The prosecutor’s office seeks Interpol’s help. Luniku, letter to SHIK and the Prosecutor’s Office: Deposit in a Greek bank. SHIK is also tracking the mysteries Agents: “How much money do the usury bosses have, in which banks are the deposits held, how much do they spend and where do they live” Page 2

The now highly tangible meeting between Albanian Prime Minister Nano and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević was not only condemned yesterday by the head of the PD, Berisha, but he also warned of the total failure of this meeting. The argument Mr. Berisha used to devalue or stigmatize the meeting between his Albanian political rival and the “historical enemies” of Albanian nationalism was that “the two figures who will meet in Crete are hated in their own countries and even more loathed in Kosovo.” As for the first, without wishing to make an apology for the Prime Minister of Albania, based on the result of the June elections in Albania, it emerges at least that the most hated by Nano is Berisha himself, who did not even gather one third of the votes of his opponent, who came out of prison. The situation is different if Berisha identifies the 200 people applauding at his rallies these last few days with the Albanian people. On the other hand, despite its decline, Mr. Milošević’s Socialist Party continues to be the main political force in Serbia and Yugoslavia, so there is no way he can be the most hated by his people. As for Kosovo, after Berisha’s attempts, aimed at escaping the storm over usury, to throw the Albanians there “to the wolves,” by urging them to undo things with Drashkoviç & Co., who seek to erase even the name Kosovo, not to mention the PPD diversion and fellow countrymen in Macedonia, it is hardly likely that Berisha can be a beloved figure for Albanians in the territories outside the homeland. By presenting this meeting as the fruit of the “struggle of the Albanian side” and on the other hand saying that it “serves Serbian nationalism,” former President Berisha falls into a banal contradiction. The head of the PD, assessing this meeting through the prism of the Albanian-Serbian contrast, ignores the role of the great powers. First of all the USA, which contributed to his overthrow from the throne. Yesterday, Berisha also, while declaring himself in favor of talks in Belgrade, expressed the view that they should take place “in the presence of a third party.” But in doing so he seems to have forgotten that the issue of “a third party” was discussed yesterday for contacts between Prishtina and Belgrade, and not between these two Tiranas. Surely, no longer being at the helm of Albanian diplomacy, former President Berisha’s diplomatic clock, which stopped long ago, perhaps already with the war in Bosnia, has played a role. But more than that, Berisha’s skepticism stems from the “anti-contact” ideology, from the “walls” and various barriers with which Albanians in Albania have been familiarized and accustomed for 50 years in a row. In the end, the Nano–Milošević meeting may be a forced alternative in the absence of a Berisha–Šešelj.

Former PS deputy Mazreku yesterday after the end of the first court hearing Photo G. SHKULLAKU

Former PS deputy Mazreku yesterday after the end of the first court hearing Photo G. SHKULLAKU Albanian newspapers and magazines on the verge of a major strike The Albanian press has finally decided to react to the government’s austerity measures under “Nano 3.” Yesterday, the main Albanian publishers agreed to request yet another meeting with the prime minister to talk about relief from certain fiscal obligations, which are not applied in any country in the world that has even a little democracy. In the parliamentary session a few weeks ago, when the law to raise VAT was to be discussed, Minister Arben Malaj was faced with the request of many MPs not to apply the 20% VAT to the press. Even the head of the Economy and Finance Committee, Anastas Angjeli, asked that the press, the fourth power, not have such high taxes and obligations, because free press would go bankrupt or would be put at the service of political circles or the mafia if it wanted to survive, which would mean the destruction of the other powers as well. The press pays high tribute, because the fees are absurd, fiscal obligations are among the highest in the world, while newspapers fail to reach villages because of lack of transport, subscriptions are not made, some newspapers have been destroyed and burned at the start of this year, and even worse, government officials see the press as something superfluous, since the people have enough to watch Mazi’s TV! The main Albanian publishers will ask that all small newspapers, magazines and publishing houses show solidarity with the indefinite major strike, if the government does not resolve any of their demands. The press, above all, is information for people; then it is a business, but not like any ordinary business,

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