By Gjergj ZEFI In Albanian political circles, there is an increasingly noticeable tendency to influence Kosovo’s political spheres. At first glance, this seems reasonable, since a politician’s duty is to contribute politically wherever this is needed, all the more so when the policies of two countries belonging to the same nation are concerned. In this particular case, however, rather than a real and sincere political contribution, what we have is an amateurish attempt by Tirana’s political establishment, driven by other narrow interests, to establish hegemony over Kosovo’s politics. The latter, which is in fact going through its most difficult days, and has troubles of its own, has found not a strong source of support or a guiding element, but in the politics of the mother state an example of unparalleled conflict, reflecting a state of confusion and a lack of a way out. In such a situation, when Pristina’s politics was faced with an exclusive orientation, and when Kosovo’s political balances were determined as a result of the most terrible ethnic clash pursued by the Belgrade regime, Tirana, instead of finding ... Continued on page 3

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• How 70 women were separated from their husbands • How 20 girls and women were raped • How the Suharekë massacre was organized • What lies behind Lazqevë, Petkovçi[t?], Pishovçi[t?] and Zoki[t?] • Why the men of Arkan, Sheshel and Milošević wore ribbons • Who spied on the Kosovars • How the bodies were burned on car wheels • Why the OSCE hosts were killed • Can Albanians live with Serbs? P. 16

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• Pollo in agreement with Majko • Rugova distances himself from Albania • Police score successes in Vlorë • Sport: 2 minutes to shock the Germans Kosovars search for one another P. 12

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