Director of Customs: “We will also carry out our own searches” TIRANA - Herbert and Aleksandri Frangu, sons of the owners of the company “Shqiponja”, were caught up in the alarm over the fake invoice scandal that has shaken Italy. According to sources in the Italian police, the perpetrators of this affair are members of the mafia organization “Piana”. New information continues to arrive from the office of the Tirana customs administrator, Alfred Hila, regarding this case. In a quick conversation that “Gazeta Shqiptare” had yesterday with the Customs administrator, he said that he had been informed about the problem. “We will carry out our own investigations and, once we have the proper documentation, we will make our statements to the press,” Hila said yesterday. Director Prifti: “We will also inspect our customs offices for this abuse through the disposition you uncovered” The affair, two houses were seized

Students’ cash, classes changed for one day Kavajë - Strike in [?] the teachers of the districts and organizations with the 7[?] in [??] 1[?] new [?]. The news [?] and d[?] antë[?], z[?] n[?] that [??] [??] t[?] for t[?] [??]. Mainly, at “Luftari” and the fountain (FUNDIS) On page 11 Students, “happy”, because of the strike’s absence

“Gazeta Sport” among the circulation leaders 24 teams have officially been placed in the second tournament, also in two groups Kushta On page 10

Report / Ten days after the clash with the police Laprakë, the houses without permits reappear TIRANA - “For those who were left with tears wrinkled, with slippery fortunes, peace returned again and the work resumed. In Laprakë, houses are being built without permits and even in the same place where the police intervened violently. On page 4 In Laprakë, a house that yesterday with no[?]

Tirana also sees a press conference Foreign Minister: “New will in 2000” The Foreign Minister after New York: “They did not ask us for elections” TIRANA - “The Americans have never told us, not even in different signals, to hold early elections...” said Deputy Foreign Minister Pëllumb Xhufi yesterday in an interview with “Gazeta Shqiptare”. According to him, there is no conflict in the government with the United States. “There is no discrepancy, or wavering, from the permanent relationship with our Washington. The Albanian state continues with a progressive achievement...” On page 5 Tirana headquarters and a press conference

Shkodër, the minor tells of the sad adventure The 12-year-old suspects he was sold by his father IN SHKODËR - The seven[?]-year-old from Shkodër says he was forced to beg in Italy. His story, told with sad details, speaks of a painful adventure in which the child suspects he was sold by his father. On page 3

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Folk Festival in Sarandë fronts “Iliad” On page 4

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