EU sanctions against Belgrade. UÇK: Albanians, take up arms—either death or freedom SHIK has deployed the UÇK fighter Konjaku gets the creditors out. The government finds the money War fever intensifies, 4 American warships in Albania Page 2

Milo “betrays” Milošević “The conflict in Kosovo is no longer an internal matter of Yugoslavia, now that thousands of refugees have arrived in Albania...”, declared Albanian Foreign Minister Milo at the meeting of the countries of the southern Balkans in Istanbul. At last, the Albanian government has publicly announced its “divorce” from Milošević. Now that the foreign ministers of the European Union have agreed to halt all new investment in Serbia and freeze Belgrade’s assets in the 15 member countries, without ruling out discussion of possible military sanctions, the Albanian foreign minister, with Milošević, would block European investment in Albania as well. However hard it may be to emphasize, the cautious diplomats, Albanian diplomacy is... With him we share “Milos” in Istanbul, Entirely... our minister... of Yugoslavia... is... “a matter of ...” With him page 3

The heat melts away at the beach; 30,000 residents of Vlora and Fier fill Vlora’s forgotten beach. Greek soldiers throw an Albanian emigrant into an abyss. Page 7 Football Club ‘Tirana’ scandals: Metush Seferi hands the money over to Metush Seferi. Millan Baçi: I put my name on the field; I won’t sell it for Seferi’s or Kaceli’s money. World Cup: Paris sounds the alarm: Beware of fundamentalists. Pages 12–15 Photo: A.Babani

Americans at the PR headquarters. DBSH addresses the electorate: Remember yesterday and today, and vote. The Ngjela Commission... and the troubles never end Page 3 Berisha: The hour of war has come. Vlora, terror by the authorities. Kurt Kola back at the helm. Balli: Selfo takes Gjergo with him, Roqi, Ermenji’s deputy. The Ministry of Local Government obstructs the CEC Page 4 Serbs with bullets, Albanians with songs. Songs for Pranvera, candles for freedom. State reserves in Lunder attacked. The highway runs red with blood; eight wounded, one dead. Page 5 70 kilograms of marijuana in a dinghy. The NATO crew sets off for the North. Elbasan empties two dormitories for those expelled from Serbia; Durrës houses 600 arrivals; a man from Kruja donates his two-storey house to the Kosovars. Pages 2–6