They are blocking the “Benzit” road, President Berisha, because of the complaint made by the car owners and the president! What else can be done to solve everything for the better? Is the President’s car in trouble? [headline partly unclear] Please, Mr President, the citizens perhaps with a 3-year-old daughter and in front of the President’s car! — They are blocking the “Benzit” road, President Berisha, because of the complaint made by the car owners and the president! What else can be done to solve everything for the better? Is the President’s car in trouble? 15 families live and pass their days in filth; the police, according to him, have taken them [sic?]. In the offices of the Presidency, I entered the deputy provisioner in two and a half hours. I raised the issue, which ends with this matter. I explained it in local terms, but not with figures. There H. Zamiti acted on behalf of the transport leaders, according to him? The senior officials and authorities [sic?] should resolve this issue. I offered that we would not leave without solving this in writing. The lawyer is a person [sic?] from the Ministry of Finance, on its part. This movement was accelerated. Intervention has begun; dozens of drivers have also intervened. We have come out [sic?], and the main issue of this period is the failure to put the President’s factory into use. Not by another decision, but by their concern in the street. Pushed among drivers, because I am as you can see. I have been there for 5 years and action must be taken. No longer. Other drivers, because we do not have any, we are not able to pay. This must be resolved immediately. One citizen says that if we continue here, we will end up worse. This is how it goes if they give us a solution. We are asking for a solution. Officials say that we will only pay compensation, not the house. The issue really concerns the Presidency, help with the road. He keeps asking for intervention. A government official has also come. This matter has been dragging on for so long. They do not want to accept it. First I spoke with the director of the institute. Then with the prefect. They told me they would look into it. Then nothing happened. We came back again. Now we are waiting until Monday. (continued on page 6)

We read the notice from ZP in which the honor and dignity of the staff of the newspaper Koha Jonë are attacked The newspaper “ZP” shows that its journalism is still at the banal level of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in Albania. The editorial board will reply to “Zëri i Popullit” in the next issue

— One-hour warning strike by the Independent Trade Unions. On Thursday, at 10 o’clock, the Union of Independent Trade Unions in Albania, at the republic level, organized a one-hour warning strike. This is being done because the government is dragging out the demands of former political prisoners, the unemployed, veterans of independence, former owners, students, pensioners and the disabled. We expect the government to take our problems seriously, and our demands seriously, and to act with the force with which it took Plese (continued on page 2)

ENGLISH 1. Koha e punuve / Koha Jonë: Published every Wednesday and Saturday. Saturday, 22 May 1993. Price 8 lekë. No. 37 (136). 2. Five families have been in the middle of the road for eight days. [Main article partly illegible; concerns families displaced/in the street, references President Berisha, the Presidency, Finance Ministry, and unresolved housing/compensation issues. Continued on page 6.] 3. Editorial clarification. We read the notice of ZP in which the honor and dignity of the staff of the newspaper Koha Jonë are attacked. The newspaper “ZP” shows that its journalism is still at the banal levels of the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s in Albania. The editorial board will reply to “Zëri i Popullit” in the next issue. 4. The government must put an end to empty promises. One-hour warning strike by the Independent Trade Unions. On Thursday at 10 o’clock, the Union of Independent Trade Unions in Albania at republic level organized a one-hour warning strike. This is being done because the government is dragging out the demands of former political prisoners/persecuted, the unemployed, independence veterans, former owners, students, pensioners and invalids. Continued on page 2. 5. Albania everywhere under tension! What shall we do? Americani Shkullaku. By Fierok Çuri. Read pages 3-4. Read on pages 5-6 [...] ITALIANO 1. Koha e punuve / Koha Jonë: Esce ogni mercoledì e sabato. Sabato, 22 maggio 1993. Prezzo 8 lekë. N. 37 (136). 2. Cinque famiglie si trovano in mezzo alla strada da otto giorni. [Articolo principale parzialmente illeggibile; riguarda famiglie sfollate/in strada, con riferimenti al Presidente Berisha, alla Presidenza, al Ministero delle Finanze e a questioni irrisolte di alloggio/indennizzo. Continua a pagina 6.] 3. Chiarimento della Redazione. Abbiamo letto l’avviso di ZP in cui vengono attaccati l’onore e la dignità dello staff del giornale Koha Jonë. Il giornale “ZP” dimostra che il suo giornalismo è ancora ai livelli banali degli anni ’50, ’60, ’70 e ’80 in Albania. La redazione risponderà a “Zëri i Popullit” nel prossimo numero. 4. Il governo deve porre fine alle promesse vuote. Sciopero di avvertimento di un’ora dei Sindacati Indipendenti. Giovedì alle ore 10, l’Unione dei Sindacati Indipendenti in Albania a livello di Repubblica ha organizzato uno sciopero di avvertimento di un’ora. Ciò viene fatto perché il governo continua a rinviare le richieste degli ex perseguitati politici, dei disoccupati, dei veterani dell’indipendenza, degli ex proprietari, degli studenti, dei pensionati e degli invalidi. Continua a pagina 2. 5. L’Albania ovunque sotto tensione! Che facciamo? Americani Shkullaku. Di Fierok Çuri. Leggere alle pagine 3-4. Leggere alle pagine 5-6 [...].

Albania everywhere under tension! What are we doing? AMERIKANI SHKULLAKU BY FIEROK ÇURI (see pages 3-4) Read on pages 5-6 the section of SOLVA UËN [?]