The alarm has been raised by the Public Order and SHIK Committee A statement is being sent to the Government. “Measures before issuing passports. Some have taken documents with them” Former senior Albanian officials who are now abroad may disclose secrets. The alarm was raised by the Parliamentary Committee on Defense, Public Order and SHIK. For now, no specific names can yet be mentioned, but the concern exists. On Tuesday, at its regular meeting, the Committee also drafted a statement addressed to the government precisely on this issue: “We ask that measures be taken at least for those former leaders and former ministers who continue to live in Albania,” Adem Zyberi, deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Committee, explains to Gazeta Shqiptare. On page 5

KUÇOVË They killed: The Court sentences them to 28 years in prison On page 5

No candidate to challenge him Yesterday, the elections for the party’s leadership bodies TIRANE - Vasil Melo does not move from the post of chairman of PBDNJ. An easy victory for Melo since he was the only candidate at yesterday’s conference of this party. Nearly 190 delegates from across the country voted by secret ballot for the party’s leadership structures. The long list of 81 names proposed as members of the General Council was reduced to the limit of 51 elected members. Representatives then decided by an open vote to keep at the head of PBDNJ the leader who had been in charge for more than three consecutive years, Vasil Melo. Vasil Melo On page 3

Debate in Parliament between Ruli of the PD and Cani of the PS Banks toward privatization: “How will the money be guaranteed?” TIRANE- Parliamentary debate on the method of privatizing the banks. The clash between the state supporters of the draft law and the Socialist opposition, which has asked for more clarification on how this will be presented and, in particular, on guaranteeing individuals’ deposits after the bank passes into the hands of shareholders. Socialist representative Shkëlqim Cani: “No decision on this can be left to the Government. These deposits must be guaranteed by law; that is also the world practice.” But immediately Cani was answered by the chairman of the Economy Committee, Genc Ruli, speaking on behalf of the PD group: “The law will be made for this, but until it is drafted the Government must decide on privatization.” State Bank On page 3

The agreement is ratified In Italy, Albanians not as refugees but for seasonal work TIRANE - Soon Albanians will be able to go to Italy no longer as refugees but as regular workers. After Berisha’s visit, Parliament has ratified, according to ATSH, the cooperation treaty between the two countries. This treaty also includes the agreement for the seasonal employment of Albanians in Italy. These arrangements ease movement between the two states, from which the decision will create much better conditions for the legalization of entries and movements between Albania and Italy, as well as for legal seasonal emigration. On page 3

Charges over the event of 29 September Illegal rally: in Fier the trial begins against the former chief of public order On page 5

KRUJË Four days of the city in a telephone “embargo” On page 5

Special report Street children “business” on sidewalks Some beggars of the capital On page 7

The theft of the Bank 24 years in prison TIRANE - The three perpetrators of the sensational robbery in Rreshi have now received their sentence from the military court. A total of 24 years in prison will be shared among the three responsible for the theft of 10 million lekë. They are Prenç Gjin, Nikoll Gjin and Martin Kaçi, who will serve sentences of 11, 10 and 3 years in prison respectively. On page 5

Queues in the bakery shops VLORE - Vlora is experiencing the ghost of queues. Thus, in the city’s bakeries and bread shops, crowds of people pour in, men and women, waiting to buy the goods. It is precisely the sellers who confirm the reappearance of the phenomenon, which had characterized the final decade of the dictatorship. On page 5

He had been caught in Rome stealing in a flower shop An Italian is sent to Albania: they took him as a refugee TIRANE- An Italian has been brought to Albania as a refugee. This was the word from Rome, a citizen for with one of the Italian offices, caught in Rome while he was stealing in a flower shop. Considered, despite his Italian name, by the Italian police to be someone “coming” from Albania, they told him in Rome, therefore he must return. For Huda’s trouble they could do nothing and - according to the Italian press - he is now in Albania. Huda is in fact of Albanian origin. His father moved to Italy in the early 1940s. Since then he has started a family and lives normally in Teramo. But the surname “betrayed” his son, Remo. The Italian police, forgetting that not only Albanians steal - dozens of Italian robbers are caught every day - were convinced of his nationality and did not hesitate to send him out of his country. However, the Italian press has not denied that Huda ended up in the city. At the port of Durrës, there is no knowledge of the arrival of an Italian returned by the police forces. Albanian clandestine

The former president after arrest (photo:REUTERS) On page 2

BERAT Urgent meeting about roads and sewers On page 5

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