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By Arben ILIAZI The Sarajevo Summit [ganike], the Balkan states sought joint international cooperation and regional exchanges of values. Under the conditions of existing political and institutional realities in a resurgent Europe, there is no other way out. This unity was possible earlier too, but Europe depends on American decision-making. America sponsored the war against Yugoslavia, while Europe is responsible for rebuilding the region, so that previously resolved problems do not flare up again. This decision by the United States has prompted a positive reaction in the countries of the region, and the [frikaviç] appointed by the EU is expected to be realized. Sarajevo seeks to encourage Balkan self-affirmation. This does not mean that the Balkans should act or speak as a political unit. New political notions must represent national identities, but not the tendencies of extreme nationalisms. Before the Balkans can be rebuilt, it must undergo a mass political awakening. It must care for human rights, absorbing all European and American messages. It is true that a new process is emerging for the Balkans, one that will replace traditional politics, but the Balkans must see itself as part of a shared political process. Sarajevo should mark the beginning of a moral standard for the region. Economic downturns have served to revive nationalist sentiments, pushing the entire peninsula toward mass intolerance. This [ba[s]ht] an explosion of ultranationalists and a deficient Albanian vision. In the strength of this vision, without a national aspiration [e-] integration premise, while encouraging joint commitment to democratic processes. During these processes, Balkan peoples must not confuse identities. The growth of global communications is likely to take place against the backdrop of a series of ideological, doctrinal and ethnic caricatures. In the Balkans, strong tendencies have emerged to seek refuge in organic and compelling beliefs, such as ethnic sentiments, xenophobia or religion, perhaps fueled by contempt and disappointment with the “selfish West.” The most “rozmopolit[i]” figure in Sarajevo was President Meidani. It is utopian to model the future with political claptrap, abandoning the rule of law and the principles of the national question. The Albanian head of state has still not understood that commercial services, smuggling and corruption are consequences of an anti-state. Albanian officials went to Sarajevo without concrete projects, with spontaneous ideas, without properly accounting for the importance of the Constitution as a safeguard against unlawful national policies. The Majko Government imitated the role of an envoy of the Politburo, becoming the principal decision-making body and ignoring Parliament, entirely to the detriment of giving the opposition a voice. The blockage of the constitutional system in Albania and the observance of communist laws, such as the law of [lobës], do not promise serious investment. If the constitutional system is not unblocked, Albania is [e dëgjuar], in the full sense of the word. Its struggle for integration is lost.

The Ministry of Public Order dismisses five law-enforcement employees implicated in clandestine trafficking SAZAN: The clandestine traffic shows no sign of ending. Whereas in previous months this traffic had as its protagonists arrivals from Kosovo, who wanted to reach the West, and the numbers were high, it has continued at almost the same rate even after they left. Three inflatable boats and two speedboats carrying clandestine migrants were turned back on the night between Wednesday and Thursday by Italian-Albanian personnel aboard “Guardia di Finanza” patrol boats. Spotted by them, one of the inflatable boats abandoned all its passengers on the shore of the island of Sazan. Meanwhile, off the coast of Apulia, a speedboat was intercepted by “Guardia Di Finanza” forces, and the two Albanian boatmen subsequently ended up in handcuffs. It has continued

Fatmir Mediu: The USA is the only ally for Albanians. There is no risk of Islamic terrorism in Albania. He thought that Rugova should return to Prishtina; politics is not conducted outside Kosovo; the PR will continue the struggle to defend the rights of

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