Along with them, Zylyftar Ramizi and Sulejman Bushati are also taken into custody, both former senior officials Lenka Çuko, Pali Miska and Muho Asllani are arrested Along with them, Zylyftar Ramizi and Sulejman Bushati are also taken into custody, both former senior officials Anti-genocide sends three former bureau members to jail Lenka Çuko, Pali Miska and Muho Asllani are arrested Yesterday the handcuffs were placed on Lenka Çuko, Muho Asllani, Pali Miska, Zylyftar Ramizi and Sulejman Bushati. With them, the number of people who will answer for the crimes of the dictatorship rises to 21 TIRANA - The number of former high-ranking officials of the dictatorship who now must answer before the investigating judges on charges of genocide has reached 21. Yesterday a decision by the Tirana Court approved the Prosecutor’s proposal to send five more well-known figures of the old nomenklatura to jail: Lenka Çuko, former member of the Political Bureau of the PPSH, her colleague Muho Asllani and Pali Miska, and later head of the former Deputy Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zylyftar Ramizi, and a former member of the Central Committee of the PPSH, Sulejman Bushati. The five left their homes yesterday to be housed in the cells of a Tirana prison; for many of them this is not the first arrest. From the Bureau to the cell Lenka Çuko On page 3

TIRANA - "Stop the violence against judges and their families". A statement issued to the press by employees of the Tirana district court expressed concern and indignation over the acts that have begun to be carried out more and more frequently lately against people in the judiciary. Referring to the latest case, in which on January 3, at the home of the president of the Tirana court. On page 3

Annual report on transition In 3 years, 130 million dollars have entered Albania, or 38 dollars per capita. But it is domestic resources that should finance medium-term investments. TIRANA - Albania must further improve the legal mechanisms for handling foreign investments by increasing its attractiveness to them, at a time when competition among Eastern and Central European countries to attract financial resources from the West is becoming increasingly fierce. This is the conclusion of the 1995 Transition Report of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. On page 5

POGRADEC Cloudburst destroys houses On page 3 KRUJË Money for the castle walls On page 3 SHKODËR Higher fares to Montenegro On page 5 BERAT 150 officers removed from duty On page 3 SARANDË Tourist villages in Ksamil On page 3

PDS in favor of developing relations Meta and Fassino in Rome: "Here is how we will cooperate" TIRANA - Ilir Meta, the youngest vice-chairman of the Albanian socialists, was received yesterday in Rome by Piero Fassino, a well-known deputy and the foreign affairs chief of the powerful Italian left-wing party, the Democratic Party of the Left. Following the meeting held in Tirana last week between Meta and Fassino, according to Italian sources, the two left-wing politicians primarily discussed relations between the two countries and the two parties. Fassino emphasized the importance of Albania as one of the priorities of his country’s foreign policy. "With Operation Pelikan," said Dr. Fassino, "Italy helped Albania overcome a dramatic emergency situation." On page 3 Ilir Meta

The election law on the new table From yesterday’s meeting of 14 parties On page 3

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SHOW Eight concerts in Skopje, Tetovo, Struga TIRANA - Three concerts for Albanians in Macedonia. Even before the last "aroma" from the stage of the Palace of Congresses has faded, our light music will "travel" toward the north[east?]. The three main protagonists of the performances are expected to begin this part of the week. The best-known names from this country’s music scene will thus "land" here again, both near and far to our audience. On page 7 Group "Projeksion"

The President saddened by the death of the former French leader Berisha’s memory of Mitterrand: “After I was elected, he invited me first” TIRANA - Berisha saddened by the death of François Mitterrand. "He was the protagonist of a united Europe," said the Albanian head of state, paying tribute to the great statesman of the French nation. "I keep an indelible memory of Mitterrand. He was the first head of state to receive me immediately after my election as President of Albania," was Berisha’s message released by his office to the press. Only two days earlier, François Mitterrand, former President of France and a distinguished figure in European politics, had passed away. "He has always supported Albania and its integration into Europe," Berisha emphasized, recalling the invitation the French President had extended to him in Paris in '92. p.re President Berisha

FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FOOTBALL Havelange: "Foreigners are a risk" The confession of three superstars: Weah, Klinsmann and Maldini FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FOOTBALL Havelange: "Foreigners are a risk" “The Bosman case” new controversies The confession of three superstars: Weah, Klinsmann and Maldini On page 7 Havelange

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