17/07/1998
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Republika

17 July 1998

Scandal at the Prime Minister’s Office: the money is stolen

The Prosecutor’s Office lets VEFA off. Investigators: It is not a classic pyramid scheme. The government declares 2K a pyramid company; transparency begins within three months Kalakulla challenges the article on property. Godo: In the committee, the wording is DBSH Scandal at the Prime Minister’s Office: the money is stolen Prosecutor’s Office lets VEFA off. Investigators: It is not a classic pyramid scheme. The government declares 2K a pyramid company; transparency begins within three months Chief Prosecutor Rakipi vetoes Berisha Page 2

Albania betrays Kosovo

. It is not enough to embody the nation’s ethnic character; it is also necessary to make the nation accept and endorse it. On the basis of this concept, the process of constituting the Kosovo Parliament, elected in the elections of 22 March 1998, began yesterday in Pristina. Naturally, this constitution is not a fictional utopian project, as the Albanian government and parliament have judged it to be. The Kosovo Parliament responds to a new reality, embodying the will of the Albanian people of Kosovo in their struggle for full independence from Serbia. Precisely because it is this, it was censored by Serbian police forces. But it was also censored by Albanian officials. The Albanian Parliament did not recognize the new Kosovo Parliament, unlike the parliament of 1992. No official greeting was sent to the Kosovo assembly on the occasion of the day it was constituted. The Albanian government could hardly have acted otherwise either. Continued on page 3

AFTER FRANCE ’98

WE ARE NOW IN OPPOSITION AFTER FRANCE ’98 Ronaldo to undergo a new medical examination. Brazilians cancel the Asian tour. “I’m sorry”—that’s enough for Vogst Page 15

Inside:

Mediu: Article 34 also has the PDD’s consensus. Kalakulla: I am PD’s right-hand man. Durollari calls for a new congress. Mazreku loses at the Court of Cassation. 5-S patient disappears. Pages 2–3 Nanos’s opponents disrupt the unity’s calm. Accusations return. Agolli, once again with bombs against the government. The truth about the Nano meeting is revealed—

A belt-tightening meeting at the PD leadership

. Berisha threatens the dissidents: Shut up, I don’t want diversity. 77 MPs sign: No newspaper below cost. After PAD, PSD rebels. The grassroots threaten Gjinushi: Leave the coalition; you have become Nanos’s lackeys Page 5

Swiss Federal Police

: Beware, millions of counterfeit dollars are on their way to Albania. Kurdish clandestine migrants are buying Kosovo passports. Nudists on Portoromano beach; the merchant opens fire on thieves... with fireworks Pages 6–7

48 hours in the life of a mother

. The testimony of a woman who looked death in the eye. The Serbs have committed horrific massacres: They have raped 12- to 13-year-old girls, burned children alive, and killed elderly people. More than 50% of Kosovo is in the hands of the KLA Page 10