Last night, a lengthy PS meeting. Old contradictions come to the surface Harsh criticism of Malaj and Fino Dokle and the others are troubling “their own”. What are you doing? Last night, a lengthy PS meeting. Old contradictions come to the surface Smuggling drives a wedge between the Socialists Harsh criticism of Malaj and Fino Dokle and the others are troubling “their own”. What are you doing? Five tense hours at the meeting of the PS leadership. How are the accusations against our ministers to be explained? We will soon see their position on them. Attacks also against the PD and Berisha. “The latter has gone too far. Now let the law take its course with all its force” TIRANA - The PS is harshly attacking its own. “Where are we going with these ministers?” The guns were aimed yesterday at Finance Minister Malaj, but also at the number two in the executive, Fino. The PS leaders’ attacks spared neither other ministers nor departments run by the Socialists. During the five-hour marathon meeting, the PS leadership spent a long time discussing the latest developments in the country, the effectiveness of the ministries, and the faltering relations between the government, parliament and the Socialist base. Sources inside the meeting say that yesterday the Socialist leaders spared no one, presenting facts and arguments showing that Socialist ministers, too, had not escaped theft and smuggling. Government changes soon. This was another of the meeting’s topics, which was tense, with attacks coming from all sides. (Left) Namik Dokle (Right) Arben Malaj On page 2

TESTIMONY FROM DRENICA TIRANA - “Don’t you know? People from the Kosovo Liberation Army have trained at your military bases!” The man telling us about this, which none of us knew, speaks very calmly. He has just arrived from Belgrade, where he works for his own agency, and seems somewhat surprised that the Albanian press had not discover…[?]ed that members of the KLA, the group that has taken responsibility for armed resistance against the Serbs, had received military training in Albania’s meagre military units. When we ask him for more details about his experiences, he simply shows us a photograph taken in Drenica and then struggles to pronounce two names, completely unfamiliar to him but very familiar to us. Two KLA soldiers in Drenica (Photo: Fumiaki Yonemoto, Kyodo) On page 3 Two KLA soldiers in Drenica (Photo: Fumiaki Yonemoto, Kyodo)

Including heavy machine guns TIRANA - “Vefa” is giving up its heavy weapons. A mountain of weapons from this company has arrived at Police Station No. 1. These are heavy-calibre weapons that the company had kept since the wave of destruction began in our country. Meanwhile, these weapons had been declared to the police authorities many months ago. Thus, crates of grenades and large-calibre ammunition were registered on Thursday morning at this police station’s weapons depot. On page 7

TIRANA - Hajdari is to be stopped at the border. The order was issued the previous day by the Interior Ministry and distributed to all Albanian border crossings. It was an alert that mobilized the security forces over the possibility of “arresting” MP Azem Hajdari, who does not have immunity. But the latter rejected the official version, saying that he has no intention of leaving the country and that he calmly awaits Çeka’s handcuffs wherever Çeka may seek him in Albania. On page 3

PRISONS On page 6

RAI broadcasts arrive directly in Tirana Once again, Albania is in the headlines of major Italian entertainment news. “They’re stealing our Festival,” write worried newspapers across the sea. “In Tirana, private television stations have put our song festival on the air during the most-watched time slot, and even broadcast it in the morning, something that doesn’t happen even in Italy. Although they can’t stand Veronica Pivetti, she is the sister of Irene, who last year said that Albanians should be thrown into the sea. Raimondo Vianello gets emotional as he recalls the days when RAI was banned. In any case, Albanians feel closer to ‘Herigova, the Czech woman they consider their own, as a former pin-up girl of the socialist camp.’ Indeed, according to the Italian daily, people here are trying to find a solution to the problem: ‘while Albanians are linked by the sea, a newspaper in the Czech Republic manages to present Sanremo, another well-known newspaper [reports on] the phenomenon of Sanremo’s adoption. “In the times of information darkness and complete isolation, the first stolen Sanremo was the only world cultural event that kept most of the urban population alive.” Racism exists among you; an explanation for serious events here. “It’s an old habit,” someone counters, trying to explain...

SANREMO

Referees in dispute: Will we continue officiating or not?

The dispute after the match TIRANA — A major brawl at the Tirana referees’ committee. A meeting about whether or not to continue refereeing in the coming week turned into a veritable outburst. It began normally, like all the other meetings, but a single incident was enough to turn it into a general brawl. It all began halfway through the meeting, when one of the referees’ colleagues, L. Çuko, took out a dict[o]phone to record the conversations. Ylvi Kollari On page 11

TIRANA On page 6 TIRANA Nehat Kulla in the Court of Appeal On page 6

EXCLUSIVE On page 3 EXCLUSIVE Pivetti: I have nothing against you On page 3

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