IMF: The government is doing well with the reforms IMF chief Michel Camdessy (Photo: REUTER)

Page 6 After the approval of the law on watercraft

PAGE 7 VLAZ-2: Asked by journalists, the Order of Fire has gone to Vlorë to see the smooth running and the withdrawal of the city police.

BRUSSELS, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament approved in Brussels a draft report for the macro-financial aid fund for Albania and for balance-of-payments loans, which will soon be voted on in the plenary session of the European Parliament. According to the project, the European Union’s aid fund for the Albanian economy and Albania in general, valued at 20 million ECU, will serve to strengthen the balance of public finances, support economic and administrative reforms, as well as improve infrastructure, which is suffering the severe consequences of the crisis. Approval of this aid opens the way for a number of financial institutions to seek funds from the EU. This parliamentary committee, reported from Brussels, also approved the resolution on the trade and cooperation agreement between the EU and Albania. The Greeks ratify: Nisel, it would be good to allocate billions of drachmas for Tirana Alia: Now the Greek parliament yesterday approved in plenary session the proposal to review and approve the criterion of 6 billion drachmas for Tirana. The government of Greece decided [??] the social funds of Greece for citizens affected in Albania.

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