24 inspections in Shkodër and Malësi e Madhe within two days . Within two days, 24 inspections in Shkodër and Malësi e Madhe. PAGE 4

. The grant allocated to local government cannot go to healthcare. PAGE 4

Socialists gather; the statute is the party’s “bible” . Socialists gather; the statute is the party’s “bible.” PAGE 4

THE TRUCKS ARE CAUSING A STINK IN GJIROKASTËR. Angjeli: We will stay to the end, whoever the trucks belong to GJIROKASTËR—Crime dared to threaten the state once again yesterday. Sunday night belonged entirely to the bandits in Gjirokastër. THE TRUCKS ARE CAUSING A STINK IN GJIROKASTËR GANGS GO HOUSE TO HOUSE AFTER KAKAVIJË CUSTOMS OFFICERS • Death threats against their families if they report for duty at customs. • Only the customs officers are reporting for work. Customs police rapid-response units are guarding the customs post. Angjeli: We will stay to the end, whoever the trucks belong to GJIROKASTËR—Yesterday, crime dared to threaten the state once again. Sunday night belonged entirely to the bandits in Gjirokastër. Almost simultaneously, two truck drivers from Kakavijë who lived in the city of Gjirokastër were threatened face-to-face in their homes. The threat was serious and connected to dozens of trucks held up at the Kakavijë customs post. The masked men demanded that the customs officers not report for work; otherwise, their families would be put to death. It seems the threat had its effect, and yesterday only two customs officers reported for work. Meanwhile, customs police rapid-response units, the two officers who had reported for work, and police forces guarded the customs post yesterday. For six days, a number of trucks have been held up at Kakavijë customs, six of which appear to have threatened powerful interests. They have been left in the customs area at Kakavijë, and their owners have not come forward to clear them through customs. On Sunday, customs officers opened one of them, and it was loaded full of beer. Only after this action did its owner come forward; having declared 6 million new lekë as the value for customs clearance, he was compelled by law to pay 30 million new lekë. Customs officers say that all the trucks contain goods with values that have been underdeclared. Late last night, Minister Angjeli told “Zëri” that the structures of his ministry were determined to stay to the end, whoever the people making the threats were and whoever owned the trucks.

In this country, where anyone can be accused of anything by having their honesty torn to shreds, you constantly hear the response, too. “So it’s not possible to believe that there are honest officials in this country, for heaven’s sake?!” “He’s an honest lad; even his shoes are torn”—these lines are often heard in the street and at very serious meetings, offered as wise sayings about honesty. Honesty has not, to this day, been created in laboratories as a reaction inside a test tube, where at best nothing remains, or where the transformation of molecules produces yet another poison. So even a professor cannot assess it chemically. Honesty is a virtue that grows together with a person and, along with everything else, leaves traces everywhere. Ordinary people in this country usually recognize the traces instinctively, but a Head of State cannot do so instinctively, or quite so simply—for example, by looking at what one person or another wears, or whether someone leads a modest life or a better one after setting up an honest business. A Head of State is not a thermometer placed in someone’s armpit to measure their honesty, then make additions to their moral medical record. Regardless of interests, political traps, or even affection for someone, handing out certificates of honesty in this way is not commendable. Unlike an ordinary person, a Head of State has an entire state under his authority, as well as the head of the Secret Service and the Republic’s prosecutor. His conclusion that “this person is not clean” is necessarily a legal matter, and that is entirely possible. If a Head of State seriously believes of a member of parliament, a minister, or even an ordinary official that he “is not clean,” he should accompany this by submitting a request to the prosecutor for an urgent investigation. This is what he should do if he truly wants a clean state, not one polluted by the “drug medicines” of public figures. Nevertheless, a Head of State has plenty of other opportunities to demonstrate his character, and even to raise the value of his shares on the Albanian and foreign political stock markets (this is very close to his heart). Waiting for the next turn, until changes are made to government cabinets, or even skipping one’s turn by creating various blockages, is no longer commendable for Albania. The look of jealousy belongs to a bygone, old era, and it is only by comparison with the new that it becomes distinguishable.

. The Prime Minister now calls on all ministers to show discipline. PAGE 5

. Serbs announce the withdrawal of their army from Kosovo. PAGE 4

. NATO reiterates that there will be no reduction in the pace of the bombing. PAGE 3

goals. The UEFA Task Force Committee gives the “OK”. THE NATIONAL TEAM WILL PLAY IN TIRANA. Norway and Slovenia at “Qemal Stafa” on 4 and 9 June. LAZIO & MILAN, POINT FOR POINT. SUPPLEMENT PAGE 7

. They are armed themselves: Here are the consequences of deals with the law. PAGE 16