Radical Albanian nationalists call on Kosovo’s leadership to abandon peaceful resistance Kosovo could enter into a relationship with Albania without seceding from Serbia If borders in the former Yugoslavia are to be changed, the LDK calls for Kosovo’s unification with Albania page 3 BELGRADE PRISTINA TIRANA

Albanian President Sali Berisha proposed on Monday a meeting between the Albanian and Greek foreign ministers to break the deadlock in the crisis between Tirana and Athens. This was announced in an official statement published in the Albanian capital. Berisha expressed the wish that such a meeting between Alfred Serreqi and Karolos Papulias could take place in New York in the coming days, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Serreqi left Tirana for New York on Monday. The Albanian President made this suggestion during a reception held in Tirana on Monday for Kamen Veliçkov, foreign policy adviser to Bulgarian President Zheliu Zhelev, the statement said. Berisha considers that an Albanian-Greek ministerial meeting “would be very useful.” Such a meeting could take place “either bilaterally or in the presence of a third party.” “Veliçov delivered to Berisha a message from the Bulgarian president. Zhelev expressed his ‘concern’ over the current crisis between Albania and Greece. He welcomed Tirana’s ‘constructive position.’ Bulgaria, he assures him, is committed ‘to making its own contribution’ to the international community’s efforts to eliminate tension between Tirana and Athens.”

Korçë Driver who ran over Koplik arrested —“Guilty without fault in the accidental collision” page 2

MP Peshkëpia: The motion against Meksi is an opportunity for the socialists to engage in propaganda Anti-communism is not the only value of democracy page 3

Homosexuality as important as the “Nano issue” and the lack of a Constitution After the socialists’ claim that the non-approval of Fatos Nano could prevent Albania’s entry into the Council of Europe, and after the Albanian opposition as a whole expressed fears that the absence of a Constitution could lead to the same outcome, Albanian homosexuals are now voicing this fear. In two petitions that the Association of Albanian Gays sent to a group of MPs on the occasion of the replacement of the old Criminal Code, it is pointed out: “We are certain that the Albanian parliament will not approve the new law and will abolish our existence. All the more so (continued on page 2)

Interview with the chairman of the OMONIA organization, Mr. Sotir Qiriazati page 3