The new government on Meidani’s table. Desperation reveals the secret of the reshuffle; Majko fails. Nano’s deputies do not agree.
PR Assembly: The parties’ roundtable should initiate an anti-crisis government. Godo: Nano had filled the cup; now you’ve spilled it. Get out!
Prosecutor Rakipi in Italy over the escaped pilots of Mars against Zhulali
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Urgent resignation of the Prime Minister after the blunder in Portugal
Nano chose Portugal to leave Kosovo hostage to Millosheviçi. Now, resign.
…to Milošević. Now, resignation
After the blunder in Portugal
After leaving Kosovo hostage, he no longer has the moral authority to lead the Albanian Government
The country’s general crisis can be overcome only by the resignation of the Nano Government and the formation of a government with temporary status, emerging from a joint roundtable of political forces. The PR National Assembly meeting also reached this conclusion yesterday. The need for a political solution is both rational and urgent. The Nano Government has shown that it is aligned with organized crime, corruption and smuggling. It favors artificial elections that do not meet the needs of Albanian citizens, but only deepen the crisis further. This government is also aligned with anti-Albanianism. According to AFP
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Will “Nano 4” be overthrown?
Do të përmbysët "Nano 4"?
The Fierë hydroelectric power plant is sabotaged, and the owner who killed three customers surrenders. Police beat the PD municipal head; the 35-year-old is brutally killed in his own arena. The pharmacy of the Socialist MP is blown up
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600 students are thrown out onto the street. Mysterious dismissals at “I&M” in Librazhd; the director is close to the limit. The republican youth of Tirana gathers
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Inside
Orphans steal to survive. Lawsuits overwhelm the Court. 2,000 alcoholic beverages seized. Students hold a press conference Page 2 Doctors abandon Skrapar. Masked men wound 3 travelers after robbing them Page 6 Klint[o]n resigns! Jelcin: Russians, don’t hang your heads. The shadow of a new war over Kabul. Demirel condemns the killing of Iranians by the Taliban Page 11
Press Conference
Today, 10:00
At the PR headquarters, the leadership is holding a press conference.
POLITICS
• Nano causes the next scandal in Lisbon
• Godo: I will urgently call for his resignation in Parliament.
• Hajdari was drunk.
• PS: Every rally will have a counter-rally behind it.
PD: For every counter-rally, there will be a rally.
• Brokaj: The presidency now decides the Government; we are not in a hurry. Meidani goes to Greece
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KOSOVO
• Albanians still believe in Western mercy; the Security Council “understands nothing.”
• Rahovec: Villages razed to the ground
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ECONOMY
• Administrators guide the sale price of the assets.
• The value is determined by buyers
• Now a savings bank with international standards
P. 8
CULTURE
Fest '98 at death’s door. The MTV giant hands out the awards; Madonna triumphs. The greats of painting in the album. Folk-song veterans in Barcelona
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