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Italian Prime Minister Amato in Tirana today

Albania - Italy PAGE 3

Meta: War on the speedboat mafia

The government approves the draft law on speedboats. Fines, inspections, confiscations and severe judicial penalties are envisaged The Council of Ministers has approved, under an accelerated procedure, a draft law “On the registration, use and control of motorized watercraft with a tonnage of under 20 NT” PAGE 3

Nano: 100% victory in municipalities and communes

PS / ELECTIONS 55% explains the formula for multi-name lists offered to allies “If our candidate for Tirana represents civil society, with this we aim to create the model of a mayor who is a public figure and operates within the framework of local-government autonomy” PAGE 2

Muçi: AMC to become the second operator by the end of the year

AMC / PRIVATIZATION The tender for awarding the license to the second operator will open in August The selection criteria and conditions will be the same as those used for the first operator PAGE 8

BKT to begin operations soon

BANKING / ECONOMY The Turkish co-director of BKT speaks PAGE 10

Elections

The OSCE ambassador speaks to journalists immediately after the meeting with the Friends of Albania In the photo: A woman voting

Ahrens: Your vote is secure

Ambassador Ahrens: The CEC, the Electoral Code and voter registration represent clear progress • 170 monitors in Albania will observe 5,000 polling stations • A call to voters to cast their ballots, confident that their vote will be secure Ambassador Ahrens: The CEC, the Electoral Code and voter registration represent clear progress 170 monitors in Albania will observe 5,000 polling stations A call to voters to cast their ballots, confident that their vote will be secure PAGES 2, 16

DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER: YZEIRI LEAVES, HIMCI TAKES OVER

PUBLIC ORDER DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER: YZEIRI LEAVES, HIMCI TAKES OVER PUKË, FIVE ACCUSED OF PLACING TNT ON THE DRINKING-WATER PIPELINE PAGE 4

ADMINISTRATION IN THE TERRITORIES, BERISHA WITHOUT [KUTJESE]

COMMENT By Neshat Tozaj

WHY DOES THE RD NEWSPAPER CENSOR MINAROLLIN?

Kreshnik Liumi PAGE 7