SECRET MEETING Ahrens to take threatened OSCE On page 3 Photo: USA III[?] Gjon Minieli Kaci[?]
The OSCE chief turns Albania in the U.S. Page 3 The risk of drowning lowers the price of speedboats Visa bargaining rises How much are the speedboats on the black market The suspension of speedboats in the waters of Vlorë and Sarandë has also hit the black market for visas. A wee
Report in Vienna The OSCE Permanent Council noted yesterday in Vienna that the general elections in Kosovo, planned for September of this year, “the decision” he On page 5
Second meeting initiated by Ambassador Ahrens to resolve the crisis of the Electoral Commission on page 2
OSCE: “Good” expected concrete results from the government “I am for all the spaces of compromise for the Electoral Law” on page 2
OSCE backs away: We do not guarantee the elections
Ambassador Ahrens, newly arrived from the country of the drug mafia: Tirana better than Bogota The PD leadership decided that the draft statute will be discussed in the National Council Noise in the media, clash of interests
• Ambassador Ahrens: CEC, the Electoral Code and voter registration, a visible progress • 170 monitors in Albania will observe 5,000 polling stations • The electorate is called to vote, reassured that its vote will be secure PAGE 2,16
BY ANDRES LEVUNJA The OSCE consensus agreement, Mr. Ahrens, supported also by the official statements of the OSCE office representative in Tirana, by describing their attempt as failed, aims to prepare and preserve the ground for the local elections of 1 October. Everything that
Political tension keeps rising; the opposition led by Berisha has begun its biggest offensive, not only through statements such as “this way,” “that way,” “if,” but also by presenting its political and opposition activity. There is a difference between actively presenting opposit
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Page 3 Agreement breached between the Albanian Prosecutor’s Office and the Italian Anti-Mafia Page 2 Protest by the Professional Journalists’ Association over violence against TV Klan journalists Page 7 Ahrens shows the electorate in the districts Page 5 Nanos’ opponents prepare
The OSCE chief, at the end of the mediation mission Today the pages open the position on KOZ Page 5 Ahrens puts an end to the mission of the political talks for the joint commission. It is requested that the parties find a solution. Otherwise, there is l[?]a akzjre- ion of the pa
In this meeting, the highest-ranking official of the Republicans was also noted by the interlocutors from the Democratic Party as an initiator of preserving stability in the country, at a moment when the Albanian opposition was taking on a major nationwide commitment these days w
OSCE: PD has a deep illness Ambassador Ahrens reads the report in Vienna: "The main opposition party is in turmoil and incapable of accepting the voters' rejection." But what else did the ambassador tell the senior OSCE officials in the Austrian capital and Austria on page 5 OSCE
The two and five chairmen of the democratic parties? Ferzer brought them together, the head of the movement for partnership and Medju. The parties are pleased with the meeting with the OSCE head, Mr. Ahrens, and political adviser Maljketi Robinson.
Give up a little sovereignty, in order to enter Europe Geert AHRENS Head of the OSCE Presence Europeans are not yet ready enough to become part of the Albanian nation-state, so they demonstrate that the taken route is the preferred one. The opposition and senior government offici
Ahrens: We will not create new institutions; both the electoral law and the composition of the KZ will be decided solely in compliance with the Constitution
One week before the deadline for the discussion on the CEC, the OSCE ambassador in Tirana declares his urgency Elections are blocked, power in crisis. The OSCE withdraws. Mediani targets Ambassador Ahrens P. 2 Ahrens issues a statement, we are returning to the President, while th
By Asllir PATOZI At the very end, and just now, the latest developments for a previously announced opposition meeting are said to be crucial by phone. Since then, the killers of Azem Hajdari have been moving. The opposition’s strange effort also had a shocking impact yesterday in