Dragoshi’s “indictment”: earthquake in the Prosecutor’s Office

Measures sought against Tirana prosecutors The sensational meeting concluded yesterday at midday. Qeleshi and Gjokutaj defend their institution against the inspection report TIRANA—An earthquake at the Prosecutor’s Office in the capital. Ten minutes from Albanian chief prosecutor Dragoshi—who brought the marathon meeting to a close yesterday at midday—were enough to dispel most of the mystery surrounding the capital’s prosecutors and investigators. Measures will be taken against all those whose shortcomings, weaknesses and violations were revealed by the inspection report of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic—and these will soon be undertaken by the Prosecutor of the Republic, Alush Dragoshi, as well as the High Council of Justice. Among those criticized are the capital’s chief prosecutors, Qeleshi and Gjokutaj, as well as a long list of their colleagues. “Lack of oversight, organization, extensions to investigation deadlines, or even a policy applied to various cases” were yesterday the main “arrows” of attack by Albania’s senior justice officials, aimed squarely at Tirana’s investigators and prosecutors. On page 3 General Prosecutor’s Office

Uranium through Albania?

“Arrives from Italy and heads for Iraq” Hypothesis reported by the Italian press, still unconfirmed TIRANA—A uranium trafficking route runs from Italy, through Albania, and ends in Iraq. The allegation was published yesterday by some of the Italian press and has revived details of a mystery that still needs to be clarified. According to the same journalistic sources, Italian secret services are also investigating the incident, in addition to the Italian investigative authorities and financial police. The investigations began after the remains of a speedboat, used to transport undocumented migrants, were found at sea by a military vessel. On page 5

Albanian killed in Greece

A 24-year-old TIRANA—An Albanian has been killed by Greek police forces, and his brother has risked losing his life in

“Visas for traders to Italy should begin in September”

Vlora / Starova and Laço at a party meeting VLORA—The issue of liberalizing the movement of Albanians to Italy has resurfaced once again in Vlora during a meet-

Orphans declare a hunger strike

KORÇË—Having chosen a hunger strike as the last resort for meeting their social de-

Private schools: Kalakula opposed

Parliament approves the law

Measures against earthquakes

The government TIRANA—A seismological center that will finally be revived. Following the request of

killed in Greece

TIRANE - An Albanian was killed by Greek police forces, and his brother risked losing his life in a chase near Janina. The news was reported by the official news agency, ATSH, according to which Arian Lufi, a resident of a village in the northern district of Mirditë, was killed by Greek police gunfire. The report provides no details about the reasons for the chase, noting only that the two brothers did not respond to the police’s call to stop. The victim’s brother, Luan Lufi, was treated at Janina Hospital, where he is still currently being kept. According to the same source, the two had crossed the Albanian-Greek border clandestinely. The body of the young man from Mirditë was handed over to the Albanian authorities at the Kakavijë crossing point. The body of another Albanian also arrived here. Shkëlqim Papaj, 24, from Reç in Shkodër, was killed in a serious car accident that occurred somewhere on the Larisa highway. He had gone to work in Greece, like thousands of other Albanians, but tragic fate had separated him from his loved ones.

should begin in September

VLORË - The issue of liberalizing television for Albanians in Italy has resurfaced once again in Vlorë, during a meeting Teodor Laco and Arjan Starova—this time not wearing their ministerial attire—held with members of their new party, the Social Democratic Union. The issue of obtaining and attention was one of the points Starova addressed in his capacity as Deputy Foreign Minister. “The procedures for service visas should begin in September,” Starova said. Vlora

announce a hunger strike

KORÇË—Having chosen a hunger strike as the last resort for meeting their demands, the association of orphans in Korçë has taken action. announce last resort for meeting their demands, the association of orphans in Korçë has taken action. Yesterday, through a statement sent to all the parties, the city’s 600 orphans announced that on June 27 they would barricade themselves in to protest against “the abnormal living conditions in which our members find themselves.” On page 3

Kalakula against

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against earthquakes

TIRANE - A seismological group that will finally be restored. Following a request from the Committee for Science and Technology to improve the condition of Albania’s seismological network through drastic measures, the Government has approved a fund of 20 thousand dollars to be invested in seismic stations throughout the country. On page 3

As of yesterday, “Sopoti” is closer to the First Division

“Play off” On page 3 Rroca of “Sopoti”

A Boeing is hijacked: terrorist cult resurfaces

Tokyo On page 2

Investments in tourism also take off

Albania takes first place in the East 45 million dollars in two years On page 5

Orphan and homeless, the hospital now refuses to offer him even a bed

Elbasan, the story of the 17-year-old ELBASAN - His life began on the streets and has returned to them once again. His father, Nikola, 17, an orphan who grew up in warehouses, dormitories and wards of psychiatric hospitals, has been left without a home. Now the only shelter he has is the entrances of apartment buildings, and for a blanket he uses the cardboard packaging that shopkeepers throw away. They wanted to admit him to a psychiatric hospital, but this was not accepted. Abandoned by everyone, he is now suffering a breakdown which may force him—as he himself says—to go as far as suicide. The hope that local business owners had given him—that he might find shelter in a general hospital—vanished within a day. The hospital director categorically rejected the request for admission, and Nikola was forced to return once again to the cardboard on the streets. Now, despairing over his fate, he has thought of a tragic solution: to end his own life. “I can’t steal, and I can’t rob anyone, but I can’t bear this life any longer,” says the sorrowful 17-year-old, on whom the horrors of life and a troubled state of mind have undoubtedly taken their toll. With KJ.

He is 11, she is 12: they run away for love

Realitet Kursiv KUÇOVË - They wanted to get married in Italy and left home. An incident that seems quite ordinary would not attract attention if its protagonists were not two children from Kuçovë, a 12-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy. The girl had run away from home after telling her parents she would be back at 18. Her failure to return home alarmed the family, which, after asking all their relatives, soon felt compelled to turn to the police, suspecting a possible abduction. But everything was resolved quickly. After a long search by the family and the police, the girl was found. She had not been abducted; she was with a friend of hers, a little boy, in the town’s olive grove, where together they had spent their first night as a real “gift,” while waiting to set off for Italy, where they had both planned to build a life together. After they were found, they explained their adventure to their families at the police station. “We agreed that we would go to Italy. We would cross by ferry from Durrës or Vlorë...” “But how would you get there?” “We would ask some uncle to help us get on the ship and get off there.” “What would you do in Italy?” “We would get married there. Then we would find work and get ourselves a home too.” “What kind of work could you do?” “Well, at first we would work as beggars. Once we had collected some money, we would try to find something else.” Halil Tafa

Fishermen abandon work indefinitely

Shkodër On page 3 Vlorë and Elbasan Police discover two plantations of narcotic plants On page 5