Meidani does not arrive in Kukës. The President is summoned to the Prosecutor’s Office SHIK is searching for the Italian’s translator. Italian anti-smuggling forces set the state in motion. The newspaper that accused the Prime Minister is not coming to Albania

Albanians are once again without a state and normal governance. The rulers have just finished the ceremonies celebrating the start of democracy, but democracy and the rule of law are still far away. The country’s economy remains completely paralyzed, and the entire state administration is kept going on the basis of the budget that is expected to be granted to it. As in the socialist regime, there are only paranoid projects for restructuring and for “jobs.” The geopolitics of the left foresees only the provocation of national tendencies, or even the humanitarian impulses of neighboring peoples. The idea of a “protectorate” suits only political traffickers. This is not the first time that the top leaders of the rulers have made such statements. Nano began with the spectacular deception about the return of the money, bluffed at the diplomatic table with Milošević, in his stance toward borrowing companies when he was in Hong Kong, and most recently with the provocation released by a friendly state such as Italy. In irresponsible political and diplomatic adventures. Continued on page 4

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Sweet pomegranate, tender pomegranate, well done, oh lady Sude, well done, and may your life be cut short, because our purse is full. Lady Maksude Kademi, happy we are to have you, the dance sways, all the time, our Sude like a snowdrop flower. Sude, dear, we know your concern, you give each person what is due, Sude, dear, you never got tired once, of all that money you collected. Sude, dear, sweet as honey, who never leaves you in the lurch, Sude, dear, famous star, who thinks of the poor. The Song of Rrapush Xhaferri The field bursts, the mountain shakes, The General is coming to Përmet, Continued on page 16

Alimuçaj raises the alarm: They are stealing our bank accounts Zan Çaushi beats the prison police officers with sticks 16 years in prison for Maz-rreku Pages 2-8 Vranicki awaits the Nobel Prize Berisha lands in Shkodër Pages 3-4 The chief police officer of Berat is summoned to Tirana, the local radio station dismisses him Page 6

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