In the elections held in the municipality of Zerqan[t] for mayor, the PR candidate, Mr. Bardhyl Brata, supported by the PD, won 84.3% of the votes. In the municipality of Luznia, for the municipal council, the PR won 17% of the votes. More details on page 2

From the speech by Mr. SABRI GODO delivered on 9 September at the meeting with the citizens of Dibra I had not intended to speak here about Dibra’s traditions and values, since I would not add anything beyond what we already know. I will mention only what Mr. Skënder Shatku told me today: that, through its agriculture and livestock farming, Dibra has given the country much more than it has received. I will also mention that in recent days I read with pleasure in the newspaper “Liria” a portion of a speech familiar to me, in which he calls Moisi Golemi a hero almost as great as Skënderbeu. Yet a few years ago the five pseudo-historians had not placed Moisiu’s bust among the captains in the Kruja Museum. I will not dwell any further on Dibra’s history. We must engage with Dibra’s important problems, because no matter how much they help us with its… [unclear], one cannot live on its exchange alone. But sometimes it happens that they force you to dwell on it, because there are issues and issues. In the 28 August issue of the newspaper “Koha Jonë,” the article “Bali Kombëtar and the Sultan’s harem” was published. Other people, the author N. R. says, argue that Albanians are the only people in Europe who betrayed Christianity, because of the betrayal by the great families “who are and should be known as the most despised part of the people.” These leaders married women from the Sultan’s harem and became servants of bastards. To prove this, the author cites an example: Sadedin Balës, Tomor Dosti and Rushen Golemit, and [they] have a complete aristocratic… [unclear]. I am not defending either “Bali Kombëtar” or the PD deputies, since they can do that themselves. But I am greatly surprised by the ease with which these authors, through their writings, [make]… [unclear]. Albanians are not the only ones who became Muslims by “betraying” Christianity. Islam awakened many people in China and spread to other countries in Asia, Africa and Oceania, encompassing hundreds of millions of people. If we follow this peculiar author’s logic, Muslims could then be accused of “betrayal” when they abandoned paganism, Buddhism and Brahmanism. As for the great families, Skënderbeu, too, was raised as a Muslim. Kara Mahmut Bushatlliu, Ali Pashë Tepelena and Mehmet Ali of Egypt, who founded [a state] that endured until the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire, were Muslims. Haki Ymeri Prizreni, Sulejman Vokshi and Ismail Qemali were also Muslims. There are dozens of distinguished men on the national stage who served Albania, alongside other distinguished Orthodox Christians and Catholics. It is simply a waste of time to concern oneself with what the author N. R. writes in “Koha Jonë.” But in this article, as in another piece, something extremely malicious can be observed, something that cannot be explained as coincidence or passed over in silence. There is an attempt to conceal this matter and, above all, to incite class warfare to such an extent that even Enver Hoxha himself would have been driven to excommunication. It is not difficult to discern here the hand of an outside force seeking the destruction of the Albanian nation and the manipulation of what is written in a newspaper. For some time there has been talk of a law on the press. This law must not be delayed any longer. In a democratic state, racist propaganda and the incitement of deep conflicts must be prohibited. (Continued on page 2)

Greek Foreign Minister Papakonstantinu: “Albania lives thanks to Greece” “There is no indication that our relations with Albania are moving towards normalization. It is a temporary problem that will cease to exist. Albania lives off Greece because Albanians living in Greece send 2 billion drachmas to their country every month.” Greek Foreign Minister Papakonstantinu: “Albania lives thanks to Greece” “There is no indication that our relations with Albania are moving towards normalization. It is a temporary problem that will cease to exist. Albania lives off Greece because Albanians living in Greece send 2 billion drachmas to their country every month. This means that the Albanian economy depends greatly on Greece. The Greek Foreign Minister, according to the MPA news agency, made this statement in Thessaloniki on 13 September, adding that all the leaders of political parties should not use the issue of national interest as a battleground for their political advancement, and expressing his conviction that all political parties in Greece agree with this view.”

Thoma Miço, (Greek) MP in the Albanian Parliament: “90% of the population want union with Greece” Thoma Miço, an MP from the Union for Human Rights party, which is represented in the Albanian Parliament with two MPs (the representative of the 60,000-strong Greek minority in Albania, alongside other Greek representatives in the other Albanian parties), told the American newspaper “International News” that 90 percent of the population here want union with Greece. “When the newspaper pressed him about his position, Miço replied: ‘Me too, of course!’” the newspaper reports, adding that a member of this minority cannot speak on behalf of 90% of the 60,000-strong Greek minority in Albania.

