The efforts of Berisha’s police to protect the trafficking of prostitutes and cars are exposed Resolute police: they scoured Northern Albania and Milan, aiming to put everyone in handcuffs at one stroke[?] The man in question, Maraj, was also arrested a few days ago in Dibër. With a thermal[?] 10-bomb[?] and as he has been in the hands[?] of people since yesterday, he gave the media yesterday the answer to everything. After three broad surveillance operations across the country and even to Prindit, as several[?] of the well-known names of the criminal world fell, the police managed to conclude last night with the arrest of a member of the T-7 leadership. In the ongoing action in the same environment, other gangsters are expected to be arrested, perhaps starting today. Thus, two days after the anniversary of the killings and kidnappings in our country[?], the police are distributing[?] the appearance of triumph. If they were finally completed only last night, the operations have been spread over many weeks. It is understood that earlier movements were detected in the North and then in the south of the country. In fact, from the beginning, it was reported from Rruga[?], where several suspicious tracks were being checked[?], and it came to a distorted[?] scenario in order to put well-known names of crime in handcuffs. The police not only failed to arrest any wanted person, but has sheltered and reorganized the prostitution trafficking, preserving the routes from Vlora to Italy[?]. Within three months, the criminal world has filled the roads with narcotic substances[?] and stolen cars. This is perhaps due to the organization of a structure, at the wheel of a group. Afterwards, his arrest has brought clear outlines.

1 May - 30 June 2000. Albania interrupts imports of agricultural products for tourists On 1 May - 30 June 2000, Albania completely stops the import of agricultural products

Government policies are producing results; prices for vegetables during this period have initially fallen sharply and have even stabilized Government grain policies are producing results; prices for vegetables during this season[?], compared with the price of the January - April period of this year, have fallen. During this year, vegetable prices this month have fallen sharply. Compared with the average period of the months of this year, they have fallen by 37.1 percent, tomatoes - 36.3 percent, cucumbers - 43.3 percent, peppers - 71.2 percent, eggplants - 22 percent, green lettuce - 24.4 percent, peas - 52.4 percent, leeks - 16.4 percent, spring onions - 34.4 percent, spinach - 21 percent, fresh garlic - 25 percent and cauliflower - 16.3 percent.

Head of the Hombah Pact in Tirana meets with Medani[?], Meta, Nano, Meksi, Milo Head of the Hombah Pact in Tirana meets with Medani, Meta, Nano, Meksi, Milo Nano: An initiative in parliament to support the pact Hombah - Meta: You have created a good climate for donors and financiers Medani calls for speeding up stability projects Hombah - Meksi: On schedule, projects turn into work sites Hombah: On schedule, projects turn into work sites After yesterday’s meeting with Milo[?], the chairman of the Pact and the donors stated that Albania has made significant progress on its frustrated[?] path At the meeting, to discuss with the representative of the initiatives[?] and its supporters the progress of foreign investment in the country, the chairman of the Stability Pact, Bodo Hombach, held a series of meetings yesterday with the heads of Albanian السياسة. The meeting, which began with President Meidani and continued with Prime Minister Meta, went on through the late morning with Parliament Speaker Namik Dokle, and until the early afternoon with the opposition leader Meksi and the head of PBDNJ, Vasil Melo[?]. In a brief statement to the media, Hombach underlined that the pact is being reorganized to be more efficient and that foreign investment in the country is becoming increasingly important. Regarding the donors’ action, he said that over the last few years the existing obstacles have been overcome.

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