Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) [2], 97-11-10

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CONTENTS

[01] SUPREME COUNCIL OF JUSTICE APPOINTS NEW MEMBERS

[02] TRADE UNIONS REFUSE TO SIGN SOCIAL PACT WITH GOVERNMENT

[03] DISTRICT COURT URGES PRESENCE OF DP DEPUTIES IN MAZREKU'S CASE

[04] TEAM OF NATO EXPERTS ARRIVES IN TIRANA

[05] STATE FORESEES 2.7 BILLION LEKS FOR UNEMPLOYED ENGAGED IN PUBLIC WORKS

[06] NANO WINS A BET OF ONE HUNDRED DAYS

[07] GOVERNMENT, IMF ORDER EXTERMINATION OF MONEYLENDER COMPANIES

[01] SUPREME COUNCIL OF JUSTICE APPOINTS NEW MEMBERS

In the regular meeting of this council, based on the proposal of the Justice Ministry, four new judges were named in the vacancies of the Tirana Court. Judges were also appointed in districts of Librazhd, Lushnje, Sarande, President's press and information office reports.

While, based on the proposal of the General Attorney, two appointments were made in the General Prosecutor's Office. /kei/mt/k

[02] TRADE UNIONS REFUSE TO SIGN SOCIAL PACT WITH GOVERNMENT

According to the spokesman of the Ministry, the trade unions representatives did not explain the reasons for not signing this pact.

The pact to be signed by the employers, employees and the government would enable to start an aid index for the unprotected strata who receive economic aid, beginning from November 1997.

The Pact says that within the first three months of 1998, negotiation should start with social partners to index salaries of the budget sector and pensionists; to start the study for the vital minimum, to limit black labour to the maximum, the government should encourage the increase of domestic product, etc. /kei/mt/k

[03] DISTRICT COURT URGES PRESENCE OF DP DEPUTIES IN MAZREKU'S CASE

Mazreku shot and wounded the deputy Hajdari inside the parliament on September 18.

Gjovalin Bezheta and Ferdinant Xhaferri were two out of five Democrat deputies summoned to testify at today's trial. kei/ak/k

[04] TEAM OF NATO EXPERTS ARRIVES IN TIRANA

This team, together with experts and senior officials of the Defence Ministry, will treat issues of reorganisation and functioning of the Defence Ministry, General Headquarters of the Army and commands of the armed forces' structures, the spokesman of this ministry reports.

The NATO team, after signing the individual program of partnership NATO - Albania 1997, will help restructure the Albanian army, and during their stay, the team will meet with senior officials of the Defence ministry and other state institutions. /s.sh/kei/mt/k

[05] STATE FORESEES 2.7 BILLION LEKS FOR UNEMPLOYED ENGAGED IN PUBLIC WORKS

The Labour Ministry has worked out a draft law, which envisages that for the next year the social assistance will be given to those persons, who will be engaged in social work instead of a permanent job.

The funds of the social assistance have been limited to the maximum for the workers of those enterprises, which are at the disposal of the Agency of Enterprise Restructuring. kei/ak/

[06] NANO WINS A BET OF ONE HUNDRED DAYS

Nano said that the last three months were the first and real confrontation of the new Albanian institutions with the international community, financial institutions and Euro Atlantic partners.

He said that the strategy of development followed by his government is different from the victory-like behiavor, which is not unusual in the psychology of the previous governments.

The prime minister Nano stressed the achievements of the previous governments saying that the positive aspects should be considered.

Nano, in his report on the government work, stressed as priorities the restoration of order, clearing out of economic and financial situation, setting up of independent institutions and policy of opening and Euro Atlantic integration.

Nano also focused on the Crete summit, which, according to him, was the first step of establishing dialogue between neighbours and broader. ssh/kei/ak/k

[07] GOVERNMENT, IMF ORDER EXTERMINATION OF MONEYLENDER COMPANIES

This was declared by the prime minister Fatos Nano in parliament on Monday in a question and answer session for the first one hundred days of his governing.

The fundamental point of the agreement of November 7, Nano said, is the "creation of a functional market of the agricultural land."

The agreement with IMF obliged that two out of three existing Albanian banks be privatised and urged normal work for a flexible administration.

Nano quoted a note of the IMF Executive Board saying that it is enthusiastic "for a categorical refusal on the part of the Albanian government to compensate the money to creditors from public funds."

The agreement said that "the Board is concerned about the increase of cooperation between the IMF staff with the Albanian government."

Nano said that such a concern is related to the non repetition of pyramid schemes, which were created as a result of lack of coordination between the IMF and the Albanian previous government.

The last document, which was not discussed in parliament, urged a categorical closure of a series of Albanian firms, which have been engaged especially in money lending. ssh/kei/ak/k

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