Report from the training base Marine in Bize: the snow melts the engines The snow that has fallen for several days means that the military vehicles? facing? Bize? do? not? make? the noise? of? winter? amazes? for? a? few? hours?. On? the? military? field? there? remain? jeeps? a
page 2 No one is caught. It is suspected they went north Minister Luan Rama had also been seen yesterday piloting his helicopter during the NATO maneuvers in Bizë
Relations between Albania and the USA are deteriorating. Meeting with the Deputy Secretary of State is refused President Berisha yesterday refused to meet with the American Deputy Secretary of State, John Kornblum, asking him to cancel his arrival in Tirana. The Albanian Presiden
Burseki warns of attacks during military exercises. Secret services on the move From NATO’s exercise at the Bizë base in 1996 TIRANA - NATO is giving Albania three weeks to clear the Bizë area, where 12,000 soldiers are concentrated and where the joint exercise “Cooperative Assem
The NATO maneuvers in Albania end without glory. Naval maneuvers in the Adriatic fail. Soldiers of the Atlantic Alliance play football at the international range of Bizë ON PAGE 3
SHKODER Bullet barrage at the police: one under arrest On page 5 DURRËS Weapons arsenal discovered because of a sheep On page 5 BERAT Assassination in the dark: a young man is wounded On page 5 TIRANË The Americans “land” in Bizë On page 3
17 Serbian shells one kilometre inside Albanian territory. Meanwhile, the wounded and the children are leaving Padesh. Villagers respond to the Serbian army artillery. The government is safe in Tirana ON PAGE 3 1 view of the NATO forces’ exercise in Bizë 2 Arrivals from Kosovo in
The strike on terrorist bases in Sudan and Afghanistan halts the exercise The U.S. abandons Bizë NATO maneuvers fail in the del. Likin American aircraft withdraw the warships from the Adriatic TIRANA - The maneuver planned in Bizë has not been postponed, but definitively canceled