From the trial of the five members of the minority: Prosecution’s closing arguments delivered 8 Greeks, led by Sebastian(os), are requested to be declared “persona non grata” -The Hague Court is requested -8 Greeks, led by Sebastianos, are to be declared “persona non grata” -The Hague Court is requested pages 3–4

After “OMONIA”: At long last, after 26 months in a cell, the green light has been switched on again for Sulo Gradeci as well. And it is precisely the nearing end of the “Omonia” proceedings that will clear the way for his case to be tried. “The Sulo Gradeci trial,” they confirm at the Tirana Military Court, “will take place immediately after the conclusion of the ‘Omonia’ proceedings.” Naturally, the date of the trial of Hoxha’s adjutant has not been specified, as it depends on the judicial fate of the five Omonia leaders—a case that has suspended the activities of the Tirana Court for weeks on end. Gradeci has gone through a veritable odyssey, beginning before his arrest two years ago, on 8 July 1992. The Tirana Prosecutor’s Office initially applied for house arrest; then the security measure was relaxed to “an obligation not to leave,” before he eventually ended up in Tirana prison, accused of abuse of office and theft. And according to Përparim Sanxhaku—the most highly regarded lawyer in Albania, who will defend the accused at trial—in a confirmation given to “K.J.” a short time ago, three investigators dealt with Gradeci, questioning him only two or three times in all. It is the Tirana Military Court that now has the task of trying one of the dictator’s closest associates. The first day of this trial had been scheduled for early July, but it was postponed, since, according to Fatmira Lasku, the presiding judge, she had received the “Gradeci” case file only 24 hours earlier and had not had time to study it. But the emergence of the “five” trial eclipsed Gradeci’s case. In any event, immediately after it concludes, the Tirana Military Court will begin the trial of Hoxha’s former personal officer No. 1. ZAMIR DULE

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