A strange flying object is captured on film near the Rock of Kavaja TIRANA - Thursday, July 6, 1995, 8:25 p.m. A beach near the Rock of Kavaja. The beachgoers have already left the shore. The only people present are a group of young people filming a music video for one of the country’s well-known singers. As the day draws to a close, the cameraman Fatos Rudha raises his camera toward the sky; for a few seconds, there are only clouds and nothing else. Suddenly, a bright [?] cylindrical object, clearly distinguishable, appears in the lens of the Panasonic VHS camera. Thus, the first Albanian has filmed “visitors from space.” The legendary, much-discussed UFOs have now been documented in Albania as well. On page 3 Above, the mysterious object filmed by the cameraman. The photo is taken from a sequence in the original videotape. On the right, cameraman Fatos Rudha.

The Socialists respond to the President The party’s local branches also react The Socialists respond to the President SP: “We have not sought any alliance with the DP” The party’s local branches also react TIRANA—The Socialists respond to Berisha just one day after his harsh speech. “We have never sought an alliance with the DP,” Alfred Paloka, a member of the Steering Committee and an SP MP, told Gazeta Shqiptare at his party headquarters, which was deserted for the summer holidays. But this time, strong reactions have also come from the SP’s local branches. In Elbasan, the chairman of the Elbasan Socialists issued a statement yesterday in response to the President’s remarks. On page 5 SP headquarters

Shkodër: Strong statements from right-wing leaders SHKODËR - After the Tirana rally, the group of collectives led by the Albanian Right-Wing League arrived in Shkodër yesterday afternoon to continue the protests announced against the law recently passed by the Albanian Parliament on the nationalization of land. Strong statements by right-wing leaders against the party in power were also made; they called for the dissolution of Parliament and new elections. Petition of the Right-Wing League On page 5

Elbasan On page 5

Shkodër On page 3

Gramsh On page 5

Elbasan “Battle of the firefighters” Elbasan Fire on Krasta Hill “Battle of the firefighters” On page 3

TIRANA - “There has been no Greek archaeological expedition in Libofshë; there was only a camp set up with the permission of the security forces and with the assistance of the local authorities. The camp has not been closed, but the young people’s activities ended normally.” Just two days after the Albanian-language service of the well-known radio station Voice of America broadcast the report “on the stopping of a Greek expedition at the Monastery of Saint Kozma,” the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania has reacted. In an official statement distributed yesterday by its Press Office, the Church disputes the accuracy of the report and the comments made by the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Culture. “No action has been taken, and no intervention has been made at the site that would damage the Church of Saint Kozma, a popular cultural monument, to [?] and arrange the area around the church...” the Church’s response says, among other things.

Community Fund TIRANA - A fund of 5,807,300 lekë has been approved for lighting the capital. It was the capital’s Municipal Council that approved the fund in question at its most recent meeting. This investment is based on a study carried out by the public lighting enterprise and the engineers of the municipal sections of the Tirana district. The study aims to improve the city’s lighting standards with 5,000 lighting points, in line with current requirements. The purpose of approving the fund and designing the lighting project is to meet the need for public electric lighting. The project will cover areas such as Elbasan Street, the Kombinat area, the Lana Bridge and other areas that, until now, have remained in complete darkness at night.

Is Gjadër a key player in the discovery? TIRANA - Is Gjadër playing a role on the battlefields in Croatia? News agencies around the world are now reporting: “NATO spy planes have discovered a mass grave, a collective burial site near Bihać.” Perhaps the robotic spy aircraft, recently installed at the base near Lezhë, have produced these first concrete results in the Yugoslav conflict. These are the headlines of news broadcasts that, throughout Wednesday, following developments in Croatia moment by moment, reported the important discovery of a mass grave near Bihać, the enclave most heavily protected by United Nations forces, but which fell into the hands of the Serbian army two days ago. The report broadcast yesterday by TCS, “NATO spy planes—the ones that discovered the mass grave,” also identified something else: according to reports, the Serbian army and the Army of Bosnia were in first and second place. Another piece of evidence of the expenses. According to some accounts, a newspaper reported that NATO planes had been sent to assess the situation at this location. The question of the massacre near Bihać concerns Yugoslavia; there is a rare report about the aircraft “stationed” at the Albanian base. Photo of the aircraft at Gjadër

Shkodër The municipality declares “war” on illegal construction Criticism of the Territorial Adjustment Council. The police will now intervene: 40 illegal structures will be demolished On page 5

Gjirokastër A mock battle in Çashku’s “prison” Helicopters over the castle during the filming of “General Bunker.” A special atmosphere in the city On page 5

Last night on Tirana TV, representatives of Bosnia and Croatia TIRANA—We are much closer than we were a week ago. The Croatian ambassador in Tirana speaks. Hundreds of thousands of Albanians watching their television screens quickly heard, amid the strange sounds of the news report about spy planes discovering a mass grave, and were wholly drawn into the brutal conflict of a war hundreds of kilometres from their homes. Representatives of Bosnia and Croatia appeared last night on a programme at an Albanian television channel, Albanian Television. The Croat described his country as an example and the end of peace. “We are much closer than we were a week ago. In Albania, the [?] has been influenced by several international organizations; we thank all those who remembered the war that had to be fought against Greater Serbia.” On Tuesday, Bosnia showed Albanians the suffering of its people. Two million refugees, massacres and ethnic cleansing targeting an entire nation, ruined cities and villages that are no longer recognizable, centuries-old cultural monuments, hundreds of destroyed churches—examples of a culture the Serbs no longer want to exist—have been reduced to heaps of incomprehensible rubble. A painful appeal for help to the entire international community. Kelmendi, Chairman of the Tirana Community, expressed the full support of the Albanians. In the other broadcasts, the distressing developments were even worse. War, for its own sake, forced him to put forward a plan for an Albanian. His name is Aladin, [?], and everyone who saw him repeated “a magic lamp.” Photo of Aladin that went around the world

Baywatch arrives in Vlora On page 3

Angjeli: “The SP Congress will be convened within the year” On page 5 Yesterday, the response to the Ministry of Justice as well Helsinki Appeal: “No to violence as a means of political struggle”