Majko: He asked for a confidence vote; the mistakes are Nano’s

12 Italian ships and helicopters take over the waters and skies of Vlora; Albanian speedboats hide along the coast of Montenegro; 500 illegal migrants are dispersed 36 seats put the Socialist leader in the lead. Nano’s departure paved the way for the Conference 150 Albanians have been on hunger strike for 5 days in a prison in the Peloponnese. P. 3

The West gives lessons to Albanian politics

The state should assume direct functions The state should be entrusted with a monopoly over direct functions—not only political, but also economic ones. What should be demanded by all sides, representatives of the International Community stressed yesterday at the Tirana Conference, are freedom, laws, and Parliament. For the rules of democracy to be respected, Albania needs stability and internal dialogue that is not informal, but institutional. Albanians themselves must ensure the absolute imperatives of survival, relying, of course, also on the unconditional assistance of donors. This means that limited coexistence based on a common language and arising from the dictate of economic expediency must be transformed into an organic and spontaneous reality. Culture and doctrines On page 3

Who are Albania’s friends: those who stand with Majko, or those who have turned their backs on him?

Donors’ Conference halts the PD’s daily press conference

Dini arrives at midday; three ministers miss the session Malloy: Berisha should cooperate with the Government Page 3

KOSOVO

• Serbs still far from a full withdrawal • Kosovo’s two crises • Belgrade speaks calmly • KLA brings people back home • Serbia: incident with neo-Nazis • US: 70 pairs of eyes on Kosovo • Italians hold a demonstration in Kosovo Page 11

POLITICS

Bill and Hillary Clinton exchange letters with Pandeli Pasko Gjinushi: PS should wait 20 years to join the INTERNATIONAL The Tenner Group: Restore Hajdari’s immunity Allies defy the PD; Laço-Bushati say “yes” to the Constitution Ruço writes to Fini P. 4–5

The smuggling sown in Mat is being harvested in Tirana

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RTV Director Klosi begins the purges. Dhimitër Gjoka is dismissed; Zana Cela takes over

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Inside:

Murderer Altin Dardha executed Indefinite detention for Berisha’s former bodyguard Customs officers’ killer escapes from prison Tension at court; prisoners transported in the potato truck New trial for the 6 dismissed judges Page 2 Masked men in police uniforms rob emigrants Durrës: 26 crime victims in 30 days Page 6 Director of Privatization challenges the Court of Appeal Cement puts the Germans up against Vlora and the Court of Cassation The Kombinat quenches the EC’s thirst Majko reallocates funds Minister Rrapi proposes to Italy: Give us visas, and we’ll remove the illegal migrants for you 300 million remain unspent Page 8