21/01/1998
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Republika

21 January 1998

Nothing new from the Albanian political front...

Politics is trapping the state in a conflict The politics of conflict continues to hold Albanians hostage and destabilize life as a whole. After that harsh winter, after the mass arming, after the fires and tragedies that tore at Albanians’ hearts last March, the political horoscope once again predicts misfortune for Albanians. Those who had announced elections in March, facing those who are planning unlimited power even after the year 2000, traded mutual accusations last night over the tense events in Shkodër. The politics of conflict is quite clear: Two strikes in Tirana, a strike in Durrës, a strike in Kavajë, a strike put down in Rrogozhinë, provocations, gunshots, wounded people in Shkodër—enough to reinforce the idea of a political scenario on the scale of a conflict that shows no signs of abating. On the Albanian political front, not a single new signal, nothing new: traps, conflicts, accusations, calls for coups, provocation—everything as before: amateur politics, primitive and spiteful politicians who are ready to ruin Albania for the sake of their seats. And they do it all in the name of the Fatherland, out of love for Albania, to exploit, to be exploited, while democracy is being undermined... They demand legality, while never respecting the rules of the democratic game, without putting the state on a sound footing, the laws, Perhaps the events in Shkodër could also have been avoided, a Europe Continued | page 4

The Shehu–Foresti scandal before the Prosecutor’s Office

War, terror, panic in the city of Shkodër. The Police Station is attacked, the Prefecture is seized. Arms trade: Ngjela’s 9 pages reach Rakipi

Berisha also charged with failing to report a crime

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Who kil led the man who abused Tritan in Lushnje? Page 3 Who killed the man who abused Tritan in Lushnje? Page 3

Fino blocks the inspection

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Inside

□ Demaçi bares his teeth at Rugova The six-thousanders, in three categories The State Security tortures prisoners Page 6 □ The van carrying the Bank of Vlora’s money is attacked; policeman wounded Head of Public Order, smuggler He insults her in front of his wife, meets his death Page 7 □ Hakani and Tusha return to duty Otranto storms the Prosecutor’s Office Ngjela: People want the truth, not political alibis Pages 3, 5 □ Ermenji summons Selfo and Gjergon to Rome Mediu: Gjinushi’s joke Page 4

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