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Taxi drivers, hoteliers, translators, middlemen are currently the most popular businesses.
Many people would never have dreamed of making these profits. For them, the luckiest moment has truly arrived—one that cannot happen again in a person’s life.
On page 9
Majko puts the Government at risk
Meidani won’t sign Koçi’s appointment. PS, clan warfare
THE PRIME MINISTER MAKES RESIGNATION A CONDITION. SPARTAK POÇI MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR?
Serbs: 220 incidents in 4 months
On page 3
Albanian border
NATO: In Korishë, Albanians were used as “cannon fodder”
Korçë, bomb in a bar; owners wounded
On pages 4–7–18
THE BROKEN SCALES
COMMENT
THE BROKEN CUSTOMS SCALES
COMMENT
THE BROKEN CUSTOMS SCALES
Ilir Babaramo
Not even the naïve believe that the entry into force of the new Customs Code will curb smuggling. In fact, every indication is that it will continue on the same extraordinary, criminal scale, backed by politicians. First, other things must be put right before laws are left as piles of worthless paper. No law, however perfect, can function in a vacuum or within state structures that are criminalized to the core. In short, the new Customs Code may serve only for external consumption. Now Albanian officials negotiating membership in the World Trade Organization can say that
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Tirana claims its 18th crown
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Tirana claims its 18th crown
The Whites and Blues are looking forward to Saturday to do it “again”
On pages 21–22–23
Science brings Leonardo Da Vinçi’s “Last Supper” to light
