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A representative of the Presidency, a representative of the leadership of a party-club, described the initiative undertaken in Albania to apply the death penalty as “populist politics” over the BBC airwaves. Presidential fantasy, which sees peace and security in the country as lying in the planting of some tree in the Botanical Garden, is trying to make politics out of crime, which has suffocated Albanian society and blocked democratic processes in the country. It is truly astonishing to see this presidential zeal to glorify, together with the Council of Europe, the very face of the crime that rules the country. Even more astonishing is the fact that the presidential institution reacts only when the issue of the death penalty is discussed, even though numerous cases of constitutional violations and disregard for the Criminal Code have occurred in Albania. Instead of President Meidani proposing to the European Community a solution so that membership in the Council of Europe would not be made conditional on the abolition of the death penalty, political initiatives in the country are harshly attacked, thereby encouraging crime to continue. Passivity toward crime is driving the country’s prospects toward catastrophe. As for Western conditions, the Presidency and the Government have not suffered much. The West has long failed in its efforts to act swiftly to promote democracy and peace in the countries of the former Communist East, where crime has found fertile ground. This cannot be called investment

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When he was leaving for Greece, he cut off a goat’s leg and drank its blood “The incident that occurred has no connection with the current situation in Berat. The killings committed by these criminals were of a particular kind.” “The incident that occurred has no connection with the current situation in Berat. The killings committed by these criminals were of a particular kind. Incidents like these have occurred in only two countries in the world. The same situation as in Berat occurred in Holland, where two people with delusions killed 13 students, while another incident occurred in Belgium, where two people entered a bar and, without any reason, killed 5 people. These people are those who live with delusions. The situation in Berat is currently serious. At district level, [the records]...

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Today at 11:00, at Hotel Dajti, DBSH is holding a press conference