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EDITORIAL By Nertian ALIBALI It happened, whatever happened, and we suffered it. The President did not return to the Vienna entrance for discussion, but left. Whether with reluctance or not, whether true or prolonged, the national issue came to the table heavy and exhausted. It was not politicized, no voice was raised from the chorus of praise. Because citizens understood that this case concerns not only the government, but the nation. They could not make the political lights work to show and remove their own alibi. In the evening, when he thought he could avoid it, he brought himself into a democracy with the civilized world and the most powerful representatives of the new and clearly terminal order. It is convinced in government, behind closed doors, now under the pressure of politics, and you embroider on your face. The President also says: in time, the country will present itself to them as great. Although the Albanians did not understand it, that president made it clear, because the President represents them. Alterio? What did we do? Nothing!

The Tirana ring road is suspended After 5 months, the funding of the works began, and the completion of the works will be finished with the penetration of six kilometers, in which the Prime Minister’s Office and the drive for the development of the project have taken part. Nearly 8 billion investment for the construction of the ring road crowns the project

Meeting at the Presidency. The compromise on the CEC failed Ambassadors Lubonja, Arriens, from the USA and OSCE, as well as from [?], in the Assembly of the Presidency, [z]onë selected and appointed them to dominate and eventually drag out the elections. There will be no compromise with the CEC, clearly declared the OSCE government in Tirana. With the face of diplomacy, arriving at an extraordinary ceremony to meet Meidani over an electoral conflict, to avoid the swallowed transitional displ[c]arities of the electoral code, for per[?]

The hostage mafia is perfected Statistics from the Tirana Police Directorate, for 1998 and the first half of 1999, report that 61 complaints were registered for car theft and 40 for license plate theft. According to testimony given to the police, in only 6 cases were the automobiles found. The reported perpetrators, only in some cases, managed to carry out and recover, although there were no motives for kidnapping? Page 9

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