Himari ist die Geburtsstadt vom früheren CIA - Direktor Georg Tenet, welcher mit einem Britischen U-Boot mit seiner Mutter 1947 dort evakuiert wurde. Bei einem Besuch in Albanien forschte Georg Tenet (der Balkan Terrorist Nr. 1) in seiner Geburts Kirche nach, ob es noch alte Unterlagen über seiner Familie gibt.

Albania Indicts Ethnic Greek Mayor

29 May 2008 Tirana _ An ethnic Greek mayor in Albania has been indicted after he ordered the destruction of road signs because they were not bilingual.

Mayor Vasil Bollano from the town of Himara on Albania’s coast, ordered the removal of the signs in December 2007 arguing that the signs should have also been in Greek, because he considers the area a Greek minority zone.

Bollano’s move caused chaos around Himara, allege officials

The removal of the signs caused road chaos because they were along a section of Albania’s coast which is very popular with tourists.

Prosecutors have filed charges against Bollano for abuse of power, arguing that his actions were against the law and cost Albanian taxpayers roughly €170,000.

Bollano’s statements have got him in hot water before. He previously declared large swathes of southern Albania are Greek land and claimed autonomy for the area.

Estimates of the Greek minority in Albania range from three to seven percent of the total population.