After a year-long ban, the Ministry allows the activity Strict rules for hobby hunters After a year-long ban, the Ministry allows the activity Hunting will resume Strict rules for hobby hunters TIRANË — Starting on 1 September, hunting in Albania will no longer be banned. And once again it is an order from the Ministry of Agriculture — it was also such an order last September that made hunting illegal for a period of one year — that has granted citizenship rights to sporting and tourist hunting, declaring the period September 1994 - March 1995 as its season. Fears over the destruction of the country's wildlife by uncontrolled and criterionless hunting — especially after the arrival in the country of numerous groups of foreign hunters — had forced then-Minister of Agriculture Petrit Kalakula to declare hunting banned for a period of eight months, an act that was accompanied by fierce controversy. Most strongly, and first to object, were around 10,000 hunters organized in their association. They described the move by the agriculture ministry as unconstitutional and unjustified; they even sent a petition to President Berisha. The ministry's protest order also found few supporters at the General Forestry Directorate. According to its specialists, the suspension of the activity would have been accompanied by economic losses estimated at hundreds of thousands of US dollars. But it seems that many environmentalists — mainly foreign ones — concerned about the intensive methods of animal extermination used by hunting tourists, as well as the many confiscations of banned animals at Albanian customs during arrivals from abroad, tipped the balance in favor of protection. Now, after one year of interruption — in any case not complete, although during this period many cases of illegal hunting have been recorded — more than 13,000 local hunters and many others arriving as tourists will resume practicing their passion. And it seems that the current Minister of Agriculture, Halili, does not fear their passion, which if uncontrolled can truly become destructive for wildlife. The order that grants freedom to hunting and bears his signature aims — according to specialists — to place this activity on scientific techno-biological foundations. For its disciplined development, the order defines the zones — Durrës, Vlorë, Divjakë and Fier — as well as the species — ducks, geese, pheasants, partridges, wolves, foxes, wild boar, hares and wild quail — that will be hunted. The order also sets the days, quotas, hours and hunting fees, which are different for locals and foreigners. (r.o.)

The prosecutor’s office begins investigations into 18 accused people TIRANË — The General Prosecutor's Office has begun criminal proceedings against 18 former hunger strikers. These people — 4 in Tiranë, 7 in Vlorë and 7 in Shkodër — are accused of obstructing the police authorities in the enforcement of a court decision. And it is precisely these latter authorities that filed the complaint. According to statements by the Ministry of Public Order, its forces were hindered by the firing of weapons by terrorist elements, at the time they were trying to enforce the court decision to end the hunger strike that had been carried out by former political persecuted persons. In the city of Vlorë — again according to the Ministry of Public Order — shots were fired from the terrace of a café, while in Shkodër the armed barricaders shot from the second floor of the building where the strikers had been holed up. Thus, in the bizarre hunger strike — which in fact was organized more as a political act than a humanitarian one and ended in tragedy with the killing of the guard policeman, killed from the fortified bastions clad in iron shirts — the police forces have already identified and arrested the suspected persons, some of whom are alleged to be former members of the Albanian secret police.

The Helsinki competitions have ended Italy is ranked eighth HELSINKI — The triumph of the Russians in the European athletics championships, which ended on Sunday in Helsinki, closed with 25 medals. The Helsinki competitions have ended Sport Italy is ranked eighth With 25 medals Russia finishes first in the European Athletics Championships Russian athlete Irina Privalova, who won the gold medal in Helsinki in the women's 200 meters HELSINKI — The triumph of the Russians in the European athletics championships, which ended on Sunday in Helsinki, closed with 25 medals (8 gold, eight silver and seven bronze. Twenty-five in all. In the final standings, Great Britain and Germany finished second and third respectively. Arnd Benderi, with thirteen medals, six of them gold, and Germany (with fourteen), with five golds. On the final day of competition, the Italians Arnd Benderi won three gold medals in the 800 metres, 146 jumping events. In the final standings Italy finished in eighth place. On page 3

KAVAJË — A small incident almost cost B. S. her life. The animal dragged her for 50 meters A shepherdess in Kavajë, victim of a rabid cow The young villager is in a coma in hospital KAVAJË — A small incident almost cost B. S. her life, a 26-year-old woman from the village of Shkozet in Luz i Madh, Kavajë. The young villager, in the morning, was walking calmly, as is customary on village roads, while leading the cow she was taking to pasture. But — it is still unknown what caused it, the heat or a fly bite — the ungrateful cow suddenly ran wild. An action that was followed by the anger of the villager, who had let go of the rope holding the cow at her side. For more than 50 meters she was dragged along the dusty, stony village roads. It is not known how long this bloody run of the cow would have continued if an elderly man had not intervened there, who after seeing the whole event raised the alarm. The villagers who were there were immediately able to free the woman trapped between the cow and the rope without assistance. The force of the 26-year-old had been greatly shaken and the housewife herself and several participants made her open her tightly clenched mouth and remove the towel that had been put in it. From there she was taken to the emergency department of the city hospital in Durrës, where she was admitted to intensive care. Her condition is serious and until yesterday she was still in a coma. Qe. Ca.

It had happened by accident BERAT — He will have to spend ten years in prison for a tragic mistake. BERAT — He will have to spend ten years in prison for a tragic mistake that happened some time ago. This was decided by the District Court of Berat after examining the case of the unfortunate former policeman Hekuran Hatia, accused of involuntary manslaughter of his colleague Beqo Hoxha, father of two children. The घटना had taken place in the village of Drenovicë during a routine hunt. There, without anyone noticing, the sentenced man’s companions had fired into the air and a bullet ricocheted, seriously wounding one of them. Shaken by the sound of the gunfire but even more by the sight of blood, the two decided to hand their pistols to their colleague Hatia. It was precisely at that moment that the tragedy occurred. One of the pistols was fired accidentally, leaving one of the policemen dead. Through negligence that cost the convicted policeman dearly.

