He did not specify which countries he meant. A group of armed men robbed the Tirana-Athens bus at Kthesat e Greshices, near Tepelena, on 6 December and killed a policeman riding on the bus, ATSH news agency reported. Four of the robbers reportedly trapped the policeman by surrounding him inside the bus while other robbers ambushed the vehicle. Police have recently begun to travel in passenger buses to protect them against robberies. The Tirana-Athens line is particularly important because it takes migrant workers to jobs in Greece and brings them back.
Buses are the mainstay of public transportation in Albania.
Representatives of both the ruling coalition and the opposition would belong to those committees. The coalition's rejection of such a move led to the parliamentary boycott that began in mid-November. Iliescu, Tabara, and Tudor said they might renew the boycott if the committees' decisions or the implementation of those decisions are unsatisfactory. The French firm was the only bidder to make the deadline set by the fund, although other foreign automakers had earlier expressed an interest. Dacia produced Renault vehicles under license from 1968-1979.