19/05/1999
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Gazeta Shqiptare

19 May 1999

Serbs take to the streets: Slobo, surrender

MILUTINOVIĆ PRO G-8. CLINTON: GROUND TROOPS READY Serbs take to the streets: Slobo, surrender Protests begin in Yugoslavia On page 6

GEOPOLITICAL JOKE

OPINION Shpëtim NAZARKO "Look," an Albanian in Janinë told me. "This city was made prosperous by Albanians." He said it angrily. Before ’90, Janinë was an agricultural area, which had only one milk-processing factory. But now it is flourishing. It is not difficult to understand that, in relation to Albania, Janinë occupies the same position as Puglia on the other side of the Adriatic. Without making too great a mistake, one can say that the shared capital of Greece and Albania is Janinë, and the shared capital of Italy and Albania is Puglia. These two regions, our neighbors, which are peripheral areas of their countries, have done nothing over these eight years except clean themselves up, “exporting” their own scoundrels in the direction of Albania. It is no great surprise to discover that, despite our great poverty, we have not only a stock of 1 billion dollars’ worth of products exchanged with ... Continued on page 4

Protests begin in Yugoslavia

On page 6 Blair: Albania will be rebuilt On page 2 (Photo: Hektor Pustina)

Shkodra will be the Singapore of the Region

SPECIAL Shkodra will be the Singapore of the Region The century began with an airport, but now... On pages 12–13

Albanian tanks fire at the border

On page 7

Petro Koçi: After me, Majko will be thrown out

Meeting with Meidani yesterday Petro Koçi: After me, Majko will be thrown out Minister of Public Order: "The mafia clans will remove him." Today, a meeting of the SP Group If Meidani issues a decree dismissing the Minister of Public Order, as proposed by Majko, SP MPs will review it before it goes to Parliament, in order to decide what position should be taken in this case. On page 3 OPINION

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