Nano: Albania needs to improve the conditions and speed of movement of people, goods and services
SPECIAL
The Parliamentary Commission on the “Pact” holds its proceedings at the port of Durrës
Nano: Albania needs to improve the conditions and speed of movement of people, goods and services
• Implementation begins of the fast-track progress of the Pact’s 12-month project package
In the photo: PSSH Chairman Fatos Nano
Nano: We are translating the terminology of the Stability Pact into concrete work and responsibilities
MPs ARE BRIEFED ON THE PROJECTS:
- World Bank: USD 23 million, 63% of the loan disbursed
- PHARE Programme: EUR 2.27 million, EUR 1.5 million disbursed
- TDA (US Trade and Development Agency): USD 1.580 million for the container terminal at berths 5 and 6, the ferry terminal and the eastern berth
Nano: Here’s why I “brought” the MPs down to the field, to the port
* “Durrës, a vast worksite; the problems and donors are here”
* “The beginning of a new phase in the commission’s work, which saw the implementation of the works firsthand and met with the donors”
Government issues “bombshell” decision over the so-called port oil affair
M. Muçi: The storage tanks of 4 companies will be relocated, with the contract price set unilaterally
THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC ECONOMY AND PRIVATIZATION RESPONDS TO MP HAMDİ JUPE
* In cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and the World Bank, the Ministry of Public Economy and Privatization unilaterally terminates the 20-year lease contract, which had been drawn up on a legal basis in 1999
* Removal of the storage tanks for safety reasons: as early as May 2000, the Government approved the World Bank study on land use in the port, which provided for their relocation.
* Nano backs Meta-Muçi; the uproar made by certain individuals (from PAD) is “speculation for private interests”
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LABOR / PENSIONS
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor Makbule Çeço speaks
People will feel the changes and reforms through employment, higher wages and pensions, and reduced poverty
In the photo: Deputy Prime Minister Çeço
Sali Berisha has lied so much that he has reached the point where even simple truths, arithmetic truth, seem like a lie to him. The Berisha phenomenon is more a media and psychotherapeutic problem than a political phenomenon. I don’t have time to say more about it this time
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CRIME / PUNISHMENT
Mega-trial / Prosecutor seeks life imprisonment for revenge ...
Ambush against Gaxhai and his friend; yesterday, before the court in Durrës
Criminal police agents arrest two men from Durrës with pistols in their pockets outside the courthouse, minutes before Gaxhai arrived there
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Prele Martini, the judge who “imposed fines” and built villas, has returned to Tirana
Berisha, or the mass amnesty of crime that challenges us every day
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• Citizens, the pages of our newspaper are open to your reports about Prele’s trials
CORRUPTION
ZELA: WE WILL PENALIZE ABUSIVE COMPANIES
The case of Elbasan is an example; the Minister promises sanctions to put an end to abuses involving public funds in construction. “I am very willing to receive all the reports that come in this regard”
CORRUPTION
ELBASAN PROSECUTOR: WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE CASE
We expect that the specialized bodies carrying out the inspection, if they conclude that there are elements of a criminal offense, will initiate criminal proceedings, starting with the tendering procedures and continuing through to the quality of implementation
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Finance
Angjeli: Tax authorities, exceed the annual target
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