Yesterday morning in Tirana: Carelessness or deliberate act Four wagons used for passenger transport burn The four of them were unstable in the fire that engulfed the old freight station in the morning. The fire brigade vehicles, located very nearby, were unable to prevent the extent of the damage. For a long time the wagons had been left there without being used. Meanwhile, the crowd of people who had come to watch the spectacle made dark jokes, with their fire being consumed little by little. Four wagons used for passenger transport and four abandoned wagons, with windows damaged by thefts, were burned. Had the supervisors of the drivers gone out for use?[ Carelessness or deliberate act? The expert has not yet spoken, and the mountain of tanks that had long been standing guard and the nest wardens had left in service of “Zëri i Popullit”. Photo A. Bedhri

Lumbo Ruci: in place of Thoma Gellçi At around 10:00, the general secretary of PSSH, Prof. Servet Pëllumbi, and the party secretary in the parliamentary district of PSSH, Mr. Fatos Nano, appointed the new editor-in-chief of the daily “Zëri i Popullit”, Lumbo Ruci. Also taking part in this meeting were the director general of RTVSH, together with the general secretary of the Steering Committee of PSSH, as well as members of the Council of Ministers. Ruci replaces Mr. Thoma Gellçi. For the full text, the editorial of this newspaper “Zëri i Popullit”, published on the occasion of the departure of his predecessor on 5.12.1996, and the full description, we are publishing in the previous pages, page 4 of the newspaper.

“No one in the official administration knows how much money has been deposited, where it goes, and what happens to it” Interview with Mr. Fiqiri Taqnd, head of the IMF group that visited our country in recent days [?] Page 3

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Written to us from Boston: Dual Ramohito-Pritii No, we are not guilty. We remember the waning journalists, because the judges, the half-hell, the parents, the children have worked with loyalty and for the Motherland… No, we are not guilty. We remember the waning journalists, because the judges, the half-hell, the parents, the children have worked with loyalty and for the Motherland... Page 12

Tirana 144 kiosks along the banks of the Lana Page 9

With full guidance to observe preshdatmun Convicted of terrorism Page 5

Skrapar Strengthening the party, clear political vision, an urgent duty for restoring trust and confidence in the strength of the SP Malësi e Madhe The rise of the SP in electoral trust Page 2 Economy exposes the electoral claim “PD ’96” The national challenge of the budget deficit Page 8

Members of the Steering Committee of the city of Tirana are informed that on Wednesday, 11 December 1996, at 16:00, at the headquarters of PSSH, the 20th electoral meeting of the territory and the tasks for the future will be held. Presidium of the Steering Committee of the city of Tirana