Zef Shestani, the priest who fought in the mountains wearing his cassock
DOSSIER
Zef Shestani, the priest who fought in the mountains wearing his cassock
For 37 years he spoke to Albanians against communism through the Vatican’s microphone.
Who was the rebellious priest who abandoned
We will catch the spy politicians
The American scheme will help Bezhani find agents in politics and the executive branch
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Cassock
For 37 years he spoke to Albanians against communism through the Vatican’s microphone.
the house of God and took up a rifle over his cassock to fight against the Italians. The cleric who denounced Kordiniano, the politician-priest from Italy. Father Zefi, in October 1951, would speak for the first time to his fellow countrymen and Catholic believers persecuted by the communist regime in Albania, from Vatican Radio in the Albanian language.
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Meta: The Mafia is buying our weapons
DISARMAMENT
Meta: The Mafia is buying our weapons
“Weapons are falling into the wrong hands, including through trafficking to other countries, thereby becoming one of the activities of organized crime,” Meta said. Let us be clear: organized crime is not an exclusively Albanian phenomenon, but is also criminal in other countries...
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Special forces in the Haklaj family’s village
TROPOJË
Special forces in the Haklaj family’s village
Police raided Kërnajë in Tropojë for the first time. The Haklaj family’s residence, as well as that of Sali Luzha, was searched on Sunday by special forces, for the first time since 1994. The outcome of the operation was the seizure of several heavy weapons, as well as the impounding of three cars that turned out to be stolen...
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Sunken speedboat? A telephone trick
The traffickers’ new tactic
Sunken speedboat? A telephone trick
A fake “Hello” to fool the maritime police
Speedboat operators have now begun to strain their minds more than their bodies, evading pursuit by Albanian and Italian border guards. To avoid this, they have started sending false SOS signals, reporting that speedboats have sunk at various points at sea. Wanting to keep a passage area clear, they give the speedboat’s location as a point far away from their departure point. In almost all cases, the naval forces that have searched dozens of miles of surface...
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