SUSPICIONS ABOUT THE NEW CARS, OR ABOUT FUEL THEFT BY POLICEMEN ANOTHER SCANDAL IN THE POLICE THE CARS USE TWICE AS MUCH They were supposed to consume 6-8 liters per 100 km; they consume 14 liters. Police officials: We are investigating the procedures and the traffic. Expert Boçi: Even the color of the cars is not the official one By GERTI XHAJA A pre-scandal surrounding the 2.1 million euro tender for the purchase of 297 “Chevrolet” vehicles for the State Police. The General Directorate of Police orders fuel-consumption measurements after reports from supply stations show that the new cars consume almost twice the amount declared in the tender. The news is confirmed by reliable sources of ‘Gazeta’, while a new fact has also emerged and was verified by “GSH” on the official “Chevrolet” vehicle website, which states their consumption as 5.4 liters per 100 kilometers. The new cars replaced... Continues on pages 2-3

DURRËS/ With the permission of the Albanian government, the transport of ammunition was carried out Police officer: How we sold to the Bosnians 1,000 tons of weapons in ‘92-’93 In photo: From the massacres of the war in Bosnia (top) The Port of Durrës Witness: They asked us for help with armaments during the war against Milošević. The shipments left with a goods invoice From the Port of Durrës the weapons arsenal was exchanged on the open sea, in Mostar. The ammunition was sold for cash by the government On page 12

SUMMER PAGES Humorist: Back then, love was sincere Actor Birçe Hasko: The new bloc people go to the beach as in dictatorship “The big men of our state have their villas and comfort beautifully, as in communism” By ILDA LUMANI For every argument he has a proverb, which seems to guide his situations and his mindset. Mjeshtri i Madh, the actor and Professor of acting mastery at the Academy of Arts, Birçe Hasko comes in this interview in the supplement “Summer Pages”. He recounts his holidays from youth to the present. He has lived through both eras, communism and democracy, so he does not... Supplement

LUAN STAROVA: THEY ARE THROWING MUD AT US Macedonian ‘geography’ insults Albanians, The minister: We will not withdraw it On page 19

Yesterday in “La Repubblica” Yesterday in “La Repubblica” By FRANCESCO MERLO Even yesterday there were guards in high uniforms at the foot of the stairs down which two muscular amazons descended and between them, as a vanguard of... Continues on page 20 Gaddafi, a circus that humiliates us

Opinion of the Day By AFRIM KRASNIQI In the tradition of Albanian transition, the summer months gave us another example of politics without ethics, without norms and outside... Continues on page 21 Accusations and the smearing of institutions

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