There are also materials signed by Hoxha A citizen points out the secret location in the former Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania FATOS BAXHAKU TIRANA — The issue of the Party of Labour of Albania Archive has been reopened once again. This time, it was an ordinary citizen who reported that the documents existed. Then the Director General of the State Archives himself, Luan Malltezi, took charge of finding some secret documents in one of the many basements of the building of the former Central Committee of the Party of Labour, on the side where the Embassy of the Presidium of the People's Assembly is now located. According to Director Malltezi, there are dozens of files containing Party of Labour documents, many of them bearing the stamp “Top Secret” and Enver Hoxha’s signature. In one of the basement chambers, eight tin boxes of the kind usually used to store documents from this archive were found almost completely submerged in water. There are clear signs of burning all around the place where the papers and documents were located. “We have not yet verified what the boxes flooded with water contain,” Malltezi told the Gazette, “but, in any case, finding documents signed by Enver Hoxha and the traces of burning is convincing evidence that someone tried to eliminate documents, or at least abandon them. This is a serious matter, and we will propose criminal prosecution of the people who acted this way.” The discovery was made entirely by chance. During a meeting about a work-related matter, a citizen told Malltezi that secret documents existed in the labyrinths beneath the former Central Committee building. Searches began immediately afterwards. “At first I didn’t really believe him,” Malltezi says, “because representatives of the Socialist Party had told us that the Party of Labour documents had long since been gathered in a designated place, from where we are continuing to take them into our custody. I also asked my specialists. They, too, knew nothing about their existence. Nevertheless, I wanted to check for myself, and after a day I managed to make my way into the labyrinths of the large building and found what was there.” The story of the Party of Labour archive documents began in May of last year, when the Government decided that they should be placed under the administration of the State Archives. A few months later, in November 1992, the process of taking them over began. It is a lengthy procedure that continues to this day. Two years ago, rumours spread that secret documents might have been destroyed during the democratic revolts of students and citizens of Tirana. But no such evidence had been verified until now. “Until the present case, everything had been going normally, and our specialists had not confirmed any cases of documents missing from the inventory,” says the Director General of the Archives, “although we had strong suspicions. The present case is an act that is highly reprehensible from every point of view, both administratively and legally, as well as because of the damage it causes to the clarification of many still-obscure issues in Albanian history over the last 40 years. Someone must undoubtedly face criminal responsibility, and we will file a complaint as soon as we establish the responsibilities.” The former headquarters of the Central Committee

There have been 60 incidents across 19 districts in Albania, affecting hundreds of hectares. The greatest damage has been recorded in Vlora In most cases, the fires were deliberately set TIRANA — (Ed. La.) — Forest fires in 1993 have truly been alarming. Of Albania’s 36 districts, fires have broken out in 19, with the number of incidents reaching as many as 60. In Vlora alone, the damage from the burning of 94.5 hectares amounts to 2,888,000 lekë, while nationwide the fires have affected a total of 330.5 hectares. But the causes of the fires are even more alarming. “Most of the fires were deliberately set,” Fenelon Hoxha, Head of the Forest Police at the General Directorate of Forests, told the Gazette. “In the southern region, the fires are started to increase the area available for grazing.” Officials at the Directorate also say that this year’s negative feature is that very few people have taken part in extinguishing the fires, and in many cases the local authorities have been quite indifferent. Generally, it has been the police forces and military units stationed nearby that have been involved. The greatest amount of damage was recorded in the district of Vlora — 960,000 lekë — where, in four incidents affecting 52.3 hectares, a full 18 hectares were completely burned. The district of Mat ranks first in the number of fires: 11 incidents in all, affecting 33 hectares. “In general, the fires,” continues Hoxha, Head of the Forest Police, “have been detected and extinguished the same day or the next day. The only exceptions are Martaneshi, Fushë-Arrëzi and Vlora, where it took days to at least bring the fires under control.” The most recent fire recorded in the Lumë-Bardhë forestry area of Fushë-Arrëzi has also been confirmed as deliberate. According to specialists, all eight fire points were separated from one another, and fire-starting materials used to ignite them were burned.

Extradition of the Albanian undocumented migrant fails EDMOND LAÇI VLORA — The attempt by the Vlora Public Order Department and representatives of Albanian INTERPOL to repatriate citizen Skënder Dine from Taranto to Vlora has failed. Accused by the prosecutor’s office in his city of murdering 20-year-old Enkeleida Laba on January 9, 1991, Dine managed to evade detection for a long time, living as an undocumented migrant in Greece and later in Italy, until he was arrested following an Italian-Albanian “blitz”. Today, according to official Albanian sources, he has been released by the Italian authorities. Knowing that Albania does not yet have an extradition agreement with Italy, two Vlora police officers went to Italy themselves to organize the operation to capture and repatriate Skënder Dine. With help from the Pulsano police, they managed — even though one of the Albanian officers was setting foot in Italy for the first time — to capture the accused Dine at the “Baia d’argento” venue on the Taranto coast. That same day, Prosecutor Ciro Santamachia had told the Gazette: “If within ten days the Court of Appeal in Bari does not grant permission to hand Dine over to the Albanian authorities, he will be entitled to his freedom.” It seems that this strict procedure under Italian law would undo all the work of the Vlora Public Order Department and Albanian INTERPOL. “His release encourages other criminals,” Fahri Shasku, Head of the Vlora Public Order Department, told the newspaper. “At the very least, he should have been deported from Italy, because he was an undocumented migrant.” Nevertheless, no official response has yet arrived from Taranto explaining why 26-year-old Dine was not extradited. According to official Shasku, the crime he committed was extremely monstrous. “He stabbed a young woman eight times. All this happened while the victim, Laba, was working in a tailoring shop. According to our sources, the accused took revenge after finding out that the victim did not want to marry him.”

