EU OPINION ON ALBANIA IS PUBLISHED, MONTENEGRO PASSES THE “EXAM” BRUSSELS: THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT SOLVE THE CRISIS Albania, a negative mark. Parliament criticized. Topalli on ‘News24’: The opposition is to blame. Berisha: I have the report as homework. Fule: Solve the crisis in order to get the status By ELIRA ÇANGA Albania was unable to secure Candidate Country Status for the EU and will not be able to join this bloc for another five years. That was the essence of the European Commission’s opinion in response to Albania’s membership application, made public yesterday in Brussels. The opinion was negative and contained critical remarks on several key concerns, such as the functioning of institutions or the political crisis, despite acknowledging limited progress in some areas. The opinion stated.... Continued on pages 2-3, 8

TOLL: 9 DEAD, 5 IN CRITICAL CONDITION ‘The girl called me from the bus: Dad, save me, Mom has died’ The tragic stories of the passengers who died and the survivors of the tragedy On pages 4-7

Yesterday in ‘Euobserver’ By SVETLANA JOVANOVSKA The Balkan countries are being strictly asked to enforce the rules after the decision to lift the visa regime, especially for citizens of Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Continued on page 28 Germany: Visas with a knot in the stomach

Opinion of the Day BY KIÇO BLUSHI The statement by Konica that “the greatest enemy of the Albanian is the Albanian himself” can today also be phrased as: “the greatest enemy of the Albanian is becoming himself”.... Continued on page 29 Who is turning us against one another?

COMMENT More efforts are needed By SHTEFAN FYLE [?] On page 28

INCREASES BY 205 MILLION EURO In 9 months, the debt for every Albanian is 2.3 million lekë On page 11

Exclusive / The academic tells of the difficulties surrounding the article published in April ’90 (In photo): Ylli Popa and Ramiz Alia Popa: At the time they were following me, I had Ramiz as a patient; I was treating him for his heart. When Ramiz asked him about the article, he said: It should be thrown in the bin Popa: The article was published in two issues, on 27 and 28 April ’90. The editor-in-chief Marash Hajati was removed from ‘ZP’ because he said in the Central Committee that he agreed with my article On pages 14-15

MURDER 30 M FROM THE HOUSE Shijak, dispute over land, father and son executed On page 16

Events at ‘Arben Broci’ and ‘Partizani’ Deputy headmistress: The quarrel happened outside the school. The police go to the scene, but leave without doing anything Events at ‘Arben Broci’ and ‘Partizani’ Catastrophe in high schools, girls fight over hair, boys with planks Deputy headmistress: The quarrel happened outside the school. The police go to the scene, but leave without doing anything By GERALD REXHO It takes even a banal reason to spark quarrels among high school students. More than at any other time, we have proven this during this week. Fights that degenerate into brawls with punches and hair-pulling, in which, besides boys, girls have recently also become increasingly present. This is the far from pleasant picture presented by this troubled adolescence, which with its violent actions... On pages 17-21