VEFA’s man in the justice system is dismissed. The reason: Suspicious money transactions Strange events at Zani Çaushi’s sensational trial. Prosecution and defense witnesses speak with one voice

By Arben ILIAZI The Serbs categorically reject a referendum, while the representatives of the Albanians insist that the temporary, three-year solution to the crisis can be accepted only if a referendum on independence after three years is guaranteed and NATO, with its military presence, guarantees implementation of the Agreement. The Albanian delegation defends the will of the people, while the Serbian side blackmails in the name of “Serbia’s sovereignty”. The people of Kosovo have a national consciousness that cannot coexist with a criminal regime, while Serbia has no sovereignty to defend, since it is a remnant of former Yugoslavia and, as such, has no identity. The formula used and repeated in Rambouillet by Serbian President Milan Milutinoviç seeks to keep Kosovo hostage, ignoring the peace talks and all international diplomacy. The Serbs’ paranoia about Kosovo as their territory represents the height of national-communist frenzy and heralds the destruction of the entire region. Greater Serbian chauvinism has never accepted the existence of the Albanian people as equals with others. The policy of clearing “its own” ground to make Serbia “ethnically” pure began when the Serbian state was created in 1878, and was continued by Yugoslavia from 1918 until 1992. After 1941 this poli-[?] Continues, page 3

Inside: The Prime Minister: I will dismiss the head of SHIK Page 3 Factional feud in the SP over the date of the congress The date for convening the congress once again sets off a feud among the factions in the largest party in the coalition

After covering up the railway-car scandal, the Deputy Prime Minister takes “Republika” to court TIRANA: Don’t write anything against Ilir Meta, or else you’ll have to answer to the Tirana prosecutors. This, at least, is the message recently put out by the number two in the Albanian Government. The substance he wanted to spread, following the latest scandal over the railway-car tender, is not at all pleasant. Consider that many prosecutors, who have demonstrated their inability to produce evidence for the charges in many recent trials of common murderers, suddenly perk up when they see in the chairs opposite them people who agree

The date for convening the congress once again sets off a feud among the factions in the largest party of the governing coalition. the governing coalition. So far, three options have been put forward for the date on which the SP’s extraordinary congress should be convened. March, proposed by former Socialist leader Fatos Nano, seems to have lost any chance of being the month of the congress, which, according to the new Socialist officials, will save the SP from the factions and the struggle between them. October is another proposal that has emerged from the ranks of the Socialist leadership, specifically from the young members

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Today at 10:00 at the PR headquarters, the leadership will hold a press conference

OLLBRAJT: Today I’m going to Rambouillet Page 11 MEDIU: Politics suffers from inflation of ideas Page 3 GJINUSHI: The trial saves me from the accusations Page 5 AGOLLI: Nano has no right to decide Page 5 OLLBRAJT: Today I’m going to Rambouillet; MEDIU: Politics suffers from inflation of ideas; GJINUSHI: The trial saves me from the accusations; AGOLLI: Nano has no right to decide