Bloody clash in the neighborhood bar "Skelë". The owner is killed together with his uncle, as well as Myrteza Caushi's right-hand man, "Lugjano" Skënder Gjinushi helps the top gangster escape from the hospital. The massacre happens only three days after Nano's visit to Vlorë ON PAGE 2 Zani and "Lugjano" with one of the belongings of a bodyguard in Tirana

In the frequent television appearances of late, the spokesperson of the Majko government has come forward with a new version of the conflict between the two police commissioners. The prime minister’s spokesperson has stated that the conflicts and quarrels between them arose because of the control over the trafficking routes they oversee. He also stated that the police in this area are involved with the criminal gangs operating in Tirana. Such a statement runs counter to all previous claims by the government, which has denied the existence of gangs in the capital. If it is true that the police have been arguing over the trafficking they control, then this constitutes a very serious accusation against state structures. According to political commentary, this conflict highlights the degradation of public order and the police’s ties to the criminal underworld.

APO?[?] Reopens the center NATO will not leave Albania The mission’s bad guys are alive ON PAGE 3

Gramsh: knife fight, three injured ON PAGE 3

The mayor of Tirana speaks: "The Construction Police has the authority to remove kiosks without permits" ON PAGE 5

Dismissed 34 customs officers ON PAGE 2

Today, 290 days since the murder of the Leader of December ON PAGE 2

BK. Tirana, as has been made known, on July 2, after being postponed to July 2, the Assembly of the Association of Journalists of Albania is scheduled to take place. According to the announcements, representatives from the districts and from Tirana will take part in this assembly. The agenda will address issues related to the organization of the association, the election of the governing forums, as well as the professional problems of Albanian journalists.

PD denounces the political degeneration of the justice system, as well as the violation of fundamental human freedoms and rights in Albania The Democratic Party of Albania strongly condemned yesterday, in a press statement, the serious state of the justice system in Albania. The statement says that this system is functioning under political pressure and that, through it, the government’s political opponents are being targeted. According to the PD, over the last two years political courts and prosecutors have been set up, and they are used for revenge and to cover up corruption. In Tirana, the Special National Assembly of the Democratic Party met and carried out its work at the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Tirana.

On Thursday, dated 8.07.1999, at 10:00 in Tirana, in front of the headquarters of the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Tirana, the Presidency of the PDS will meet at the invitation of the chairman, Mr. Eduard Selami, to review the agenda

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