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

List of overdue liabilities Ministry of Finance: Accumulation for just one month for court decisions won by landowners By ORNELA MANJANI The Property Treatment Agency does not have the money to pay the bills that come from court decisions. In one month, the bill that ATP must pay 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 bicentennial, the writer invited 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 by the communist leadership of Tirana on the well-known writer Ismail Kadare, refusing almost all invitations that came to him from abroad, suddenly somewhere around 1989, official Tirana seems to have finally “given in”. And it was the head of state himself, Ramiz Alia, who had 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

Today’s Opinion Political elections, which recreate the new government every four years, bring to the attention of people in sport the “old” problem of the state sports institution. By PROF. DR. ARTAN SHYTI Sport as a separate field, a demand repeated every four years Continues on page 21

Today’s Opinion In the problematic elections of May 1996, the Democratic Party won even more seats than it wanted. As a result of interference in the elections, especially... Continues on page 20 By FERDINAND XHAFERRI Rama between democracy and autocracy

TERM OF OFFICE OF THE LEADERS On page 2

LINKS TO CRIME On page 22

EXHIBITION On page 12

BORICI’S BOOK On pages 18-19

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