DBSH boycotts rallies for the Constitution. Today, PD will reveal the mystery behind the boycott
Summonses for Hajdari are being issued
SHIK drags Parliament into a dispute. The majority ignores the President’s proposal.
Meidani: MPs, ministers and the administration must report to SHIK
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Italians want Sazan; one-on-one talks between the two ministers
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The hybrid state, the Albanian fate
Jervelino gives the green light to liberalizing visas with Italy.
[Top of headline cut off] the Albanian fate
DBSH: The Constitution is essential, including for new elections
DBSH’s long-standing option is reiterated: adoption of the Constitution, followed by new elections.
Rejection of the Constitution is not a sufficient condition for calling elections. That would mean playing politics in “closed circles.” The Constitution is the fundamental law of the state. It also contains an electoral law that has been considered suitable for a normal electoral process, and not for monopolizing power. The constitutional package that has been worked on to date has allowed governing majorities to make institutional patches, which has led to disorder and confusion. The PS and PD have accepted none of the institutions established by one another, and thus the state has taken on the shape of a formless tribe and
Mediu received Oliver Dupuis
for the liberalization of visas with Italy.
Why shouldn’t we believe it? The promise comes from a woman. Let us hope she will not deceive us, as the men of the Italian state have done
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Mediu received Oliver Dupuis
Yesterday, Republican Party leader Mediu received at Rinas Airport the MEP and Secretary-General of the Transnational Radical Party, the Honorable Olivier Dupuis. More on page 3
PRESS CONFERENCE
Today at 11:00, at the Rogner, Mediu and Dupuis will hold a press conference
Inside:
Trade unionism, in prison. Musaku: Lubani gave me the keys. We had notified Police Region No. 3. At last, an official opposed to Europe is found. Klosi against foreigners. Page 2. America, the traffic policeman on Albanian roads. OSCE car stolen. “Gjallica”: fugitive loan-sharks sought. Midnight murder, a knife after the toast. Page 7. Winter brings water, takes away the lights. Protest outside the Durrës prefecture. Pesticides poison well water. Police clear “Morrin” of drugs. Two villages quarrel over an olive grove. Arapi postpones returning the money. Pages 6, 9
KOSOVO
• Kosovo: The war will resume in the spring
• Clinton: Milošević offered a chance, not a guarantee
• Ferizaj, major military build-ups
• EU dissatisfied with the Balkan Slavs
• OSCE, NATO must ensure our safety
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POLITICS
Berisha remembers the intellectuals
Ceka: Why does the Democratic leader no longer mention the name of Azem’s killer?
Legisi: Ilir Zela could become a great writer
Parliament names the Campaign Committee for the Referendum
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SPECIAL: Albania—a weapons depot of the Balkans
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Turkey, 75 years as a Republic
A rare manuscript in the Central State Archive of Albania
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