Fino: Registration is not a party duel, but a legal duty

TIRANA LOCAL ELECTIONS Fino: Registration is not a party duel, but a legal duty

Enrieta Avdyli’s body found; husband Dritan Avdyli arrested

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1,000 police officers will guard Vlora

Director General of Police: “No cars” carrying non-residents of Vlora will enter the city today Police stop 80 people aboard two speedboats that set off from Fier for Vlora to attend Berisha’s rally. • Police stop 80 people aboard two speedboats that set off from Fier for Vlora to attend Berisha’s rally • Police search hotels for a second time, catch and expel 100 non-residents of Vlora • Governing political parties: Residents of Vlora, remain calm and protect the city from destabilization Pictured: Special forces checking the entrance to the city of Vlora (REUTERS)

Berisha: Residents of Vlora, in ’97 you got what you deserved

The chairman of the PD in Vlora, unrepentant about the crimes he committed against the people of Vlora, asks them to welcome him 21 MARCH 2000 / On 5 private television stations, all owned by Berisha, the PD leader admits to the killings in the South. Statement made on 20 March 2000 • Berisha admits to the killings: They got what they deserved • Sensational statement by the former President of the Republic: The state did not collapse • In some districts in the South, yes, but not throughout Albania • I kept the government going with deputy ministers • They made some attempts, but got what they deserved Pictured: Artur Rustemi, killed in Vlora by Sali Berisha’s police during the events of February–March ’97

Poçi meets Arbnori and Minarolli: No rally without a permit in Vlora

Police offer holding the rally indoors in Vlora as a safe option • Minister Poçi asks senior PD officials to take the tense situation in Vlora into account • Arbnori: Remove the police roadblocks! • Poçi: Comply with the police checks! • Police offer holding the rally indoors in Vlora as a safe option • Minister Poçi asks senior PD officials to take the tense situation in Vlora into account • Arbnori: Remove the police roadblocks! • Poçi: Comply with the police checks!

Rama: Rally without incidents is proof of the civic spirit of Vlora’s residents

• Let it be a rally attended by the citizens of Vlora, not people brought in from elsewhere, as Berisha’s rallies have been so far

Rrapo Taho! Tell the people of Vlora how much money you took for the PD at Gjalljica

Read reports by the Pyramid Schemes Monitoring Group on page 4

Pictured: Special forces checking the entrance to the city of Vlora (REUTERS)

Pictured: Artur Rustemi, killed in Vlora by Sali Berisha’s police during the events of February–March ’97

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INSIDE • The president of Tomori and referee Luan Zylfo are killed; police capture the killers within minutes ............ 6 • Interior Minister Spartak Poçi meets the FBI Director General in Hungary ........................6