The chances of coming to power have been provided by the PD Although the elections are still about six months away, propaganda by the two main parliamentary parties, PD and PS, is intensifying greatly. In particular, our attention is drawn to the confidence with which the socialists express themselves about taking power in these elections. Among other things, they also try to justify this return to power by invoking the so-called renewal of the PS. A socialist return to power is not ruled out, just as it cannot be denied that some change has taken place in its line, but it would be wrong to put its “renewal” at the forefront as the decisive factor for the return to power of its former communists or, to be more precise, as an argument to justify such a thing. The socialists claim that the changes in the first draft of their program are the litmus test proving that the PS has nothing in common with the PPSh, from which it inherited its membership base and material resources, not to mention its past. First of all, you can make as many programs as you want; you can express yourself in the finest words in favor of the market economy, integration into Europe or Western structures in general, respect for human rights and freedoms, and so on, because speaking and writing are the easiest things, especially when it comes to making promises. You can say that we will do this or that, but people who were once “burned” by PD’s grand promises can no longer Continued on p. 9

President Berisha Archbishop Janullatos Berisha did not pray in church, but “gave away” a monastery Janullatos: “We want a church in the center of Tirana” The archbishop consoles Pëllumbi over Nano's mother “A cathedral in the center of Tirana, in place of the one occupied by Hotel-Tirana,” was the request Archbishop Janullatos addressed to Sali Kelmendi. Yesterday, at the reception for prominent figures on the occasion of Christmas hosted by the Archbishop of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church, the mayor of Tirana was faced with an unexpected request. In addition to Christmas greetings, Janullatos also asked for what he considered a right of the Orthodox faithful: “Old Tirana,” he told Kelmendi, “had, like two cypresses, two brothers in the center, the mosque and the Orthodox cathedral. The latter was destroyed by the communists, and now it has been replaced by a building. The communists left Tirana one-eyed, and even now it Continued on p. 5

Gjebrea: “I did not copy from “Enigma”” Shehu: “I believe the prizes were predetermined” The biggest competition in Albanian music closes its doors, opening the way to controversy, professional analyses, and backstage whispers, which are common in the world of art. Continued on p. 4 Ardit Gjebrea singing the winning song

Two child traffickers from the Kavaja police station are arrested red-handed. With their arrest, the number of groups involved with impunity in child trafficking in 1995 rises to 5. The perpetrators of this trafficking, 31-year-old A. K. and 28-year-old N. M., had bought the 13-year-old A. D. for 60 thousand lek, in order to send her to Italy, from the other member of the group G. B., who lives in the city of Peqin. The two traffickers from Kavaja had been operating with an orphaned child trafficker from Peqin and had disappeared in an unknown direction. The criminal code in such cases provides for a sentence ranging from 15 years in prison to the death penalty when this trafficking is accompanied by death as a consequence. Given the danger of the phenomenon, the political force in Albania (PR) has called for the death penalty. In conclusion, these deceived and kidnapped girls by traffickers must want the country to return them for prostitution. B.Përmeti

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