Switzerland: We will invest in gas

HOW ALBANIA WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL GAS NETWORK PAGE 4

Milo: There could be an agreement

FOREIGN MINISTER PASKAL MILO SPEAKS 72 HOURS BEFORE THE CLOSURE OF RAMBOUILLET PAGE 3 Albanian Foreign Minister Paskal Milo

Gramsh: “yes” to disarmament

THE PEOPLE’S VOICE 18.02.1999. SHKODËR, DURRËS, ELBASAN, KORÇË, THE SOUTH DIARY Gramsh: “yes” to disarmament 200 weapons collected in two days PAGE 8

Burrel, crime takes over the city

BURREL - Law and order continues to be a problem. Citizens believe that the Achilles’ heel in establishing law and order is, first and foremost, the police, which includes thousands of people involved in crime, including associates connected to the perpetrators of crimes PAGE 11

Cannabis on the passenger bus

TWO MPs SUE THE VLORË COMMISSIONER

The Vlorë Commissioner

Feizo and Alushi: Koçi must dismiss him immediately; we’ll meet him in court TIRANA - Vlorë MPs react angrily, after being accused two days earlier by the head of the Vlorë police, Koçiu, of directing the trafficking of clandestine migrants. It was Socialist MP Alushi who appealed to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Public Order, calling on them to show their will to establish a functioning state. The accused Vlorë MP has called on Public Order Minister Koçi to immediately dismiss the Vlorë police director for the latter’s accusations, which were baseless accusations against an MP elected by the people’s votes. Meanwhile, MP Alushi has filed a criminal complaint against Koçiu. “It is punishable for a state official, such as the director of the Vlorë police, to accuse an MP of the People’s Assembly authoritatively and publicly, and moreover without any evidence. This is a violation of the new Constitution and of the dignity of an MP protected by this Constitution. Therefore, he must be dismissed from his post; I will meet Koçiu only in court.” PAGE 15

The two Islamists, arrested for terror

TIRANA—Remand in custody for the two foreign Egyptian terrorists. This was the security measure imposed yesterday by the judicial panel comprising Judge Sokol Pasho and prosecutor Ajaz Gjeta against Mohamed Nexhip Jasim and Abdyl Muhem Naem, who are accused of forging a number of official documents and possessing weapons without a permit. The prosecutor presented to the judges the evidence gathered by the secret services regarding the suspicious activities of the two men. It was SHIK experts who organized the arrest of the two Islamists. According to the checks carried out, the two Egyptians and two Albanians were apprehended. PAGE 2 Mohamed Nexhip Jasim and Abdyl Muhem Naem leaving the Tirana court yesterday (ROJTER)

The state is functioning

VLORA—The private television channel “Amentia” has conducted a survey. Of 100 phone calls, 45% of callers said that the state has begun to function. 30% said that the state still has a lot to do, while 25% said that the state is doing very little. PAGE 7

... the passenger bus

Police seize 14 kg in an abandoned travel bag PAGE 2

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