Tritan Shehu: The robber was my neighbor. I reported him as far back as ’96
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Republika
14 March 1999
A police officer was also among the group that abducted the 18-year-old.
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The truth emerges after 80 years: Mata Hari, executed by the French, “was not a spy.”
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Mediu: The Council of Europe representative will also attend the roundtable on the death penalty
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Diplomacy in the clutches of populism
Albanian diplomacy once again reappears as a distorted version of itself.
After accepting the Serbian positions on Kosovo, officially presented by Greek Foreign Minister Papandreou, Mr. Milo “rejected,” in Greek fashion, a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Balkans. The refusal was accompanied by unrestrained national-communist-style propaganda. “We cannot sit at the same table with Milošević,” Milo declared, striking pathetic poses in an attempt to whitewash the entire record of the current government and its predecessor, led by Nano. Milo has finally revealed that, in his mission as head of diplomacy, there are also interests that deserve respect. In our Foreign Minister’s interpretation, the National Question does not stem from constitutional rights and the will of the people, but from the politics of the day. This is why the diplomatic activity of the left-wing coalition government has produced only hypocrisy and fearful conformism.
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Secret investigation at the top of the police force
In the Sunday supplement:
Poems and stories by Brahim Avdyli, Izet Shehu, Pëllumb Zefi, Katina Mitrushi, Etleva Tafa Fehmi Kelmendi, Dhimitër Gabici, etc.
Inside:
• Serbia sheds blood in Kosovo. 6 dead, 58 wounded
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• Majko to the Serbs: Don’t you dare touch us!
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• Republicans protest to Everts and Papaconstantinou
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• Kondi: The judges had gone too far
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• VELIA warns; Majko hides behind Mother Teresa
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