THE SCANDAL: HOW 340,000 SHELLS “DISAPPEARED” FROM THE DEPOTS
The original contract between MEICO and the Armenian Ministry of Defence is revealed
The heavy ammunition was sold without the license of the Secretary General of Defence in 2007. The Export Control Authority did not even include the transaction in its annual report
By TEDI BLUSHI
The Albanian Ministry of Defence is involved in yet another arms and ammunition smuggling scandal. This time the destination turns out to be Armenia. The affair was first exposed in July 2007, when an Albanian ship set sail from the Port of Durrës loaded with containers filled with ammunition. Their destination was Armenia. But the heavy cargo never reached there because the ship was stopped by...
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In the photo: 120 mm artillery shell. Facsimile of the original contract between MEICO and the Armenian Ministry of Defence for the sale of shells
Mines, the explosion “fine” of 5,000 euros
Cellphone bomb attacks under investigation. Explosives “imported” from Montenegro
How police identified them: the arrested 28-year-old was injured by his accomplice
By KLODIANA LALA
The explosive attacks that have taken place in recent years in Tirana, mostly intended to remain as “unsolved cases,” now seem finally to have suspects as their perpetrators. The discovery of a workshop in a house on “Elbasani” Street in Tirana, where cellphone-triggered mines were being produced, has led investigators to dust off dozens of case files sitting in the drawers of the Serious Crimes прокуратorate. Artan Hasani, 38, and Endri Hametaj, 28, who were handcuffed as part of the code-named operation “Celulari” in cooperation with other persons, now being sought, are accused of being the perpetrators of several very serious criminal घटनements that took place in the capital, where as...
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Kadare’s quips about Stalin’s bust in Pogradec in 1984
The testimony of the former committee head
On page 18
Kosovo, unprepared for talks
Yesterday on “Europa e Lirë”
By ZIJADIN GASHI
The Kosovo Assembly is expected to begin a debate this Monday on the upcoming talks expected to be held with Serbia. While the prime minister...
Kosovo, unprepared for talks
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Requiem for 7 March
Opinion of the Day
By FASLLI HALITI
When I learned that my fourth-grade teacher would be Abaz Sinani, I don’t know why I suddenly felt proud; perhaps because he was from...
Requiem for 7 March
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Crisis, a “boom” in privatizations, 25 billion lek in 2009
Report on assets
On page 8
Music in headphones, train crushes girl in Laprakë
TRAGEDY
On page 6
European leftists: International intervention
Albanian crisis
On page 4
Gynecology: Problems with abortion among young people
“QYTETI STUDENTI”
On pages 10-11
Rexhep Qosja, the complete work is published in 29 volumes
New series in Prishtina
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