The West now recognizes a possible candidate for President After the latest State Department report The legal treatment of the Nano case, in the State Department report, which coincides with the threshold of the election campaign in Albania, takes on a special political coloring when it is emphasized that the socialist leader is “imprisoned”, since he was Berisha’s main opponent. It is the first time that an Albanian politician after the victory of the PD on 22 March has been presented as a possible candidate for the presidential throne in the official documents of Western countries. The idea spread by opposition politicians, that Berisha is the only man who can lead for at least another five years, was recently answered by the State Department, which sees in the prisoner of Bënça “a potential candidate for President”. page 3

The Files Law favors the politics of the ruling party The full report of the U.S. Department for Albania for 1995 The Files Law favors the politicians of the ruling party page 12-13

The new diplomat will be appointed only after the “presidential elections of the dictator of the USA” Yesterday Joseph Lake organizes the farewell meeting page 4

We remind you that life does not end on election day PAD: Today’s slanders are sufficient proof for tomorrow’s justice page 3

They are accused of the disappearance of 27,000–60,000 files in the 1991–1992 period Measure imposed for the former Minister of the Interior and the former head of SHIK Irakli Koçollari and Vladimir Hysi during the hearing on the remand measure, photo A. BABANI Yesterday during the hearing the prosecutor requested an investigation while in custody, since according to him the social danger of the act committed by the two accused is great. There are three articles of the Penal Code, 248, 30 and the one on cooperation, 25, that weigh on the former officials, one of which provides a sentence of up to 3 years in prison, while the other two up to 7 years. Judge Gjin Gjoni finally signed the remand in Tirana Prison for Koçollari and Hysi. page 2

The venues change, but not the resentments and the conclusions Yesterday, 8 March page 6

After the announcement from the Ministry, the parties “Patriot’s Ideals” and “Triumph of Legality” are legalized by the Kaseracion The number 38 of political parties in Albania page 2

28-year-old arrested as a drug trafficker A lightning operation by the anti-crime squad An Albanian brothel in the center of the Italian capital. The discovery was made yesterday morning, after a long-prepared operation by a special unit of the Rome police. During the operation, three young men were caught in the act keeping three Albanian girls of about 20 years old for prostitution purposes. Just 24 hours earlier the police had arrested the 28-year-old Albanian K.G., with 42 kg of pure heroin. page 2

The idea comes from Stuttgart page 5

Jokanoviç: with the Albanians there will be no talks, only discussions page 10

NATIONAL LIBRARY TIRANA

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