Turkey forgives Albania’s debts

P. 5

The electorate in search of a third alternative

P. 3

Mustafaj: The Blushi scandal compromises the state

P. 5

“Operation Broom” against Nano supporters blocked

Yesterday’s meeting in the PS ended in Nano’s favor, by a majority vote of 9 to 6 P. 6

Another disappointment from the “Friends of Albania”

In yesterday’s statement, the Friends advise the Meta government to fight corruption as an important precondition for investment and economic recovery. The “Friends of Albania” yesterday in Vienna conducted a comprehensive analysis of political, economic and social developments in Albania in the period since their last meeting in July ’99. In the 22-point report approved at yesterday’s meeting, their messages regarding governance and, more generally, the country’s political class appear quite clear. P. 3

The Enforcement Office seizes debtors’ money

Seizures of debtors of pyramid schemes begin. Employees at the Tirana Enforcement Office have managed to seize the bank accounts of six creditors, who had deposited some of their savings with the banks of the firms in Tirana. According to the enforcement officers, these account numbers were registered with the American Bank, the Italo-Albanian Bank and the Greek National Bank. But the amount withdrawn from them is very small compared with... P. 6

In Albania, construction uses expired materials

“A large quantity of expired cement, radioactive iron, and substandard bricks and roof tiles enters Albania.” “A large quantity of expired cement, radioactive iron, and substandard bricks and roof tiles enters Albania. These have been proven through tests carried out in a laboratory in a neighboring country.” This is the statement of one of the well-known specialists in this field, whose name we cannot use for reasons that are well known. He states responsibly that “Albanians moving into new buildings pray to God not to send seismic tremors their way, since it is impossible to predict what will happen after their massive collapse.” P. 9

War-like situation in Eastern Kosovo and Montenegro

Large concentration of Serbian troops on the Albanian border P. 4 SERBIA MONTENEGRO KOSOVO Prishtina ALBANIA MACEDONIA

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