FULL LIST / 160 CONTRACTS SETTLED BY THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE 33 million USD allocated, who benefits The names of the companies that will be paid for work carried out in road construction are made public. Beneficiaries also include entities that bought hospital equipment FULL LIST / 160 CONTRACTS SETTLED BY THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEBT TO BUSINESS 33 million USD allocated, who benefits The names of the companies that will be paid for work carried out in road construction are made public. Beneficiaries also include entities that bought hospital equipment By LORENC RABETA The Ministry of Finance has opened a fund of 33 million dol- lars for the settlement of un- paid invoices to pri- vate companies contracted by the government earlier for “Gazeta Shqiptare” publishes the list of the 156 contracts, under which they have been settled by the ministry, along with the names of the com- panies that carried out the works or services. The list also includes the amounts paid for each contract, the total of which is 3.2 billion lek (approximately 33 mil- lion dollars). The ministry also informs that all busi- nesses on the list must take measures to withdraw the amounts. Most of the con- tracts in question are works carried out for road con- struction, but there are also purchases of hospital equip- ment or office equipment for institutions. The overdue debts that the government owes to businesses in total have been estimated at 72.6 billion lek, ... Continues on page 7

Opinion of the Day The anachronistic political revenge that has engulfed our communists, which is appearing with the throwing of a noose around the neck of a bust, ... By ARBEN BRAÇE Intellectual irresponsibility The anachronistic political revenge that has engulfed our communists, which is appearing with the throwing of a noose around the neck of a bust, ... Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day For a week, the media have become a mirror of an extreme outburst of mudslinging politics to darken the reborn image of the Armed Forces. It has been a week since the opposition... By MIMI KODHELI Drugs in the Army? The opposition lacks imagination For a week, the media have become a mirror of an ex- treme outburst of mudslinging politics to darken the reborn image of the Armed Forces. It has been a week since the opposition... Continues on page 21

DRAFT / A 13th salary is foreseen. For civilians, a 20% pay increase Blue uniforms are organized into nine ranks. A sanction is added: the Director General, after leaving office, will no longer return to the police The new police law: How to earn rank, 1% extra salary for each year of service (In photo:) Police force. Facsimile of the first page of the draft law on the State Police Blue uniforms are organized into nine ranks. A sanction is added: the Director General after leaving office will no longer return to the police By AURORA KOROMANI The draft law on the State Police has been revealed. “Gazeta Shqiptare” has managed to obtain a copy of the draft, in which... On page 9

NISHANI: I HAVE NO INFORMATION RAMA: They are not drug planes, they disinfect mosquitoes. BERISHA: SHISH said otherwise On pages 4-5

U.S. AMBASSADOR: FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION U.S. AMBASSADOR: FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION “Informality”, Arvizu: We are not in Ali Pasha’s time On page 5

EXPENSIVE LOANS High interest rates, Buxhuku: The fault of the Bank of Albania On page 7

CAR EXPLOSIVE “Competition”, attack on the head of the Durrës Tourism association On page 15

THE ARRESTED JUDGE DHIMITER POJANAKU THE ARRESTED JUDGE DHIMITER POJANAKU “I didn’t take a bribe, it was the rent money for the apartment” On page 8

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ARCHIVE Eqerem Libohova, letter to Greece in ’48: Help us take Kosovo On pages 16-17