Felix, it would be in albania's interest to play the piplene/oil politics while its still important. Such i thing would seroiusly pull those three countries together through one common advantge. It also means you dont need ships to go through the very busy bosophorus.

agree about dependent thing, not agree about hellas.

Originally posted by Leonidas The greeks invested in a small landlocked country that came very close to civil war. I think they deserve some credit for actaully sticking by them with their wallets. History aside, we can all disagree about that, FYROM benfited from greek investment, as do the greeks (this is business after all). Wouldnt this all mean that its in greece's interest to have a stable and prosperous FRYOM?

Edited by bg_turk - 18-May-2006 at 15:21

Originally posted by Spartakus I have also talked to F.Y.R.O.M.I.A.N.S .... Exploitation?Bullshiet!Do you know how many Hellens were left unemployed so your fellow Fyromians and Bulgarians have some job and bread in their table?Of course you do not.

I think the MACEDONIANS feel exploited by Greece, besides what other choice to they have?

When Bulgaria comes to EU,then of course you can come,but without the same trouble as it is now.The borders,even inside the EU,exist.You cannot just come and go,legally i mean.And Thrace needs no unification.