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Republika

5 March 1998

Has international diplomacy failed in Kosovo?

The failure of international diplomacy to respond to the bloody crisis in the former Yugoslavia, particularly in Kosovo, has prompted political forces and various representatives of Albanians, on both sides of this administrative border, to pursue broader cooperation, aiming to converge on a pan-national consensus. With the exception of Mr. Nano’s government, which reacted to the latest tragedy in Kosovo in a bureaucratic style, carrying out a number of exhausted diplomatic rituals by sending letters and telegrams to international chanceries, all political forces—certainly excluding those that are pro-Greek—reminded the International Community that without resolving the Kosovo issue in favor of full independence and recognition of the legitimate Republic, the situation in the former Yugoslavia will remain… Continued on page 3

Berisha “sells out” his friends to the Prosecutor’s Office

Girls’ dormitory attacked. 30 minutes of terror, the caretaker [unclear], the graduating student abducted Bezhani squeezes Gjata: He spied on Albanians who came from across the border The Police Director in Vlora is held hostage Page 7

Inside:

Service passport applications open Wanted for murder, caught for theft Hearing postponed for Uka, who killed Uka Sahiti detained after the rally Page 2 Inflatable boat carrying 15 undocumented migrants intercepted; 30-year-old dies beneath the propeller Two Albanian children die in Greece Two months in prison for 400 g of corn The thieves of 16 rockets take the stage F 6-7

Godo: Let us forget our differences before the Nation Begeja: Together against the butcher of the Balkans

Pages 3-4

Alimucaj: I will buy the properties myself

Page 8

PR invites the opposition to a round table

At PR’s initiative, today at 9:00 a.m., a round table on the issue of the Land Law will be held in one of the halls of the Palace of Congresses, to which the opposition’s parliamentary parties have been invited: PD, PLL, PBK, PDD, PDK, PBSD, LD, BD, Conservative Party, PBDK. Representatives of the press and media organizations are invited to attend.

Yesterday at the “Union for Democracy” rally, with VEFA flags Photo: P. Ilo

The state drives a knife into property

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