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AMC’s chances of being sold for as high a price as possible AMC will no longer be owned by the Albanian state within this three-month period. We are now in the final phase of the long, complicated process that technocrats call “privatization of strategic sectors.” All that remains is to find out how much this enterprise will be sold for. And it has a strong chance of being sold for as high a price as possible. “What is your maximum valuation? And your minimum one?... From London, Arian Çani AMC will no longer be owned by the Albanian state within this three-month period. We are now in the final phase of the long, complicated process that technocrats call “privatization of strategic sectors.” All that remains is to find out how much this enterprise will be sold for. And it has a strong chance “What is your maximum valuation? And your minimum one?... Continued on page 6

PARADOX Edmond TUPJA A few weeks ago, my friend and neighbor Aqif Qifa (we both live in the same apartment building beside Rruga e Kavajës, between the mosque and the church) died... Continued on page 20

The funding is approved The Port of Durrës became one of the most important projects for the entire region during the conference that began yesterday on financing the Stability Pact. “Among the four main projects are the rehabilitation and modernization of the Port of Durrës as the main gateway to Pan-European Corridor 8, in which the EIB has taken on a special role at the request of the Albanian Government, as well as the energy transmission lines between the countries of the region”... On page 5

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