18/02/1999
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Republika

18 February 1999

Meta’s wife signs with the DP

After Rambouillet, The Hague is next. The war-crimes report will be submitted today Oçalan, under the effect of a sedative, declares: I am ready to serve Turkey

The investment in peace is at risk of failing

As Rambouillet enters a forced sequence of talks, Milosheviç is strongly opposing the deployment of NATO troops, an element included in the peace plan. The entire international community’s investment in peace appears to have been undone by such opposition. Milosheviçi has begun to play his usual game at the last moment. He is opposing NATO’s presence to divert attention from Kosovo’s status. The Serbian leader knows that NATO is not to be trifled with, but if attention focuses solely on the Alliance’s air strikes, the issue of referendums and the prospects for the parties may be pushed aside. In this way, Rambouillet would be entirely in the Serbs’ favor. Kosovo would remain excluded from the integration process. The crisis would continue for a long time. Milosheviç’s imperialism would lead to civil wars, causing further bloodshed. It is impossible for Milosheviç to abandon pathological Serbian nationalism and become a democratic figure. An agreement that does not provide for independence and [?] Continued, page 3

Arben Malaj has stolen our money

Open letter to the Prime Minister: On 27 November last year, we, the members of the Elbasan Artisans’ Association, sent you a letter in which we asked you to receive one of our representatives, but, as we have been informed, the ladies and young women in your administration did not bring the contents of our letter to your attention. In the newspaper, in the hope that you will read it, or that your subordinates—so negligent—will bring it to your attention. The Ministry of Finance has taken the money we deposited in the bank and is holding it Page 8 Protesters with banners: “VIVE LE KOSOVO LIBRE” [?] “FREE KOSOVO”

Everts, witness to “14 September”

TIRANA: Former head of the Albanian executive Fatos Nano, who submitted his irrevocable resignation a few days after the turmoil of “14 September,” will face the Prosecutor’s Office in addition to problems within his party. “Nano will not only be called as a witness to the events of 14 September, but he is also under investigation on charges of abuse of office.” This is what the chief investigator said yesterday— Page 2

I set fire to the house because my wife left me

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Gaxhai, blond or brunette?

The witness explained that on the night of the incident, 17 armed men without masks had entered his house. He said he did not recognize at all those sitting in the dock. On the night the witness was abducted, according to him, the same group also took his brother, who was found in the city morgue the next day TIRANA: The hearing of the testimony against eight defendants accused of taking part in the ... concludes Page 2

Rambouillet, a victory for the Albanians

P. 4

British Conservatives: PR in EDU

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Am I also in favor of the “Coup d’État”?

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The crisis of trust dictates the solutions

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UCK in Rambouillet: We will not lay down our arms!

P. 10

Inside:

Nano takes refuge in France MP Alushi sues Koçiu in court Page 4