Police send case file with charges to the prosecutor’s office

The “Rinasi” gang caught TIRANA—Around 30 criminal police documents aim to uncover the activity of the trafficking of clandestine migrants at Rinas Airport. The criminal case was opened by the district prosecutor’s office immediately after the so-called “Rinas Scandal” broke in the press. PAGE 3

Decisions ‘mazura in the Court of Appeal are “nykohen” in the HJC

request to the HJC TIRANA—The court files pertaining to the first two months of ’97 and included in the criminal cases of...

Chief prosecutor wages war on corrupt judges

Rakipi asks Meidani for help regarding three corrupt judges • Chief Prosecutor Rakipi seeks permission to investigate three more judges for unlawful conduct, having facilitated the theft of 260 million lekë from the Savings Bank in Tirana • They issued an openly

Tirana takes the lead, Teuta alone too... Teuta loses 1–0 in Tirana yesterday

FOOTBALL Tirana takes the lead, Teuta alone too... Teuta loses 1–0 in Tirana yesterday PAGE 16

The USA will support business in Albania

Business support GJIROKASTËR—Limpreht: “European businesses will come, will establish themselves and will cooperate with local businesses. You have tourism potential, and Americans and Europeans will vacation here as they do in Italy and Greece.” PAGE 2

“Lykohet” in the HJC

TIRANA—The court files pertaining to the first two months of ’97 and forming part of the criminal cases challenged by the Prosecutor’s Office have been sent for trial to the second-instance court. “Lykohet” two months of ’97 and forming part of the criminal cases challenged by the Prosecutor’s Office have been sent for trial to the second-instance court. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the Court of Appeal imposed sentences entirely different from those handed down by the first-instance court. PAGE 8

Two elderly paedophiles arrested

In s'miralle TIRANA—Sources at the Police Directorate in the capital have reported that citizens Petrit Orieti, 61, and Fatmir Kraja, 63, have been arrested; they are accused of paedophilia. According to the aforementioned sources, the men, who were prison friends, deceived two 14-year-old children with the aim of sending them to Greece. PAGE 3

The Republican Institute does not invite Berisha

Berisha’s isolation continues TIRANA – The American Republican Institute excludes Berisha and his closest associates in the DP and the DP’s alliances from the meeting to be held in the capital and in Slovenia among the opposition’s political actors PAGE 4

Limprecht: Things have changed significantly

U.S. Ambassador Joseph Limprecht in the south of the country: We will contribute in Albania’s favor on the Pact • The U.S. and the EC hold meetings with the Albanian government with one sole aim: the Stability Pact • I know there were serious problems last year, but now I understand that things are improving significantly • I want to assure you that we are watching things closely to make sure this improvement is not only real, but will continue and move forward TIRANA – Limprecht has once again been prompted to declare the support that the U.S., the EC and European countries will give Albania so that it can benefit in a real and satisfactory way from projects under the Stability Pact. During a visit to the south of the country, the American ambassador said he was convinced that Albania would benefit considerably from the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe PAGE 2

Berisha, the thief who stole Albanians’ money, votes and freedom

Rama: I value Ahrens’s very important role; I give him the official support of the PS • The accusations being made now cannot hide the heinous crimes and the present crisis of the man who, for Albanians, is the symbol of evil TIRANA – Berisha’s screams, accompanied by the refrain “let us rise up to remove the thieves from power,” speak, at the very least, of the PD’s lack of an alternative, as usual. And, more than that, they speak of the hallucinations of a man in crisis, finally abandoned by everyone PAGE 4

Poçi: Crack down hard on organized crime

The Minister of Public Order yesterday in Gjirokastër • Last year, 10 gangs were struck and 4 bandits were killed in clashes with the police • Whenever the PD has problems in politics in Tirana, there are problems in Lazarat too • Poçi: Fight drug trafficking, clandestine arms trafficking and smuggling professionally. Their prevalence in the Gjirokastër area is very high PAGE 3

Privatization of five enterprises

Government decisions TIRANA – A decision on evaluating bids and the tender guarantee deposit in the privatization process of the companies “Birra Malto” SH.A, “Skënderbeu” Beverage Plant SH.A., Pharmaceutical Products SH.A., and “Ajka” Factory SH. PAGE 2

5,000 young people study abroad every year

The opportunities to study abroad are endless PAGE 6

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Ministers in Tirana, with their families abroad? Conservatism continues to consider Albanians fools