THE SCANDAL On page 2

INSTAT REPORT On page 8

POST-WAR / THE MARKET OF MILLIONS REOPENS In Kosovo, goods are exchanged for money Oil barrels break through Kukës On page 6

With his new bride in Dardhë, Korçë On page 4

Arian Çani Yesterday, the President of Albania said that the Government should move from politics to executive action. In other words, Meidani “tugs the Albanian Prime Minister’s ear” once again, implying that he is not all that satisfied with the country’s governance so far. Our esteemed President said this to his favorite journalists in the electronic media. All the better for the President. Because if he had issued this directive in front of print journalists as well, it would have been translated as we have chosen to do today. 1) The Albanian President criticizes and admonishes the Prime Minister precisely one day after the US chief diplomat in Tirana gave strong support to Prime Minister Pandeli Majko. 2) Our esteemed President offers guidance for a different kind of government just days after the socialists’ newspaper “ZP” published only photos of Clinton with Majko in Skopje, and none of Clinton with Meidani. 3) The head of state also criticized the Government to remind the public, interested in this country’s politics, once again that Meidani is—and must be—Albania’s number-one “aga” [master]. 4) Regardless of the balanced stance of US representatives in Tirana, at less committed diplomatic levels, Meidani would very much like to be the one they chose and favored, rather than Majko. That is why yesterday the President of Albania, Rexhep Meidani, expressed dissatisfaction with the government so far and urged it to change its strategy. Saranda or the miracle of a free market On pages 12–13

In the wake of the Reform Minister Rama and his associates have decided to revive one of the cultural centers now considered “dead.” This is the International Center of Culture, or the Pyramid, as everyone knows it. The recently appointed director, painter Edi Muka, has plent[y] of original ideas for turning this center into the heart of cultural activities in the capital, and one of these ideas is opening a pavilion with Enver Hoxha’s belongings. On page 21

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