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The promised loan for the homeless victims of the pyramid schemes falls through The last hopes that the money would come to Albania have faded Page 5

. This is what is happening now too. Only three days have passed since the second round of the local government elections, and Tirana has responded. Shkodra as well. The police have not yet recovered from the “success” of holding “peaceful elections” in Albania, forgetting the police pressure on “disobedient” rivals. Poçi and those who came after him are facing an unstable situation, and calm. The Albanian government officials know these promises very well too, even though their election campaign slogan was “Tomorrow will be better.” The good is becoming clear in these three days. The promise of a better tomorrow has begun with Kalashnikov gunfire, bursts of shots in bars, and people killed everywhere... It seems the entire “scenario for tomorrow” had been prepared solely for the victory of those who leave crime in their wake at every election. Albanians cannot afford to wait while experiments are conducted with their lives, or to wonder “when there will be no more crimes,” or “when things will get better”...? ...cia has still not Forgetting the police pressure against “disobedient” rivals, Pogi and those who followed him are facing an unpleasant situation, which, as ill luck would have it, began just a few hours after voting in Albania had finally closed. Thus, besides intensifying the political struggle, the elections left Albanians to face crime, despite the fact that by now we have all grown accustomed to promises of law and order

“Return to Identity,” the latest scandal “TBU remains the only company that has done nothing in the reconstruction of the 3 Ministries, and merely retains the top name on the project.” This is what Albanian technicians and several owners of Albanian companies told the newspaper “Republika.” They spoke of their disappointment at the presentation of a company as established in a project so important, undertaken by the Ministry of Culture and widely promoted by the government. According to them, in reality TBU proves to be an unprofessional company in every respect. Throughout the construction work, the German company TBU has hidden behind the work of 6 Albanian companies, which, through their respective roles, have done everything. Page 11

PR: No more manipulated elections The Albanian Republican Party is calling for the dissolution of the Central Election Commission, improvement of the Electoral Code, and a change in the Governing Council of the National Radio and Television. These were among the main points of the decisions adopted at yesterday’s meeting of the National Assembly of the PRSH, held in one of the halls of the National Historical Museum. Republican leaders said yesterday that the local elections of 1 October were accompanied by manipulation. Pp. 2, 12, 13

The Pact: financial resources are lacking New problems are being added to the Stability Pact initiative for the economic recovery of the countries of the Southeast European region. The latest meeting of donors for the Economic Table within the framework of the Pact, held in recent days in Istanbul, Turkey, focused on discussions about Yugoslavia’s inclusion in the Stability Pact projects and finding new funds for this purpose. Page 9

Fraud involving private kindergartens Page 16

The pre-election campaign and the election campaign in Albania had a particular outcome for everyone, even though the results, or the ruling force’s manipulations, did not attract much attention from those living with the anxiety that “these elections must be over.” And while the two days of voting (including the runoffs) passed, everything in Albania was forgotten within a few days. After that, the crimes began. Now nobody is paying attention to the decisions of political parties or to victory figures. The elections left crime behind. This is not the first time, because in 1997 too, immediately after the elections of 29 June, Albania was engulfed in a level of crime never anticipated, with no fewer than 196 police officers executed in just three years...

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