09/08/1999
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Gazeta Shqiptare

9 August 1999

Attack on the Beach hotels begins

On Monday, bulldozers will demolish the unauthorized constructions Order from Tirana On page 16

The tender thief in Government

SCANDAL The people who stole the tender dossier from the Prime Minister's Office are among the staff of this nerve center of the Government. This was stated yesterday by an official source at the General Prosecutor's Office, who asked not to be identified because everything is still under investigation. On page 9

Albania can't control the chickens

OVER DIOXIN The doors of Albanian customs are being closed to Belgian chickens. An order issued by the Ministry of Health requires all the Hygiene Directorates in the districts to inspect every shipment of chickens and then grant it clearance to enter the market. On page 10

USA: Serbs are withdrawing

The final hours of the war for Kosovo PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND NATO. BOMBING TO STOP SOON On page 5

PLAYING WITH BELGRADE

The New York Times Slobodan Milosheviç is a maestro at using postponements, delays, surprises and confusion to divide his opponents, and he is using all of these to undermine the peace agreement he accepted in Belgrade last week. NATO will prevail in this diplomatic context if it remains committed to the peace accord, relying on valuable cooperation with Russia and continuing military pressure on Serbian forces until Mr. Milosheviç orders them to leave Kosovo. The most immediate obstacle to peace is Belgrade's refusal to accept NATO's detailed plan for a rapid withdrawal of Serbian forces and the arrival of international peacekeeping forces, most of them from the Alliance. The Serbian general evaded the plan this weekend, arguing that seven days was not enough time to leave Kosovo. They also insisted that at least 15,000 Serbian troops remain, something that was not included in the Belgrade agreement— Continued on page 8

USA recognizes the “Thaçi” Government

Albright arrives in Tirana on Saturday Kosovo leaders meet in Bonn Albright has tightened the screws on Rugova. “The positions in the interim government must be filled,” the Iron Lady told the LDK chairman. The U.S. Secretary of State also asked Rugova to go to Tirana as soon as possible, at the invitation of the Albanian Government, while the latter denied at the joint meeting he held with Thaçi and Qosja that “he would go to Albania at the invitation of Democratic Party chairman Sali Berisha.” On page 4

THE HEAD OF STATE FOR THE NEWSPAPER

IN MEIDANI'S OFFICE, WATCHING THE G-8 ON CNN On page 2

HERE ARE THE PRODUCERS AND ADDRESSES

AID FOR KOSOVARS TO BE BOUGHT IN ALBANIA On page 11