Today's Opinion Continued on page 20
GOVERNMENT DECISION On page 2
After the Ballsh incident, prosecutors are preparing the case file for the Court Death for the policemen’s widows The victims’ identities point to the maximum sentence Investigation closed. Prosecutor: the criminals deliberately fired at the blue uniforms
The victim is Shkëlqim Muça. Three others in serious condition ▶ F13
The oil workers’ rolling strike is being suppressed by police violence (Continued on page 8)
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday on the three killers of the Ballsh police officers The killers of the police officers will be executed: Aleksandër Xhelal, Fredi Selipi and Gëzim Çuko The killers of the police officers will be executed: Aleksandër Xhelal, Fredi Selipi and Gëzim
The Basilica of Ballsh and the Bishopric of Glavenica On pages 18-19
BY MELSI LABI On pages 18-19
Vandal-like behavior by the players and the crowd in Ballsh Violent incident at the Ballsh field (page 4)
Who betrayed the police on 18 December '97 How the three policemen were killed in the ambush at the "Visoko bend" Who betrayed the police on 18 December '97 The Ballsh massacre How the three policemen were killed in the ambush at the “Visoko bend” Special report, (pages 12,13)
Interview with Edmond Shehaj[?], director of Bliancit[?] at the Ministry of Industry, Agriculture, Mines and Energy[?]. - Dear sir, what can you tell us about the ECU? How did the idea for creating this fund come about? - Albania has benefited so far from 970 million ECU, bearing
In recent days, the residents of Mallakastër have raised their voices about the condition of roads, electricity and drinking water. The area has many shortages in supplies and services. Many villages continue to suffer from a lack of investment, while the population feels neglect
After 9-omy-se of Chevron, Nafteplin of Egypt, two other powerful companies are entering our country for oil. Financing the complete reconstruction of the laboratory of the Ballsh Refinery, in which work will be carried out after a three-year paralysis, was among the main objecti
THE MINERS' LIVES ARE IN DANGER... Government officials look healthy and are not afraid of going without bread It is the 8th day that the miners from gallery no. 7 continue their hunger strike. Yesterday we were informed that 700 miners are holding out in the galleries of Ballsh.
MINISTER OF THE DICTATORSHIP Feçor Shehu, “Honorary Citizen” The former Interior Minister from Enver Hoxha’s era is voted for by right-wing councillors. Ilir Meta in Lezhë: the LANÇ cannot be identified with one individual By XHEMIL BEHARAJ MALLAKASTËR - The Ballsh Municipal Coun
The economic alternative of Smuggling and corruption have fatally wounded the finances and the outlook of the Albanian economy. Socialist rule exposes every day evidence of the fire engulfing the Albanian economy and the irreversible ruin of the country's finances. In the first t
SUPPORT FOR reform SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY THE PD BRANCH ASSEMBLY IN BALLSH, Z. E. SELAMI TAKES PART Yesterday, in the presence of an enlarged assembly of the branch of the Democratic Party in the district of Mallakastra, near the cinema hall in the town of Ballsh, where the Presid
- Since the beginning of the year, anomalies and then paralysis of interurban transport from Tirana toward Lushnjë, Fier, Vlorë, Korçë, Ballsh, Tepelenë, Gjirokastër, Sarandë, etc. - The Government’s decree bureaucratically orders, stifling free initiative. - The high tax risks b