Meta: Albania is not the black sheep of corruption

Ilir Meta Meta: Albania is not the black sheep of corruption Customs at their best. Albania is neither the country where smuggling begins nor the country where smuggling ends

Angjeli: We blocked the “petrodollar” traffic

By Anastas Angjeli If anyone inside or outside the country is concerned about the phone calls, you should know that I too receive hundreds of calls from various smugglers, hundreds of threats, and I am still determined to fight it.

Customs clearances in ’99, twice as many as in ’96

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Berisha ordered the new theft of USD 1.2 million

MPs: Inquiry commission into the “Arsidi” money; The “Arsidi” scandal / Judges speak out. Çeliku: I faced numerous interventions b erisha and the scandal MPs: Inquiry commission into the “Arsidi” money The “Arsidi” scandal / Judges speak out. Çeliku: I faced numerous interventions Berisha ordered the new theft of USD 1.2 million • At stake is the Albanian debt of 12 million dollars at the Swiss bank UBS; at the Swiss office, he requested that Arsidi be given a new guarantee for this amount; Laurent Simon, the second person he decorated, would lead the operation New testimony / Berisha - Hotti: Receive Arsidi respectfully; he is working well with the French and Swiss banks PAGES 4,5

ZËRI NEWS

The mayor of Klos, Berisha “confesses” with a revolver 7 The rice scandal, a bluff in the accusation against the Ministry 8 They caught Roskovec’s “policemen” thieves Socialists: Gorea should disclose the procurement contracts 3

EDU comes to gather what remains of the blue party, “Kashtë e Kogë”

A difficult task for the European democrats: a meeting with Berisha, then with Pllona and Xhaferi, then with Meksi, then with Shehu, each a party of its own PAGES 4,5 The party chairman

Personal tax for every trader

End of the shopkeepers’ strike Personal tax for every trader Traders: We don’t want to become a burden on the state PAGE 9

Weather in Albania

Weather in Albania Sunny today. Minimum temperature: -3 degrees, highest: 9 degrees Celsius Sun Temperature: -3 and 9°C