The businessmen tell the drivers: This is what you will say to the prosecutors “EUROIL” AND “FISHEKU” TOOK 17 THOUSAND TONS OF OIL FROM ARMO FOR EXPORT. THEY ALSO WITHDREW THE VAT More arrests for the drivers yesterday. The businessmen: We did not commit smuggling. Hydrocarbons Association: They were not our members, the damage is 140 million euros By KLODIANA LALA The prosecution is uncovering the scheme behind the scandal involving smuggled virgin oil. A full 17 thousand tons of crude oil was declared as exported abroad, while in fact it was distributed on the domestic market even though it was prohibited by law. According to the prosecution, the company “EUROIL” sh.a., managed by the arrested businessman HajrI Elezi, bought the virgin oil from ARMO and distributed it in Albania. The two ships “Rita S” and “Cilieta”, which supposedly transported it... On pages 2-3 (In the photo) The ship Rita S, which was supposed to take the virgin oil, but was sitting idle in the port (Top) facsimile of the court decision on the wiretaps

Opinion of the Day By ILIR DHIMA Around the end of March 1991, “The Washington Post” published in two issues an article by the well-known analyst Brzezihnski,.... To die even from laughing Continues on page 21

The company licensed by Ruli, “Ajdini” not a single lek in the budget 6 days before leaving the Ministry of Economy, he signed against the law An unclear, perhaps also corrupt, procedure is once again recorded for the former Minister of Economy and Energy, Genc Ruli. In granting a permit for the exploitation of inert materials in Rrogozhinë, precisely in the former nursery of Rrogozhinë, which the prime minister says today he wants to plant with plums, pomegranates and pears, there is a background and an entire file of documents that former minister Ruli should not have signed. But after the first denunciations about the former exhibition “Shqipëria sot”, the story is completely unclear as to why former minister Genc Ruli, in the last days of his time in office as head of the ministry he led, signed the permit contested by the Municipality of Rrogozhinë, by the sub-prefecture and later also by the prefecture of Tirana. ... On pages 6-7

MILOSAO / THE BRAVE PROJECT IS REVEALED NDRE MJEDA, WITH BUD IN HAND UNTIL HE DIED EXPEDITION AT MALI ME Gropa Supplement

Yesterday in “The Telegraph” By LESLIE DOWNER In Japan, everyone lives with the possibility of earthquakes. When I first went there in 1978, one night I was thrown from my bed on the seventh floor of a hotel..... Life with earthquakes in Japan Continues on page 20

CENSUS OF THE POPULATION On page 10

LSI: WE HAVE A PROGRAM Berisha: Administrative elections. Edi Rama: They are political On page 8

REIMBURSABLE LIST Pharmacies: The government is stealing from us with VAT On page 11

IN POGRADEC 124th anniversary of the Albanian school, with unknown photos On page 19

COLOSSAL DAMAGE Japan in terror, a Chernobyl risk On page 18