The delegation requests a meeting with Fatos Nano and his family The chairwoman of the Committee for the Protection of Deputies' Rights arrives in Tirana The delegation, headed by Zhosi Mejer, arrives in Rinas with a packed schedule of meetings. The leadership of the Albanian Parliament will be the first stop for the mission from Geneva during its four-day stay in Albania. It will also make contact with the parliamentary groups before travelling on to Tepelenë, where Fatos Nano is confined. A meeting with his family is part of the mission's programme. page 3

He had released Luli Kapurani, the Mafia boss, from his cell The career of the head of the Korçë Court, Llambi Orilla, has come to a dramatic end. The charge of abuse of office has landed him in an isolation cell in the prison in this city. The charge brought by the Prosecutor's Office concerns the fact that Qirilla freed Luli Kapurani, the most notorious figure in the local underworld of this city. Qirilla was arrested in a raid, amid the wave of numerous arrests of justice-system officials in recent times. According to the initial charge, the Korçë Court president's wrongdoing is linked to the name of Luli Kapurani, the infamous leading figure in crime in Korçë. Kapurani was arrested, along with four members of his gang, in August this year, after a bloody clash with a rival group, in which one of the opponents was left wounded by two bullets in the shoulder. Moreover, the police seized a veritable arsenal of weapons and ammunition from the gangsters' homes. But Kapurani and one of his associates would not remain in prison for more than a month. It was Qirilla who set them free by changing their detention measure. Meanwhile, the Fier Prosecutor's Office issued another arrest warrant for Kapurani for a crime he was suspected of committing there, but the Mafia boss was no longer seen in the city, leaving behind only an aura of terror.

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Awaiting Meksi At the beginning of yesterday's session, Parliament was asked to add a vote of confidence in the new government to the agenda. Deputies from various parties sought explanations from Prime Minister Meksi himself, who is abroad. Deputy Teta, for example, asked for clarification about the new justice minister, who was convicted of gambling during the monist era; Kalakulla asked for clarification about the qualifications of the ministers who had been removed, and so on. After several debates, the matter was left pending Meksi's return. Meanwhile, Parliament continued its work on the approval of several draft laws. At the end of the session, however, the leadership reopened the issue, and Deputy Prime Minister Vrioni, who had not received a vote of confidence, sat at the expert's table to provide explanations. This prompted protests from the deputies, who said Vrioni could not provide explanations because he himself had not received Parliament's vote of confidence. The speakers sought clarification from Prime Minister Meksi himself about which ministers had left the government because of corruption and which because of incompetence—something the “miniature” deputy prime minister, Vrioni, did not know. Thus, although it had been placed on the agenda, the new government remains awaiting a vote of confidence from Parliament until Meksi returns from his trip abroad.

Court sentences father and son to 45 years in prison for murder They had avenged their father's blood after 44 years; he had been killed in 1950 by a State Security unit Breaks the besa and kills his 22-year-old cousin Two families are left with no men in the household Special feature, page 2 page 3

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