Minute: the depots of 4 companies will be moved, the contracts will be terminated unilaterally THE DEPUTIES RESPOND TO PUBLIC ECONOMY AND PRIVATIZATION HAMDI JUPE • MAMI: The depots of 4 companies will be moved, the contracts will be terminated unilaterally The Minister of Public Economy and Privatization, Ermelinda Meksi, and the Secretary of the Council of Ministers, Ilir Zela, stated in the media yesterday that the government has decided to unilaterally cancel the agreements with the 4 concessionary companies of hydrocarbon depots, signed in 1998-99. The government's decision came under the focus of the economic analysis and the fierce debate in yesterday's parliamentary session. Nano supported Minister Meksi's statement and confirmed that this was a matter of serious contract violations. The news was announced amid strong debate in the Parliament chamber, where deputies from the majority and the opposition raised accusations about the procedures, interests and responsibilities of the relevant institutions. At the center of the debate was the way the oil depots at the port were managed and the previously signed contracts. (continued on page 3)

Berisha, or the massive amnesty for crime that challenges us every day • Official [?], our newspaper pages are open for your denunciations, for the rigged trials PAGES 6, 10

WORK / PENSIONS Changes and reforms will be felt through movement in employment, approved wages and pensions, and poverty reduction Speaks the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor Makbule Çeço In Photo: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor Makbule Çeço Sali Berisha has lied endlessly when it comes to the accusations thrown at the government and its allies, and they want to sweep away the antimives, denouncing their poverty? and lies! The phenomenon of mass abandonment of the village with medial? psychosocial? as a political phenomenon, I do not have time to speak more on this subject for PAGE 4

Rapid implementation begins for the 12-month package of Pact projects Rapid implementation begins for the [?] package of Pact projects

Deficits are reduced in defense; 63% of the total amount disbursed, high payments to officials; 2.27 million euro, 1.5 million euro disbursed The US line for trade and development: 11.850 million USD for foreign firms and 6.6 million for markets and the eastern quay DEFICITS ARE BEING REDUCED IN DEFENSE: 63% of the total amount disbursed (5.2 million USD), 1.5 million EURO disbursed The US line for trade and development: 11.850 million USD for foreign firms and 6.6 million for markets and the eastern quay Nano: Here is why the deputies are being "moved down" into government, at the port "On 27 July, the big work, here are the problems, here are the offers, the beginning of a new stage through the co- minister, who is expected to hand over- the works, those who worked handed them over and In the photo: Chairman of the PSSH Fatos Nano

CRIME / PUNISHMENT Mega-trial / Prosecutor Kaniu makes the value twofold but revenge ... Priest against the jackal and the companion of the "I" and before the court in Durrës The criminal police officers arrest two leaders in the prosecutor's office and seized a small amount of cash from them? while in the prosecutor's office they broke in? and a few minutes before the exaction was to take place there PAGE 10

CORRUPTION ZENA: THE INTERMEDIARY COMPANY WILL BE PENALIZED The Minister's Square of Economy, end to the favoritism of certain tobacco? in tenders in Agriculture and? end public in a way... I mean, not stable? above stable? those who are stable? what? let? the foreign companies that will? have? stable? in? those? and decision PAGE 8 In the photo: Dr. A. Tefikshari [?], Shaqiri, Minatori

CORRUPTION PROSECUTOR OF ELBASAN: WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE CASE We expect that the specialized government that is now examining or is officially? in the? nation? ... the investigative bus, for? when it ends? if? the act?, will handle? and? the publ? c? ... work? bul? and? c? pu? in? in? and? ... PAGE 8

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