The top U.S. diplomat puts the prime minister and the ministers of Public Order, Defense and SHIK under scrutiny

Lino to Nano: Restore order

The coalition meets; its allies give Nano a hard time. Ceka: The rally was legal. Melo: The arrest was hasty. Nano: Berisha finances crime with the proceeds of crime.

Archive – Zhulali: Berisha showed America Qafë e Thanës

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Government fundamentalism

The political careers of the left-wingers are being accompanied by disillusionment with freedom and pluralism in general. It would be a futile effort to hang the responsibility for political monism solely around Marx’s neck. The political vocabulary of the generations in Albania’s governing coalition is filled with revolutionary and fundamentalist overtones. To provoke Albanians and even international institutions, the idea has been floated of outlawing the DP following the recent organization of protests. Such a policy implies the dismantling of democratic institutions, but paves the way for the installation of a neo-dictatorship. Democracy is an alternative, a choice of values and a commitment. If the tendencies of certain political individuals become legal norms, then justice is distorted. Continued on page 3

Minarolli: Nano is provoking us with SHIK agents. Prime Minister: Berisha is provoking us with contingents of criminals

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KOSOVO

• Yugoslav prime minister accuses Albania of being a KLA sanctuary • Rugova appeals to the West: Save the people of Kosovo • Greece defends the Serbs in Brussels Page 11

POLITICS

DP: We have not stopped working on the Constitution Kurt Kola on trial as a criminal New DP names on the list of the accused Ekrem Bardha: History will condemn us Arbër Xhafer[r]i: We will suffer the same fate as Rugova Godo: It is political hysteria to call for the DP to be outlawed Pages 3–5

SPORTS

Bejkush Birçe: The Assembly is illegal Champions League: Barcelona in the “group of death” IKF complains to the police Page 15

ECONOMY

“Velia” with a new cigarette brand Arben Malaj will not make “Iliria” a torch Bufi orders the ministries to privatize the enterprises An American project abandons Albania Pages 8–9

Inside:

The Guard rebels against the ministry He came from America; arrested at Rinas Kokëdhima sues Arapi Appeals filed by lawyers over the arrest of former ministers Page 2 Leka Zogu: There can be no compromise with criminals DP mobilizes women 52 Kurds and 2 Africans stopped at Rinas Police attacked with an anti-tank weapon Pages 3, 5, 7

PRESS CONFERENCE

Today at 10:00, at the PR Headquarters, Chairman Mediu will hold a press conference