29/01/1998
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Republika

29 January 1998

EU against the arrogance of Albanian politics

As was made known, the main concern of the foreign ministers of the European Union in their Joint Declaration was the taking of unilateral decisions concerning the public administration. In today’s institutional context, two phenomena can be observed: on the one hand, self-contradictory statements about the institutionalization of the public administration and, on the other, the exercise of political arrogance, which is a neototalitarian attempt to reshape institutions as subjective entities. It is now clear that institutional reform and control over the administration stem from a single political center. The parameters for the political activation of public figures are continually expanding. The government seeks to turn even that mass of people who are not responsible for political directions into an activist mass. Despite the presence of criminal elements at the top of the state pyramid, the official propaganda, in its helpless appetite, continues trumpeting the operations of the “Bezhani Commission” to vet the records of senior officials. The first “big fish” caught in Bezhani’s net appear to be two senior officials in the institutions of Justice, who, in the end, have been connected to an affair undertaken by a senior figure in politics, who controls power. In particular, the Constitutional Court, headed by Rustem Gata, has been threatened [illegible] by the chief—

The spy in the Constitutional Court

Surprising statement on the Shkodër investigations. Prosecution: The local authorities organized the unrest. Summonses are ready. Berisha is also mentioned A new line of investigation into the pyramid schemes. Prosecutors will check in neighboring countries

VEFA goes bankrupt. Secret report in Malaj’s hands

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The other spy is in the Government

Communist Mosko: We have our people in SHIK

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Godo - Fasino: Annual visa for Albanians

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Arbnori: I will give up my parliamentary mandate

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Italians invite the Albanian communists

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“Republika” wishes all Muslim believers well

Happy Eid al-Fitr

Inside

Italian’s killer arrested Foreign investors under scrutiny; some are mafiosi too Money stolen from a judge Page 2 The authorities prepare peace with the striking lawyers Poison invades Elbasan Malta fever heads toward Tirana Page 5 Israel decorates two families in Librazhd 700 residents of Elbasan seek Greek names Gunshots disrupt Ramadan Military trucks loaded with suspicions Page 6 62,000 residents of Vlora declare their losses in the pyramid schemes Page 7

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