Press conference of President Berisha and President Tuđman. At the end of the two-day visit of the Croatian delegation to official Tirana, Mr. Franjo Tuđman was received with an official welcome at the Palace of Brigades. The President of the Republic and chairman of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, and the Croatian President, Dr. Franjo Tuđman, reviewed the guard of honour. After this meeting, they entered a one-on-one conversation accompanied only by their interpreters, and then the delegations of both countries held talks in a tête-à-tête format. The Croatian deputy foreign minister, accompanied by representatives of other ministries, held a working meeting with their counterparts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the Croatian deputy speaker of parliament, G. Shvagel, had a meeting with the deputy speaker of the Albanian parliament, Dr. [...?] The Zagreb government news bureau reports that after the talks held in Tirana, the two presidents signed the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Albania and Croatia. According to this bureau, Foreign Minister Safet Zhulali, the chairman of the Committee for Economic and Trade Relations with the Outside World Hekuran Meksi, Finance Minister Genc Ruli, Transport Minister Arben Imami, and chairman of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee Arben Cejku signed bilateral agreements with their counterparts in the fields of transport, finance, economic relations, and cultural, scientific and technical exchanges. Afterwards, Croatian President Tuđman and the chairman of the Democratic Party, President of the Republic Sali Berisha, gave a joint press conference. ZEYTLLISHI

"Mr. Saliani returns from Paris today" Yesterday, the Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly for non-member countries met in Paris, in which the Albanian delegation from the Parliament of Albania also took part, made up of the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, Mr. Arben Cejku, deputy Mr. Fatmir Mediu, and the secretary of the delegation, Mrs. Elona Toska. The Committee of parliamentarians from non-member countries in the Council of Europe discussed at yesterday's meeting the relations between the Council of Europe and Albania. During the meeting, Mr. Arben Cejku particularly emphasized the progress of democratic reforms in Albania and the serious efforts of the Albanian government to solve economic and social problems. He also pointed out the important steps taken toward reforming the judicial system, improving the mechanisms for the protection of human rights, and Albanian legislation. During the numerous questions posed to the Albanian delegation by several members of this committee, concerning pluralism in Albania, relations between the majority and the opposition, the privatization process, Albanian legislation, and the independent functioning of the judiciary in Albania, Mr. Cejku gave a general overview of the democratic progress in our country. At the end of the meeting, the parliamentary committee of non-member countries in the Council of Europe gave a positive assessment of Albania and decided to invite the Special Committee for Albania to the March 7 meeting, so that the country can be given the proper political support for its membership in the Council of Europe. * * * In the late hours of yesterday evening, the Albanian parliamentarians took part in a dinner hosted by the President of the Council of Europe, Daniel Tarchys [?], where Mr. Cejku had a fruitful conversation with him as well as with other parliamentarians. Although the visit of the delegation to the Council of Europe has not yet ended, Mr. Arben Cejku announced that on 3 March he will be in Tirana.

Yesterday at 11:30 a.m., the first diplomatic residence of the Republic of Hungary was opened in Tirana. The speech on this occasion was delivered by the Ambassador of Hungary in Tirana, Mr. Juris [?]. In this residence, the first exhibition of Hungarian painters in Albania was also opened. After its inauguration, a cocktail reception was held, attended by the President of the Republic, Mr. Sali Berisha. DEFAMATION CASE 6 July 1991 7 June 1993 40 years 9 October 1993 30 years 10 July 1993 70 years 11 October 1993 40 years 12 September 1993 50 years 13 October 1993 40 years 14 October 1993 50 years 16 November 1993 40 years 17 September 1993 20 years 18 October 1993 50 years 3 March 1993 60 years 4 August 1993 30 years 5 September 1993 50 years 50 years 100 years 150 years Notice The short-term voucher system of the privatization coupon, which began to be applied in February, will continue unchanged in March as well. The determination of the exchange deadline of the coupon into lek will be made at the end of March. Directorate-General of the Agricultural and Food Bank

