The NATO deputy minister could lead to a new era of division for our continent Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergej Krillov, declares yesterday in Tirana We are against Albania’s admission to NATO NATO enlargement could lead to a new era of division for our continent Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister said yesterday that his country opposes Albania’s admission to the alliance of Western countries, adding that such opposition also applies to other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. “We do not have different views on NATO membership,” he said, emphasizing that his country opposes the enlargement of the North Atlantic organization. “We have no demands on any Central or Eastern European country to stop our confirmation. Instead, we want NATO’s understanding,” said the Russian diplomat. NATO is an organization created in Western Europe to counter the Warsaw Pact led by Moscow. It will not be in a position to Europe, the senior Russian diplomat said yesterday Russian Deputy Minister, Jashenko Kirillov photo A. BABANI

A couple is butchered in a car A 30-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman are killed with 10 and 8 bullets near the Lana River. Arri[?]tina A bloody afternoon yesterday in the capital. The hill’s anti-[?] were found. The artificial lake of Këlyegjyrës. Those 10 quiet ones of the capital were exchanged for the dead. The citizen Vjollca Kajo, 37 years old, was declared dead and after an attempt to flee she was wounded. On Bulevardi “Dëshmorët e Kombit”, just two minutes after 4 p.m. The shots, 18 bullets, were fired from another vehicle, leaving a 30-year-old man wounded in both legs. Vjollca Kajo was taken to hospital, where she died a few minutes after arrival. The negligence noted by the local police still leaves the perpetrator a mystery

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