The government of poverty. The Consumers’ Association makes the shocking figures public Yesterday at 12 noon the creditors gathered at the entrance of the Albanian parliament under the cries “Money in and”, down with the government Rubber batons on the backs of the creditors Numerous police forces used violence against the protesting creditors, many of them elderly men and women. In a van there were foreign morga in no near the building some of the creditors The government invites citizens to the municipal soup kitchen ON PAGE 5

The failure of the NANO government is the result of efforts to compensate for the suffering of years of financial slavery inflicted on the Albanian people. Hopes for an improvement in the economic situation, for the payment of a significant part of the lost credits, were dashed in the first days of Nano’s government. His state yesterday openly came out in defense of the fraudsters and plunderers of the people’s money. His government, despite having the police force and state resources “on alert”, used them against the creditors and not to achieve first and foremost what it had loudly proclaimed, the return of the lost money. Thus, although the creditors’ protest in front of parliament had been announced, instead of the police being there to guarantee its orderly conduct and the safety of the protesters, they swept in with vans and water-cannon trucks, but with a purpose completely opposite to what they should have done. Under shouts and slogans against the government, old men and women, men and women were forcibly taken to police stations. This failure of the government with the creditors shows that it seeks to tire them out and exhaust them with empty promises and by pretending to be a “party” with them, but in reality to gain time and extinguish the protest. Afterwards, to move on to an open attack against them with police means and other pressures.

Regarding Kosovo, the Albanian government supports Greece’s positions: Rights of minorities “The new government’s diplomacy” for resolving the Kosovo issue says it must be “stabilized”, and Kosovo aims at the democratization of Serbia and of the Balkans” The Albanian Prime Minister prefers not to harm the Balkans’ [peace?]! The Albanological Institute takes Albanian [ikikentet?] away from Albanians ON PAGE 3

The Albanian Prime Minister prefers not to harm Papoulias’s Ithaca 120 workers protest over the reduction of half their jobs “DELTA” on strike

None of the government’s wonders can turn the wheel back down- government Dallti as person [të?] the lost money and say that the prime minister is not able to influence even the economic clan. To bind it began zollat and and the chief and the forgers. The government’s touch on the economy further worsened the foreign exchange financial situation. The coalition government led by Fatos Nano began its rule with a drop in the value of the lek. As it seems, it is not serious about paying the creditors, not only because it is not returning the funds, but also because it is devaluing them rapidly. In just one week the value of the lek against the US dollar fell by 8 percent. This caused the exchange rate to rise to around 160 lek per dollar. This is the biggest fall the lek has known over such a short period. Just yesterday it fell by 8 lek against the US dollar. This decline is also being seen with the other currencies. The government is acting at a time when economic depression is increasing and uncertainties in the market are growing.

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