Crime is suffocating Albania. Three brothers and two others are executed in a bar in the city center Crime is suffocating Albania. Three brothers and two others are executed in a bar in the city center Massacre in Shkodër, 5 killed

UCK leaders said to have killed rivals. Serious accusations against Hashim Thaçi and one of his men also in the “Herald Tribune” KLA leaders said to have killed rivals. ON PAGE 4

Albania’s air police closes indefinitely, the country feels isolated from the world Albania’s air police closes indefinitely the country feels isolated from the world Flights from Rinas frozen ON PAGE 5

Two years of mafia rule in Albania By Bati GJOLLA Two years ago, on 29 June ’97, Albanians would learn after a few days the outcome of the elections and the victory of the left. Two years later, Albanians now see 29 June ’99 as the end of the mandate of the failed and corrupt rule of the socialists and their allies. Freed from the anger and anxiety that had gripped them for two years, they are now facing the high cost of this misgovernment. Finding themselves in an unprecedented state of poverty and misery, insecurity for life and property, Albanians end these two years with a deep revulsion for this government and with the full conviction that even the days left to it are truly its last days. Just as with a political comeback on the basis of an uprising that bloodied the country, destroyed the state, took hundreds of lives and left the country in complete anarchy, and which came to power in June ’97, the country’s ruling left, considering taking power at any cost and by any means a “historical victory”, sought to govern the country in non-democratic terms, but in mafia terms. Therefore, its rule during these two years has been clan rule serving their interests, a mafia-style rule under the shadow of crime, trafficking, corruption and theft. From the outset, seeing the state and governance as a means to satisfy their clan appetites, the socialists built a government that, more than anything else, symbolized the various clans of the relatives of the prime minister, the president, the head of SHIK, the chief prosecutor, etc. Treating the country as their own property, these clans privatized the government, the administration, the police, SHIK, customs, taxes, justice, healthcare, banks, strategic enterprises and the economy. All of these are today part of the mechanism of a mafia state, which is responsible for the destruction Albania has suffered in these two years. Albania today is a country in which insecurity, the lack of order and public peace, murders, robberies, kidnappings of people and of hundreds of millions of lekë, corruption, smuggling, trafficking and state theft have become nationwide phenomena. The level of criminality and its capture of the entire state mechanism is today so high that the poverty, misery, unemployment and serious economic situation of Albanian families have now multiplied many times over. In these two years, Albanians have understood that mafia rules in their country, not the rule of law.

The National Council of the Democratic Party decides to call the extraordinary assembly The National Council of the Democratic Party decides to call the extraordinary assembly On 8 July, the decision on entering parliament BERISHA: “Then the leaders spiritually tied to the mercenaries of the KLA, whose decision not to implement the decisions of the Security Council, the Albanian constitution and the socialist government, will understand that ‘they will change because they will not know the reason they are from and where they are going’. In any case, the final word today belongs to the National Assembly”. ON PAGE 3

Bologna too, more successful than Italy D’Alema: The results are highly encouraging for us Historic victory for the right D’Alema: The results are highly encouraging for us The strength of the Italian right has been confirmed with an excellent result in the elections for the European Parliament. If on 13 June Berlusconi’s party had 25.17%, yesterday, with 27.4 percent, it moved ahead of all the parties in the right-wing coalition. The majority of the Union gets only 17.7%, while the People’s Party 13.2%. The figures speak clearly and the leader of the Italian right has clearly benefited from the current situation and from the easing of the controversy surrounding the war in Kosovo. However, Berlusconi’s winning stance should not be read only as the effect of the strong campaign and the result as such, but also as a reflection of the crisis in the left coalition. In any case, his ally Fini has now declared that the right must remain united in order to project “together the next government”. ON PAGE 3

Crime is stopping those in power from protecting us. Prima protest in front of the Prime Minister’s Office Crime is stopping those in power from protecting us. Prima protest in front of the Prime Minister’s Office We pay for our own property This was the refrain of a protest held yesterday by the people who worked hard to earn the property stolen for years to legalize it. ON PAGE 3

Employees of Elbasan have stopped the supply of oil Employees of Elbasan have stopped the supply of oil as a protest against the failure to meet their demands Oil industry on strike “Work will begin when the wages are adjusted” ON PAGE 3

The prime minister admits failure in Arqipulme. The Socialist International did not accept the full membership of the socialists The prime minister admits failure in Argentina. The Socialist International did not accept the full membership of the socialists Majko: the Socialist Party is a party of the shabby Prime Minister Majko was not able to say anything except the achievable plans of his majority. In any case, his admission that he and his government are on the verge of departure is also the year ON PAGE 5

The head of finance hides statements against the institutions he leads Angjeli: We are corrupt “In customs they work corrupt people; who invert the country for their personal gain at the expense of the state” ON PAGE 5

They take and appoint the political replacement of the Court’s escalation They take and appoint the political replacement of the Court’s escalation Four more judges dismissed ON PAGE 3

Today, 287 days after the killing of the leader of December , the memory of all the accusations of the PD and of Azim Hajdari against some of the government’s people, explains how one of the socialists and the bandits have been pursued and kept locked up. Their leadership has thrown onto the four recently arrested under government control a. with their sensitive social perspective and the historic leader of Majko’s government. One of them had been handcuffed as a suspect in Azem’s murder, but was released very quickly. ON PAGE 3

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ENGLISH Massacre in Shkodër, 5 killed = Massacre in Shkodër, 5 killed Crime is suffocating Albania = Crime is suffocating Albania On 8 July, the decision on entering parliament = On 8 July, the decision on entering parliament Oil industry on strike = Oil industry on strike Angjeli: We are corrupt = Angjeli: We are corrupt The government took Azem Hajdari’s killers = The government took Azem Hajdari’s killers Two years of mafia rule in Albania = Two years of mafia rule in Albania ITALIANO Massacre in Shkodër, 5 killed = Massacro a Scutari, 5 uccisi Crime is suffocating Albania = Il crimine soffoca l’Albania On 8 July, the decision on entering parliament = L’8 luglio, la decisione sull’ingresso in parlamento Oil industry on strike = L’industria del petrolio in sciopero Angjeli: We are corrupt = Angjeli: Siamo corrotti The government took Azem Hajdari’s killers = Il governo prese gli assassini di Azem Hajdari Two years of mafia rule in Albania = Due anni di dominio della mafia in Albania

The Chinese president values the role of parliament in resolving the issue with the resolution Mëdhan, not a word to the government about Kosovo ON PAGE 3