Çan returns to fundamentalism

Democratic Alliance, a 180° about-face P. 3

Shuli: We will review the contracts

Foreign firms undertaking the Corridor Eight project are threatened P. 8

Tirana, super-fixed

Brojka proposes to Majko that he pay off the old debts P. 10

Opponents clash within the PS

P. 6

Europe is turning its back on us

Every day of our reality provides evidence that crime has now reached practically tragic proportions. Reports of killings on city streets have become so frequent that they are gradually turning into ordinary occurrences, which we hear about and receive with indifference. Along with city life, it has become almost normal. This moment of becoming accustomed to the worst demonstrates the extreme degree of this evil. This is the most dangerous moment, one that can weaken the fight against crime. Crime, as part of everyday life, no longer attracts our full attention. Perhaps, sitting in a café, you hear that a murder has taken place 100 metres away. You discuss it for a few moments and then continue your coffee ritual, as if nothing had happened. If the killings that happen every day here were to occur in a developed country, they would remain a subject of discussion and social concern for a long time. Getting used to crime is deforming our human feelings. What authority can a country have where life is dominated by crime?! More than anything else, crime and the lack of law and order have damaged Albanians’ image everywhere in the world. You may be a scientist, a writer, a good person, but when you introduce yourself as Albanian, in most cases foreigners see you as a primitive sadist with dulled feelings. As soon as you land at a foreign airport, strangely, simply because you are Albanian, there will be an undefined surrealism, and in some cases ... Continued, page 3

Who changed Berisha’s mind?

Former Democratic president Sali Berisha, in an attempt to dismiss journalistic claims that he had called for a Greater Albania, acknowledged that “the Çam issue was discussed with the Greek governments and the DP government,” and that everything would be dealt with within the framework of agreements concerning the Çams deported from their lands. P. 6

DP clarifies its position on the Çam issue

According to the Democratic leader, “for the DP, the Çam issue is a matter that will be dealt with as agreed with the Greek governments.” P. 6

Gjinushi, godfather of “reconciliation”

Parliamentary Speaker Gjinushi, the Socialist deputy Speaker of Parliament Dokle and his Democratic counterpart Topalli, the head of the PS parliamentary group Gramoz Ruçi, and the head of the PD parliamentary group Genc Pollo shook hands with one another in the office of the Speaker of the Albanian Parliament during a meeting of the Parliamentary Bureau. P. 3

The state opposes the repatriation of the money

Millions of dollars are waiting beyond the borders to be repatriated, but the state is holding things up. Farudin Arapi holds the Finance officials responsible; they oppose signing the Convention on financial laundering. P. 8

John Kennedy had contemplated death

P. 5

Congress keeps the Socialists in a meeting until midnight

Majko arrives two hours late at the Socialist Party headquarters. The meeting had already begun P. 3

Nano has violated the Constitution

Former communist state officials rush to restore his “dignity” P. 11

Wolfensohn: Meet the conditions... otherwise we will invest somewhere else

A loan agreement worth 41 million dollars The World Bank President appeals to Albanian government officials to work more carefully. P. 9

Inside:

Democrats reveal the first day in Parliament Gjinushi, godfather of “reconciliation”

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