28/05/1999
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Republika

28 May 1999

The warrant is issued: Thaçi arrested

Millosheviç. The main points of the indictment. Greece upset; Russia and China protest P. 5

Perikli Teta: “I’m the 600, bring out the tanks!”

Whose was the third voice on the radio? P. 11

Rugova distances himself from Thaçi in Paris

Edita Tahiri sheds light on the mystery of Rugova’s disagreement in Tirana Clinton: Kosovars, have faith! P. 4

Exchange of fire or collision between speedboats?

Kosovo at a “crossroads.” The West is divided

By Agim BAÇI Kosovo finds itself these days at the greatest crossroads in its history. For some time, the West has been divided between military intervention in Kosovo and accepting peace plans. Meanwhile, Albanian politics, both in Kosovo and in Albania, continues to remain far from being unified. If Albanian politicians managed to resolve their disagreements among themselves, Albanians would at least know more clearly what the main obstacle is to achieving independence, or, more accurately, to a normal solution to the Kosovo problem. But such a thing seems increasingly distant. Thus, although he has been away from Belgrade for days and has met many of the leading figures in international politics, Ibrahim Rugova’s final outlook on resolving the problem has still not been recognized. There is little hope of a quick agreement between him and Hashim Thaçi’s camp, since the latter has abandoned the path of remaining quite radical in its position toward Rugova’s camp. This uncertainty about the possibility of unification is made even more difficult by the fact that those who want to unify (that is, Albanian politicians) are themselves still unclear. Thus the possibility of a unified political position remains complicated; before it can be achieved, it must unify Albanian factors, while [the source text is corrupted here] unify the diplomatic policy desired by Russia or China, which have given no indication that they are working toward closing the lines to Belgrade. With you), page 3

They jailed him to take his post

The director’s arrest, a game of musical chairs P. 7

Newspaper “espionage”

By Marash HAJATI

The press, the “maternity ward” of espionage

Politicians in Millosheviç’s service P. 16

The American Lottery

and a clarification about the envelopes and the “Republika” list P. 7

Inside:

• From Schengen to Amsterdam: How to become a migrant in Europe P. 12 Mediu: Let’s not concern ourselves with individuals Disagreements among Albanians are shifting attention away from the conflict with Serbia and toward Albanians’ internal problems, when we should solve those ourselves P. 3 • Donors: Want money? Meet the requirements! P. 9 • Chilean wounded in Morinë; two Albanians hit mines P. 2 • Tritan Shehu: Berisha does not scare us P. 3 Kosovars are looking for one another P. 12

ANNOUNCEMENT

The chairpersons of the PR branches and the coordinators have a meeting tomorrow at 11:00 at the Central Headquarters Agenda: Political and organizational functioning of the Branch