The witnesses were killed, the man of the code disappeared

PAGES 2-3 EDITORIAL By Agim Baçi We lost millions of dollars, or the state? A bit of memory, which makes the memory clear even for those who want to cloud it for us, when they want to talk about the gold and the government of 1997. Even if Albanians were to be deceived for just a few days, it should have been made clear through a simple question: Who stole our national reserves and why have the culprits not been found for three years?! Is it possible for a government that comes into a country after three years to be completely innocent and still fail to find the perpetrators of the theft of the century? How should we call this carelessness; or even a kind of calmness, among many of these defending voices. Especially not only for what they called such. Every theft may have an escape, except not this one; or every theft may have an escape, but not the theft of our gold, if we remember accurately who was at the head of the state in 1997. It was said and continues to be said that there are still secret documents, according to which those few monetary reserves that our state had were lost. But is it possible that we must still wait three years and not the prosecutor's office to tell us even whether this is enough to ask the most essential question: Who did the theft of the gold serve? Who was in government at the time? Who was at the head of the state? Who will answer for this national wealth? Who needs our memory to be lost? Is this case also being used to silence witnesses? Shouldn't the public know what happened to its reserves? ...

The "soft" tolerance toward the opposition's threats over the Electoral Code is blown apart by the lack of consensus on the Central Election Commission The chairman of the P.P., Fatmir Mediu, yesterday morning submitted the memorandum addressed to the International Community Page 4

The NATO Supreme Commander, Wesley Clark, handed over his post as NATO's supreme commander to four-star General Rashton, in a ceremony held in Stuttgart, Germany. "During yesterday's day I would have left Pristina for Paris to meet with him" Tears and embraces among people here and there... ... Clark said

The Minister of Order counterattacks Page 7

On Sunday, 30 April 15 Tele-Bingo 1 Magjo-Bingo 1 Sulo-Bingo 100 Pijes Mini-Bingo 31 10 million 5 million 1.5 million 100 thousand

Offers you natural, mineral ZAGORI water, a guaranteed product for all ages, dedicated to your body. Tel & Fax number 0847 2612