Leaders complain: “They gave us alms” PD and PS take the lion’s share: they receive half the amount TIRANA - Parties are collecting their “wages” for the campaign. A formula issued yesterday by the Ministry of Finance determined that the forces campaigning on behalf of political entities will take part in the elections of 26 May. The amount of 10 million 765 thousand is the money the ruling party will collect for its electoral expenses. The opposition will receive half of that sum, namely 5 million 211 thousand lek. PSD, PR, PBDNJ and the other parties will have significant differences. 10,763 lek PS 5,211 lek PD 1,920 lek PR 1,856 lek PBDNJ 1,648 lek PSD 1,999 PAD 1,162 PDK 1,136 PRSH 568 The figures are in thousand lek On page 3

Publication yesterday Ballot papers: 2.5 million copies will be printed TIRANA - Albanians are getting acquainted with the ballot paper. Presented yesterday in a TV spot, it explains in detail how things will work on 26 May. As set by law, the ballot paper divides the candidate (on the left) and the electoral subjects (on the right) into two parts. The vote is considered valid when only the name of the candidate or the one being voted for is chosen, and above it are all the names of the other candidates. On page 3

Gazeta Sport “Tirana” crowned ruler of football Snatches the Cup from Vlorë Minga lifts the Cup (photo: H. Pustina) “Tirana” is in celebration. For the first time in its history, it wins both the Cup and the Championship at the same time. Tears of joy and celebration at "Selman Stërmasi" A treble for Bayern Munich. Last night the Bavarian team wins the third trophy European Special EURO '96. Everything for Germany On pages 5-6

ANTIGENOCIDE/ Experts: “The 1994 data are not accurate. The largest number” Çela protests: “I want the original decisions” TIRANA - A battle of figures over the number of people interned in court during the genocide process. Two expert reports were presented yesterday in the process and both give different figures for the number of politically interned people. The trial against Lleshi, Myftiu, Çela, Ramadani and Minos, as well as the others accused, has gone through a 1994 expert report, on the basis of which their trial was also conducted in '94. In the process itself, the experts from the Ministry of the Interior who drafted the expert report, in which all figures of internments from 1954-1989 were identified. Process of genocide On page 7

FIER Automatic weapon and grenade inside the bar On page 7 BERAT “How I lived 35 days with my rapists” On page 7 KORÇA Caught with drugs: sentenced to 5 years On page 7

Kukës, 10 people seriously injured Car crashes: the little boy dies KUKËS - Tragedy on asphalt. In a car accident, the death of a 5-year-old boy is caused, two and twenty people are injured, three [?] one person. The van with Kukës license plates collided with a truck on the Kukës-Bicaj road on Wednesday morning. The police have arrested the truck driver, while investigations to find the culprit of the tragedy continue. Xhoxhë, the van driver, died; his passenger had also taken with him his wife and his five-year-old child. Through the damaged part, a truck coming from the opposite direction forced the van off the road. The scene was tragic. All the passengers were injured, some of them seriously. The five-year-old boy could not resist the wounds he had suffered and died after being taken to hospital. His two parents were also seriously injured. The truck driver has been detained by the police and an investigative file has been opened. The other injured continue to be treated at the Kukës hospital. Jo. Ha.

The number of students increases by 25 percent Government decision. 5,000 young people in the lecture halls in September The capacities of the lecture halls have been taken into account, as well as the demands of the labor market TIRANA - The number of students who will sit in the classrooms this year and next year will be much larger. Admissions to all higher education institutions in Albania will increase by 25 percent. A newly adopted decision by the Council of Ministers has announced a 25 percent increase in the number of students in 1996 compared with the current number. In absolute terms, the number of students who will be present for the first time in university lecture halls will be around 5,000. On page 7

Comedy contest: Lushnja and Berat on stage Last night’s restrained humor: accompanied by song and ballet TIRANA - The comedy contest continues tonight in the capital. Last night the troupes of Lushnja and Berat took the stage. This time humor came to life in the form of a comic variety show through sketches and was accompanied by song and ballet. However, the wind of change that has swept across Albania seems not to have reached humor yet. The troupes on stage again brought to the fore, toward Albanian realization, banality, and even accompanied it. Last night Cekja (Sejfulla Myftari) was presented and very aggressive, together with the Kuçovë actress who was his stage partner. Through humor, the Berat performers brought moments before the audience that earned not exactly sporadic applause. It was no different with Cekja in the role of the Italian sheep-major, aging, as he tried to say some broken Albanian phrase, or in the role of the madman and the wise madman [?], and the protagonist Cekja was realized wonderfully. And who could not laugh at Sejfulla’s drunk and tipsy [?], as if ready to catch fire from Paran? But strong was Marjaria Kondi from the Tirana troupe, who trapped Cekja well. Last night, in a wild and noisy way - Meksi and Dokle were not spared from the Berat troupe’s barbs either. Although it opened the evening, the humor of the Lushnja troupe was rather unimpressive; strangely enough, under the name and direction of Ismet Ramo, Nergjizi mixed comic elements into a family with a very dissatisfied and quarrelsome woman, who was not even cheered by a gift, with a slightly frivolous girl and a hurt family head. It went one way and then another, with an unruly and ill-mannered boy. Although the audience had the feeling, and someone might have thought from the punch lines, that only through its point of view could serious family problems be solved, such as relations with the mother-in-law, love with the neighbor, and one of their debates could also help to make a deputy. On stage, the head of the family took a lot of time and the singer Luan Hoxha as well as Elida Korresh, who for a few moments brought us above us and over time, even though they were in front of a rather cold audience. The real issue is the professional revue of Fier, which under the direction of Koço Devole brings to the competition “In the Name of Humor,” created by poet Koço Devole. Alba Maltezi

From the World The Hague “Moves!” to Belgrade On page 2

Sick livestock: Here is the truth of the article TIRANA - “The news published in Gazeta Shqiptare about a new infection that has entered Albania and has mainly affected the Korça district is inaccurate with regard to the characterization of the disease as a zoonosis.” With this wording, the Ministry of Agriculture chose to deny the news published a day earlier in our newspaper. While fully understanding the concern of this Ministry and the Veterinary specialists, we would like to clarify that in our article about the livestock disease we do not speak at all about the transmission of the virus that has affected animals to humans, or as it is known in technical language, zoonosis. We could not have allowed ourselves such a thing as long as the exact diagnosis of the disease has not yet been determined. In our article we mentioned a phrase of this kind, and we think that this was rightly the reason for the local authorities’ blocking of the meat and milk market in Korça. The aim of our article, for which the state Ministry has not been the spreading of panic or the encouragement of false alarms, is that we ourselves made it quite clear that yesterday’s news was under control. It had simply an informative and awareness-raising character, and we believe it serves the problem that has arisen. News of the existence of the infection may help, by knowing its spread, so that if signs of it are also observed in other areas, measures can be taken and people will know how to act, by informing the relevant authorities so that any possible source can be blocked. The editorial staff

organizes the entrance exam for the admission of students for the 1996 - 1997 school year, which will be held on Sunday, 2 June 1996 at 10:00. Students who wish to take part in the exam should appear in person together with the documents listed below in order to register. - 2 photos - Birth certificate accompanied by a photo - Report card of the eighth grade or a certificate of average grade signed by the school principal. Registration will continue until 30 May 1996 at the address: Turkish College “Mehmet Akif Ersoy” (former electrical high school) Tirana. Tel: 042 348 95.