DYNAMITE ATTACK AGAINST DRITA: THE ANXIETY OF ’98 RETURNS

NORTH, 2 EXPLOSIONS IN 5 DAYS On page 2

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THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE

Aleks Andoni faces 5 years in prison

Test-Tube Babies:

Gynecologist Avenir Balili Test-Tube Babies: Here’s why they should be conceived

...faces 5 years in prison

The Prosecutor’s Office: Ervehe Andoni’s husband will be called to testify... What Articles 99, 110, 130 of the Criminal Code provide. The Prosecutor’s Office: Ervehe Andoni’s husband will be called to testify... What Articles 99, 110, 130 of the Criminal Code provide. “Causing a person to commit suicide or attempt suicide as a result of systematic ill-treatment or other systematic conduct that seriously undermines their dignity, committed by a person on whom they are materially or otherwise dependent, is punishable by a fine or imprisonment for up to 5 years” On page 3 Aleks Andoni Chief of the General Staff

Test-Tube Babies: Here’s why they should be conceived in Albania too

conceived in Albania too Avenir BALILI* Taking the media debate about the problems of in vitro fertilization (IVF) as my starting point, I would also like to express my opinion, encouraged as well by some well-wishers. From 1987 to 1992, I specialized at the University of “La Sapienza” in Rome, in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic at the In Vitro Fertilization Center, directed by Prof. Cesare Aragona, and I continue to collaborate with them. Infertility among couples (not necessarily married couples) is a highly relevant socioeconomic problem, particularly in industrialized and developing countries. Around 20% of couples with regular sexual relations are unable to achieve a pregnancy and fall into this category. Continued on pages 12–13