Berisha's criminals' rebellion crushed in four districts
In Berat, Lushnje, Laç and Pukë, the police enforced the Constitution, court rulings, the "Meksi" laws in force, and the ordinances issued by PD mayors to maintain order in the city
The police calmly withstood the attack by criminals with political backing from the PD, firmly enforcing the law and the Constitution
Customs: In May, USD 5.6 million more than last year
TIRANA - During the month
Calm brings the first 350 tourists to Gjirokastër
GJIROKASTËR - A tourist influx—
WE CONDEMN POLICE VIOLENCE AND DEFEND...
Cartoon: a hand making the victory sign
PD, not a minute away from its offices in Berat
• The police took the club from
New mayor, according to the “Meksi” Government’s law
• The DP alleges a violation of the law -
Kurbin(t) councilors, PS-PD against Leni Lucës
• As the councilors
million USD more than last year
TIRANA - During May 2000, according to operational data from the General Directorate of Customs, customs revenues amounted to 3.75 billion lekë.
“This figure, compared with the same period last year, represents an increase in revenue of 825 million lekë, or 5.6 million dollars more.” According to Director Ago, the consistency of the results is also the fruit of the fact that honest businesses have been treated as partners, while “being merciless toward those who want to get rich at other people’s expense.” “The General Directorate of Customs has taken all the necessary measures to protect domestic agricultural production, rigorously applying both the tariffs for the summer season and thorough physical inspections of businesses importing agricultural products,” Ago said.
Bearing in mind the growth in domestic agricultural production, the General Directorate of Customs assured “all Albanian producers” on Wednesday “that their goods will be sold on the market at their real value and that no one will harm them through unfair competition—that is, smuggling.”
Gjirokastër: the first 350 tourists
GJIROKASTËR - A flow of tourists has also reached the stone city of Gjirokastër.
According to officials of the municipality of Gjirokastër, “around 350 foreign tourists entered the city during the second 15 days of May alone, a figure three times higher than a year earlier.”
According to Mayor Ylli Asllani, “this is connected with the situation, which is free of law-and-order problems throughout the southern region, as well as with the favorable conditions offered by providers of family tourism.” It is also largely connected with the city of stone’s proximity to the coastal city of Sarandë. “The panorama offered by the sea at Sarandë is undoubtedly what draws tourists toward southern Albania, but everything that has been written about Gjirokastër and its unique architecture cannot be ignored, even by the most devoted admirers of its magnificent grain,” Asllani said, confident that the tourist flow to the municipality he heads would continue.
The major cultural events already held or announced as such in the museum city, promoted through every available means of information, starting with a dedicated website, have aroused the interest of admirers of this rare southern city. Most tourists arriving in Gjirokastër are French and German citizens..
outside its offices in Berat
• Police took an illegal club away from a citizen of Berat and handed it over to the girls of the pedagogical school, on the basis of orders from the Education Directorate and a final ruling by the Court of Appeal in Vlorë
under the law of the “Meksi” government
• The DP alleges a violation of the law—in Lushnjë there was no violence. The fugitive mayor of the Municipality of Lushnjë, Fuga, is replaced by the Government’s delegate, Myftiu. The law dated 10 June 1992 authorizes the Council of Ministers to appoint the deputy
PS-PD against Leni Lucës
• Neither the socialist councilors, who are in the local opposition, nor the democratic councilors supported the position of the district council chairwoman, who called for the dismissal of the police station chief
New agreement to fight crime and trafficking in the two countries
Poçi in Podgorica, Montenegro
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Railway wages have increased by 94 percent over the last two years
Railway strike
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Citizens: Brojka should do one good thing for us before leaving
Brojka is leaving just as he arrived • Many saw electoral interests of the Government in the funds allocated to repair Tirana’s roads, but time is showing that the interests lay with the opposition
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MUNICIPALITY
Opinions of citizens who travel along the 7 roads
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• Collateral, the “key” to getting a loan, but when ... the law was passed 5 months ago but is not being implemented............................ 10
• Work begins; the substations in Tirana, Durrës, Shkodër, and Elbasan will be rehabilitated............................ 9
