For socialists, the 50th anniversary is today Former partisans also march For socialists, the 50th anniversary is today Albania’s great celebration: the green parade in Tirana Former partisans also march TIRANA — Yesterday Tirana and all of Albania commemorated an important date in the calendar of events: 28 November, Albania’s national holiday. This is the second time this date has embodied the two most glorious events in the country’s history, the raising of the flag in Vlora in 1912 and the triumph of the people over Nazi rule. This year the anniversary marked a full half-century, and therefore the calendar of activities gave it the appearance of a gigantic festive scene. Tirana experienced yesterday for the first time after the major changes in its latest appearance; the last parade had taken place on 29 November 1985. The army marched past the citizens for the first time after its reform. Before the dim movements on the Boulevard Dëshmorët e Kombit, veterans, participants and protagonists of the glorious events of November 1944 also passed once again. The Municipality of Tirana also took part in the celebration. As initiator of a packed programme that began a few days earlier, its festive activity was crowned yesterday with an event that residents of the capital experienced for the first time in the frames of the fireworks display. A fair was organized with the participation of many commercial firms. In front of the fair, units of paramilitary formations and others demonstrated. Official Albania thus commemorated 28 November with celebrations and also with an extra day of holiday. But in the socialist camp and among a large part of the veterans, the old date commemorating the liberation of the country has not been forgotten. Socialists once again returned in their press to 29 November. According to them, the decision to eliminate this date from the calendar of national holidays was unmotivated and arbitrary. Even today — though not officially — the tradition of celebrating 29 November as well seems likely to continue. (p.r.)

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TIRANA — Only a few more days remain for the ministers who will leave the government. They will say farewell to the end of the chair that will be taken by names not approved by parliament and to the other proposal with which Meksi has this time brought down the drastic changes to his cabinet: the reorganization of the ministries. It was the President of the Republic, Berisha, who postponed the departure of the ministers and the appointment of new ones. The reason for this has been the legal procedure that must be followed in cases where the restructuring of ministries is requested, whether by merging several into one or creating new ones. The decision to approve changes in the structure of the government belongs only to parliament, on a proposal made by the President. So far it is still not known to whom this proposal will be submitted to the deputies. But knowing that the moves Meksi has decided to make have now been confirmed, it is not excluded that the proposal will reach parliament. This procedure will be followed and it now remains only between Meksi and Berisha. The President seems set to make the final decision on the changes proposed for the composition of the Government. After this, Meksi will have to present Berisha with his next list: that of the names of the new members — who will have to take the oath before the President — who will then seek confidence for the future of his cabinet.

“Mitigating circumstances” VLORA — Only two years of imprisonment for Goj Çuko from Fier. On 1 May of this year in Vlora, with a knife blow, 17-year-old B.C. Tani Çuko from Vlora was killed; the court took into account a number of mitigating circumstances, and he has also benefited from the amnesty recently approved by Parliament. The murder had occurred after an argument between two young men at the tourist spot of Ujorase, where Çuko’s group and that of the victim from Vlora were spending Easter Day. Here a quarrel had led to the death of the 17-year-old from Vlora. In the trial, details were highlighted which, according to the court, should have an effect on reducing Çuko’s sentence. The hearing, the trial, did not proceed calmly. The family of the victim did not accept the court’s decision; the family of the victim did not take part in the final court session.

Long queue at the border. The Greeks are silent GJIROKASTER — Crossing through the border points with Greece has become more difficult for Albanians. Kakavija — the border crossing perhaps most frequented by citizens of both countries — was closed on Monday morning by the Greek side. The latest decision, which had blocked it earlier for weeks and was later cancelled, created confusion among Albanians who were waiting to cross into Greek territory. This time those not allowed to cross included travelers who held valid visas issued at the Greek Consulate in Gjirokaster. The Greek customs authorities at Kakavija were unable to answer their questions clearly. In a strange rise of helplessness, this decision meant that hundreds of citizens could not take the road because of the major blockade between the two border countries. Kakavija has suffered blockages over a period of time. It has become, in a sense, a barometer for measuring relations. It has often happened that the closure of the crossing also had consequences for the economic activity of many traders. From all over Albania, but especially from the southern regions of the country, many traders have based their activity on imports of Greek goods or goods bought in Greece. But for a long time visas, even for traders, have become increasingly scarce, and the Greek Consulate in Gjirokaster has also slowed the pace for traders.

SHKODER — They all suffer from different nervous diseases, but they refuse to give in to them. These are the children of the Shkodër school for the disabled, whose latest initiative has been a series of artistic performances they have given from time to time in the country. After being welcomed with cheers in their own city, then in Tirana and Lezhë, they are increasingly taking to the village stage as well. Their latest success was in Lezhë. The reactions of the public were a triumph of the superhuman efforts of the students and teachers of this school. (L.R.)

