The President reviews 1996 Berisha TIRANA - “There is no disagreement between Rugova and me,” President Berisha said yesterday at his final press conference of 1996. For once, questions focused largely on the issue of Kosovo. But almost nothing new came to light. Berisha reaffirmed his position on the Kosovo issue and his direct relations with Rugova. On page 3

Two UFOs make a long flight over Sarandë Fishermen recount: “It was shaped like a comet.” Military radars thrown into confusion The flying objects brightly illuminated an area with a diameter of about 25 miles. They remained in the sky for almost 10 minutes “They were like a huge moving fire, followed behind by a swirl shaped like the tail of some comet” SARANDË - UFOs flew over southern Albania. For 10 minutes, two strange objects remained above the area between Sarandë and Corfu, around 4:00 p.m. on December 23. “[?] and disturbances,” a Navy officer said. Meanwhile, the flying objects were seen over a large area. ATSH recorded a diameter of 25 miles, and they were seen from several islands in the South. “Two fiery objects shaped like a blazing comet moved in a zigzag trajectory for about 10 minutes over the surface of the sea,” a fisherman said. This is the third time that reports of extraterrestrial visits have circulated in Albania. Large size, zigzag movement, powerful light: these are the main features in the accounts of fishermen and other people, who were stunned by the unusual sight. The military navy’s radars were also confused. “At the moment they were hovering above, the radar equipment suddenly [?] On page 5 UFOs appeared in the area

TIRANA - “The fault lies with the presenters,” Bardhyl Pollo, Director General of Albanian Radio and Television, said yesterday about the Telenorba hoax. “We had no contract with them for a live broadcast. I myself heard it from the mouths of the two Albanian presenters on the Bari jury, Doris Prelës and Namik Azijat, and was happy at the time,” Pollo explained. For two days, he has been in contact with representatives of the Italian channel to clarify what was presented on the fourth night of the Festival as a major achievement. “The problem is that the journalists must have speculated, and I will take a position on this,” said the head of RTSH, who is nevertheless waiting for Prela to arrive in Albania to solve the mystery. “So far, this is the information I have received; they also need to come so that everything can be definitively clarified.” But how did the idea of Telenorba come about? It was the Albanian side that proposed setting up a jury in Italy so that representatives of the Albanian emigrant community there could be present at this major musical event. Telenorba was willing and promised to broadcast it and announce it in its news bulletins as well. Up to that point, everything was normal, even commendable. But when it was announced that we were live with Italy, it became clear that it had all been fake. Was the television station at fault? Their script had been prepared, and what they said “could not have been accidental or a slip of the tongue,” especially since Prela was also speaking Italian, “because I have to translate it for these people here, too.” And since she was speaking Italian, Telenorba’s presenters certainly understood.

Three young people were coming from Greece for the holiday The car plunged into a ravine on a bend at Qafa e Kërrabës Report to the Prosecutor’s Office The three young people were emigrants in Greece and were coming to Tirana to celebrate New Year’s with their families. On the way to Tirana, the driver lost control of the car, which plunged into a ravine. On page 5

12.5 percent tax on imported grains FROM THE WORLD Gonzales:

Report to the Prosecutor’s Office Gjalliçica denounces its own people: “They have stolen our money.” Payouts continue at its counters On page 3

FROM THE WORLD BELGRADE - The envoy of the European Organization for Security, former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzales, announced yesterday the findings of the mission he had been entrusted with, whose task was to verify the local elections held in Serbia on November 17. In the report he presented, Gonzales concluded that the opposition to Serbian President Slobodan Millosheviç had won the local elections in 14 Serbian cities, where its victory was subsequently declared “invalid” by the government. On page 2

Donates her kidney to her brother KAVAJË — A sister becomes a guardian angel for her brother. A kidney donated by her to Engjëll Bello saved the 48-year-old man from Kavajë from the clutches of death. The event took place on Wednesday, when the miraculous donation was made at one of the hospitals in Rome. Admitted months earlier in serious condition, Engjëll Bello urgently needed a healthy kidney. The response to the doctors in Bari came from Kavajë. "My kidney will be made available to this boy..." [the text is difficult to read] On the last page it says that his condition has improved. Ill. "Everything is OK." This was the response received by telephone from the hospital in Rome. It was reported by the [?] of the family. Hello, as was the joy of a life newly begun, seemingly from her brother's body, whom the angel named Suzana Hello protected. qe.ca

In today's issue of "Gazeta Shqiptare", "Gazeta TV" was not published for technical reasons. The editorial staff apologizes to readers for this omission.

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