24/04/1998
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Republika

24 April 1998

Agolli: Debate in the KPD over Brokaj’s sex life

Berisha: I’m not going to Ngjela. Lino, to Nano: Cooperate with Meidani Pëllumbi once again opposes Nano. Ministers have not met with Nano for 4 months. Gjinushi takes note of the spokesperson. Lino and Evert leave Berisha frees five police officers Page 6

Referendum heightens tensions in Kosovo. Milošević responds to the Contact Group with heavy artillery

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The President turns the “roles” upside down

Shut away for several days in his “ivory tower,” President Meidani has finally “produced” a “masterpiece,” presented as a lesson in democracy addressed to members of parliament. So lecture-like and so “concise” that it would be difficult to read during a regular parliamentary term. With this “work,” in addition to the titles and degrees he already holds, Meidani also deserves the title of “Doctor honoris Causa.” Now all Albanians, including Nano’s government ministers, have surely become convinced that the President deserves the job he happened to land in, since not only has he carried out the plan for “building the state,” but he has surpassed it. After this entire lesson, President Nano too will know how to govern, MPs will know how to vote and make laws, judges will no longer take bribes, and local officials will give up… Continued on page 3

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Eight pages of allegations against 15 military officers. Ownership file disappears from the court. Alarm: Chemical danger for Albania. Page 2 PR engages young people. Albali: A reminder about “Zëri i Popullit”. Page 4 Guard captain killed; Guard corporal… The SHIR is missing from police stations. Largët, its only woman. Page 5 Kurdish alarm in the South. Abdiu in place of Gjata. Page 6 A day of attacks on road police officers. Bullets fired at six traffic officers. Page 7 Counterfeit dollars take refuge in a bank. Italians close the gates. Switzerland gives the O.K. Page 9 Albanian fabulist Ferit Lamaj, popular in Europe, banned in Albania. Edi Rama speaks as a minister. Page 13