A firefighter dies battling the flames. Reinforcements arrive
Millions of lekë in damage. The battle has raged for two days and continued late last night. Authorities near the fire
Fire, fear and terror in Kuçovë. A lightning strike caused flames to erupt in one of the fuel depots belonging to the oil pipeline sector, located very close to the city. The massive fire, which continued throughout Tuesday afternoon, spread even further in the absence of personnel, as another depot also caught fire. For hours, firefighting units called in from several cities, including the capital, battled to put out the fire. One of the workers lost his life in this battle; he caught fire after the first depot exploded. The fire continued throughout yesterday and into the evening.
From Kuçovë HALIT TAFA / on page 5
The story of the family that miraculously escaped
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Arrest at sea: the ship was carrying clandestine migrants
4 sailors in custody. “Lealdo” seized
DURRËS - An arrest at sea. A rapid operation by the border forces of the Durrës Police Commissariat managed to intercept a vessel carrying freight, registered in Albania, near international waters, with 12 clandestine migrants on board. Seven crew members were immediately detained, while the official news agency confirms that four of them are now under arrest. But while the 12 Albanian clandestine migrants have been returned to the shores from which they departed, the matter has been dealt with through administrative measures—as provided for by current legislation—for the private vessel “Lealdo”; the seizure paperwork has just been prepared.
The Port of Durrës
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Police destroy Cannabis plants
They had been seized during the operation
Fier
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Man wanted for two years apprehended
He had thrown a grenade among people
Vlorë
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Mysterious incident
Serbian shells over Kosovo: homes damaged
TIRANA
- Shells over Kosovo. On Tuesday afternoon, for at least 90 minutes, dozens of mortar shells flew from the Serbian army barracks in Ferizaj and exploded over a neighborhood in the city. Fortunately—as the Kosovo Information Center also reports—the incident caused no casualties, only extensive material damage. This time, however, the episode did not cause tensions among the Albanian civilian population, not even when Serbian soldiers and police arrived several hours earlier to collect the shells. Meanwhile, the situation in Kosovo is under the control of international peacekeeping forces, which, according to this source, have arrived in the troubled province and have come from Croatia to stations on the railway lines serving Kosovo's main cities.
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“Teuta”'s UEFA challenge: today against the Finns
Live on TV at 16:00. 10,000 fans from Durrës arrive
- Another European “battle” takes place today at midday in Tirana. The Cup Winners' Cup team arrives at “Qemal Stafa” stadium, where the match “Teuta”-“Turku TPS” will be played, the second encounter in this continental competition. Predictions favor the Durrës lineup of Koka and Azijzi, despite the Finns' narrow 0-1 lead from the first leg. Yesterday, a thousand Teuta fans were expected in the stands at the Tirana stadium. One hundred thousand lekë will be provided by various sponsors to support the major European team in the tournament.”
“Teuta” coach, Bashkim Koka
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“Beware of counterfeit banknotes: here are the signs”
Bank warning: counterfeit 200- and 500-lekë notes
BANK OF ALBANIA
TWO HUNDRED LEKË
200
TIRANA - “Citizens, beware of counterfeit banknotes”: this was the appeal issued by the Albanian Bank yesterday through mass-information leaflets. According to the Bank, 5,000-lekë and 2,000-lekë banknotes have been put into circulation, and various citizens have fallen victim to them. The Bank aims to inform citizens by publicizing the features and characteristics used by the counterfeiters. “The counterfeit banknotes were made using photocopying and lack the security features,” the Bank said, distinguishing them from genuine banknotes. The paper used is photocopy paper and has neither a security thread nor a watermark, nor the State Bank's initials incorporated into the design of the genuine banknote. The explanation of the color feature on genuine banknotes—which changes color when viewed from different angles—does not apply to the counterfeit ones: “they do not change color.”
200-lekë banknote, Bank of Albania
Soon, a train between Tirana and Athens
Experts meet in Janinë
Transport
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Cooperation between Puglia and Albania
Protocol to be signed in Tirana today
Economy
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Pentagon secretary in Tirana
For the first time, the US Secretary of the Army visits Albania. He will also be received by President Berisha
Defense
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Robbery of a truck carrying beverages
Kakavijë
Now street lighting is “in fashion”
Gjirokastër
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Group of isolated old women: “Help us, you rich people”
Reality • Italic
Reality
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Group of isolated old women: “Help us, you rich people”
GJIROKASTËR - The eight of them, [unclear: muara], in full clothing, with their faces [unclear: lytyra] and terrified, one might think they are [unclear: të ndarë në jetë]. “Help us survive, keep us alive,” say the old women of Dropull, with [unclear] and [unclear] in Albania. Everyone promises to give, each a modest contribution, but no one has yet come forward to help them.
It is not simply [unclear], those 16 old women who have been left alone for many years in the villages of Upper Dropull. In terms of age, these are ordinary women, villagers from the remote area, standing on [unclear] feet, wearing handmade [unclear] and, on their heads, woven white scarves tied over [unclear] scarves. They could hardly be distinguished from one another. And [unclear], they look alike beside the same [unclear]. Their husbands have long been in their graves, while their children are [unclear] in the district. Everyone is sympathetic toward the lonely old women; perhaps someone will still [unclear]…
Rajmond Kola
