The chief prosecutor reacts after the request for release " The new accusation by Qeleshi against Nano comes a few hours after Brozi’s request to drop the charge and release him from prison. Tirana prosecutor Arben Rakipi has the socialist, the imprisoned socialist leader Fatos Nano, in prison, and the head of the Court of Cassation calls him innocent. They accuse one another, while public opinion is expected to be clear. The difference between judges and prosecutors is incomprehensible in Albania. Perhaps this is a typical case for understanding how the Albanian state functions. In an interview with "Gazeta Shqiptare", Albania’s chief prosecutor, Aranit Çela, accused the head of the Court of Cassation, Fehmi Abdiu, of exceeding his powers. He says that a judge’s duty is to speak through a ruling, not through words. Chief prosecutor Çela said that Brozi’s request for Nano’s release was absurd. TIRANA - "Ilir Meta cannot even recognize Marx from the electoral program of his party." That is how yesterday the secretary for press relations in Albania of the Democratic Party, Ferdinand Xhaferri, declared to "Gazeta Shqiptare", when asked about Ilir Meta’s statement yesterday that "the Socialist Party came to power by revising reforms in Albania". "The Socialist Party did not send reform through revenge. Does it please you? The Socialist Party had gathered its leadership yesterday, where the party’s situation was expected to be analyzed [...?]" Pellumbi against Meta: "Marx in the program"

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Pellumbi against Meta: "Marx in the program" TIRANA - "Ilir Meta cannot even recognize Marx from the electoral program of his party," said yesterday to Gazeta Shqiptare the secretary for press relations in Albania of the Democratic Party, Ferdinand Xhaferri. On page 3

Vlora, after the accident on the boulevard The death of a Roma girl, new measures for traffic police The Albanian driver, arrested for the accident that caused the death of a Roma girl, must be suspended for at least two months for the accident on the boulevard. Last Wednesday the skafier [...?] the chief of police of Vlora said that new measures are being taken for traffic police officers. On page 3

Now a refugee in Gjirokastër GJIROKASTËR - The author of the massacre at an age [...] in the village of Kukës of the minorities driven out by Greece has decided to return to Albania. On page 9

An "idyllic" summer at the Opera An "idyllic" summer at the Opera On page 3 A neck under the liriu lights up Xoxe

HISTORY "I want my father dead" Interesting event from the extradition file from the Presidency On page 11 Rare petition in Elbasan

The pygmies: "In '96 we will get 30%" The pygmies: "In '96 we will get 30%" On page 9

Dokle interrupts Berisha... to applaud him Dokle interrupts Berisha... to applaud him DURRËS - Speaking from a podium where the anniversary of the Democratic Party was being celebrated. Dokle is behind Berisha. At least that is how he appears in the black-and-white photograph. When the most powerful president in government speaks of “successes,” applause breaks out. Among everyone, even the Socialist MP Dokle seems unable to resist the temptation to applaud the president. In another interpretation, the photograph may be only a frozen instant, an optical illusion. But the headline plays precisely with this image. Gazeta Shqiptare, photo of the day. GraziaTV No. 6 pages 5-9

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