THE GIRLS WERE PAID FROM 50 TO 200 EUROS AN HOUR, MENTOR KOKA SENTENCED IN ABSENTIA How the young women were exploited by the hotel owner. Prosecutor’s Office: Also under accusation, a taxi driver and a police officer who collaborated with him (In photo) The Tirana Prosecutor’s Office. Illustrative photo On page 7

Opinion of the Day By PROF. DR. ARTAN SHYTI Political elections, which recreate the new government every four years, bring to the attention of sportspeople the “old” problem of the state sports institution.. Sport on its own, a demand repeated every four years Continues on page 21

Opinion of the Day By FERDINAND XHAFERRI In the problematic elections of May ’96, the Democratic Party won even more mandates than it wanted. As a result of tampering with the elections, especially... Rama between democracy and autocracy Continues on page 20

List of outstanding obligations Ministry of Finance: The accumulation is for only one month for court decisions won by landowners By ORNELA MANJANI The Property Treatment Agency has no money to pay the obligations arising from court decisions. In one month, the bill that ATP must settle reaches 15.3 million lek. Meanwhile, the Agency states that it does not have sufficient funds to make these payments... On page 5

France’s 200th anniversary, the writer invited together with 200 heads of state Soon, the latest book “Writers and artists under the communist dictatorship...” By DASHNOR KALOÇI After more than a decade of “embargo” imposed on the well-known writer Ismail Kadare by the communist leadership in Tirana, which had rejected almost all the invitations he received from abroad, suddenly, sometime around 1989, official Tirana seems to have finally “surrendered.” And it was none other than the head of state himself, Ramiz Alia, who signed off on Kadare’s trip to France to take part in the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution... On pages 10-11

KORÇA still the best today

KORÇA still the best today

TERM OF OFFICE OF THE LEADERS On page 2

TIES TO CRIME On page 22

EXHIBITION On page 12

BORIÇI’S BOOK On pages 18-19

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