Work begins in December TIRANË — Soon there will be tenders for cleaning the capital, one of the most worrying problems for the Municipality of Tiranë. At last an agreement has been signed with a well-known company for the collection of household waste, now expanded, a part of its representation. The contract between this company and the Municipality was signed by Mayor Sali Kelmendi himself. The company that will begin cleaning the capital is "Nuova Ecologia", Italian and with recognized activity in other capitals of the world, among them Bangkok and Buenos Aires; as a guarantee for the start of work it will deposit 90,000 dollars in the bank. The works will begin — according to the contract — on 1 December of this year. The problem of cleaning Tiranë's streets and public waste has become one of the most troubling problems in the last ten years. Economic and financial problems such as the violence resulting from the transition, but also social and urban ones, such as the very rapid growth of the population and construction across this area of the city, have made the problems that the municipal enterprises were supposed to eliminate almost impossible to manage.

A seizure and arrests in Munich, Bavaria German police investigate the “atomic mafia” BERLIN — Complete mystery over the discovery at Munich airport, on board a plane coming from Moscow, of a large quantity of plutonium-239. A seizure and arrests in Munich, Bavaria Plutonium trafficking from Moscow German police investigate the “atomic mafia” BERLIN — Complete mystery over the discovery at Munich airport, on board a plane coming from Moscow, of a large quantity of plutonium-239, a substance used for military purposes. While diplomatic investigations are under way, Germany is raising alarming hypotheses. After Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the Bavarian order minister, the Bavarian interior minister, Bernd Schmidbauer, also responsible for the Secret Services, has said that he will soon travel to Moscow. The minister, who has held meetings with the Russian side in recent days, will examine the ways needed to overcome the obstacles and shortcomings noted in some sectors, such as baggage control at the airport in the Russian capital. So far the Bavarian investigators of the Landeskriminalamt (LKA) have said that the operation took place on Wednesday, that 500-300 grams of radioactive material hidden in a suitcase were seized, that several people were arrested during the operation, and that for the first time some couriers of the atomic haul were caught. Pending further developments in the investigation, LKA agents continue to keep the arrested persons under surveillance. Meanwhile, as this cargo is discussed, public opinion closely follows what nature this material had, for what purposes it was used and by whom. In security service circles attention turns to a word, instead of the so-called "USSR", which is in a full-blown crisis. Russians and Ukrainians, they continuously say that their nuclear facilities are under control, but in reality this is not so and in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States the situation has gotten out of control, it is reported. The plight of nuclear scientists, mistreated and unpaid, has reached extremely large proportions, it is reported. They seek, with their respective sectors, to secretly get hold of atomic material in order to sell it later on the black market. Because of this and because of the very poor condition of the Russian secret services, it is not impossible that what this material could be used for — nuclear, military or civilian — is true. According to Bavarian officials, Germany is taking this dangerous wave very seriously, including the atomic mafia. Russia has been informed that atomic smuggling will carry out as soon as possible an increase in controls on materials, so as to avoid the risk of an explosion.

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CALABRIA, AN ALBANIAN DIES WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL — An Albanian, Arben Stauri, 34 years old, on holiday in Selia Marina, on the Calabrian Ionian coast, died last night of a heart attack while playing football with friends. KURDISH PROBLEM. CLASHES IN THE SOUTHEAST, DOZENS DEAD — Forty-two people (30 Kurdish rebels, 8 civilians, 4 soldiers killed) were killed during clashes between government soldiers and rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (separatist). This was reported by the Turkish news agency Anatolia, adding that the clashes took place in southeastern Anatolia and mainly in Kurdish areas. GAZA, A HEAVY ATTACK, ONE DEAD AND THREE INJURED — One dead and three injured, one of them seriously, after an attack, the second during the day, against an Israeli bus in the Gaza Strip. According to Radio Jerusalem, automatic gunfire began from the window of a vehicle and hit an Israeli car traveling in the opposite lane of traffic in Gaza.

"The reborn painting" All the successes of the 1990s. Soon a collective exhibition in Italy. ON PAGE 2 The human adventure of the most famous Albanian woman New book by journalist Franka Zambonini ON PAGE 2

SHKODER, THE LEGENDARY SQUARE IS PAVED. — At last, after the signs of clashes with machetes and police, the central square of Shkodër, now Sheshi Liri Gurakuqi — has begun to be paved by the municipality of the city. More than a simple square, it had long since become a symbol of the heated days when the Shkodër gangs came out several times to protest against the dictatorship. It was precisely from this square that thousands of loyal police officers set out to try to disperse the large demonstrations of 2 April. Now, the square that long bore the traces of the clashes is more often beginning to change its appearance. DAMAGE IN THE FORESTS OF PUKË. — Major damage has been recorded in the forest areas of Pukë, in an area with 11 forest- and water-rich sites in the country. Within one night, 13 high-tonnage trucks transporting timber were stopped as a result of intervention by the district police. THE MUNICIPALITY OF TIRANË HELPS KOREA. — The construction of the sewage channel in Kodra e Priftit — 700 meters long, with a value of 7.4 million lek — the continuation of Rruga e Dibrës with a fund of 2.6 million lek, and the construction of the white-water channel in Selitë (813 thousand lek), these are some of the latest investments carried out in the capital, and the sources from which there is also an allocation of economic funds for one of these works.

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