Carls Uolsh speaks, the senior American representative in the Albanian capital
American diplomat: “Our absence from the Albanian Parliament was a decision by Washington”
“We urgently call on the Albanian Government to resolve the issue of the 26 May elections in Albania. The Albanian Government must address the problems also raised by the OSCE and other international organizations. We have officially made it clear several times that the democratic election process has been and remains a matter of concern to us. Now we urgently call on the Albanian Government to review the issue in question and take measures to resolve it...” page 3
Çars Uolsh, head of the Information Office (USIA) at the US Embassy in Tirana
PD undermines party dialogue
Çeka writes to Fisher
“I cannot accept a compromise that violates freedom...” page 3
New elections in Albania
Full text of the letter from 6 US congressmen addressed to Clinton
The 26 May vote was the most manipulated in the history of post-Cold War Europe
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PD is ignoring the West
Yesterday, Çeka met at the US Embassy
Statement in support of the American position on the elections in Albania
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Russia too is concerned about the elections in Albania
We share the concern of Europe and the US
“The resolution of the crisis must conform to European standards”
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Today, Jelcin and Zhuganov face off
The second round of the presidential elections in Russia
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“Kosovars, go back”
Durrës, customs stop: Shipping agencies lose customers
Kosovars are barred from crossing the Adriatic
The Italian port authorities in Brindisi are stopping ethnic Albanians from the territories of the former Yugoslavia from transiting through. Various estimates put the loss at 5 thousand dollars a day for just two ferries. page 7
Prosecutor’s Office withdraws the “Nano” file
Only a few hours ago, the investigating authority’s unexpected request became known
Here are the hypotheses: “Release of the Socialist leader, worsening of his position, reunification of the 200 ‘missing’ pages with the parent file, but perhaps also a trial in absentia for Alia, Ajazi, etc...”
It has emerged only a few hours ago that Fatos Nano’s voluminous file has been sent to the Tirana Prosecutor’s Office. A letter from that body, in accordance with all procedural legal requirements, has brought one of the most talked-about files in the Albanian justice system over the past three years down from the shelves of the Court of First Instance archive. The latest move, somewhat unexpected in legal terms even for the defense itself, raises many hypotheses, but it is not yet possible to know conclusively what it is intended to achieve. page 2
Selfo’s top Balli Kombëtar official threatens journalists
Scandal before the roundtable begins
Ndoshi, angered by the absence of roast chickens at the parties’ roundtable, Selfo thought the journalists were the only ones to blame for this shortage. “You are agents of the Greeks and the Serbs,” Selfo said... page 4
“I’ll rip the guts out of even the best one”
