Incident in Tirana prison WHY ARE POLICEMEN IN THE HANDS OF PRISONERS The situation is resolved calmly after the intervention of prison officials Everything has to do with a strange path in the face of two months of transition between two governments. When Fatos Nano came to power, he arrested Ylli Ndroqi. When Pandeli Majko came to power, he released him. Both decisions were made on the basis of court rulings. Therefore, the named individuals are caught up in trouble, not because of any temporary [?] In the room where Y. N. was staying, there were 2 guards and an officer [f]orci[n?]. Around 21:30, at the moment when they were changing shifts and had come from the duty post.

Newspaper of the Socialist Party of Albania Malloy: A government highly committed to reforms Page 3 From the press conference by the Assistant Deputy Secretary of State

PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S SPOKESMAN Page 3

FEHMI ABDIU The delays in bringing the third level into operation have caused a high degree of harm to state institutions. In addition, they have prevented the Civil Chamber of the Constitutional Court from functioning as well. The decision to suspend a serious ruling against democracy and the foundations of the legal system. Page 5

PRIME MINISTER NANO MEETS WITH THE IMF MISSION MR CAMDESSUS The commitments have been settled ahead of the ESAF 2 agreement Page 2

PRE-FESTIVAL: FINAL PREPARATIONS Page 3