6 trucks carrying mines and mine launchers, worth 670 thousand dollars, were destined for Albania The Bulgarian military prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation (page 2) Map: Montenegro, Podgorica, Pejë, Prizren, Kosovo, Prishtinë, Serbia, Shkup, Tetovë, Gostivar, Macedonia, Kërçovë, Albania, Greece, Thessaloniki, Bulgaria, 100 km

Yesterday at the Court of Cassation After 10 months, Alia will leave prison - Mr. Brozi reduces the former president’s sentence to 5 years While former Albanian President Ramiz Alia continues to serve his eight-year sentence in his cell, imposed by the Tirana Court of Appeal, the Court of Cassation’s ruling will have made him more optimistic as he counts the days. Although Alia and his lawyer Koçi have never admitted the charge, the reduction of the sentence from eight to five years is nevertheless an important decision for the former President’s life. Yesterday at midday, before the journalists present and the former head of the Supreme Court, Ramiz Alia’s lawyer, Mr. Kleanthi Koçi, the presiding judge, Mr. Zef Brozi, announced the final ruling concerning the former members of the bloc. Ramiz Alia: 5 years, Rita Marko: 5, Simon Stefani: 6, Aranit Çela: 4, Hekuran Isai: 4, Zylfyftar Ramizi: 5, Rrapi Mino: 3, Veiz Hadëri: 2, while the suspended sentences for Adil Çarçani and Manush Myfti(un) were upheld. After the interview with the well-known writer Ismail Kadare and the proposal for an amnesty, it was thought that Mr. Alia and many former members of the bloc would have a chance to leave prison. But Parliament’s final vote left little hope for Mr. Alia, the reformer of 1988–90, of an early release. The amnesty was also of no benefit to the former President’s friend, Hoxha’s widow, who has been serving her sentence of two(ten) years for two years, or to all the other members of the Political Bureau. “My client and I,” lawyer Koçi told us after the ruling, “asked for acquittal. The court’s decision is once again (continued on page 2)

Yesterday in Parliament Seven ministries and eight ministers become four Parliament like in the sketch “28 trucks to divide among 7 battalions” The Ministry of Internal Affairs is established. Rexhep Uka remains without a portfolio, a minister without a portfolio (page 2) These ministries are established -Ministry of Construction and Tourism -Ministry of Internal Affairs -Ministry of Industry, Transport and Trade -Ministry of Labor, Emigration, Social Support and Former Political Persecutees

-How Greece’s political parties received the Greek government’s decision (page 4)

Tirana S. Gjinushi’s office was burgled last night Yesterday, at around 17:15, the office was burgled, where he tells the investigators that he had neither seen nor heard anything. Three police Fords soon appeared outside the PSD headquarters. According to the information we received at the scene, goods worth 4,000 dollars were stolen. These included a used FAX machine and another that had not yet been installed. The policeman stationed outside the headquarters to guard [?] ganët, who were investigating the case, told us that, to get to Gjinushi’s office, the perpetrators broke through the headquarters’ main door and then the door leading to its interior rooms. A. ÇANI