“MEICO” sends to the USA machine guns “Made in China” manufactured in 1953. They are repaired and repackaged in Montenegro, then sent into U.S. territory, where there has been an embargo on Chinese weapons for decades
INVESTIGATION/ How the story was repeated after the “Gërdec” scandal. A U.S. court convicted Diveroli
ALBANIA DECEIVES THE USA,
SOLD CHINESE WEAPONS
“MEICO” sends to the USA machine guns “Made in China” manufactured in 1953. They are repaired and repackaged
in Montenegro, then sent into U.S. territory, where there has been an embargo on Chinese weapons for decades
The news
A shadow of doubt and scandal over
a deal for the sale of 30 thousand
Chinese machine guns to the USA by
MEICO of the Ministry of Defense. A Serbian company
buys the Kalashnikovs for 20 USD each
from the Ministry of Defense, and
sells them to an American company for
40 USD each. Apart from the fact that we have
lost 20 dollars for every weapon,
we have sent Chinese weapons to the USA only 4 years after the outbreak
of the Efraim Diveroli scandal, who
deceived the Pentagon.
TIRANA
HABJON HASANI
Only three years after an American Court convicted businessman Efraim Di-
veroli to 5 years of imprisonment for having
tricked the American state, by bringing from
Albania Chinese weapons on behalf of the Pentago-
n, it seems that...
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DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT
Minister Panariti at 11:00 p.m.: I will look into it now. The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs website publishes the photo with the flag upside down. It removes it at midnight
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Negotiations with feet up, Athens-Tirana
Minister Panariti at 11:00 p.m.: I will look into it now. The Greek Ministry of
Foreign Affairs website publishes the photo with the flag upside down. It removes it at midnight
Comment
The Two Albanias of Europe
Albania’s position on the verge of obtaining candidate country status for membership in the European Union is unclear.
BY ENTON ABILEKAJ
The Two Albanias
of Europe
Albania’s position on the verge
of obtaining candidate country
status for membership in the European Union is
unclear. Since May it has
held the presidency of the Council
of Europe, meanwhile, since
2009 it has been under the moni-
toring of this institution for
the fulfillment of obligations as
a member state. Added to the con-
tradictory report with the CoE is
also the relationship with the OSCE. The office of
the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe in
Albania was reopened because Al-
bania is judged to be a country that
must be kept under supervision
and under international assis-
tance. These two institutions
care for human rights,
for elections, for state
institutions and for justice.
On these basic issues Albania
is considered a developing country,
however this does not prevent its
progress toward the European Union.
The human rights problems
published in the annual re-
ports of Human Rights Watch (HRW) and of
other organizations and institutions
place Albania very far from the member states of the
European Union. In just the
last 2 years, 2011 and 2012,
HRW has made 6 statements directed at the prime minister. In
2011 it asked him not to
interfere to hinder the investigation
into the January 21 killings, in
2012 it asked him to publicly rebuke...
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CRIME IN TIRANA
The official’s wife robbed, UN on alert
The security chief’s letter, after the bag of Noka’s adviser’s wife was stolen
TIRANA
After the robbery on the street
of a woman, employee of the UNDP and wife
of the adviser to the Minister of
Interior, the security chief of the
UN office...
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REPORT
Drugs, 65 thousand clients in Albania now use heroin
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Drugs, 65 thousand clients in Albania,
now use heroin
TRIAL
The witness of January 21: Aleks Nika was killed with his hands in his pockets
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The witness of January 21: Aleks Nika was
killed with his hands in his pockets
BLOG/ PERIFERI
TRAPS IN FOOD
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TRAPS
IN FOOD
BY ALBA MALTEZI
CONVERSATION
Kadare with Sequi: What I think about the EU
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Kadare with
Sequi: What
I think about the EU
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BY ALBA MALLTEZI
the origin of the news...
lost 20 dollars for every weapon,
deceived the Pentagon.
having deceived the American state, by bringing from
the Minister of the Interior,
since 2009 has been under this institution’s monitoring for
a member country. The contradictory report with the CoE is also joined by
the Organization for Security and
that protect human rights,
for elections, for institutions
is considered a country under observation,
Problems with human rights
published in the annual reports of Human
Rights Watch (HRW) and organizations and institutions
TODAY’S VOTE
The favorite for the head of the CEC, former lawyer at SHIK
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The favorite for
the head of the CEC, former
lawyer at SHIK
