“Anti-genocide”: 34 former officials under accusation
Yesterday the mass denunciation reached the Republic Prosecutor’s Office
TIRANE - The most massive denunciation against former officials of the regime. For the first time since the overthrow of communism in Albania, as many as 34 names accused together end up at the Republic Prosecutor’s Office. Moreover, this time it is not about isolated episodes, but about whole decades, covering the years 1945-1991. It is precisely the National Forum of Albanian Intellectuals for the Denunciation of Genocide, the protagonist of the sensational denunciation that yesterday morning landed at the headquarters of the highest authority of justice in Albania. Meanwhile, the accusation concerns the “unlawful and unconstitutional activity carried out by the communist regime from 1945 to 1991, through decree-laws on internment-expulsion and confiscation of Albanian houses”.
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Former Central Committee of the PPSH
Tirana
The Tirana Prosecutor asks for accounts from Strasbourg
Border killings:
“The denunciations must be completed”
Insufficient material as evidence for the crime
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A hell pit is uncovered: 40 killed
The Mniku pit, April 1993
SHKODER - The earth continues to “testify” with shocking evidence from the years of the dictatorship of the past. This time it is the outskirts of Shkoder, the area where another mass grave has been discovered. “40 people may have been buried in a mass pit discovered one kilometre from Shkoder; the first three skeletons have already been taken out of the ground”, the testimony was given by an electronics engineer at the Shkoder Radio Station, Nikolin Noci, witness to the last two burials.
According to the same source, the mass pit is located very far from the city’s residential area, almost one kilometre away. According to the first testimonies, this must have been the preferred place of the dictatorship’s organs for eliminating those sentenced to death. Opponents of the regime, people convicted of ordinary crimes, but also those who tried to escape across the border around Shkoder — all the victims seem to have ended up in this colossal pit.
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PAD leader assures the President of peaceful elections
Ceka’s letter to Berisha:
“Set the election date”
TIRANE - “PAD will support President Berisha in ensuring a peaceful climate for the upcoming political elections”. These are the words of a letter from Neritan Ceka sent to President Sali Berisha. Ceka asks the head of state - on behalf of the Chairman of PAD - to set the exact date of the ’96 elections. The request had already been made earlier by the PAD leader at the General Assembly of this party, considering the delay a key decision of the meeting.
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Ceka
Tirana
Danushi asks Strasbourg for accountability
Letter to the Court of Human Rights
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Reportage from the dormitory rooms
The cold takes over Qyteti Studenti
TIRANE - The cold also envelops the smallest town in Albania. The streets are cold, the rooms are cold, the canteen of “Qyteti Studenti” is cold. The heating system, although it exists and is present in every room, does not work. As for water, it seems scarce these days and reaches the third floor with difficulty. In some buildings - for example building 20 - two heaters have been distributed, others will be given later...
The sudden change in the weather has caught the students off guard too. Cold reigns in their buildings; with the exception of the rooms where the heating elements have begun to warm up. At least the only advantage of the regular electricity supply, the students try to use to compensate for the icy radiators that are hardly felt at all. But that alone is not enough.
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Sarandë, ambush at the stairs
Money changer injured: 2,000 USD stolen
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Gjirokastër
Greek businessman badly beaten: leaves after filing a complaint
The perpetrators are unknown
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Association
“Taxes for merchants should be lowered”
TIRANE - “Very soon we will lower taxes for businessmen” is the promise made by the Chairman of the Association of Merchants of Albania, Bajram Sali Tahira. Thus, for several months now, he has asked the government to come to the aid of Albanian merchants, even threatening the Government if it does not give a positive response.
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Interview
The quarrel with the Russians over the submarines
VLORE - A life spent in the depths of the seas. A former commander of one of the Albanian submarines for 20 years, Aleko Pojani, now 58 years old, already retired but still agile, tells the story of his life spent under the sea.
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Among the 15 members will be Poland
Albania loses the chance for the Security Council
TIRANE - Albania remains an observer of the UN Interim Security Council. It was the voting mechanism that left Albania in second place, after Poland, for entry into this important body. After the votes in favor of Poland were counted, there were 148 votes, while only 48 were counted for our country.
The Interim Security Council is one of the main bodies of the United Nations. It is made up of 15 members, elected every year, divided by continent. The internal division is between eastern and western countries. On the eastern side, where our country belongs, countries such as Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania are also registered. Albania’s hope of becoming a member of this Council had risen greatly because many of the countries that would take part in the vote had promised to support Albania’s candidacy.
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Government headquarters
The years 1945-1991 and mass internments-expulsions. The Forum of intellectuals: “All of them with unconstitutional decree-laws”
VLORE / ELBASAN / KRUJE
VLORE
Konispoli will have its own municipality
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ELBASAN
A school without a roof: lessons under the sky
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KRUJE
Believers before the minaret
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