A new “attack” on the BSPSH headquarters. Police intervene The National Council of Trade Unions meets yesterday. Xheka: “The Hajdari issue is over” Hajdari: “If the Congress reaffirms my position at the head of the Trade Unions, I will reconsider my position in the Democratic Party” Xheka: “I have the support of most of the structures of the Union of Independent Trade Unions of Albania” TIRANA - “A split with the Democratic Party.” Yesterday at midday, Azem Hajdari announced his departure from the ranks of the Democrats’ National Council. “If the BSPSH Congress reaffirms my post as president of this organization, then I will review my relations with the DP,” Hajdari said. Another setback for the Democratic politician. His second attempt to enter the headquarters of the Union of Independent Trade Unions was blocked yesterday by police forces. But Hajdari held the announced meeting of the Trade Union National Council in the city’s Estrada hall. “Xheka has been dismissed. Let him finish the BSPSH Congress on November 23,” Hajdari declared to the district trade union leaders. Xheka calmly followed the events that took place in front of the BSPSH headquarters and Hajdari’s demands. “The Hajdari issue is over,” he said. On page 3 Hajdari and the police, who yesterday prevented him from entering the BSPSH headquarters

SPECIAL The capital, a night with the inhabitants of darkness TIRANA - How does the “people of the night” live in the capital, what do these different residents do, and what are their concerns during the late hours, with winter approaching? That is why we spent a night with the people of darkness in Ti[?]

A seminar in England delivers the shocking news INTERVIEW / Heba, director at the General Prosecutor’s Office, speaks

Smuggled clothing uncovered 25 thousand dollars

TIRANA - capital, what do these residents do differently, and what are their concerns during the cold winter hours just before dawn? of darkness in Tirana. Ragged people sleeping in the warm vapors of boiler rooms, forgotten stowaways among the “betajeve” with the pianochet and the anxiety of illnesses, lonely on-duty police officers keeping the darkness peaceful, and the aroma of bread baked by tireless bakers: these are the characters of an ordinary night in the Albanian metropolis. Everything is different from daytime: police uniforms no longer look blue, and the ragged people’s sleep bears no resemblance to a beautiful dream in the warm bed of home. And the hours until dawn seem to move at a different pace. On page 11 Beggars at night in Tirana

The two trucks targeted by customs-control inspectors were stopped while heading for Tirana TIRANA - A quantity of clothing and cosmetic goods had been seized in recent days by customs inspectors. A sum of 26 thousand dollars had been evaded by the truck owners. The customs team has now called for the dismissal and criminal prosecution of two inspectors and police officers over irregularities in the documentation. The largest “haul” was arriving from Turkey, where a large quantity of clothing had not been declared in order to avoid paying the tax prescribed by law. It seems that inspections will continue for days. On page 9

“We won’t bring foreign brides into our homes” TIRANA - Albanians are xenophobic too. Two young men have been unable to obtain their families’ “consent” to marry women of foreign nationality. They brought the women home to introduce them to their parents, but the response was astonishing: “There are as many girls as you want here; those girls aren’t for you.” The young men—both emigrants in Italy—were forced to head back again after a “several-day adventure” in hotels. The two young men, one from Kavaja and the other from Shijaku, came to Albania wanting to introduce their chosen life partners to their parents. The two girls accompanying them on their trip, one Swiss and the other Italian, both students, had not expected to be openly rejected by their boyfriends’ relatives. The young men’s parents refused to let them enter the house, so they were forced to find accommodation in a hotel. For ten days they tried to persuade the parents to give them their blessing, but the answer they received was always the same: “Those girls aren’t for you.” Surprised, the young men later hoped that their parents had nothing against the girls and had refused simply because they were of foreign nationality. Such an unusual event appears to have happened for the first time—at least, this is the first time it has been made public—because after 1990, marrying foreign women had been a preference for many young people and Albanian families.

LAGOS - The mystery surrounding the Boeing 727 that crashed on Thursday evening in Lagos has been solved. It fell into a lagoon and was completely submerged in the water. No survivors among the 142 passengers.

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Nigerian aircraft found LAGOS - The mystery surrounding the Boeing 727 that crashed on Thursday evening in Lagos has been solved. It fell into a lagoon and was completely submerged in the water. No survivors among the 142 passengers. On page 2