THE STATE’S POCKET IS FULL
In Brussels, 80 million dollars for budget recovery
In Brussels, Albania sets the traders
In Paris, Albania says not to pay debts until 2000
PARIS AGREEMENT ET EU REXE confirms the commitment of the Germans to take 62,000 tons from EU reserves and the immediate liquidations in outflowing condition[?] signed with the Albanian government in the presence of representatives from international organizations. Aid within the framework of foreign assistance for Albanians was covered with all finances and with additional payments through a budget harmonization. The EU Commissioner for Finance and the President of the European Commission Office expressed the view that a temporary halt for the country in the payment plan until the end of 2000 was needed, so that the Albanian government could pay the budget deficit and the needs for crisis management. The Albanian delegation, composed of Prime Minister Pandeli Majko and Finance Minister Fran Bime[?], presented the government’s program for dealing with the crisis and reaffirmed its readiness to carry out structural reforms. A day earlier the government presented its economic plan, which secures additional revenue from taxes, while it presented to donors the country’s needs for grain imports, energy and public spending. The foreign debt was also discussed, where payment relief and deadline extensions were requested.
Albania as a first-rate ‘credit’ in the stabilization of the Balkans[?] - by Muso Ulqini
We are too few to split up - by Arben Malaj
The war balance - by Hamit Jupa
Ideas are being suppressed: even the removals of your sor[?] - will remain - by Neshat Tozaj
Nano’s split, a concern in the parliamentary group
BUJOLA KORR[?]
HERE IS WHAT WAS SAID YESTERDAY, WHAT THE DEPUTIES SAID AND WHAT NANO SAID: PAGE 3
Die Meladini in Paris
President Chirac and them[?] in front of journalists (REUTERS)
VENDANI MEETS CHIRAC AND JOSSE, THE FRENCH PRIME MINISTER ON FRIDAY IN TIRANA
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A APACHE HELICOPTER IS SHOT DOWN
Pentagon launches an investigation into the incident
In the photo: an Apache helicopter at Brinsas airport (REUTERS)
Nothing in connection, the helicopter within 12 minutes. On the day later the day that was on duty in the ministry. On the day later the day finally returned to duty
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EU: association urgently needed
Procedures begin for the new Stability and Association Agreement with the EU
BUKEST[?] - MEPs approved the resolution on Albania, where they remind the official Tirana of the need to quickly open negotiations for the new Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU. This agreement is considered the most important link for the further rapprochement of our country with European bodies. It is today’s consensus in the Committee on Foreign Policy of the European Parliament and today it also received the green light from the Assembly of the Strasbourg Parliament[?], where it was approved with 35 votes in favor and none against. One of the amendments submitted and proposed is the request for Kosovo as an internationally controlled zone. The resolution tasks the European Union with helping Albania in its efforts to solve the crisis with 500,000 Kosovar refugees. The EU also asks NATO to intervene seriously for the refugees. The text emphasizes that, although it is necessary to organize efforts for their evacuation, because of the very nature of the conflict, the deportations carried out by NATO against Serbian targets in Yugoslavia
USA mobilizes 330,000 reservists
WASHINGTON - American President Bill Clinton authorized the mobilization of more than 33,000 reservists to successfully face a war in two operational theaters at once, especially to support the operations for evacuating civilians and delivering food aid to Yugoslavia
. ‘To meet the mission of a war in two operational theaters at the same time and to provide sufficient support to the public of Kosovo, the President of the USA signed Reserve 302 to authorize the mobilization of up to 33,000 reservists’, said a spokesperson for the American Ministry of Defense. In addition to this authorization, 300,000 other reservists, who can be called up to assist active personnel, bring the total capacity of reservists that can be activated to 331,000. NATO’s operations against Serbian targets in Yugoslavia continued for nearly a month
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