Winning parties: Nano must take us into account too in the decisions his cabinet makes Fino: “We cannot wait for the coalition to do our work” Page 3

BY FATOS LUBONJA Lately, more and more, Albania gives you the impression of a mentally ill person who, with the arrival of spring, has begun to show strong symptoms of madness. Anyone who starts the morning by listening to the press review, now broadcast by several television stations, can hardly leave home with a warm feeling in their heart. Not a single report that a school, a bridge or a hospital is being built somewhere. Not a single report about any serious investment. The grenade attack at the Shkodër police station continues, fighting at the military depots in Kukës, the water supply system is blown up, TNT in Gjirokastër, calls to abandon parliament and all sorts of [?], which everyone knows stem from the destructive activity of the PD gangs. “How is it possible that three million Albanians continue to be held hostage by the madness of a few? Why can’t the negative energy produced by these few people be stopped?” These are the questions you hear people asking everywhere. Powerless to do anything with their own hands, people begin cursing the state. Then come the accusations that our officials are only thinking about lining their pockets, and finally someone says that Albania in 1998 will no longer be governed by either Nano or Berisha, but by crime, and so we should leave here as soon as possible. This is the state of mind of many Albanians today. It is a state of mind that demands an end, as soon as possible, to the criminal madness at the head of Albania. Yet, paradoxically, the greater the need to put an end to this madness, the more people fall into confusion[?]. Here, there is talk of uncovering the huge pyramid-scheme frauds, while their owners are not arrested but launch counterattacks through their private television stations. Here, the head of the Constitutional Court, an agent of the UDB and the Sigurimi, continues to hold press conferences and is defended by the opposition; investigations are being conducted into the bloodshed in Vlora, while the perpetrators of that bloodshed commit further crimes. Nano dreams; this man delivers a harsh speech against political criminals—understandably, he means Berisha and his people—while elsewhere Zëri i Popullit reports that he told foreign journalists he does not consider Berisha a political enemy. How can this moral and political upheaval[?] be brought to a halt? People take comfort in the thought that, first and foremost, this is the duty of those who have taken on the burden of the vote entrusted to them by the Albanian people. Up to now, our leaders have not coordinated their activities; instead, they have been driven by spontaneous political passions and worn down by ambitions toward one another, combined with submission to foreign advisers. This has created a situation more prone to eruption than to resolution. Now or never, they must find a language of cooperation to finally resolve some problems. And the first problem to solve is putting an end to the criminal madness.

Grenade attack on the police P. 2 The two political rivals head to Korçë Gjinushi reassures Berisha P. 3 The ranks of communists from abroad grow

Bezhani Commission: At SHIK, 4 people with files; 31 more in the Ministry of Internal Affairs Page 5

A serious attack in the North in the early hours of the morning Kukës Water Supply System blown up with TNT. Ministry of Internal Affairs: This is a political crime A serious attack in the North in the early hours of the morning 50,000 residents without water Kukës Water Supply System blown up with TNT. Ministry of Internal Affairs: This is a political crime At 03:00 yesterday morning, residents of the villages of Mulosian, Domje and Grabçicë, 20 kilometres from the town of Kukës, were shaken by an explosion. A large quantity of TNT had been placed 30 metres deep inside the tunnel where the main pipe is located. The explosion severed the pipe over a length of 2 metres, thereby cutting off the water supply. As soon as they were notified, police forces arrived at the scene and cordoned off the village to track down the attackers, but were unable either to catch or identify them. P. 9

PD bodyguard is a member of PKSHA P. 4 Albanian Prime Minister meets with Cërvenkovski Nano, a night in Ohrid P. 4 More than 100 permits for major businessmen Vlora, weapons for traders P. 8 Special / Albanians fighting for Kosovo UÇK, the army in masks P. 16