Zogu i Zi again issue of political squabbling

TIRANA, Feb. 27 – Zogu i Zi again returned to the people’s mind Tuesday when the Tirana city hall workers took away a slab with the square’s name Rilindja set from the central government at the inauguration ceremony earlier this month. Police arrested three workers who took off the placade after being asked to do their work from city hall. They were later let free. Central government authorities demolished in July last year a half-built road project in downtown Tirana that had led to a bitter dispute between Tirana’s Socialist-run city hall of Mayor Edi Rama and the country’s governing coalition, led by Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s Democratic Party. State Construction Police demolished the US$2 million intersection known as Zogu i Zi after the government decided that project should not be continued because of safety concerns, insufficient documentation and corruption among Tirana officials. The project was started in 2005 by the previous Socialist government and was due for inauguration in March 2006.