He had a place for his own clothes, and stayed on board when I had to leave. The ship ordered from Norway's Fossen Yards was a far cry from the giant vessel Kloster imagined when he proposed a 980-foot ship with 280 apartments in 1996. Financial struggles shrank the plan, although the 12-deck ship just ordered won't be cramped. Plans include an entire village on one deck, with restaurants, shops, a movie theater, and walking paths. Another deck is to offer golf, skeet-shooting, swimming, jogging and other activities.
Owners can live aboard or join the vessel when they like.
An Albanian police chief lauded for hunting down many of the Balkan country's most wanted criminals has been ordered back to school for failing a Police Academy examination, a local newspaper said Tuesday. Since Koseni, known as The Iron Police Chief, took command of the central city it has boasted the best security in Albania, where much of the population remains armed after army depots were looted in an uprising in 1997.