In the Constitutional Court Gjinushi: The President must respect the Constitutional Provisions In the Constitutional Court Today: Gjinushi–Berisha in court Gjinushi: The President must respect the Constitutional Provisions Today marks just 18 days since Social Democratic leader Skënder Gjinushi filed his lawsuit against the President of the Republic in the Constitutional Court. “Berisha is the source of slander and manipulation involving the files of the former State Security service, while the newspaper and journalists of RD are newspaper publishers,” politician Gjinushi believes. This is why he filed suit against the President of the Republic and not against the newspapers. “A fair decision would also be good for Berisha,” Gjinushi told Koha Jonë yesterday, while Rustem Gjata informed us last night that he would head all the judges who will hear Gjinushi’s lawsuit today at 9 o’clock. Page 3

Tomorrow, Arbnori will also be in Strasbourg, together with Selami, Dokle and Spahia Page 3

Following the mysterious detention of journalist Filip Çakuli A fascist-like act by SHIK After being jailed by SHIK, Hosteni is jailed at the Ministry of the Interior Page 4

Three men and a woman were selling Albanian girls to gangs [Photo: Prostitutes in Italy, waiting for clients] ROME - Italian police said yesterday that they had arrested four Albanians after uncovering a network that smuggled young girls from the poor Balkan country and sold them into prostitution in Italy. All four, three men and a woman, were arrested by Rome police acting on information from a unit based on victims’ accounts (a 16-year-old Albanian girl). Police said that girls as young as 13 had been lured to the Albanian capital, Tirana, from remote parts of Albania, with promises of marriage or work. They were then sold to gangs specializing in transporting illegal immigrants to and from cities. Italy has sent 700 troops to its southeastern region of Puglia to help police prevent the influx of illegal immigrants crossing the Strait of Otranto from Albania. On Wednesday evening, police spotted a boat off the coast of Otranto carrying 17 illegal Albanian immigrants. Another group of 21 people, six Albanians and 15 Kurds, were caught after reaching the coast near the city of Brindizi, north of Otranto.

VLORË - Yesterday at around 10:40, in the courthouse courtyard, police officer Falmir Hamit(i) killed citizen Krenar Kalemi, 31, a resident of the “Pavarësia” neighborhood, with four pistol shots. According to witnesses, the killer and the victim stood facing each other and, after several heated exchanges, the police officer shot Krenar Kalemi with as many bullets as there were in his magazine. Then, with his pistol empty in his hand, he waited among the large crowd for the police Ford. Regarding the motive behind the deadly argument, sources whose information could not be precisely confirmed said it concerned a property dispute that had been before the court for about a year between the police officer and another citizen. And it was precisely in the courthouse courtyard that a sudden argument took place, prompting the police officer to empty his magazine at the friend of his rival in the court case. At the public order police station, they confirmed to “KJ” that the officer was no longer on duty; he was in uniform, and criminal proceedings against him began immediately after his detention. S. HIBRO

Yesterday at the Athens finals In the second-day matches The second day’s games were played yesterday Croatia beat Slovenia 91–83 Russia beat France 85–65 Italy beat Germany 68–67 Spain defeated Finland 87–74 Lithuania beat Greece 89–73 The Sweden–Israel match was played late last night. In Group A, Italy and Lithuania lead with two wins each. In Group B, Russia and Spain lead with two wins each. A.D