THE PRIME MINISTER INAUGURATES THE AMERICAN BANK MAJKO IN ELBASAN: The highway brings Elbasan into the metropolis. Elbasan will not remain an isolated pocket, but will be included in the development metropolis, the Tirana-Durrës-Elbasan triangle IN SHKODËR AND DURRËS: Prime Minister Majko will soon visit Shkodër and Durrës as part of cooperation between local government and central government Prime Minister of Albania Pandeli Majko

Major operation in Dibër, Tirana, Durrës. 12 arrest warrants executed 2 COFFEE COMPANY PRESIDENTS ARRESTED -Several smuggling networks are targeted. Their criminal activity is estimated at nearly 1 million dollars in a single case -The smuggling activity of the arrested group has been proven, and their case will go to trial within a month -The crackdown on smuggling will continue with the same intensity in the future. Koçi, Rakipi and Klosi meet at the Ministry of Public Order In the photo: The warehouses of the “Murati do Brazil” company “Murati do Brazil,” 1 billion lekë worth of coffee smuggled THE PEOPLE ARRESTED Janaq Murati, company president in Tirana Jorgo Murati, company president in Tirana Genci Doraci, customs officer in Tirana Astrit Fejzo, customs officer in Tirana Edvin Nuku, lawyer for Tirana Customs and also a customs officer there Vladimir Molla, customs officer in Tirana Fadil Lazri, customs officer Anri Nurja, customs officer, Rami Toçi, customs agent Xhetan Gjoka, public-order police officer Luan Mehmeti, company driver Harilla Toçi, company driver

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VLORE- All the steps taken by the transparency commission and the Government have been in opposition to us; that is to say, they have also been taken up and examined by us, by the committee, he says. This was intended to address all the grievances, not allowing anything to go ahead without the creditors’ agreement, because at every step we had asked for the creditors to be parties to the discussions with the Government, which did not happen, he says. PAGE 6

Devoll- The traffickers throw away [?] the bag and flee to the police station, they… PAGE 5

The second irrigation rehabilitation project will begin in June. The cost of this project, which will cover 20 lowland districts of the country, is 40.5 million dollars. This second project, which will follow the successful course of the first, will be funded in part by IDA, to the amount of 22 million dollars, representing 100% of the technical assistance and equipment required by the project. PAGE 13

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