They are in serious condition FOGGIA — Two Albanians were the victims of a bloody incident that occurred on Friday evening in a village in the province of Foggia. Both were attacked by two gangs that tried to seize their belongings, and this happened among Albanian families living in houses in the area. Juan Picar and Mir Kuci, both from Tirana, are now in the hospital in Foggia. For the first, doctors have given a guarded prognosis; the second victim remains wounded in the leg. 40,000 lire was the amount stolen from the two of them. A small sum compared with the great sacrifices and hardships the two had endured. Italian investigators have managed to reconstruct the dynamics of the event based on the statements of the two Albanians. Three bandits broke down the door of the house where the two Albanians were sleeping. Armed, they demanded that the Albanians hand over the money immediately. One of the Albanians reacted by turning on them at once and fighting back. Mir was badly injured by the blows.

The appeals issued by NATO are completely useless The UN calls for a ceasefire, but the Serbs advance The appeals issued by NATO are completely useless Bihac now on the edge of the grave The UN calls for a ceasefire, but the Serbs advance BELGRADE — While the UN at the last moment proposes to release the military forces immediately from the area and act by trusting blue helmets? Bihac, it seems tragically, is on the verge of falling. Serb troops are already fairly far from the city center; fighting, often also hand-to-hand, is taking place a few hundred meters from the hospital, the tragic symbol, with 2,000 immobile patients, in this bleak territory alone. The Serbs do not seem to intend to capture Bihac, although according to military sources they could do so at any moment. Their aim is to drag it into the bloody days of November with even greater force. Meanwhile, they continue to maintain a very high and bloody level of tension, leaving open only one strategic passage which they can block whenever they want. But the plight of the 60,000 civilians trapped in unmatched misery is under threat. And this has already made the inhabitants of Bihac accept their fate, even though they are now trying the desperate tactic of slipping out of the area. But perhaps it is already too late, and for many as well? bombing means putting the lives of innocents at risk. The war seems to be drawing to a close, and the only hope is that it will not end bloodily, while the problem of the blue helmets, hostage to the Serbo-Bosnians, also remains. In fact, around 150 UN soldiers, British and Dutch, have been seized. The situation is extremely tense, but talks are under way from which a quick solution to the problem is hoped for, as has happened in other similar cases. But this is not the only sign of rising tension. There are at least three others: a bombing carried out once again by the Serbo-Bosnians against a blue-helmet garrison in Visoko, north of Sarajevo; no serious damage, but a great deal of fear. The sudden attack by Sarajevo troops in the direction of Donji Vakuf, a city 26 controlled by the Serbs in western Bosnia, and the state of general alarm, Albanian? by Croatian troops. In this dramatic context, fears of diplomatic efforts are growing, although a faint sign of hope is coming from the Bosnian Serbs. President Radovan Karaxhix has declared in a letter to the UN Secretary-General, Butros Butros Ghali, in which it is proposed to suspend the fighting in 10 immediate pajete.

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USA: birth aboard a flight Born seven months premature at an altitude of 9,000 meters, aboard a TWA plane: his mother Theresa brought him into the world in the skies above Virginia, and her rushed labor stretched to the 28th, helped by three members of the service crew, while traveling to Florida for a holiday, in the presence of 23 passengers moved by the event. The latest condition is that he will manage to get through these first days of life, Matthew Dulls de Bara other in Washington airport, where the plane made an emergency landing, and on the birth certificate it will be written as born in flight? Matthew was born Wednesday at 9:40 in the morning, about 12 kilometers from Dulles airport. The airplane, Të loni [?] de Rio-Hston Hospital, weighs more than two kilos and the prognosis is still guarded, although doctors are optimistic. Ypres flames and rapid violence. 1 dead, 13 injured A worker died, debris was scattered, and 13 were injured, among them three seriously, in a powerful explosion that occurred in a chemical plant in the Bavarian town of Burgahusen, in southern Germany. The part where the explosion occurred has been completely torn off. Fearing further explosions, most residents of the area, not far from the border with Austria, have shut doors and windows hermetically and are not leaving their homes until the white-coated technicians finish their work. The slight fire damage was not a danger to them. Spain: demonstrations against fascism Thousands of people demonstrated today in the Spanish city of Sondes against fascism, in favor of equal rights for foreigners, and for reforms to immigration laws. The demonstrations were held under the leadership of a union federation organization.

Alarm in Vlora: “SOS for fishing” Once again from Vlora come worrying reports about the state of marine fauna. According to reports published by the official press agency, fish stocks in the waters of the Bay of Vlora, seemingly among the richest in the country, have been declining. The causes are not made known this time either, but environmental sources said they could also be attributed to emissions from state bodies. Tepelene, housing enterprise under investigation “State Control sent to the prosecutor’s office for criminal proceedings the file with the inspection materials conducted on a Housing Enterprise in Tepelene. According to the organs, the violations range from management of contracts without organizing the relevant tenders to excessive payments to firms and individuals. Kukes, the wealthiest livestock breeders The livestock breeders of Kukes have started to become richer. One of the main reasons, as a replacement for the economic situation of the country, is the improvement of socialist values. These limited breeders of Bregopata have created with a considerable quantity. Privatizations and the culture of Bregopasur have followed, but their process has been delayed. According to a calculation from last June until now, the small stock has increased by 3,200 head and the large stock by 2,000 per family. The first income earned from livestock prompted them to further increase the number of cattle.

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