The story of the tragedy of the Polish “Juliet” and the Albanian “Romeo” P. 7

With only 12 days left until the referendum on November 22, the political thermometer shows that the clinical signs are para[-]

With only 12 days left until the referendum on November 22, the political thermometer shows that the clinical signs are warning of the same illness Albania has experienced in election campaigns since May 26 and the battles that followed. The referendum is being swept up in political fever and, judging by the signs, the country will not easily withstand the hurricane swirling across the darkened sky of clan-based politics, which for eight years has been putting Albanians through the same routine: forward, backward... back and forth! warning of the same illness Albania has experienced in election campaigns since May 26 and the battles that followed. The referendum is being swept up in political fever and, judging by the signs, the country will not easily withstand the hurricane swirling across the darkened sky of clan-based politics, which for eight years has been putting Albanians through the same routine: forward, backward... back and forth! The Republican Party is the first political force among the 39 parties and Albanian political groups to have called on Albanian politicians to depoliticize and defuse the referendum process on the Draft Constitution, but this message seems to have fallen into a vacuum. Albanian politicians have lost their hearing and an appointment with an ear, nose and throat specialist is essential. Each party only talks; none listens. In short, each party prefers to hear its own bells. The Socialist Party and its allies began their campaign on State Television as if that channel were the private property of the parties of the “Alliance for the State.” The DP—which, it must be admitted, had been waiting for the opportunity as a noisy opposition—got what it wanted and began acting out its complexes in the Central Election Commission. It’s not ours Continued on page 3

Love had blossomed among emigrants in Germany. In the photo: Polish woman Violeta Gjoshek and her Albanian fiancé, Klodian Muho The referendum is inflaming the climate. RP: It isn’t coming from the parties, but the law is being violated. Mediu: The Government is to blame Gjirokastra sounds the alarm: the commissions have not been set up Page 3

Peace in the polling station commission; the quarrel is inflaming politics. Socialists: Democrats tore up the lists. Berisha: SHIK is preparing unrest.

Zani’s trial: Frightened witnesses deny themselves. Prosecutor threatened. Zani Çaushi’s brother wounded. The highway, the road to the other world; 18 accidents in October. P. 2. Albanians, victims of racism and the state’s impotence. Greek police kill another Albanian emigrant. Italian drug addict in the Judicial Police station. P. 6. 15 Russians celebrate the Revolution in Elbasan. “Benz” cars robbed in Mallakastër; bus attacked in Lushnjë. P. 7. 200 investors leave Albania. The Union sounds the alarm over the investment crisis in the country. 43 businesses abandon tourism. FABA’s batteries are running out. Pages 8–9

’s crisis destabilizes Bosnia, The Dayton Peace Agreement at risk Terrifying testimony by a Swedish journalist: Serbs are animals After Kosovo, war in Montenegro Prizren: Albanian corpses in the morgue P. 11

The EU reprimands Albanian politicians Republicans win the seats “stolen” by the SP and DP The Commission on Public Figures urgently opens the Deputy Minister’s file Mayor Dakli risks 3 years in prison Majko brings Koçi to his knees P. 4–5