Berisha will not be arrested. Dini: Do not go beyond the mandate. Godo: This government has fever in its brain; it belongs before a court of puppets
Hajdari’s murder: the trail leads to the UDB
The mystery of the prime minister’s disappearance on the day of the unrest is solved. He arrived at Qafë Thanë at eleven o’clock in an armored “Volvo,” accompanied by the ambassador
Tirana wakes up under a citywide siege. 12 checkpoints, 100 detained, 32 arrested
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The troika arrives in Tirana
Berisha’s handcuffing will be avoided
The legislature again provokes the situation
[Partially cut off] ... the handcuffing of Berisha
... the handcuffing of Berisha
The legislature is once again provoking the political situation in Albania. Left-wing MPs voted yesterday unanimously in favor of lifting the immunity of Democratic Party leader Berisha, marking another act against the will of the international community. To the repeated call for tolerance and political rationality, the authorities in Albania responded miserably by taking a stand against sections of the opposition. The European Union’s special envoy, Ambassador Grubmajer, appealed for positions to be modified and for compromise between the parties, convinced that a new conflict would be destructive to democratic developments. Italy’s Foreign Minister, Lamberto Dini, also warned that Berisha’s arrest would be a major mistake, and that Italy therefore insists this step be avoided. Dini even declared that if a new conflict breaks out in Albania, Italy will cancel its aid program! Dini links all of this to the dispatch of the International Community,
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Inside
: Mute commandos. Revolt in the Kosovo prison, where Mazreku is serving his sentence. Purges at the Durrës customs office. Page 7
The West’s bet is in danger in the Balkan gambling den. Page 12
Artistic activities suspended indefinitely. Manchester has found the spy who helped it on Wednesday. Today the Spanish giants clash. Pages 13, 15
POLITICS
• Berisha: We will create a national front against dictatorship. Today, the Democratic Party’s National Council meets.
• Godo: The crisis has only one solution: Nano’s resignation.
• Servet Pëllumbi: After Berisha, we will remove Nano.
• DBSH: The state did not protect itself from violence because it needed the accusation. Socialists strip Berisha of his immunity
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ECONOMY
• Malaj asks Italy for help.
• The state’s hopes for oil are fading.
• Customs revenues fall short of the plan
• Finances are drying up; inertia is pushing the state forward.
• Lycky Mar reveals the mysteries of the escape
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NEWS
• Four released, Çela in prison. Prosecutor’s Office: No house arrest for crimes against humanity.
• Balkan prostitution ring dismantled in Paris; Albanian prostitutes arrested.
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KOSOVO
• Rugova: The unrest in Tirana harmed us.
• Russia against the resolution on Kosovo.
• Germany is not funding the KLA.
• NATO will feed Kosovo.
• The Kosovo crisis reaches Bosnia
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Press conference
Today at 10:00, the PR leadership will hold a press conference at the PR headquarters.
