The rift between the Prime Minister and the Presidency deepens. Nano's aide sets off a scandal
Fino Insults Meidani
Nano eliminates Neritan Ceka. The prosecution indicts Bleta; Malaj is an accomplice. Anti-boycott figures emerge at the head of the DP
The State—An Appendage of Politics
. The Republicans are making convincing efforts to shed light on the hidden class character of the new business and governing elites, which are intertwined with corruption and smuggling. The government is directly connected to smuggling, party leader Mediu stated yesterday at a press conference. This is not a question of excessive radicalism, but of the relationship between politics and morality. If organized crime continues, this will end in the hopeless dominance of dirty politics—a politics that soils everything and solves nothing. No political-legal community in the world could secure such a politics, one with no commitment to humanism and rationality. This means that there is no powerful and prestigious institution either, and that policy on people's rights is an abstract notion. The government exercises power from a position that is not one of power, while this process is accompanied by a complex of social problems and
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Croatia, the surprise of this World Cup. The “Tulips” of Holland left the medals to the Balkan team
Scandal in Tirana: Private Clinics Sell Children's Organs
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Inside:
RP: Anti-mafia prosecutors' corps, specialized courts for crime
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Kosovo: Flames of war head toward Prizren; the Serbian army stokes tensions. 22 buses carrying soldiers arrive
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Sabri Godo: “My Poor Fellow Fighters.” The co-chairman of the Constitutional Commission reveals the secrets of the work inside and outside the commission: Property prevailed over anti-property
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Albania at the Experimental Theatre Festival: “The Museum” travels to Cairo. Kadare makes his debut as a playwright. Zhani Ciko's “Virtuosos” celebrate their anniversary
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FRANCE '98 TODAY: THE GRAND FINAL
. Zagallo: We have many Zidanes. Possible line-ups for the final. World Cups in figures. Pages 20–21
Former Prime Minister Meksi for “Republika”: Here is who is smuggling. Garuli: Albanian politics exploits Europe’s name
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An officer reveals the secret of SHIK’s relations with the CIA; Egyptians tried in absentia
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Police battle in Kuçovë. Hours of terror in Shishtufin. KLD proposes Kondi. Guard Commander loses his rifle. Terror in Berat: We saw Altin Dardha
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Sunday supplement: Stories by Miler, Nikolla. Fables by Ferit Lamaj, etc. Agolli, the creator of hope
