The Meta government is blessed The Americans applaud the new Minister of Privatization The new government yesterday on the steps of the Presidency, with the Minister of Privatization, Vice Preçi (photo: H. Pusina) On page 3 The new government yesterday on the steps of the Presidency, with the Minister of Privatization, Vice Preçi (photo: H. Pusina)

Survey / Three children per capita Condom? We don’t have what we want Only 3 percent are regular young users. The guides to unregulated births, the majority who have sex without protection; why do they still not recognize the condom as a means of having safe sex? These data are being reported for the second time within the last few weeks. Tirana is the major consumer of this contradiction, accounting for over 35% of the total sales of the main companies On page 9

Elbasan / The third case in the last month NV? 27-year-old from Klosi of Elbasan, sentenced to 15 years in prison, accused of armed theft, has chosen suicide by hanging himself in the bathroom of a prison cell. According to the police, the reason for this final act was his request to be transferred from Elbasan prison to the one in Peqin. The prisoner, named Baftjar Bami, hanged himself using a bedsheet, and the prison police of Klosi, against whom he had lodged complaints, are also implicated. The circumstances of this self-sacrifice remain unclear, but the police have so far arrested one official and two prison police officers, who through inaction violated all regulations concerning the arrest and care of a person serving a sentence. On page 19

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