The Speaker of Parliament calls for the distortion of the agreement on the independent investigative team The Chief Prosecutor has received a parliamentary commission on the MSH Hudinari case appointed to find the defendants; he thinks of the support of Dokle and the fanatical communists in Parliament Gjynushi admits he has a hand in Azem’s killing The Speaker of Parliament calls for the distortion of the agreement on the independent investigative team The Chief Prosecutor has received a parliamentary commission on the MSH Hudinari case appointed to find the defendants he thinks of the support of Dokle and the fanatical communists in Parliament ON PAGE 3

Customs officers commanded from Tirana continue to move and replace in unloading Kosovarët: New Year i at dinner and as if it were How much does the festive- night table cost Customs officers commanded from Tirana continue to move and replace in unloading ON PAGE 5

The liberals and the democratic union demand an opposition-government meeting Lago: A new government will solve the problems The liberals and the democratic union demand an opposition-government meeting ON PAGE 4

Former Chancellor Kohl writes to Berisha ON PAGE 4

Berisha-Majko meeting, the government’s hostage By Sami PATAZI Tomorrow the killing, 10 years ago a group of opposition deputies turned back and secretly linked the ways of the opposition, which turn it into a matter of government. Such a possible meeting that is mentioned more and more every day by the head of government, who repeatedly states at the end of this year that he is ready for a broad dialogue for the country’s stability, but it is not as positive as it is in order to do the duties of the hosts or of the society he is talking about. The opposition has turned it into an object of avoiding relations with the government and into a logic that is simply emotional and noisy, driven by fear and instability in function of its own electorate. All this is hidden also in the latest policy concerning responsibility for the killing of Azem Hajdari and the other direct and public accusations against the prime minister and his government for organizing this act. The opposition is moreover facing a government in a functional relationship, which has completely exhausted the October 13 agreement for stabilizing the country, but which has undertaken to present itself as tolerant toward the opposition. A meeting between the head of government and the head of the opposition for normalizing relations or postponing the resolution of the political conflict is, in one case, meaningless and in the other, absurd. It cannot be a routine meeting for the interests of day-to-day politics, but apparently the government has advertised it as such. It can be, if the government considers it necessary only in function of a political agreement with clear aims and objectives, such that they somehow impose themselves on the opposition as well and give answers to its well-known demands. It should be preceded by a project or a public offer from the government that clearly outlines the objectives and mechanisms of the political solution. It should aim at establishing a political and legal working group to prepare a concrete agenda of talks between the head of government and the opposition on fundamental issues such as setting a date for early elections, the political and constitutional solution to the crisis of Parliament’s legitimacy, the political solution concerning the President of the Republic, the political and constitutional stance toward the political war in Kosovo, and the establishment of a climate of cooperation in the function of the reform process and not of the socialist capture of the institutions and all the instruments of the state. Such a dialogue requires a completely different environment from the one that has fed most of the manifestations of the Majko government in the last two months. It requires a government that is more responsible, less propagandistic, and more determined in its sincere will for stabilization. This government is still behaving in folkloric terms, not with political attitudes and actions. Consensus and dialogue require carrying a spirit, a political motive in order to be possible, not the will to appear before the international community or public opinion as the making of an image. They can be built on real and political objectives. The possible dialogue between Berisha and Majko therefore does not exclude, and thus does not automatically provide the possibility that after such a meeting nothing will happen, that is, that there will be no concrete fruit. The possibility of success of this meeting should not be ruled out, but more than the names Berisha and Majko, what matters is the climate, the manner, the objectives and the spirit that makes it possible. Consensus can be used as a standard in governance, but its proper meaning and interest have always mattered as well. In short, this meeting will not be as important as may result from the course of the Majko government in the coming days. It remains for the prime minister, in relations with the opposition, to have a clear and stable political perspective and not merely a propagandistic development for a photo, a newspaper headline or a television interview on the occasion of the end of the year.

The only closed mountain, the round of talks that touch on several very important issues for the country’s future USA: Accidents must not be allowed to spoil the new process The only closed moun- round of talks that touch on several very important issues for the country’s future. The deputy and the president of a country ... [?] ON PAGE 3 In a meeting with the President of Kosovo Ibrahim Rugova, the chairman of the Bureau of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee

Writer Ismail Kadare welcomes the Berisha-Majko meeting: The Albanian issue is moving with a good fate, despite the failures Dialogue should become a new political culture Writer Ismail Kadare welcomes the Berisha-Majko meeting: The Albanian issue is moving with a good fate, despite the failures As in writing, so too in Kosovo he stre- ches curiosity with an incomprehensible use of the institutions where he goes in his mind, one who has the ability to create illusory force at the borders. With a logical stop, if we finally take it with the mental dimen- sion, we show examples with unequal games where the role truly belongs to no one, and yet it has weight. ... [?] ON PAGE 3

Chief Prosecutor, "I will proceed" once I have clarified myself" A word with the OSCE representative, Wolfgang Petritsch ON PAGE 4

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From Berisha’s "Rilindja", the only one to Majko’s "voicing" to Malko’s "voicing" PD: Dialogue, vital for solving the crisis From Berisha’s "Rilindja", the only one to Majko’s "voicing" ON PAGE 4

Gjirokastër Democrats prepare for elections ON PAGE 2

Customs officers commanded from Tirana continue to replace and dismiss Koniamoret: New Year at dinner as if it were How much does the festive- night table cost The customs of Saranda are kept hostage by the government ON PAGE 5

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