Mission to Italy by the judges investigating the scandal Former ambassador Cardilli responds FRANCO GIULIANO ROME — The day in Rome for the Albanian judges investigating the scandal over aid from Italy in their country produced no significant results of the kind needed for the ongoing investigation in Albania. The statements given by the two witnesses (the former Italian ambassador to Albania, Torquato Cardilli, and the Bari entrepreneur Giuseppe Perniola, administrator of Levant Co, one of the companies entrusted with supplying the aid), which were scheduled yesterday at the Carabinieri operational group barracks, “added nothing,” said the head of the Tirana Prosecutor’s Office, Arben Qeleshi, “beyond what we already knew ourselves.” The “questioning” lasted just under 90 minutes. The diplomat was called first. Unlike the other witnesses, the procedure used in this case was modified. While international law provides for the presence of foreign judges in the case of those heard so far, when the witness is an ambassador (and therefore enjoys diplomatic immunity), he, accompanied by his lawyer, answered questions prepared by the Albanian judges, but in their absence. “Your Excellency, how did you answer?” “Simply,” said Cardilli, “what I have always stated on other occasions: I have absolutely nothing to do with this affair.” “Simply? Forty minutes to say so few words?” “Three minutes to answer the counselor; the rest of the time was spent reading the newspaper.” Then it was the turn of the Bari entrepreneur, Perniola. Accompanied by his Roman lawyer, Gian Antonio Minghelli, he said immediately after the “questioning”: “I repeat what I said a little while ago: I do not want to be the target on which the consequences of a political situation that has nothing to do with me are unloaded. I am just an entrepreneur.” The Tirana Prosecutor’s Office’s Arben Qeleshi, the head of the Investigative Commission, Fatos Dervishi, and Kostag Beluri will conclude [their work] on Wednesday. On Monday the 22nd, prosecutor Evelina Canale, the Italian judge in charge of the Albanian part of the investigation into the cooperation, will go to Tirana to hear, again as part of the investigation, the officials of “AlbKontroll” in Durrës. Italy’s foreign minister, Nino Andreatta, has also commented on the matter: “It seems to me like a joke,” he said ironically, “that funds intended for a country never arrived because at one time many promises were made and then not kept. Certainly there was a lack of oversight, but not to the extent that the sums given to States were transferred to private individuals.” Andreatta then explained that he had not given the Albanian judges permission to question the former Italian ambassador to Albania, “but exceptionally I have given permission for him to be questioned as part of the investigation, on the basis of questions written by the Italian judges. The ambassador can now answer freely, to our judges.” The former Italian ambassador to Albania, Torquato Cardilli, was questioned by the Roman judges. this case when it concerns an ambassador (that is, someone covered by diplomatic immunity). Your Excellency, you did not answer? “Simply,” said Cardilli, “what I have always asserted in other circumstances: that I have absolutely nothing to do with this story.” ... a special secretary of his, wife, Jiang King, caught him in the act wife could visit only if she notified him beforehand. Although Mao was insatiable in his sexual appetite, he also had a major revealed by Leonid Zamiatyn, who was the former Soviet president’s spokesman for many years. his later years, when he appeared frail code of conduct. among the group of senior Kremlin.

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Revelations about Mao and Brezhnev LONDON — At night, Comrade Mao did not think about revolution: he “ordered” beautiful young girls, preferably virgins, always different ones, to warm his bed, and began “the most unrestrained games of love.” In this respect, the “revolutionary” Leonid Brezhnev was not much different. Dancers, typists, secretaries, hostesses, students: “the great timorous one,” as he was called, was insatiable and always wanted “new girls,” without too many complications. “The girls considered him a god; they thought that sex with him was a good and right thing,” says the doctor L.I. Mao’s personal physician for 22 years, until his death in 1976, Li has lived in Chicago since 1988, and thanks to his testimony an English television network has made a shocking documentary. Mao had nothing in common with a Spartan heroine: even in old age he had a constant sexual appetite. This was confirmed by one of his personal secretaries, Li Rui. During the Cultural Revolution, in 1966, his fourth wife, Jiang King, caught him in bed with a group of naked girls and argued with him. In response, he ordered the guards that his wife could visit only if she announced herself in advance. However insatiable Mao was in his sexual appetite, he also had a great rival within the international communist movement: Leonid Brezhnev. This was revealed by Leonid Zamiatyn, who for many years was spokesman for the former Soviet president. Zamiatyn said that Brezhnev had not given up sex in his final years, when he appeared ill in public: a senior KGB officer ensured he had a “regular supply of women.” But Brezhnev also had a moral code. He did not choose his “many, many, many” lovers from among the group of high-ranking officials, and he did not let them sleep in the Kremlin.

TIRANA — (Ro. Ka.) — For the first time, an ecological magazine in Albania. Very soon, this new publication will join the long list of the Albanian press. The initiative comes from the Association for the Preservation and Protection of the Environment. It will publish a magazine that will draw attention to environmental problems in Albania. Its main aim is to raise public awareness of pollution problems and suggest the most suitable solutions. The publication is being financed by the Dutch magazine “Euronatur,” which will invest around 13 thousand dollars for this purpose. The magazine will be the first publication of its kind.

