By SHPËTIM LUKU Why are Albanian customs officers so corruptible?!
Commentary BY SHPËTIM LUKU Who is bankrupting the brick industry? The warehouses of the brick and tile manufacturing factories are crammed full to the brim with finished products. In fact, they are not enough and, with... continues on page 16
COMMENT BY Shpëtim Luku The Albanian government has announced that one of its short-term priorities, in the name of enforcing legality, is strict control over the activities of fuel traders. Of course, this should be good and welcome news for all citizens in general, and especial
COMMENT BY Shpëtim Luku “Electric evasion” is unfair competition Throughout the prolonged economic transition, smuggling various goods has been a way of killing two birds with one stone. That is, to steal the part that in fact belonged to the state budget, but also to secure an u
COMMENT BY SHPËTIM LUKU The danger of bad investments ▶ On page 15
▸ PAGE 3 Damage around 10 million €, aid requested from citizens and businesses Prime Minister Rama again announces the legal initiative for compulsory disaster insurance. 4,715 homes and 41 businesses damaged, 10,622 hectares flooded ANALYSIS Floods that expose 25 years of abuse
Opinion of the Day By SHPËTIM LUKU Xiao Min was a Chinese businessman, who was engaged in the trade of textile clothing in Albania until before 2010, before moving,, Why are Albanian customs officers so corruptible?! Continues on page 19
BY SHPËTIM LUKU Bankrupt, yet rich!! Normally they should be unhappy people, desperate people, people drowned in countless troubles, people who should have trouble even smiling because of the misfortune that has befallen them. Yet, contrary to that, they are happy people, full of
The gains from incoming investment in the computer industry, services, and tourism are increasing, but improving conditions for foreign capital remains necessary. For 1995 I am optimistic about the flow of foreign investments Interview with Mr. Selim Belortaja, state secretary fo
EDI PALOKA Shkoder: the building police are operating (page 3) Duplicate structures?! SHPETIM LUKU (page 4)
Gratitude for the great moral and material support At the closing session of the Board of Governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, World Bank President Luis T. Preston said he was pleased with economic growth in Albania. In other words, the Albanian econom
UNDER INVESTIGATION IN ITALY FOR PROSTITUTION The testimonies of the prostitutes who worked for the Frroku family and the account of victim Kurti’s brother. What was said at the “elders’ meeting” and how Aleksadër Kurti was killed Mark Frroku was convicted in the Netherlands for
The false alarm is used only by the PS’s political speculators and their satellites The tendency to alarm the public through the bread scare is resurfacing once again. It is again the opposition socialists who, abstracting from the objectivity of a phenomenon to worsen it, seek t