Meta hands prosecutor Rakipi the file on Zef Preçi
Chief Prosecutor Rakipi: We have been studying the file carefully since yesterday. The minister’s actions constitute a criminal offence
The state and corruption
Prosecutor’s Office takes over the oil file concerning former minister Preçi
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Nano - Meta, the celebration with the Eurosocialists begins
Fatos Nano
Ilir Meta
Dozens of Eurosocialists began celebrating yesterday; on Saturday they will meet at the Palace of Congresses
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The “licensing group” implicated as culprits: department directors and Minister Preçi
Dozens of documents signed by him implicate Minister Zef Preçi
EXCLUSIVE
OBJECTIVE: “Equal opportunities - clean capital”
For the first time, documents signed by Zefi Preçi that led to the scandal
SPECIAL REPORT ON PAGES 2-3
[The documents shown in the photographs contain small and partly illegible text.]
Zogaj’s same one, Preçi returns to his party origins
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Crime in Tirana: police chiefs gather
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The 8-year-old girl now also 11 medical correspondence
Five-million lek fines for gravel companies
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Government decisions to put an end to the oil crisis
LATEST NEWS
Government decisions to put an end to the oil crisis
Deadline for construction of 7,000-litre storage tanks extended until 31.12.2000
Yesterday the government decided to make improvements and grant permits and authorizations under a decision of the Council of Ministers, which addresses the ongoing difficulties faced by companies trading in oil, gas and their by-products. Under the approved amendment, the deadline for meeting the minimum storage-capacity requirements by entities currently carrying out such activity has been extended to after 31.12.2000. With this amendment, companies engaged in trading oil, gas and [their by-products] will continue to meet the legal requirements for obtaining a final automatic licence.
In light of the serious situation that has arisen in the fuel market, yesterday afternoon the Albanian government approved an amendment to Council of Ministers Decision No. 129, dated 18.3.1999, “On the procedures and for
Police officers catch two policemen cutting down the trees of Ballsh
Ballsh police arrest two of their own for cutting the electricity wires supplying the town
Officers from the police forces of the Fier Prefecture Police Directorate carried out a sensational arrest yesterday, among the strangest in recent times. The incident took place in Ballsh in the afternoon, and its protagonists were all police officers.
Two serving police officers from the Ballsh town police station, unlike their colleagues who were on various duties around the town, had been engaged in criminal activity with consequences for the town’s residents. The two officers from the Ballsh station’s property-protection unit cut several electricity lines supplying entire neighbourhoods of the town. It seems the policemen had done this several times, until they attracted the attention of other police units at the station. This led Ballsh police forces, together with rapid-response units from the Fier Prefecture Police Directorate, to carry out the sensational arrest of the two policemen who were cutting the wood belonging to the residents of Ballsh.
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