The controversy intensifies in the socialists’ top leadership over the old communist ideologue After Meta, another deputy chairman calls for a change to the program TIRANA - “War” in the SP. The German communist ideologue is now dividing the entire party. Hajdaraga, too, distances himself from Pëllumbi: “Marx must be removed from the SP program in due course.” The long-running dispute over the communist ideologue has now also involved another senior socialist leader. It is Luan Hajdaraga, the party’s other deputy chairman, who—just one day after Pëllumbi’s statements in favor of keeping Marx in the program—strongly opposes the SP’s number two. On page 3 SP headquarters

Residents of Vlora respond: “We can work even without a license” Order to lawyers The lawyers’ protest against the qualifying examination they must take at the Ministry of Justice risks turning into a punishment for them. Minister Frashëri has issued an extremely firm order: “Anyone who does not sit the exam will have their license revoked.” On page 5 The Lawyers’ College in the capital

Renewal hypothesis, but also old accusations from political leaders On page 3

Shkodër, armed attack with an automatic weapon SHKODËR - More bullets once again hit the bodies of Albanian money changers. This time the phenomenon has “moved” to the North, specifically to Shkodër, where a few months ago dollars had been stained with the blood of another trader

Defense: “We’re still not ready” TIRANA - The “Arsidi” trial has been postponed again. The hearing lasted only about 30 minutes and a half before it was adjourned, following preparations by the lawyers after the prosecution’s closing arguments. “We haven’t had enough time to prepare,” the lawyers said; this was further compounded when Sankhaku—as well as Nano’s lawyer—confirmed his absence until 26 July ’95. Nevertheless, the judges Celiku—who presides over the judicial panel

The expropriated declare their divorce from PDD ELBASAN - It now seems that the merger of the “Property with Justice” Association with the Right-Wing Alliance is only a matter of time, not principles. Following the statement by the right-wing Pol, which clarified that Article 7 of their program—the point that has kept the two formations apart until now—actually included the demands of the Expropriated, it is now Danushi’s association itself that is responding to the offer and saying that it will become the Alliance’s seventh member. It does not forget to declare that it has nothing more in common with PDD and that it has signed a divor-

Abduction story ELBASAN — He had abducted her by the shore of Lake Pogradec while she was washing clothes. He promised to marry her, but in reality he wanted to take her to Greece. The aim: prostitution. After discovering his intentions, the girl managed to escape from her “prison” and went to the police to report her “boyfriend.” A 14-year-old girl from Pogradec, abducted three weeks ago, was found in Elbasan a few days ago. A.Ş. had been missing from her family in Pogradec for 23 days. The story began exactly three weeks ago on the shore of Lake Pogradec. The minor had been washing clothes there when someone abducted her in a car. The abductor himself, 30-year-old D. Mahmutaj, now arrested by the police, recounted the circumstances of the abduction during questioning by investigators. He had found her alone by the lake, then gagged her with a sock, covered her eyes, and driven her to his home in Elbasan. “He told me that the reason he had abducted me was marriage, but only after three weeks did I learn that he had other intentions,” the 14-year-old from Pogradec recounted after it was all over. “He wanted to send me to Greece.” That was when things took a turn, and events began unfolding to the disadvantage of the deceitful abductor. After learning her abductor’s ultimate intention, the 14-year-old “flew” out of the window of the house-prison and ran through the streets to seek help. Fortunately, the first to hear her desperate cries was a police patrol passing nearby. The officers heard what the girl said, and word immediately went out that the 14-year-old abducted three weeks earlier had been found. Later, at the police station, the abductor, now in handcuffs, explained everything. In the end, the man behind the abduction of the 14-year-old ended up in the holding cells of the Elbasan Police Commissariat. Criminal proceedings have now been initiated against him. Mentor Kikia