The Assembly of Lezha, the initiator of national independence and of the modern Albanian state, strengthens the nation's tradition of unity in critical moments, such as the current period of the democratic development process in Albania. This was one of the conclusions of the scientific conference dedicated to the 550th anniversary of the Assembly of Lezha, which was held in [...] of the National Historical Museum. The chairman of the Democratic Party, Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha, in his greeting at this scientific conference, describing the efforts of Albanians through the centuries to preserve their nation, language, traditions, and culture, said that in the memory of the nation centuries later, as never before, alongside the outstanding heroism of the struggle of Albanians under Skanderbeg for freedom and independence, stands the Assembly of Lezha. According to him, this great historical event, which with the unification of the princes and all Albanians under Skanderbeg's flag, proclaimed before Europe, and also before other nations, the determination of the Albanians to stand firm against the Ottoman invasion. President Berisha described the Assembly of Lezha as a major event in the history of the Albanian people, an event that embodied the Albanians' efforts for freedom and independence, but also in its very organizational form as an expression of the deep European steadfastness of this people. He said that the Lezha congressmen founded the modern Albanian state in the sense of the political process, in the sense of defending national interests, and in the sense of administering a territory, by organizing a joint army in the most difficult circumstances of aggression. The Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Mr. Aleksandër Meksi, said that the celebration of the 550th anniversary of the Assembly of Lezha has extraordinary importance and, in today's conditions, for the reason that the work of our national hero should be a guide for generations. He added that the commemoration would serve as encouragement for [...] more studies on the figure of Skanderbeg and his work. The vice president of the Academy of Sciences, Prof. Kristo Frashëri, also spoke at the conference. (Continued on page three)

The political bureau of the social democrats in the hall criticized the parliamentary compromise. [...?] To be "determined youth" prepared for a sad epilogue and a deposed outcast. To be in the largest opposition party in the country and in the deputy's chair, to have also held the post of general secretary of the party, to perhaps be among the people closest to its leader, and then suddenly fall from there in everyone's eyes and learn the reasons for this political catastrophe only through media reports. The Assembly of Lezha, the main ones, Azem Hajdari, Ylli Veizi, Azem Haxhia, Ylli Veizi [?], offered ps of the wonders together with [..] socialists and social democrats. (Continued on page three)

Judges say: complete the investigations Marcel Shkondi, the first Albanian "simoni", a declared pederast and a shameless transvestite of Mbrostilli and Kurdarini of Lushnja. Yesterday, after appearing before the military penal court in the process called "Skendo", he stated that in our country social democrats and socialists go wild like the devil. The military court's decision to complete the investigations came because the court was handed new evidence to confirm the murder and homosexual rape, as well as links to prostitution and drugs. (Continued on page 4)

"...but very soon the truth about the director's death after the 5th and the decision of the Tirana court will be known!" The Lezha police commissariat announced that the identification and arrest of the perpetrator of the murder of the chief of crimes, Commissioner Nuri Nuhiu, is now a fact. A special police group, arrived from Tirana, made it possible to identify and arrest the killer of Commissioner Nuri Nuhiu. The author of this murder is considered to be the young man from the village of Troshan in the Lezha district, Astrit Hila, born in 1991, currently residing in the city of Lezha. Meanwhile, in Tirana, at the District Court, at 1:00 p.m. yesterday a court session was held regarding the Prosecutor's request for the imposition of a detention measure on Astrit Hila. Also yesterday, in this court, the trial began for the other defendant in this case. According to official police sources, the investigations continue and it is expected that other motives behind this event will soon come to light. (Continued on page 4)

As soon as the socialists' agreement was concluded and he was declared chairman, Namik Dokle considered his party to be composed into "PDS". After that, and however optimistic they may be in the social democrats, Ahmeti (?) and Vangjushi will have consequences. In one respect, the socialists and social democrats, one coming out of the "specter" of intoxication with the name of "PD" in administration, because PS had just been voted and was waiting with eyes open. NANU PDS FREE OUR CHAIRMAN NANO NANO EDI PALOKA (cartoon)

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