President Berisha: "Owners should also be compensated with tourist land" On August 15 the Government will announce the decision TIRANA - The former owners should also be compensated with land on the coast. This was declared yesterday by President Sali Berisha during a meeting with representatives of the former-owners association. According to him, solving the property issue requires not only physical restitution where possible, but also other forms of compensation that are fair and workable. The President said the government is considering a package of measures that will be announced soon and that aims to provide a lasting solution to property disputes. He said that in tourist areas there are real possibilities for compensation with plots of land, so that the interests of former owners are not harmed. In this context, it was said that on August 15 the government will announce the relevant decision. The head of state's statement has been received with interest by groups of former owners, who for a long time have been seeking a faster solution to unresolved property issues. The article is accompanied by reactions and comments on the impact such a decision could have on the tourist land market and on the development of the Albanian coastline. Blerina ga[?]tan also said that two days earlier in Berat, where it has been requested that the ownership of the city center be resolved through the court, as it was in the old map. Berisha said that there are also open spaces on the shores of the Ionian and Adriatic seas that could be given to former owners as compensation. (Photo: C. Xhoga) Berisha during the conversation with some of yesterday's heirs

Rilindja Demokratike: freedom of the press or freedom to defame? After this question, especially readers without a democratic culture and especially the fanatical supporters of the party that has lost power must understand that they are facing a life-saving alternative. Why do we say life-saving? Because they live off defamation and spread defamation. As such, they sink themselves into the mud of slander and, if they are not properly confronted by denouncing their madness, from time to time they prepare suitable ground for public defamation against political opponents. This is how the newspaper RD speaks in the language of slander. This newspaper speaks in the language of slander in an independent press organ, not by presenting events, facts and documents, but with fabrications and inventions in its familiar style. The slanderers of this newspaper hide from responsibility and seek to present public opinion as manipulated. According to them, state and law-enforcement bodies have supposedly been mobilized to hide the truth, while their newspaper is the only one that exposes crimes, scandals and corruption. This is only part of the old political propaganda. In its article RD slanders and names people, institutions and events without proof, without documents and without responsibility. In this way it seeks to turn itself into judge and prosecutor at the same time. Such a press does not serve democracy, but feeds hatred, clouds public opinion and undermines the seriousness of public life. Freedom of the press is not freedom to defame. It is the right to inform responsibly and with respect for the truth. TIANË [?] - According to a police notice, around 11:00 yesterday morning, an unexploded device was thrown into the office of lawyer Spartak Ngjela. The police said it was investigating the circumstances of the incident and that no line of inquiry was being ruled out. The article then argues with the way RD treated this event, presenting it, according to the author, in a one-sided manner and with political aims. Continues on page 4

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Peshkopi: a series with bells and tulëfës Road accident over Shina: driver dies SPORT - The child was playing at the site of the shell. The bomb exploded, causing serious injuries to the two little ones. The incident happened in a village in Kukës, while the injured were immediately taken to hospital. Residents are calling for the removal of areas left with ammunition. TIRANA - In the serious road accident, one vehicle driver lost his life. According to the police, the vehicle left the road on the segment over Shina and overturned. The investigation into the causes of the incident continues. On page 5

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Italy: cholera in Albania Cikuli: "Nothing true" False alarm in Brindisi, Bari and Lecce On page 3 TIRANA - Italy has raised the alarm over measures against the entry of Albanian emigrants, linking them to the risk of cholera spreading. The Albanian authorities have rejected this news, calling it unfounded. According to official sources, there is no confirmed case of the disease in Albania. The Ministry of Health stated that it is following the situation closely and that the news spread in some Italian media has created unnecessary panic. The Albanian reaction came after measures taken at the ports of Bari, Brindisi and Lecce against travelers from Albania. Cikuli said the information is untrue and that citizens should not fall prey to speculation.

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