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By Agim BAÇI A peace plan has appeared on the horizon of the conflict in Kosovo. The major powers have made an unexpected move, but NATO recognizes only its five points. As a diplomatic move, it is indeed to be welcomed, since whatever the outcome, it is the political decision that is signed. But is it normal in terms of the way and the timing in which this plan appeared on the scene? Was there any reason for it to enter the political arena precisely at this time, and does it serve a just resolution of the Kosovo issue? Yesterday Milošević seized on this idea, declaring dreams in the air. But NATO still does not care; it recalls its five points. At first glance, the plan declared “urgent” by the major European powers, although it contains the elements demanded by NATO from the beginning of the conflict, looks like a concession in exchange for Milošević’s release of the three American soldiers and the provision of a travel ticket for Rugova to Rome. (The coincidence of Milošević releasing Rugova precisely on the eve of the “Western bosses’” announcement of the peace plan has very little chance of being accidental.) In any case, although in other respects the peace plan offered by the Western powers appears to follow the diplomatic approach to a solution that the West announced at the beginning of the conflict, it cannot conceal the course that threatens Kosovo’s future. The first and greatest danger for the Albanians, if NATO and the US begin smiling at Milošević, is the loss of the objective that was... Continued, page 8

Why has NATO not declared war on the former Yugoslavia?! A return to Rambouillet, or Kosovo’s return to Serbia?! Why are most Kosovars being sent to Albania?! Faruk MYRTAJ Attacking a state’s embassy is, of course, an extremely serious matter. When it is situated in another country and is attacked there, the responsibility is even greater. All the more so when the punitive intervention in the former former Yugoslavia (Serbia) is carried out in the name of averting a humanitarian catastrophe. The Chinese know this very well, as do all Easterners, and, knowing how to conduct propaganda in the East, they raised their voices to the heavens, up to the heights at which Western aircraft fly. They convened the Security Council and Continued on p. 10

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Italian Bazoli and Romanian Stoica, the men who will officiate the Albanian national team’s next matches Page 12

• Milošević sues NATO in The Hague p. 4 • NATO takes Rugova under its protection p. 5 • Durrës residents wounded in the ranks of the KLA p. 7 • PR: Let the KLA fighter from Kavaja be declared a martyr. Nano’s supporters lay all their cards on the table at a top-secret meeting p. 10 • Humanitarian aid, prices—twice the market rate p. 9 • Godo: Not one to the nail, the other to the horseshoe. Begeja: How can Albanians and Serbs coexist after the crimes? p. 3 • Majko denounces Nano’s potholed roads p. 3 • Once upon a time there was a colorful bus belonging to the Ministry of Culture p. 13 ☎ Kosovars are asking for addresses pp. 2, 12