SHKODER - Once again, bullets have struck the bodies of Albanian money changers. This time the phenomenon has “moved” to the North, specifically to Shkodër, where just a few months ago the dollar trade was stained with the blood of two merchants whose lives were cut short. SHKODER - Once again, bullets have struck has “moved” to the North, specifically to Shkodër, where just a few months ago the dollar trade was stained with the blood of two merchants whose lives were cut short. A burst of automatic-gun fire struck 38-year-old money changer Pjerin Kulla on Sunday morning, just after he had left his home. But this time the robbers—still unidentified—were unable to snatch the money changer’s bag from his hands, even after he had fallen to the ground. While only bullet casings remained on the asphalt, Kulla was rushed to the city hospital, where he is still fighting for his life. It was a few minutes after 5:10 on Sunday when residents of the “Partizani” neighborhood were jolted awake by the terrifying sound of an automatic weapon. Seconds earlier, the 38-year-old money changer had left his home and, carrying a bag of money, set off for the free currency market. But this time his usual “routine” was interrupted very quickly. Two people attacked him to seize his bag, while his forceful attempt to defend himself ended with bullets in his body. The burst of gunfire woke all the residents nearby in the darkness, perhaps the only reason the two armed men immediately fled without completing the robbery. While Kulla was taken to the city hospital, the police authorities immediately began an investigation; however, citing the secrecy of the investigation, they have not yet provided details about identifying and finding the perpetrators of the latest crime. For the same motive, money changer Tahir Kastrati, one of the most powerful currency traders, was kidnapped last year, while in the winter of this year another colleague of his became a victim. On Sunday, fear once again reigned at Shkodër’s free currency market. Shkodra Ylli Pata

TIRANE - The “Arsidi” trial has been postponed again. The witnesses’ testimony lasted about 30 minutes, only for the hearing to be adjourned, as the lawyers had predicted after the closing arguments were presented. and matters went further when Sanxhaku—as well as Nano’s lawyer—confirmed his absence until July 26, ’95. Nevertheless, Judge Çeliku—who presides over the panel of judges—ruled: “Only four more days.” On page 3

Italic Reality TIRANE - It is perhaps the strangest “resident” in all the apartment buildings of the Albanian capital. Not because it is called a donkey—as are others of its kind—but simply because it is the only one housed precisely on the fifth floor. Nevertheless, nobody is jealous of the little donkey belonging to the household, perhaps also because its good living conditions are balanced by harsh working conditions: for a year now, it has been replacing the horse in its poor owner’s cart. “We don’t need the solution we had once: facing it—because every morning the donkey can’t come down from the fifth floor without making its characteristic noise.” Still, the morning incident has remained the only one in a year that may have caused even a little “resentment” toward it, because in the morning—after each tiring day of work—the donkey climbs the very steep stairs with great care. Meanwhile, the children in the apartment building never tire of telling every stranger that their “friend” is really very good, but also rather reserved. But the donkey and its owner have to get up in the morning along with everyone else. After every morning and evening “greeting”—which means going down and up the stairs—there is a long day of work, a chance to make a living. A chance which, like its owner, it is obliged to pursue from the fifth floor of its 1+1 home, where he lives with his wife and six children. The donkey in the apartment block on the outskirts continues to live the same life. And perhaps it will not be pleased that everyone remembers it only for its good living conditions. In any case, only its owner knows it well. Ali Ukaj

They begged Baba Reshat not to evict them from the territory of the teqe Appeal by 16 families from Gjirokastër, following the decision of the Property Commission GJIROKASTER - “In God’s name, don’t leave us without shelter”—this is the prayer that these people, invoking God, direct to his disciples on earth. Or rather, to one of them. Baba Reshat Bardhiti, leader of the Bektashi worldwide, must now have compassion for 16 families from Gjirokastër. These families have appealed to him with a desperate plea not to evict them, at least temporarily, from the homes that once belonged to them but now belong to the former owner, the teqe, the place of worship of the Bektashi faith in the picturesque city of Gjirokastër. The matter began with a decision by the Property Restitution Council. For several days, this commission has ruled that the territory where the teqe stands, as well as the building converted into a new apartment block, be returned to the former owner. In this case, the Bektashi faith will also benefit from the other spaces vacated by the 16 families and from an old building; they have been living there for three or four years. The consequence: everyone will have the open sky for a roof, with stars in summer and clouds in winter. Hence, “... we beg God and you, in your kindness, at least until the Municipality gives us housing, do not turn us out of the teqe.” This desperate plea, having surely already received God’s blessing, now needs the “countersignature” of the Head of the World Bektashi Headquarters, Baba Reshat Bardhi. Gjirokastër Ritar nd Kol[a]

PETITION AGAINST the Draft Law ON THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF LAND, because of its serious consequences [?]

ELBASAN — He had abducted her by the shore of Lake Pogradec while she was washing clothes. He promised to marry her, but in reality he wanted to take her to Greece.

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He had just been appointed to the chief court A bomb fails to explode at the home of the military judge He had just been appointed to the chief court On page 3

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