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Guardia di Finanza collides with speedboat PAGE 10

Belgrade blocks the Albanian border with Montenegro

Traffic is halted at the Hani i Hotit border crossing; the Yugoslav army intervenes • The Albanian government: Milošević wants to keep the hotbed of tension in the Balkans aflame • Military ultimatum: Albanian tourists must leave Ulcinj by 30 July 2000 • Shooting on Lake Shkodra; Yugoslav border guards fire on the Montenegrin police patrol PAGE 2

The mystery of state financing for Berisha’s visit to Saudi Arabia is revealed

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Berisha in Arabia, 90 million dollars

• Former Finance Minister Pirro Dishnica signed the withdrawal of 90 million dollars from the state treasury to sponsor the former president’s trip to Arab countries • After signing the order, Dishnica resigned irrevocably from his post, promising not to speak PAGE 3

The king’s son killed “Cinderella” in the Palace of Elections

OPINION By Dritëro Agolli The king’s son killed “Cinderella” in the Palace of Elections Parliament does not grant amnesty to Leka Zogu PAGE 2

Koka elected, the seventh member of the CEC

PARLIAMENT DBSH has its own representative on the Central Election Commission Koka elected, the seventh member of the CEC Debate in Parliament. The DP leader opposes the vote. Gjinushi: Berisha, don’t provoke! PAGE 3

Zela: Here is how the Greek fund will be used

TO BE CLEARED Apartments ready for those who lost their homes in pyramid schemes Zela: Here is how the Greek fund will be used Loans will begin to be disbursed immediately in the districts of Fier, Gjirokastër, and Durrës PAGE 7

CUSTOMS VALUATION, CODE AND LEGISLATION

COMMENTARY CUSTOMS VALUATION, CODE AND LEGISLATION By Fatos Kovaci “REFORMERS” PUT ON A HAND-ME-DOWN SHIRT By abc PAGES 5, 6

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SOLIS: “THE ALLIANCE” IN THREE YEARS, AS MUCH AS ALL THE GOVERNMENTS IN HALF A CENTURY

HEALTHCARE SOLIS: “THE ALLIANCE” IN THREE YEARS, AS MUCH AS ALL THE GOVERNMENTS IN HALF A CENTURY “Don’t politicize blood. There is no bad blood, only blue blood. Blood is always red; donate it in the name of humanity.”