EXCLUSIVE/ A 2012 document reveals the undeclared arsenal The OSCE forces are still working to remove the Chinese arsenal. After Qafë Mollës, the Mjekësit Plant in Elbasan is also a possible site for Syrian weapons Pages 2-3 Facsimile of the 16 April 2012 agreement between Minister Arben Imami and the head of the OSCE Presence Eugen Wollfarth for the destruction of 83 tons of chemical substances used for weapons and listed in the inventory of the Albanian Armed Forces TECHNICAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE - PRESENCE IN ALBANIA AND MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA FOR THE ELIMINATION OF CHEMICAL STOCKS The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) - Presence in Albania (hereinafter referred to as “the Presence”), and the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Albania (hereinafter referred to as “the Ministry of Defence”), jointly referred to as the “Parties”: In view of the Ministry of Defence’s stated willingness to eliminate excess equipment and dangerous military material currently in the inventory of the Albanian Armed Forces and the Military Factories of the Ministry of Defence; Considering that the Albanian Armed Forces have identified excess hazardous chemicals that are beyond their own capacity for proper disposal according to international standards; Bearing in mind that the Ministry of Defence informed the Presence of its wish to eliminate surplus chemicals located in the Republic of Albania and requested OSCE’s assistance in this process; Taking into account that the Presence is experienced in providing technical support for the removal and destruction of excess hazardous chemicals, and that it has expressed to the Ministry of Defence its readiness to co-operate with it in this regard. Arben IMAMI

Comment BY AFRIM KRASNIQI The December referendum test In response to the constitutional practice of an initiative with 60 thousand or more signatures, on 8 April 2013 the President of the Republic set 23 December as the date for holding the referendum against the two articles of the law known as the waste import law. The date was conditioned by the decision of the Constitutional Court, while the referendum topic is “the repeal of article 22, paragraph 3, and article 49 of law no. 10463, dated 22.09.2011 “On integrated waste management”... continues on page 15

Congress of the Albanian Language Spelling Reform How Enver Hoxha greeted the 1972 Congress Pages 16-17

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Political satire BY ARBEN DUKA The mountain of injustices is not brought down with dynamite.. Part two I am not saying that Toma is some kind of bogeyman, but in the face of injustice, he remained a symbol... continues on page 21 together with the column “VIP-a dhe Ripa”

MACEDONIA Page 8 Rama's visit secret, fear of eggs like Gruevski's

THE OPERATION CONTINUES The empire of the “Bytyç” family is hit, involved in gunfights TIRANA MARIGLEN MULLA Elez Muja, the boss of “BYTYÇI” invents and Veli Muça, administrator of “ERGIN VEP” invents are the two people who were caught with 3 trucks loaded with smuggled chrome in... Page 4

INTERVIEW Pages 6-7 Blerim Çela: With Berisha at the head, PD and 8 years in opposition

VLORA Page 12 Lulzim Basha's building, the complex plot was bought for 800 thousand euros

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