TENSION IN THE BALKANS / 700 US SOLDIERS, VISIT TO ALBANIA The Prime Minister meets Arvizu, on 24 April he flies to America. Foreign Minister: Hillary Clinton in Tirana within this year The Prime Minister meets Arvizu, on 24 April he flies to America. Foreign Minister: Hillary Clinton in Tirana within this year (In photo:) The American ambassador, Arvizu, entering yesterday the villa where he had lunch with Berisha. The Haxhinasto-Clinton meeting On pages 2-3

The statute is revealed: limited mandate On page 5

Court hearing On page 9

Opinion of the Day By ISIDOR KOTI A house without books, Cicero compared it to a body without a soul, while Naim Frashëri compared it to a room without windows. Under communism, in that climate... Cicero’s House Continues on page 24

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI In the many television debates that take place every night, the deputies, supporters and spokespersons of the majority often mention the argument... The democratic dictatorship of the political vote Continues on page 25

Essay/ The historian: Facts and evidence Kristo Frashëri Kristo Frashëri: Tirana a village? It has been a city since the 17th century “Noli’s government is called a failed one, Ahmet Zogu applied Ottoman laws” In everyday language, one often encounters certain terms or labels that at first glance seem clear and accurate to use. But sometimes we realize they are not so simple to understand and not so easy to use. Such are, for example, the terms or labels history, historiography and historian.... On pages 22-23 Historian Kristo Frashëri

ECONOMY IMF “against” the government: Growth only 0.5 percent On page 12

KORÇE/ Afërdita Maho judged “Boboshtica”: My daughters have American passports “The blockage in Kapshticë, they told us we constituted a threat to Greece’s public order” By JASMINA HASANLLARI It was the first time I was going to Greece after the decision we gave regarding the head of Omonia, Naum Disho. I had always crossed the border between the two countries without any problem, but on Monday the Greek authorities turned me back, together with my husband and our two daughters who have American passports. I will solve the problem through institutional channels.” Thus declared yesterday the judge... On page 7

5 SPECIAL PAGES On pages 16-20

100th ANNIVERSARY Muzafer Korkuti: There is only one Independence Monument On page 21