Yesterday at the Tirana court, Xhixha facing justice Charge: “Misuse of funds provided by the state for public service” TIRANA - Exactly 6 months ago, the investigation into the so-called “400,000-dollar case of ZP” began amid great fanfare. Of the 11 people held criminally responsible or questioned as witnesses, only the former editor-in-chief of the socialist organ “ZP”, Mr. Përparim Xhixha, was brought as a defendant and appeared in court yesterday. From the “misuse of 400,000 dollars” given for the purchase of a printing press, the final charge is now “misuse of funds provided by the state for public service”. The failure to fully study the voluminous file that arrived from the Republic’s Prosecutor’s Office only a week earlier forced the presiding judge to postpone the scheduled trial until next week. page 2 Zëri i Popullit

Socialists oppose the writer’s prophecy Perhaps the genocide is against PS “Albanian socialists should not come to power,” Kadare repeated on the eve of the election campaign in an interview with the Albanian press. This has once again brought discussions back into Albanian politics, discussions that had closed a year earlier, when the writer made the sensational statement for the first time. “We think the socialists can come to power; otherwise the work we are doing would be pointless,” replied Etem Ruka. page 3

The victims’ families denounce Ndue P. Gjomarkaj - The Prosecutor’s Office has not yet decided The victims’ families denounce Ndue P. Gjomarkaj - The Prosecutor’s Office has not yet decided 99 victims in 6 years The “Committee of the Mountains” must answer for the murders of 66 men, 11 women, and 22 servicemen of the pursuit forces We, the 99 families of the victims killed by Ndue P. Gjomarkaj’s hand or under his signature, concluded: To denounce to the General Prosecutor’s Office and to inform the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Cassation of the criminal Ndue Pjetër Gjomarkaj, so that he may answer before justice for all the crimes he committed during the 6-year period in Mirditë, where 99 men and women were killed. page 2

Moments before departure - Told by a service employee at Rinas Airport “A phone call from above allowed the spouses to board the plane last” page 2

Godo speaks after the meeting with Fini Fini: Europe has no trust in the renewed Albanian socialists It is by no means in the interest of Albania’s image and future for it and its emigrants to become a source of refugees for Italy - they come from other countries in the world - Godo commented page 3

Artin Basha’s mother speaks to “KJ”, killed on 2 July 1990 Artin Basha’s mother speaks to “KJ”, killed on 2 July 1990 The State Security killed my son “I will search for the killer until the end of the world” page 6

Arrested in Salerno for a murder committed in Greece The agents of the Lecce rapid intervention squad arrested Albanian citizen Vladimir Dhima, 26, from Seman in Fier, who had long been wanted for the murder of a Greek citizen in Agios Dimitros. Dhima had been living illegally since 25 August 1992, when he killed his employer in Greece in Dimitros Kovriasas and then robbed him of half a million drachmas. He had committed the crime in collaboration with another Albanian, who remains wanted. Vladimir managed to enter Italy illegally and under the name Alexandros began working in a pizzeria near Lecce, in southern Italy. The investigations so far show that Vladimir also stole 6 million lire from the Italian employer, who had entrusted him with the keys to the premises. He was caught at the home of Arbër Steli, 24, from Seman in Fier, against whom an expulsion order was taken as an illegal immigrant. ANGELA VICENTINI

Ballist émigrés against Selfo: He collaborates with the socialists Ballist émigrés against Selfo: He collaborates with the socialists The Balli are showing their “horns” Selfo: It’s not worth dealing with them page 3

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