01/08/1998
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Republika

1 August 1998

Terrorism frightens the Ministry of Public Order

Socialist MPs against Bleta. Agolli: Bleta should name the MPs who brought in the smuggled trucks. Malaj defeats Bundo Gang warfare in Tirana. A highly wanted man is executed 40 bullets and four victims terrorize the capital

Albanians face their last chance

Milosheviç urgently calls for talks with the Albanian side on Kosovo’s future status , while President Rugova considers it difficult to begin these talks without the preliminary conditions being guaranteed. The fuel powering Milosheviç’s war machine is now at a critical level, which is why Serbia is turning to dialogue. But will the Serbs be able to submit to the logic of a real and genuine dialogue, without objections from the Albanian side and the International Community, which will certainly play the role of observer? Within six [?], the Serbs will continue to remain offspring of the Greater Serbia project, and will therefore continue to inherit all its expansionist sentiments and anti-Albanian logic. Dissatisfied with Kosovo’s status, the Albanians are creating a politically strong [?] integrated space. Continued on page 3

SPORT: Kluivert has one foot at Manchester. Paris SG punishes the champions. The Americans remain in second place.

SPORT: Kluivert has one foot at Manchester. Paris SG punishes the champions. The Americans remain in second place. Page 15

CULTURE

The people of Durrës congratulate the “Great Master of Labour” Page 13

Bezhani: Better an eye than a reputation. A row behind closed doors in the PSD. Selfo: I’m leaving the party, but not Parliament

Tomorrow in the “Sunday Supplement”

Exclusive for “Republika”: an interview with the author of the novel “Large Families,” Moris Dryon, now the permanent secretary of the French Academy. Vath Koreshi: “Nonconformism must not take on the color of arrogance.” Stories, essays and poems by Moikom Zeqo, Alban Bala and Alphonse De Lamartin, as well as travel notes by Naun Kules

PRESS CONFERENCE

Today, at 10:00, the PR leadership will hold a press conference in the hall

Inside:

The Union for Democracy is left without a salary. Pollo: The SP risks failing to pass the Draft. Godo: I alone hoped for the DP’s return. Mëdiu: A Coalition Government in Kosovo is positive Pages 3–4 Milo: We will not declare war on Serbia over two [?] at the border. Who is in charge of our embassy in Sofia? Page 5 The 32 smuggling cases pardoned by Berisha are being reopened for investigation. A minor is raped; two criminals and [?] an arsenal [?] are apprehended Page 2 The Nano file lies dormant in the Prosecutor’s Office archive. Prostitution, the pampered crime. Of 19 cases, only 3 end in prison Page 6