Construction has taken over investments in Albania. The 1995 indicators confirm this fact very clearly. Construction “takes over” investments, but not in favor of the homeless Construction has taken over investments in Albania. The 1995 indicators confirm this fact very clearly. Investments in construction, among the six main sectors of the macroeconomy, account for over 57% of the volume of investments in Albania, not only for 1995, but for the last five years. Construction has received roughly 7 times more investment than industry, 3.5 times more than agriculture, and over 10 times more than transport and education. Each year, investment in construction reaches more than 5.5 billion lekë out of a total of 9 billion in overall investments. A high percentage of construction investments is taken up by net[?] All investments in construction in the non-state sector have been made either on state land or on someone else’s land, which means a social problem has begun that ends up being settled in court continued on p. 3

Spain said that its foreign minister, Javier Solana, would be a “wonderful” NATO chief and that it reserves the right to put him forward as the official candidate for the alliance’s top post, which has remained vacant. Solana would be a “wonderful” NATO chief - Spain said that its foreign minister, Javier Solana, would be a “wonderful” NATO chief and that it reserves the right to put him forward as the official candidate for the alliance’s top post, which has remained vacant. “He would certainly be a wonderful secretary general, but we have not thought about that yet,” Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez noted in an interview given to state radio. The foreign ministry stressed that Madrid could put forward Solana’s name. The Spanish foreign minister, who is said to have good relations with US Secretary of State Warren Christopher and with President Bill Clinton, has emerged this year as a compromise candidate.

I still hold the same earlier view: Albanian Socialists should not come to power. The Socialists should not come to power I still hold the same earlier view: Albanian Socialists should not come to power. This is because there is still no break, no separating wall, no filter between them and the dictatorship. That will make any resentment against them, fed by the bitter memories that are still close at hand, capable of taking on dangerous proportions. Albanian Socialists cannot hold power for more than a year. That would paralyze the country and soil the Socialists themselves. Taken from the interview Kadare gave to the newspaper “Albania”

In the city of Berat, the remains of 21 people executed by the communist dictatorship were found, and so far only 10 of them have been identified. The remains of 21 people are found In the city of Berat, the remains of 21 people executed by the communist dictatorship were found, and so far only 10 of them have been identified. The remains were found on the outskirts of Berat. According to the head of the branch of the association of politically persecuted people in this district, from 1945 to 1990 in Berat 300 political prisoners were executed, with or without trial

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Although it was a rainy day, more than 6,000 spectators sat in the stands of the National Stadium to watch the national football team, for the first time since being fielded without Demollari, against Wales. The national team’s last match Much Ado About Nothing Wales draw in Tirana with 9 players missing from the lineup A lifeless game on the heavy pitch of the stadium Although it was a rainy day, more than 6,000 spectators sat in the stands of the National Stadium to watch the national football team, for the first time since being fielded without Demollari, against Wales. It seemed as though such a result might be reached when Kushta scored from the penalty spot in the third minute, and earlier Pano had hit the post from a free kick. But that was not how it happened. Our complacent players, thinking that goals are scored by themselves, began passing the ball around in defense, giving Wales time to build the moves that later produced the equalizer. So our team, apart from Zmijani’s saves in the minute (continued on p. 2) Tirana of the Albanian national team Bajko

Five months in prison for the deserting peacekeeper. 1 day in prison in America and 4 months and 29 days in Albania The dove of peace in a cell Five months in prison for the deserting peacekeeper. That is how the military court declared him guilty of committing the offense of evading military service. The story of Malko Zazaj, born in 1963 in Vajzari i Tepelenës and living in Tirana, begins on 8 September 1995, when he sets off for America as part of the Albanian peacekeeping company to take part in the “Peace Eagle 95” exercise in the state of Louisiana. Tempted by the magic of American life, where he goes to visit a doctor, he changes out of the peacekeeper’s uniform and heads into the free life of the city. After 8 hours of wandering, he falls asleep on the steps of a cathedral. Sleep is fatal for him. The alarm raised by the commander of the peacekeeping company, Vladimir Qirjazi, had put the military police in Louisiana into action. But as you can win freedom in America, you can also lose it in a matter of seconds. The military police caught him and notified the Albanian company, which had reached Frankfurt, that it would escort him within continued on p. 4