TIRANA — Thirteen [unclear] accused of stealing 758 official passports from the Tirana Passport Office were given various sentences by the Tirana Court. Genc Osmani and Ilir Kondakçi were sentenced to 3 and 4 years’ imprisonment on charges of “appropriation of state property”. Dritan Shyti and Elvin Çali were each sentenced to 5 months’ imprisonment on the separate charge of “aiding after the commission of a crime”. The theft was committed on the evening of March 23, and just two days later the perpetrators were detained together with the passports — new and unused — taken from the Tirana Passport Office, next to which there is a police station in the capital.

TWO GIRLS FROM MIRDITA ALMOST ABDUCTED BY FORCE — While tending livestock, two cousins, Valentina and Vitore Marku, aged 13 and 15, were nearly abducted by two young men. Their aim — to sell them in Greece — was thwarted only by chance. After abducting them in the forest of Kuzhneni, a remote mountain village on the border between Mirdita and Puka, they put them in a sack and left them under a bridge. As the abductors were heading to a nearby restaurant, a shepherd happened to spot them and free the girls. The statements of the girls, now free, have also helped the police officers of Mirdita and Puka, who are intensively searching for the perpetrators. POLITICAL GROUPS IN SARANDË OPPOSE CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN SOCIAL, ETHNIC AND REGIONAL GROUPS — This was the main conclusion of a meeting held in Sarandë among all the political groups and associations in the district. The meeting was also prompted by the recent confrontation between two groups of 200–300 young people originating from Cameria and Piluri. Regarding the six young people detained by the authorities in this incident, representatives of the various groups agreed that “the law should be applied without sentimentality and without extremism”. IN KORÇË, FOOD PRODUCTS WORTH MILLIONS OF LEKË FAIL TO MEET STANDARDS — In the first seven months of this year alone, food products worth 2,631,000 were removed from sale and buried in Korçë. In addition, for failure to meet sanitary and hygiene requirements, the Sanitary Inspectorate closed 82 food outlets and issued 370 fines worth 127,650 lekë. All the cases were confirmed following various physical, chemical and bacteriological analyses. CSCE HIGH COMMISSIONER SHTOEL WILL MAKE NO STATEMENTS DURING HIS MISSION IN ALBANIA — “My mandate does not allow me to make statements during my mission. I will inform the CSCE first.” This is what Maks Van Der Shtoel told ATSH. He has been in Albania for days at the invitation of President Sali Berisha. Following this statement, it became clear that the conclusions of his important mission would be made public only through the CSCE. Most recently, High Commissioner Shtoel worked in the city of Gjirokastër, where he met and held talks with representatives of OMO-NIA and PBDNJ. Shtoel also held a face-to-face meeting with them and representatives of the Vlach organization. At another meeting, Shtoel, accompanied by CSCE experts, held talks in the village of Derviçan together with representatives of six minority villages.

Everyone dreams when they sleep. This is an entirely normal fact, except that sometimes these dreams are so beautiful or so bad that they leave you amazed and bewildered when you wake up. But dreams can also be “warnings”; that is, they may contain a premonition warning of what may happen in the future. Every week, “Gazeta Shqiptare” offers its readers explanations and the meanings of the objects and situations most often dreamed about. FLYING Psychological interpretation: This is one of the most frequent dreams, and at least once in their life every one of us has had it. The most widespread explanation of this dream is sexual: flying represents erotic activity. In this sense, fear of flying, or being unable to take off, indicates fear. But this sensation also indicates courage, willpower, and energy. If the dream is accompanied by a negative sensation, flying is interpreted as an attempt to escape reality. VOLCANO Psychological interpretation: It is a negative symbol of fire: it brings destruction and death. But, bearing in mind that its force lies inside the earth and then emerges onto the surface, a volcano symbolizes fear and hidden passions that risk becoming harmful. TRAVELLING Psychological interpretation: When we travel, we see things that are apparently distant; this may represent parental protection, an ideal love, or a peaceful situation. In any case, it expresses our dissatisfaction with our current life and a desire for change. EGG Psychological interpretation: It is a universal symbol filled with meaning. Its shape and bright color make it an emblem of totality. Naturally, its meaning is also connected with birth and renewal: eating eggs expresses a desire to find new psychological energy. GRAPES Psychological interpretation: A symbol of family tradition. Fresh, ripe grapes represent the individual within their family. Picking a bunch of grapes represents separation from the family. EARTHQUAKE Psychological interpretation: A situation changes suddenly, an unexpected feeling, the end of a friendship. TELEPHONE Psychological interpretation: This modern instrument, which plays an important role during the day, is associated in dreams with anxiety of an erotic nature: being unable to call, getting a busy signal, or dialing the wrong number are situations connected with the fear that we will not receive a response in our romantic life. If the sight of a telephone makes us anxious, this means we are afraid of receiving bad news or are worried about people who are far away. This kind of dream often occurs in shy people and has to do with an inability to establish proper relationships with others. STORM Psychological interpretation: If we dream of a storm, it means that we are experiencing an inner storm; perhaps we have tried to change our instincts or our most basic desire, which erupts in the quiet of the night [j[o?]]. MOUSE Psychological interpretation: In general, the mouse represents an unconscious sexual instinct that the mind often regards as sinful and immoral. Its image may also suggest an acute feeling of jealousy, which we do not want to admit even to ourselves. Seeing many mice is a dream that troubles people who have worries and problems.

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