08/03/2000
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Zëri i Popullit

8 March 2000

Customs officers, at fault! The scales have been in operation for two months

At Kakavijë, Durrës, Qafë - Thanë and Tirana, the scales have been fully operational and in use for two months

Black market: 250,000 drachmas for a visa

The trafficking of Greek visas is not conducted through official channels Who is running the trafficking is plain to see in the centre of Tirana PAGES 6, 8

Sali Lusha to be returned to prison immediately

The Supreme Court ruling PAGE 4

Police take revenge, 15 arrested

MASKED MEN, MASSACRE ON THE ROAD Two soldiers killed on the road, near Memaliaj - village ““Police take revenge,” 15 arrested They were travelling together with their wives to Tirana, to attend a funeral and offer condolences. Local police mounted a swift operation immediately after the incident: 14 suspects were taken in. Anti-crime experts from the department arrived in Tepelenë, as did the Director of the Directorate of Criminal Police, Colonel Xhavit Shala PAGE 3

Why doesn’t the police kill?

Nano once again calls on the opposition to take its seats

The two Pact roundtables meet, “National Security” and “Economy” NANO: Today could also have been the birthday of the pact among ourselves—among Albanians—if the opposition had also come to these roundtables. Being convinced of our responsibilities toward the past, the present and the future, and that serious politics is not tied to the rotation of power, I invite you to join us in once again asking the opposition to take the places that belong to it—not merely at the National Working Roundtables, nor on the Special Stability Pact Commission, but at the roundtables shaping the country’s future. Nano: Durrës, gateway to Corridor 8 Meksi chairs the Economic Roundtable PAGE 2

Weather in Albania

Temperature 1 and 12°C Today will be sunny and clear. Temperatures are rising. Today they will range from 1 to 12°C.

THE PEOPLE’S VOICE NEWS

Prosecutor’s Office opens investigations into corruption at Rinas 4 Italy decides: 6,000 Albanians guaranteed entry to Italy 8 Shuli: The political crises and Apostoli’s contracts are to blame 9 Today is mothers’ day; the young women will make the news 14