INTERVIEW The deadlock in the Constitutional Court, Gjata: It can be used for the sea agreement. 4 suggestions for the reform On page 5
The signal miraculously saves the clandestine migrants page 2
SUMMERpage The host of ‘Portokalli’ tells her own story: why I settled by the sea AMI AND ERMALI’S WIFE: I can’t be bought with money and I don’t get disappointed easily On pages 13-17
Terrible testimony On page 3
Opinion of the Day The month we have just left behind seems to have been the worst in decades for migrants who lost their lives while trying to cross the waters of the Mediterranean Sea... Continues on page 18
Yesterday in “New York Times” With a new ambitious project under way, such as the construction of a gas pipeline along the bed of the Baltic Sea, the Russian giant “Gazprom”, ... Continues on page 28 EDITORIAL “Gazprom” “buys” politicians
INSIDE PRESIDENT MEDIU AT THE MEETING OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS BODIES OF THE BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION PAGE 3
Today’s Opinion As if the tensions that exist between the Baltic Sea countries and Russia were not enough, China is also seen getting involved in that region, taking the side of that ... Continues on page 19
As if the tensions already existing between the Baltic Sea countries and Russia were not enough, China is also seen getting involved in that region, taking the side of that ... Continues on page 19
Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI The Albanian governments of the post-communist period have not always been clear in implementing Albania’s geostrategic orientation. Governments ... Albanian geostrategy between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Continues on page 19
Kosovo at the Black Sea summit pascal Milo The latest military and police moves by the Serbian government against the Albanian areas of Kosovo have made the situation in Kosovo even more sensitive and delicate. The developments of recent days in Kosovo have taken on dramatic prop
Tomorrow in Tirana The parliamentary assembly of economic cooperation of the Black Sea countries Tomorrow Albania will be an important center for a regional parliamentary event. In Tirana, the work of the Parliamentary Assembly of Economic Cooperation of the Black Sea countries
The sudden cold freezes Greece The Acropolis is covered in snow, while an unexpected cold snap has created unusual scenes for the Greek capital and other parts of the country. Thirty centimeters of snow have fallen in the northern suburbs of Athens, and cold winds have blown acro
The meeting of the Black Sea Parliamentary Assembly concludes (page 3) Albania does not need heroes Interview with Edi Rama page 5 Our fares over 10 USD for foreigners 250 USD Prices for Tirana-Bari-Tirana Contact: ADA AIR, Rruga e Durrësit 57, Tirana 161 243 01, 322 14, 32035 Or
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Berisha at the meeting with Andonov Albanian President Berisha TIRANA — Albania will help the new Macedonian republic in its membership of the CSCE and in the Black Sea initiative. This was confirmed by President Sali Berisha himself during a meeting he had in Tirana with the Spe
President Berisha's speech delivered at the National Council of the Democratic Party A new pact between the PD and the coming century Today we have gathered to discuss some of the most important problems related to the preparation of the new electoral pact for 1996, that is, the
- Mr. Ahmeti takes the next chairmanship of this Assembly Cooperation in the Balkans means strength and stability of peace and security throughout Europe. In these days, as some of the parliamentarians from the countries belonging to the Black Sea area were passing through Alban
The football team “Juventus” returned yesterday from Sofia to Turin, unable to fly to Bucharest because of bad weather, strong winds and a snowstorm that caused the Romanian airport to be closed. Their attempts to travel by train from Sofia to Bucharest were also impossible. The