Messages from a visit in the face of “phrase-mongering speculators”

Opinion Messages from a visit in the face of “phrase-mongering speculators” The opposition that speaks in “political language” because its “concrete language” has been cut off PAGES 8-9

An Olympic champion is being “made” in Korçë: Ilir Suli

Sports / interview An Olympic champion is being “made” in Korçë: Ilir Suli Suli: I will dedicate the medal to the Albanian people PAGE 16

Mayor of Klos’s bodyguard arrested

DP / ELECTIONS Police forces in action Mayor of Klos’s bodyguard arrested Threatened the voting committee at the DP party assembly with a firearm Read on page 13

Zemblak–Bitola energy project: USD 28.6 million before 15 September

GOVERNMENT / ELECTRICITY A KESH employee on the power lines Zemblak–Bitola energy project: USD 28.6 million before 15 September An electricity line will be built from Zemblak to Bitola Read on page 12

Angjeli to the Savings Bank: do not charge fees on deposits of up to 150,000 lekë

BANKS / DEPOSITS Finance Minister Angjeli Angjeli to the Savings Bank: do not charge fees on deposits of up to 150,000 lekë Minister Angjeli calls for relief for depositors Read on page 12

Interpol brings two hitmen to Durrës; they had killed someone on the boulevard

LAW AND ORDER The extradition of a criminal Interpol brings two hitmen to Durrës; they had killed someone on the boulevard Murderer from Fier caught on a ferry; he was coming from Ancona Read on page 4

Berisha takes municipal thieves out of circulation: 90 percent of mayors will no longer be candidates

“Massacre” in Sali Berisha’s Democratic Party: the selection of new candidates removes almost all the old mayors from the running Until yesterday, Berisha had called local government over the past four years successful and the mayors successful (86 percent of them), but yesterday, after the “Conventions” ended, 90 percent of them were no longer nominated by the DP PAGES 4-5

The gang of local thieves To Berisha: “Government, don’t inspect our sacks of money!”

MAYORS & THEFT The Constitutional Court has rejected the mayors’ request not to be financially audited by the Government The gang of local thieves To Berisha: “Government, don’t inspect our sacks of money!” The Association of Mayors loses its court case Constitutional Court: The Government must audit their finances

SP: In Albania, those who think and speak like Milošević are not in power

The SP Secretary for Public Relations assures ODIHR that it will support the election-observation mission SP: In Albania, those who think and speak like Milošević are not in power Rama: We guarantee that we will respect those who lose PAGE 6

Berisha chooses “Besniku,” giving the people of Tirana a deformed character

Berisha chooses in the dark a man from his own clan, Besnik Mustafaj. The Tirana party assembly: elections under the military supervision of Shaban Memia By Erion Braçe – page 3