ALBANIA-GREECE A few hours before the match, the Secret Service raises the alarm SHIK: Be careful today Klosi: We have signs of unrest SHIK warns about the important sporting match, calling for attention to provocative acts or violence. According to the information, secret agencies have warned about undisciplined elements and specific individuals who may provoke or stage mass Greek chants; they will be at the stadium to carry out looting and create dissatisfaction and insults among southern fans. “There are plenty of extremists in Albania,” Klosi declared yesterday, presenting this alarm at the Ministry of Public Order. On pp. 5-6-7

Dritan LUNDRA At least twenty-eight years late, the fall of communism arrived in Albania after the collapse of the Berlin Wall. In those many years we had reached the beginning of the 1990s, not only because democratic Europe had left us as orphans, but also because of communist inertia. From the year 2000 onward, the future of sport in our country will also be described increasingly through politics and not only through sport. Tirana, the storm and the Albanian government's [?] are also an indication that we are still not ready to emerge from an old [?], but are ready to sacrifice ourselves for an illusion on page 2 continued on page 2

THERE IS NO LAND On page 19

HEALTH On pp. 12-13

STRIMA I GAZETES On page 23

Mehmet Shehu’s brother returns for the referendum Mehmet Shehu’s brother has returned to Albania; Dervish Shehu arrived yesterday in his native Mallakastër to support the referendum and Albanian sovereignty. On 22 March he will address the citizens of Mallakastër. Visibly moved, he declared: “I have returned to Albania. Dervisha descended(?) a few days ago and left after an invitation to the embassy of Yugoslavia in Belgrade. Sejmeni [?] arrived urgently on buses belonging to the Yugoslavs and comes with the thought of the Russian passport in the inside pocket.” On page 22

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