The OSCE mediator’s visit postponed
Opposition parties present Fino with their final demands: Pass them to Berisha, so they can enter the elections
Vjenadi, "There is no turning back this week"
The capital’s life darkened by Pollo: "Enough with the lies, let the campaign begin"
At the end of the week, the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Niels Helveg Petersen, who was due to be in Tirana tomorrow to ease the situation in Albania, had a conversation with the current OSCE chairman, the Dane Niels Helveg Petersen [?]. The visit has been postponed. If the statement published by the Albanian opposition yesterday evening does not, as it seems, prompt a positive response from Berisha, Petersen will not come to Tirana. He cannot be successful only in easing the crisis, but also in ensuring the implementation of the elections. He had asked the opposition parties: the Democratic Party, the Republican Party and Balli Kombëtar, to take steps to calm the situation and start the campaign. The opposition told him that it is presenting final demands to Fino, so that he can pass them on to Berisha, in order to enter the elections.
TIRANA - The union of Albanian opposition parties announced last night that the visit to Albania of Denmark’s Foreign Minister, Niels Helveg Petersen, has been postponed. According to Alliance sources, the decision to postpone came after President Berisha refused several conditions. The opposition statement says that entering the elections is linked to several political and security demands. The OSCE mediator’s visit had been scheduled for the following day. The capital remains tense and political developments are awaited anxiously.
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The Albanian lek and Cuban economy on the altar of Albanian politics
Currency in the sky
Andrea Stefani
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Fino: "Berisha should make only 2-3 changes"
"Appointments to the commissions, the time of the elections..."
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Prime Minister Fino
TIRANA - "Berisha, take this agreement we made, along with the demands of the party I represent, and present it to the Republicans as well. That is what we talked about until late in the evening, because if he enters the elections, he must make only 2-3 changes. Mainly to the commissions and to the time of the elections" [?]
Consulate army: Mysterious observation
The Greeks have been calmed by his weapon
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GIROKASTËR - From time ... [?] The text of this article is partly unreadable in the image. The words "army", "consulate", "mysterious", "Greeks", "his weapon" can be made out [?]
Gjirokastër
Vlorë, the city of fear, from bursts of automatic gunfire
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A patrol walked through the empty hours in Sheshi i Flamurit [?]
Vlorë, the city of fear
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VLORE - Vlorë woke up today after a seemingly calm, but grim night. Bursts of automatic gunfire were heard in several neighborhoods and people stayed shut inside their homes. A patrol was moving in the early morning hours near Sheshi i Flamurit. The situation is unstable and residents feel unsafe.
Thaka: Here is why the Championship did not start "Flamurtari could not be excluded"
Thaka: Here is why the Championship did not start
"Flamurtari could not be excluded"
The deputy secretary of IShF explains the reasons for the suspension of football
During the break, the wind emptied Sheshi i Flamurit [?]
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THANË - the decision to postpone the championship was linked to security conditions and to the fact that Flamurtari could not be excluded from the competition. The deputy secretary of IShF explains that the suspension was temporary and dictated by the general situation in the country.
Fino calls for an international troika in Tirana. Prodi: "Oliveri" was against it!
Short notices
BERAT
Gang battle in the town: 2 killed
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GRAMSH
Victims of the kidnapping: In a 300-year-old warehouse
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LIBRAZHD
Takes revenge for his father after 30 years
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VLORË - Moçbu leaves; replaced by Zairja Tersin
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Albanian electonics
Albanian technology with Spanish company, with Spanish management [?]
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