Ceka: “First dismantle the dictatorship” Besnik Gjongjecaj’s invitation has now reached the parties: come, let us discuss the elections According to liberal-democratic leader Ceka, the PD has shown no sign of correcting course. He views the prospects for holding elections without foreign monitoring pessimistically. TIRANA - “We have nothing to discuss with Gjongjecaj except planting vegetables. I consider it impossible to sit at the table with the Democratic Party unless it accepts a third party.” Neritan Ceka, leader of the liberal democrats, reacts sharply to the invitation issued yesterday by the Democratic Party’s chancellery to discuss “issues related to the law on local elections.” According to the letter signed by Besnik Gjongjecaj, the PD’s secretary-general, a number of parties—those that did not participate in the 1992 local elections—should sit down at a round table to discuss the law on new local elections. But the first objection comes precisely from the leaders of the Democratic Alliance. Arben Imami says that, in this situation, the prospect of boycotting the elections is becoming ever more likely. “We were ready to sit down and talk even with the people who cheated and stole the people’s votes, but Gjongjecaj’s invitation is unacceptable. We cannot take part in a farce whose scenario is now clearly heading toward a repeat of May 26.” Seba PD; Ceka above On page 3

“Lenient sentences—who is to blame?” TIRANA - The murder of two brothers who were police officers appears to have ignited controversy over the justice system’s approach to crime. The Tirana Prosecutor’s Office has drawn people’s attention to the criminal, who had once been accused of murder and sentenced a year ago. The Prosecutor’s Office explains that the case file will be examined to determine what caused the lenient sentence: the court or the prosecution. The police had previously accused the court and the prosecution of being lenient toward crime, and now the clash appears likely to be between the court and the prosecution, which has therefore also called in the case file of a person accused of murder for examination. The head of the Tirana Court has also made public in the press a letter he sent to the head of the Tirana Prosecutor’s Office, Adnand Xherolli, in which he also set out several objections. One of the issues raised by Gjonaj is the inaccurate wording of charges by prosecutors in court proceedings. On page 3

FIER - “This is how the daughter-in-law [unclear] her mother-in-law,” a 64-year-old woman... [unclear] recounts the shocking story. She was struck on the head with an axe and was [text continues outside the image]

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FIER - “This is how my son’s wife tried to kill me,” a 64-year-old woman recounts her harrowing story. FIER - “This is how my son’s wife tried to kill me,” a 64-year-old woman recounts her harrowing and threatened that if she “opened her mouth,” things could turn out even worse for her. As if the crime itself were not enough, the bride—the perpetrator of this unusual act—dragged the elderly woman along the ground and locked her inside the house, not allowing her to receive first aid. The old woman managed to get away at one point and, with the help of her neighbors, ended up in hospital. She filed a complaint and, while the daughter-in-law disappeared in an unknown direction, the criminal police began an investigation and declared her wanted. “She picked on the girls because she didn’t want me as her stepmother, my son’s wife always used to tell me,” says Hava Seriani, 64, describing how the argument began and cost her an axe wound to the head. The incident took place in Sheq i Vogël, on the outskirts of Fier, at midday on Tuesday. “I sold everything I had in the village of Belishovë because my daughter-in-law didn’t want to live there. They bought an apartment here on the outskirts of Fier. Some time later, my daughter-in-law kept arguing with me until one day we decided to separate. I have only one son, and he has been away in Greece for months; he left me just one room in the apartment. But that did not satisfy my daughter-in-law either, because I understood that she wanted me to go and live with my daughters. On Tuesday I brought my newly married daughter home, but [the husband wanted to come into the house?], and my daughter-in-law—her name is Elsa—had locked the door. She didn’t want to let me in. I climbed over the wall to open the door myself, but Elsa hit me on the head from behind with an axe. She started dragging me by the legs and said that if I spoke again, she would kill me outright. Then the old woman was locked inside and was covered in blood. Hava Fleshi

Sport The Greek side defeats Bajko’s boys TIRANA - Albania lost 2–1 in its first friendly match in Greece. The Greeks scored twice first, through Vraka and Nikolaidhis, and then our team scored through Panos in the 81st minute. The match was watched by 1,500 Albanians, most of whom were [Albanians?]. Milan beat Ajax 3–0 in the inaugural match at Amsterdam’s new stadium. If, in the first match against Juventus, Ajax had been missing the joy of its first-team players, losing 6–0, for yesterday’s match Van Gaal had no one to blame but his players’ poor form, since he had fielded his strongest lineup. At the Zurich meeting, Masterkova set a world record in the one-mile race. On page 7

An Albanian investigator recounts the Italian adventure TIRANA - “Here is how the man wanted for the murder of Bujar Kalo shit was caught in Italy.” An Albanian investigator who took part in the operation to search for a suspect in the murder of the Director of Prisons recounts his week-long adventure with the Italian police. Thanks to information obtained by the Albanian investigators, the Italian police, from the very office where the official talks were being held, discovered the place where the wanted man Dedei was hiding in just 15 minutes. This was followed by a large-scale operation, with all the necessary measures to apprehend the wanted man. Impressions of the work and conditions of his counterparts, and the hope that the Albanian police, too, will reach these levels. On page 5 Zyhdi Dedei

RARE Baby bruiser: 1 year old, 30 kilograms Unusual child amazes the continent NEW YORK - All parents want their children to be as healthy as possible, but to what extent? A young New York couple seem to have the healthiest and most robust child in the world so far. His measurements would make any father proud. Zack Streecken has grown to over one metre and reached a weight of 30 kilograms in just the first 18 months of his life. The child, a handsome boy but extremely large-bodied, has an appetite that, as they say, could eat you out of house and home. He eats everything, and does so with the greatest willingness and enthusiasm. His parents say that when their boy was born, his weight was the same as that of many other children, but after the first six months of life the Herculean-looking boy began gaining one and a half [kilograms?] every day. All the relatives suspected that the little one might have gigantism. But no! According to the doctors, who have examined the big boy frequently, nothing abnormal has been noticed in the child; on the contrary, his body is growing stronger and stronger, and the boy is always in a good mood. On the streets, people look at the one-year-old with amazement and admiration at the same time. And he smiles at everyone. Little Zack, who at this age has already attracted the attention of the press and photographers, may perhaps in the future be a worthy successor to Schwarzenegger, or the Hercules of the year 2000. The “Hercules” child and his mother (REUTERS) The “Hercules” child and his mother (REUTERS)

ENTERTAINMENT La Bouche leaves Albania: “bye-bye” without triumph The wonderful rhythms of the American group have overshadowed the Greek concert, On page 4

FROM AROUND THE WORLD Republicans put Clinton “on trial” Bob Dole’s election campaign for the White House gets off to a fierce start. On page 2

TIRANE - Prisoners will have separate rooms, a telephone, and showers.

Comfortable cells await the “guests” TIRANE - Prisoners will have separate rooms, a telephone, and showers. An investment of 800 thousand EKY by the Council of Europe is bringing the Western prison model to Albania for the first time. It will house the first 23 prisoners to be extradited from Greece.

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The Montenegrins: now measures against Aftës On page 3 BERAT The disappearance of the grenades remains a mystery On page 3 KOPLIK Razma’s pine trees in danger of being wiped out On page 3 KORÇË Help for poor and sick children On page 3 TIRANA Cleaning of the main boulevard begins On page 5