13/11/1998
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Gazeta Shqiptare

13 November 1998

Women confined in secret houses

For the first time in Albania, a secret shelter for abused women On page 11 Photograph of a woman.

Clashes in Kukës Police pursue the anti-Gjinush forces

The day after the unrest The 4 people who fired bursts of gunfire in the center of the northern city have been identified, but none has yet been detained After a quiet night, gunfire echoed through Kukës yesterday morning. Police sources say that law-enforcement forces have tracked down the people who disrupted Gjinushi’s campaign and exchanged fire with them. Police operations began immediately after the incident, and it did not take long to identify the four men from Kukës who fired in protest against Gjinushi. On page 18

800 cartons of cigarettes seized

Eight hundred cartons of smuggled cigarettes have been seized. A long operation by the anti-smuggling sector of the Ministry of Public Order has led to the seizure of goods worth 130 million lekë. The operation has also uncovered a large international network dealing in packs without tax stamps. On page 6

Companies abandon the Fair

ECONOMY Those who organized—or are organizing—fairs over the past month, and, moreover, the Ministry of Economic Cooperation that is apparently making agreements with them, seem not to have heard the popular saying “too much of a good thing.” Three fairs have opened in Tirana within one month. On page 7

Athens promises to open the borders for 25 kilometers

From our correspondent in Athens, Andi BEJTJA Prime Minister Majko signed two cooperation agreements in Athens yesterday during a meeting with the Greek Prime Minister. The third installment of the Greek loan, amounting to 5 billion drachmas, was disbursed, and an agreement was reached to rebuild the National Theatre in Tirana. At the joint press conference after the one-hour meeting, Greek Prime Minister Simitis said that Greece would continue to help Albania integrate into European structures. On page 2

LIST OF THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO WON THE COMPETITION FOR GREECE

EMIGRATION On page 10

DATES OF VISA APPOINTMENTS AT THE ITALIAN EMBASSY

NEWSPAPER SERVICE On page 23