The Vlora Committee and the PS renew their agreements ON PAGE 3

Yesterday, a fight outside BKT; police do not intervene ON PAGE 5

The Swedish Red Cross: bread only for six months ON PAGE 5

The Secretary General faces a two-year prison sentence. Bode has rejected all the accusations. The state has violated the laws The Secretary General of the PD, Ridvan Bode, in court proceedings. The decision on the opposition’s rallies will be issued today

The authorities begin organizing political trials against opposition newspapers ON PAGE 4 The Prosecutor’s Office summons [him] to

The Legal Affairs Committee seeks explanations from the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe The troika’s conditions “The opposition has returned to Parliament, while the government has fulfilled almost none of the European troika’s recommendations” From Strasbourg, Astrit PATOZI CoE institutionalizes monitoring of the Parliament–Constitutional Court conflict Kolumberg and Besostri, reporters for Albania ON PAGE 3

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At least two of the ministers in Nano 4 have histories similar to that of former Defense Minister Sabit Brokaj, a member of the Nano 3 cabinet. The sexual histories of two members of Nano’s new cabinet, dating back not very long, are known to Nano, just as Sabit’s story is. Mr. Nano had the necessary information about the sexual histories and related scandals of two members of his cabinet not just now, but already beforehand. Mediani, too, just like Nano, was familiar with the histories of the two members of the restructured cabinet, about whom there was no need to speculate, as his spokesperson repeatedly stated. The specific immorality of cabinet members, both those leaving and those arriving, cannot be covered up by Sabit’s departure: Nano sacrificed him for the same reason that two other members of the government were brought into the cabinet. But the main concern is the immorality of Nano’s governance and his immoral notions of governing. In order to remove a minister from a clan that rivals his family, Nano uses dossiers extensively, as he himself tells the press today. To bring the government under his personal control, Nano keeps smugglers, immoral people, perverts, and all the cabinet members with vices in suspense for several days, moving them from one chair to another and turning the governance of the country into an outlet for whims and Byzantine intrigue against his own people, taking care to control them as much as possible rather than lead a government. Bringing in several military officers who had been sidelined in the party proves precisely that Nano has been concerned with controlling cabinet members and managing their vices. Nano’s transformation of the country’s government into the control and management of the vices of his cabinet members, or of other people around the government, by setting them against one another, is the clearest manifestation of the immorality of the Nano 4 Government. There is no need to comment on the morality of those who are leaving or those who are coming. People with files as informers, smugglers, immoral people, and perverts are all in the cabinet, assigned duties but not decreed by Mediani, who, despite the spokesperson’s statements that he is reviewing these files, is reshaping them. So far, following such “reviews,” he has approved them all as they are—with informers, smugglers, immoral people, etc.—and the same fate awaits everyone else. Mediani, besides being a puppet in Nano’s hands, as he has always been, now, after delaying the decrees for almost a week, has also become Nano’s lever-puppet, and Nano uses him against whomever he pleases among his own people. The immorality of PS governance does not begin and end with a few cabinet members leaving or arriving because of sexual affairs in the government. The immorality lies in the fact that both those who leave and those who arrive become cabinet members because of their moral vices, because this is the method Nano has chosen for governing.

“Striscia la Notizia” on TV5, a racist and anti-Albanian program The program “Striscia la Notizia,” which contains racist material against Albanians and is broadcast on Italian TV channel 5, was encouraged by an executive at an Albanian television station. This was stated by the program’s director, Ricci, who told the Court for Immigrants in Milan that an Albanian television authority had told him the program was very good and should continue to be broadcast. Ricci also gave the person’s name; the person is believed to be Ylli Pango. In the aforementioned program, Albanians are portrayed as a negative stereotype: uncultured and ridiculous, lacking the qualities of a civilized human being. The Court for Immigrants in Milan has asked the Authority for Publishing and Broadcasting to immediately suspend “Striscia la Notizia,” the segment about Albanians, because of broadcasts that offend on grounds of nationality. Meanwhile, the Albanian TV executive told the program’s director that the show is watched in Albania by 60 percent of the population and is liked by Albanians. Interview with Italian senator Pianeta. History has long since cast aside the governing practices of the Albanian socialists

Interview with Italian senator Pianeta. History has long since cast aside the governing practices of the Albanian socialists aside the governing practices of the Albanian socialists The Albanian government has halted the country’s development

The Prosecutor’s Office explains the mystery of the lists of those who stole millions of dollars from the pyramid investment companies ON PAGE 4

Berisha congratulates Austrian President Klestil on his re-election Democratic leader Berisha yesterday congratulated Klestil on his re-election to the high office of President of Austria. In a letter addressed to Klestil, Berisha writes: “Your election for a second term as president demonstrates the high regard and extraordinary popularity you enjoy among your people, which strengthens your Austrian friends’ satisfaction and confidence that, under your supreme leadership, the country will attain even higher levels of development and an even more important role in European life and family.” “While congratulating you on your re-election,” Berisha states in his letter, “I take this opportunity to pay tribute not only to one of the most prominent figures in Austrian political life in the second half of the century, but also to the great friend of Albania and the Albanian people, who during these decades has given valuable support to Albanian democracy and the Albanian nation.” “The happy occasion of this congratulatory message allows me to reiterate my deep and unforgettable feelings of profound friendship and highest esteem for you and the friendly Austrian people,” Berisha’s letter to President Klestil concludes.

The Food Inspectorate seized 25,000 lek worth of expired goods in three months ON PAGE 5

Breaking news With these words, former Minister Ceka took his leave of his colleagues at the Ministry of Internal Affairs while still alive. — I did not leave you any crumbs so that you could get rich, as the other government officials have done. That is your fault. I will leave you with the vetrën that will be! AD-së, so that you too do not lag behind in smuggling... This farewell was regarded by senior officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a moment of ministerial sincerity. Then, as the ministry’s spokesperson reports, Ceka left in an unknown direction. For this reason, roadblocks have been set up on all roads leading out of the capital. Interpol has also been notified. The police have also circulated a notice accompanied by Ceka’s photograph, asking citizens that if they see a tall man with white hair, wearing a striped sweater and black trousers, shouting in the street, they should immediately notify the nearest police station...

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Department of Public Security Policies On Thursday, April 23, 1998, at 12:00, the leadership of the Department of Public Security will hold a meeting of all department members in the press conference room.