The OSCE chief turns Albania in the U.S. Page 3 The risk of drowning lowers the price of speedboats Visa bargaining rises How much are the speedboats on the black market The suspension of speedboats in the waters of Vlorë and Sarandë has also hit the black market for visas. A week ago, speedboat enthusiasts abandoned the black market and headed for the border. 21-needle boats have remained in stock. In Sarandë and Vlorë, the price of a speedboat has fallen dramatically, from 8,000 to 7,000 marks. Even so, that is still an unattainable amount for most Albanians. The foreign press writes ironically that Albanians have begun to resemble drowned sirens, and not only in the sense of refugees. In this climate, traffickers and speedboat operators are finding it increasingly difficult to survive. The speedboat, once the most talked-about means of escape, has turned into a means of drowning. Visa bargaining rises The speedboat dealers used to promise all young people that they would travel with the same means that took them to Italy. The transport people with this latter. Some suffer. Some have turned into [m]all. Some suffer 70,000 lek - 100,000 old lek. Today, market tickets are preferred to be sold by speedboat through the black market

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Investigations closed Guilty, only the police officers PAGE 2 EDITORIAL By Genci Gjonaj The devaluation of Fatos Nano’s vocabulary Time drained dry and other kindnesses. The gloomy censorship, a certain insensitivity and a determined mouthpiece writes as if it had been driven out by… [text partly illegible] It is not my habit to answer in the same linguistic manner used by those who mock and trade jabs at the political and media café tables, but first of all, I wanted to say this from the heart and with sincerity. Those attentive in the dark corners, the quislings, would know not to spy on me at all. Although in a polite pronunciation, Mr. Fatos Nano, only two days earlier, used such vocabulary against yesterday’s opponents that it reminded one of the Italian shores for a freer life.

The latest tragedy in the Adriatic The tears of Albanians leave no clear trace. It would have had to in Parliament with curiosity and even no? to represent, to quote the Italian coast as a way to a freer life.

How much are the speedboats on the black market Practically on the speedboat market you can no longer find a speedboat; with 70,000 old lek the people used to pay 70,000 - 100,000 old lek for the little boats. Today, market tickets are preferred to be sold at a convenient price. Page 12

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