Foreign Minister Shehu meets his Portuguese counterpart, Gama Page 3

Socialists, organizers of the illegal rally “We want new elections. We want Fatos Nano,” shouted participants at Sunday’s rally, “forgetting” the money lost in the pyramid schemes Today, eight opposition leaders will answer prosecutors’ questions regarding the organization of the illegal rally of 19 January. Page 3

Prime Minister Meksi received the German delegation Yesterday morning, Prime Minister Meksi received in a special meeting the Chairman of the Economic Committee in the German Bundestag, Erik Riç, and the group of representatives of well-known German firms accompanying him on his several-day visit to Albania. Mr. Meksi, thanking the German Government on behalf of the Albanian Government for its assistance and support in consolidating democracy and advancing economic reform, expressed to his German guest his readiness to further develop bilateral relations and increase cooperation in all fields. “We appreciate the contribution of German business in Albania and would like it to expand as much as possible through new projects in important sectors of the Albanian economy,” emphasized host Prime Minister Meksi. For his part, Mr. Ridell, after expressing the German state’s support for reform and the democratization of our country, pointed out the German side’s interest in strengthening cooperation with Albania, and particularly in increasing bilateral exchanges in all fields and paving the way for greater cooperation with German firms and companies. Mr. Meksi and Mr. Ridell, along with the German businesspeople present at the meeting, exchanged views on concrete investments by German business in airport construction, tourism development, the processing industry, etc.

Protests over pyramid schemes While denying that it organized Sunday’s rally, the far-left opposition is calling for more rallies Page 3

50 managers and cashiers under investigation Page 2

By ALI SPAHIA Page 3

Sude’s creditors take legal action to recover their money The Tirana Court and Prosecutor’s Office have registered around 170 civil lawsuits seeking recognition of the obligation to repay the money Page 2

Interview with Vehbi Alimuça, president of the Vefa - Holding company “The state is not responsible for their pyramid firms. That is the duty of the prosecutors who organize them” Page 7

Demaçi’s interview with “Monitor” By fighting for their rights, Albanians are simultaneously fighting for the democratization of Serbia Page 4

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A special hall for an iconostasis and fifty icons Page 5

The General Assembly of the Episcopal Conference held its proceedings Page 2

Interview with Luljeta Pula Beqiri, chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo It is time for the passivity of this policy, which has preserved an unstable status quo, to be replaced by dynamism, because a dynamic policy will restore the people’s shaken faith in the decisive power of the internal factor.