THE DP LEADER IN KAVAJË

Meta in the minority: Happy New Year Berisha: Greece like Serbia On page 2

Accidents Safety 0 Giving your lives for the Construction Bosses

It is Albanian workers who, not infrequently, give the final kick to workplace safety rules, sacrificing a day’s pay. The surprise inspection by the Labour Inspectorate, which closed out ’99, at 559 construction firms finally confirmed the inspectors’ suspicions. “It is the workers who give their lives for construction bosses, allowing themselves to be lured ... On page 9

120 emigrants Set off for Italy, get held up by the police

Passengers are left unable to board the ferry. Disruptions in passenger traffic on the ferries linking Durrës with Italian cities. The extraordinary influx of Albanian refugees, who spent the Christmas and New Year holidays in our country, has encountered obstacles that have ... On page 14

The City Hall’s witness of 30 years passes away

Profile He was called [?] Gjergj Pallamari, the man who had seen and observed all the “sins” of the institution responsible for looking after the Capital. He had just retired, but often returned to the building’s gate. On page 10

BE-HA-SE, fake bank guarantees

SHADOW OF A SCANDAL BE-HA-SE, fake bank guarantees Who is the Turkish road-construction company The first bank guarantee submitted by the Turkish company BE-HA-SE bears the signature of the Cypriot bank “Eurobank”. It is for the amount of 600,000 ECU. By means of this bank guarantee, the Turkish company BE-HA-SE won the right to participate in the tender. This first guarantee is dated 3 December 1997, when the structures of the Albanian state were still weak and the ability to verify documents was not at the required level. The first bank guarantee... On page 4