Because of the burden of taxes, the rise in existing prices, and the increase in the newspaper’s price, Ago set the price at 8 lek for us, the only one with nationwide circulation as a luxury item. (continued on page 2)
Chief customs officer Ago, a smuggler-businessman on page 3
Ago: Customs, now 80 million USD more than next year
Customs - 102% Ago: Theory, 51 million dollars more than in '99, 4.3 billion lek in dke Roads - analysis Priority: the Lezhë - Shkodër road, Vlorë - Sarandë, a new bridge over the Shkumbin, Kuk - Bregdet road, etc.
promises & realities - BUDESM Speaks the Director General of Customs Ago: Yes, I acknowledge tariffs at 18% for imported vegetables • We want domestic agricultural production not to go to the farmers because of the promises made during the election campaign Page 5
Opinion of the Day I have followed with attention the press release from the company “Crown Agents”, which responds to some information or articles... By PETRIT AGO A response to “Crown Agents” Continues on page 20
Opinion of the Day I have followed carefully the press release from the company “Crown Agents”, which responds to some information or articles... By PETRIT AGO A response to “Crown Agents” Continued on page 20
Opinion of the Day By AGO NEZHA The show “Time to Wake Up,” the voice of the citizen, which was born 19 years ago, conceived and implemented by the well-known journalist and writer ... A show that turned into a mission Continues on page 21
Opinion of the Day By AGO NEZHA The show “Koha për t’u zgjuar,” the voice of the citizen, born 19 years ago, conceived and implemented by the well-known journalist and writer ... A show that turned into a mission Continues on page 21
“INACTIVE SYSTEM” On page 9
Opinion of the Day We had missed seeing our Don Quixote-like MPs in parliament make compromises with the laws of the state. We have heard them insult each other from the very beginning, accuse each other of... Continued on page 18 By AGO NEZHA Congratulations to the left-wing and
OPINION Orikum the abandoned city By Prof.Dr. AGO NEZHA On page 17
“Inactive system” On page 9
Opinion of the Day The unexpected, almost intrusive embrace and kiss that the Albanian prime minister gave to his Italian counterpart, Meloni, before the cameras at the Moldova summit,... Continues on page 18
BY AGO NEZHA On page 17
OPINION By Prof.Dr. AGO NEZHA On page 17
Some time ago, livestock expert Petrit Ago made a shocking forecast that I am quoting word for word: “Within five years in Albania there will not ... Continues on page 21
Opinion of the Day Corruption in these more than three decades combined with democracy has been a road that was born together with pluralism and, as a healthy “child”, with the conditions... Continues on page 19 By DR. AGO NEZHA Corruption in ministries and municipalities, phenom
PROF. DR. ETHEM RUKA On page 17