The state relinquishes control over the country’s economy. The Tirana Stock Exchange, a branch of the Greek stock exchange. Three foreign banks enter into business with Albanian finances
NATO asks Milosheviç for help in attacking the UÇK
Yesterday NATO issued a Cassandra-like message, marking the beginning of disillusionment with the whole array of plans for military intervention in Kosovo.
The Secretary of the Atlantic Alliance, Solana, during a meeting with Rugova in Brussels, told the leader of the Albanians that “NATO does not support Kosovo’s independence” and that “the Albanians must immediately resume dialogue with the Serbian side, without preconditions!” Neither the Contact Group nor any other international bodies have been able to formulate this ultimatum to date. It is known that the Albanians have expressed their goodwill by being the first to put forward the idea of a compromise for a lasting solution, but it was the Serbian side that ignored the dialogue process, failing to meet any of the Albanian side’s demands. The International Community itself has stated that Milosheviç wanted to exploit the dialogue and that the Albanians have no reason to continue. Lessons amid the escalation of Serbian military attacks. But pre-
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Letter from Kosovo: “No to Berisha; the UÇK won’t go to Rugova like a goat to the butcher.” Nano from Crete to the UÇK (7 months of evolution in the Prishtina-Tirana-Belgrade triangle)
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The brothers Adem and Hamza Jashari were buried by the Serbs, two symbols of the UÇK in Drenica
KLEMENT ZGURI: The people of Shijak should turn to memory: “Who burned their city and who defended it.” Robert Ndrenika: The people of Shijak have understood that neither PD nor PS can solve their problems. Zhani Ciko: DBSH, a political formation that protects the individual.
KLEMENT ZGURI: The people of Shijak should turn to memory: “Who burned their city and who defended it.”
Robert Ndrenika: The people of Shijak have understood that neither PD nor PS can solve their problems.
Zhani Ciko: DBSH, a political formation that protects the individual.
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Klement Zguri, DBSH candidate for mayor of Shijak
“Republika” has two pages on the France ’98 World Cup
Spain wins by a wide margin and cries, beating Nigeria twice. Denmark advances to the next round despite losing. Cameroon: racism erupts. Nesta gives way to the great old man. Bookmakers assess the odds.
Figures and records for today’s match-ups: Netherlands-Mexico, Belgium-South Korea, Germany-Iran and USA-Yugoslavia
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DBSH threatens: We will abandon the elections! PD-PS compromise revealed
The former interior minister gave investigators a hard time
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TVSH barely censors Vaso Pasha and Mirush Kabashi
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The PS chairman in Shijak manipu-lates the PD candidate for mayor. Godo: Nano’s snobbery harms Kosovo. Summer arrives, MPs leave. Berisha’s request for a referendum is rejected. Serbian tanks and artillery pointed toward Albania
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Court of Appeals documentation disappears. The Pope blesses the Catholic University of Durrës. Nurses become pharmacists. The “dead man” in Greece returns with a bride from Canada
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The Mati assassination attempt comes to Tirana. Italian anti-mafia authorities gather speedboats. A hydroelectric power plant is blown up. Judges oppose testing. The chairman incites the judges’ rebellion.
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Children exchange notebooks for bullets. The people of Lushnjë pay for votes with water
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The leadership of the National Front Party informs all branch chairmen in the districts that the next meeting will be held on Saturday, 27 June 1998, at 10:00 a.m., at the PBK party’s central headquarters in Tirana. Please ensure your attendance.
Gorbachev’s speech in Katowice, autumn 1986
Let left-wing, centrist and right-wing political parties be created, but let them be controlled and directed by us, the communists. - The party that takes political power will curse communism from top to bottom, so that we can win the sympathy of the West.
Those who were convicted and persecuted should be brought closer so that they support us, but we will not give them power, because they will seek revenge...
