Burseki warns of attacks during military exercises. Secret services on the move From NATO’s exercise at the Bizë base in 1996 TIRANA - NATO is giving Albania three weeks to clear the Bizë area, where 12,000 soldiers are concentrated and where the joint exercise “Cooperative Assembly 98” will take place in September. Signals from the secret services about terrorist threats against the maneuvers are now prompting the military structures to move to a maximum security plan. [? Continues on page 9

Solana: Milosevic’s last chance SKOPJE - The arrival last night of the UÇK Council spokesman, Jakup Krasniqi, and of the political representative of the UÇK, Adem Demaçi, for meetings in Kumanovo with the peace representative, Veton Surroi, and President Ibrahim Rugova, is the clearest signal that the political solution has started its last engines. [? Continues on page 2

Lino meets Islam: Keep us safe. Departure notice for all its citizens USA: Americans leave Albania Embassy closed: fear of attacks After a bomb threat arrived, and the American embassy in Switzerland, meanwhile its staff has been evacuated The U.S. Embassy yesterday was under an unprecedented wave of movement because of a bomb threat which had been placed both inside and near the headquarters. This news was made public by sources from the police and the American secret services. According to them, the alarm arrived at 11:27. Immediately the head of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Tirana, Marisa Lino, and all American personnel who were inside the embassy were informed. [? Continues on page 8 American Embassy (Above) Ambassador Lino

TROPOJË / War again at the border TIRANA - The armed clash with Serbian forces continues on the Albanian-Yugoslav border, a few kilometers from Padesh. Police sources said Serbian soldiers came up to the border line, while the parties engaged in a heavy exchange of fire. Continues on page 7

Bushi: Returning to the law has no political motive. Parties react Klosi: I wanted SHIK’s first killing Head of the Secret Service: It was more accurate KLOSI - “I am touched and disappointed not only by the accusation that we killed with passion and premeditation. But also by the fact that such an accusation has been leveled against a Western-oriented service...” TIRANA - Indifferent to slander and a calm man, sometimes even speaking loudly, the head of the National Information Service, Fatos Klosi, made yesterday the first public statement after the publication of the “SHIK list,” which claims to contain the names of people allegedly killed by the former SHIK during the protests of 1991-1996. According to Klosi, well-known names were included in order to cast doubt on public opinion and manipulate the list. [? Continues on page 5

TIRANA - The incident of the theft of a passport at the ministry was made public by a female official of this institution. After her report, ministry employees claim that the head of the cabinet refused to file a police report, thus closing the case. [? Continues on page 8

GAZETA ecurisë The municipality does not return the embassy’s properties TIRANA - Three commissions arrived Monday at the Municipality of Tirana regarding the non-return of the embassy’s property. The reason for this investigation is ownership disputes and previous decisions by the local administration. [? On page 3

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