For the attention of Lord D. Owen To establish peace in Bosnia, all the cards in play must be taken into account: that the Bosniaks (Muslims) are the majority, that the Serbs have been neighbors, that the Croats hold the geostrategic position, and that the name Bosnia belongs to the Bosniaks (Muslims). After this bloody war, Bosnia-Herzegovina cannot exist as a multiethnic state. In my opinion, one part of it should be joined to Croatia, one part to Serbia, while the remaining part should stay Bosniak (Muslim); they would inherit the name Bosnia and the state recognized by the United Nations. The part that is to join Croatia must be territorially contiguous with Croatia, and the Serbian part likewise with Serbia and the Serbs of Croatia, while the Bosniaks (Muslims) must be assured access to the Adriatic Sea and a contiguous connection with Slovenia (the Krajina, populated mainly by Muslims and controlled by Serbia). To achieve this, entire villages and towns would have to be moved from one part of Bosnia to another, which is tragic and unforeseeable. But it is less tragic and more preventable than what has happened and what may still happen if peace is not established. Naturally, the population transfer would take place with the assistance of UN troops, with every individual and family given the opportunity to declare which citizenship they wish to hold. Agreement on this partition exists between the Serbs and Croats. The [unclear] for the Bosniaks (Muslims), who are not at fault for obstructing it, would be the division of territory in proportion to the number of inhabitants before the war. In this way, the Serbian and Croatian leaders would be satisfied that they had fulfilled their “historic obligations”: the creation of a Greater Serbia and a Greater Croatia. But the Bosniak (Muslim) leaders would also fulfill their “historic duties”: creating their own independent state in an adequate territory. NEXHMEDIN SPAHIU

KOSTA TOMORRI Misusing the freedom enjoyed in the country where one is accredited and, what is worse, exploiting the diplomatic post to promote ideas and aims with expansionist tendencies are the most blatant forms of violating diplomatic status; unfortunately, we have had occasion to see this at several embassies accredited in Tirana. In the latest example, the Romanian embassy seems to have acted as though it had not been informed of the relevant circumstances; this may be because it thought that those violating diplomatic status would voluntarily withdraw from this activity. However, when such actions take the form of very serious provocations against the very existence of the Albanian people, one cannot remain silent. One such extremely serious provocative act is that of the Romanian embassy in Tirana, which announced through the newspapers “RD” and “ZP” of 14 September that it “is awarding 72,000 euros in subsidies for Romania in the century of [unclear] against the Albanian people,” with the first condition for applicants to qualify being “an official certificate of their Romanian or Aromanian origin.” This is an anti-Albanian demand made by anti-Albanians; it is as absurd as it is provocative towards the Albanian people and the Albanian state. In the admissions criteria of schools throughout the civilized world, we have seen requirements concerning language, age, diplomas, academic degrees, etc., but never race or ethnicity. With this provocative demand for a so-called “official certificate of Romanian or Aromanian origin,” the Romanian Embassy is seeking to create an unprecedented precedent against an entire people. So that Romanians may [unclear] “this and such” with their own faith and state, “not Albanians but Romanians, Aromanians or Moldovans,” so that they may rise up and cause [unclear], disorder and the destruction of the Albanian government, create a Greek [unclear] of the Albanian government, divide the Albanian Government, create a community of citizens “[…]” that recognizes “ethnic affiliations” and non-ethnic affiliations, and issue official certificates as well. This official certificate is required for accreditation, and the Romanian Embassy’s Ambassador Badeshi [unclear] intends it for those 72 Romanian, Aromanian or Moldovan scholarship recipients who are to benefit, requiring them to prove their “Aromanian origin.” Apparently, in Bucharest, with the killing of Çausheksit, it was not only economic repression and Balkan megalomania that sought to extend Romania into the spaces between the Black Sea, the Aegean and the Adriatic. At some point the Romanian arbitration [unclear] is such that it seeks, through culture, to use “pressure from below” by Romanians, Aromanians or Moldovans against the Albanian Government or State. Because no government or genuinely democratic state in the world can… (continued on page 4)