The investor may change TIRANA — (An. St.) — “Only a discussion between the European Bank and the French construction company CBC over the project estimates is the reason work has not begun on the reconstruction of the ‘Dajti’ Hotel. So there is a problem, but it has nothing to do with the Albanian side.” Lazarin Mazreku, Deputy Minister of Tourism, explains to the newspaper why work has not yet started on an investment in tourism contracted several months ago. The General Construction Company CBC, one of the most successful companies in recent times, concluded a contract with the Ministry of Tourism to renovate the “Dajti” Hotel and build an extension behind it. It was decided that the construction would be carried out jointly with Albuturizmi, with each party investing 50 percent. At a time when everything was thought to have been settled, it emerged that a discussion had arisen between the French company and the European Bank over the cost of the project. The latter’s specialists believe the projected cost is high. “We will wait another month,” says Mazreku, “and if the procedures remain blocked, we will seek to terminate the contract and invite a new investor.”

REPAIR OF THE NDERLYSA HYDROPOWER PLANT COMPLETED IN DUKAGJIN — Six million lekë allocated by the Government and recently provided as desired. After a month of work, repairs to the Nderlysa Hydropower Plant in the remote Dukagjin area were completed. It had been damaged by the heavy rainfall that fell at the beginning of September. As a result, the municipalities of Shala, Shoshi and Pulti had no electricity supply. The hydropower plant has now begun supplying electricity again to its 20,000 subscribers. TWO THIEVES OF HUMANITARIAN AID CAUGHT IN LAC — Employees of the Police Commissariat in Laç have detained two people accused of stealing humanitarian aid stored in the hospital warehouse. The aid—mainly medicines and clothing—was brought from Switzerland by the Viti couple to help the residents of Laç. Although one of those arrested is a hospital employee, other people at the hospital are also suspected of having appropriated the aid. BERAT’S MUSEUM TREASURES ARE BEING RESTORED FOLLOWING NEW CONSTRUCTION — Fines of 10,000–25,000 lekë have been unable to stop the surge of construction on both sides of the Castle, which is considered the cradle of the city of Berat. Illegal construction is also taking place inside the Castle. Specialists responsible for protecting museum areas believe such construction damages the museum values of the ancient city, and have therefore called for the damaged sites to be restored to their previous condition. The passivity of the District Prosecutor’s Office leads them to believe that further damage may be added to what has already been done.

THREE CYCLISTS BURNED BY AN ELECTRIC CABLE — The Sunday outing of three young cyclists ended tragically when they were burned by a high-voltage cable that had fallen because of strong winds this morning in the Metz region of northern France. SNIPERS KILL TWO CHILDREN IN MOSTAR — Two children walking in the Muslim part of Mostar (the capital of Herzegovina, in southern Bosnia) were killed today by Croatian snipers. The news was reported by Radio Sarajevo, which is controlled by Muslims. It also accused the Croats of deliberately firing grenades at the Muslim military hospital last night, but provided no details. SWEDISH THIEVES HAND OVER THE STOLEN PICASSO PAINTINGS, BUT THEY ARE COPIES — Copies of eight works of art were found near a museum in Stockholm a week after the originals, signed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, had been stolen. The Swedish news agency TT reported the news. “It seems like a tasteless joke,” said police official Nils-Håke Hallin. The stolen works were paintings and a sculpture by Picasso and Braque, worth around 60 million dollars (990 billion lire). NEO-NAZIS: 140 YOUNG PEOPLE DETAINED — At least 140 right-wing extremists were detained today in various regions of Germany as they headed toward the military cemetery at Sellower, in Brandenburg, near the city of Berlin. According to the police, the neonazis’ unauthorized march, planned for November 14, the national day of mourning for German soldiers who fell in the war, had been banned.

Lessons from an American: not “confession” but “down with the vice” The “A.A.” association wants to save Albanian drinkers too TIRANA — Alcoholics too can gather at a rally. This time it will be for them alone. But there will be no chanting “Long live alcohol!”; on the contrary, the rally will call for giving up this vice. The idea for this special rally came from an American. His name cannot be given—or rather, he does not reveal it himself. The rules of the association he belongs to do not allow him to do so. It is an American association, “A.A.”—founded in 1956 and with more than 60,000 groups throughout the world—which helps people stop drinking and guarantees its members anonymity. An anonymous American will also come to speak in Albania. Apparently, the fight against alcohol here too will be organized through associations. This American was once an alcoholic himself, and now he wants to save others from this vice as well. But apparently he is not finding the support he needs here. This is not because Albanian drinkers have no intention of giving up their glass of raki, but perhaps because of bureaucratic difficulties. The American, who has been in Albania for some time, has not yet achieved any concrete results. Nevertheless, he is not giving up. He has now drafted a call to establish the “A.A.” association in Albania too. And if this does not produce results, then the rally will be held. Alcoholics too at the rally

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