At the plenary session of Parliament held on 13.9.1993, the MPs were in for a surprise: at some desk there was an open letter concerning a statement made a few days earlier by Thoma Miço, an MP representing the Greek minority in Albania. This was the presentation of a speech by an American delegation, according to which the delegation of the Parliamentary Commission for Relations with Greece had stated that “Zëri i Popullit” would be published throughout Albania, that the Parliament’s Presidium had made a mistake by distributing the newspaper “Zëri i Popullit,” and that it had not supported a letter for the MP who made this statement. This was an incident showing how widespread this issue is in our Parliament. Mr. Chairman of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly, I consider it necessary to make the following statements: 1. The American newspaper INTERNATIONAL NEWS, dated 7 August 1993, and the latest issue of the newspaper “Saranda” reported, among other things, the statement by Albanian MP Mr. Thoma Miço: “90% of the population here want union with Greece.” Asked about this personal statement of his, Mr. Miço added: “Me too, of course!” I request an explanation from Mr. Miço regarding this statement. 2. The Chairman of the Saranda District Council, Mr. Vasil Çako, extends this demand for union with Greece as far as the border and the surrounding settlements, declaring explicitly: “Otherwise it cannot happen without blood being shed,” thus speaking of the coming day, of war and bloodshed. 3. The newspaper “Omonaia” continuously promotes the so-called “union” and, in a sophisticated or completely open manner, makes declarations and spreads disinformation to the public inside and outside Albania. This is anti-Albanian and unconstitutional propaganda that undermines the territorial integrity of the Republic of Albania and state security and order through public propaganda in the press that deceives and incites destabilization, violence and bloodshed, while also violating Article 2 of the law on fundamental human freedoms and rights that we have just adopted. I call on Parliament to take a position on this anti-Albanian and unconstitutional phenomenon, and on the competent state organizations to act in accordance with the law. I also ask the Presidium of the Assembly to put the draft press law, which has been prepared and awaits this Assembly’s approval, on the agenda as soon as possible.

President Berisha briefed the delegation on developments in the country and emphasized Albania’s determination to integrate into Europe and into Western security structures. “We aim to become members of NATO, with the goal of joining this alliance,” he said. President Berisha said at a [unclear] that “the Western security mechanisms had not been prepared to deal with the responsibilities of the regimes that emerged in the former communist countries after the fall of the Iron Curtain.” The President also stressed that the problems of the countries of Eastern Europe should be addressed with a general plan, like the postwar Marshall Plan. According to ATSH

She has not been seen on any of Tirana’s streets since Sunday, Wednesday in Tirana. Many insist that they saw her entering and leaving Parliament. Some say they opposed her entry into Parliament, while others insist she did enter Parliament, but that since then she has disappeared from Parliament. “I saw her eating an apple in the rooms of the parliamentary chamber.” Someone else said she had hidden behind the [unclear] “lodge of Namik Hoti.” Later she stood up where Ambassador George Miku usually sits, and from over there the Greek [unclear] insulted MP Miço throughout the session. “It is not true,” Wednesday said, “that 90 percent of the population want union with Greece, since more than 40 percent want union with Romania.” Another statement by Wednesday in Parliament No. 6 shook even the thick walls of the great hall. “I demand,” he said, “independence for the Albanian minority, not only in Albania. Albania cannot be admitted to the Council of Europe if it does not respect the rights of the Albanian minority, which is estimated at somewhat more than 15 percent.” It is not known how true Wednesday’s statements in Parliament were, but at midday on Wednesday she was seen walking with a “Cooper” cigarette on the steps of Hotel Dajti while waiting, as she herself said, for Romanian and Greek intellectuals invited to a grand cocktail party. Late in the day she asked Artjan Tepelena for an interview on TV. “Even the deputy chairman of the PS, Dokle, is Aromanian,” Wednesday said on the television steps. “But Dokle knows his origin. That is not right.” “I am a dissident,” Wednesday said. “I want Ramiz Alia to call me a dictator. I was against dictatorship. Read the book I wrote: now I want recognition.” Very late, much later, Wednesday evening, she went along the capital’s main boulevard shouting: “Viron Koka is not crazy.” The Tirana community does not give the rubbish to Plehëri. Dokle is appointed coordinator of the Council of Europe for Albania. The Socialist Party will announce independent candidates. The intellectuals were put in prison on Wednesday. Rats, and even the day… [unclear]. THE CHRONICLER

In the next issue, the newspaper “Republika” will publish secret materials about the (mis)use of millions of dollars by PPSH until April 1991 to export Enver Hoxha’s theory around the world and support “Zëri i Popullit.”

Also worth noting are Mr. Lapo’s statements, which say: “S. Spahia, who essentially said that this part of Albania should be with Greece.” Mr. Markarian, with his usual Greek “assurances,” declared that the “official position” of the PBDNJ had not changed. Also worth noting are the changing of borders and union with Greece. In general, there were no other strong reactions to Mr. Miço’s unconstitutional story. Perhaps this was because some MPs were taken by surprise or were tickled by the Greek side. The “Republika” reporter