Arbnori holds important meetings in Washington ON PAGE 2

The activities of the Guardia di Finanza will extend to the south ON PAGE 4

The judge who handed down the last death sentence for dissidents in the East is promoted ON PAGE 3

The Independent Miners’ Union gives the government another 5 days ON PAGE 5

Violence and state terror alarm Europe . Albania, a major concern for the EDU. In Salzburg, the DP delegation held meetings and talks with the leaders and representatives of around 20 Western parties and institutions ... Kosovo ... In this ... Berisha ... Secretary General Bode, thank ... RD correspondent

An enthusiastic meeting between Berisha and students and residents of the “Student City” “ Nano 4” should make way for a technical government PD Chairman Berisha, accompanied by Pollo, Bode, Këllici and Gjinushi, held an important and interactive meeting with the “Students” yesterday. The hall where the meeting took place was completely full and was one of the largest venues where, as on hundreds of occasions, opposition leader Berisha and his companions met with their fellow citizens. In response to questions of interest to the students, Berisha said: In his speech, the chairman of the Democratic Party stated that the opposition had been at the forefront of the country’s demands, and that at a time when the deep political crisis was being accompanied by further developments, at all times and in various ways, together with the students and others across the Balkans, they would take a stand against the government and for Albania. Berisha went on to address the deep crisis, the government’s opposition, organized state crime, savage violence against the opposition, the anarchic system, and so on. In view of all this, Nano is obliged not to form a government of smuggling for himself, but a Technical Government. It is in the supreme interest of Albania and the Albanian nation to emerge from the crisis and face the conflict in Kosovo. The Democratic Party, Berisha continued, has announced its alternatives, which are for a rapidly developing Albania governed by capable people and with economic dignity. “A government with heart,” Berisha said. In his speech, Deputy Chairman Pollo said that Nano’s government was a failed government because it responded only to the Socialist—when Nano succeeds, they say so; when he fails, they should say that Nano has failed. All of Nano’s governments have failed and caused damage. “Nano 4” will be no different.

The Democratic Party is establishing a regular presence on the international platforms of European politics. The participation of a high-level PD delegation in the conference of 18 EDU leaders in Kosovo is one of the party’s major successes in advancing its alternatives at the European level. The dignified representation of the PD’s program and ideas, not only domestically but also abroad, has attracted the attention of policymakers present as well as the media. Of the reports issued by international news agencies concerning this conference, three focused exclusively on the PD and its political presentation, with Berisha and his views on Kosovo and the domestic situation in Albania at their center. Meanwhile, the high-level PD delegation received full understanding for its position as a constructive opposition defending democratic principles in the face of a brutal, mafia-like incumbent government clinging to power. Berisha was greeted during his speech, and the conference participants’ hopes for discussion concerned various issues in right-wing politics and their position toward the left and its platforms. Berisha clearly set out his position on the crisis in Kosovo, and the alternatives he put forward received support. The European right’s stance, as well as the PD’s position on the situation in Albania, was set out in the EDU resolution on Albania. The resolution, already made known by opposition media, clearly expresses Europe’s critical position toward state policy in Albania. Europe concluded that Albania around 20 Western parties and institutions. In Çagen 3

The PD sets up its electoral headquarters for the local elections The Democratic Party chose its electoral headquarters yesterday at a meeting, for the elections to be held on June 21. The chairman of the Democratic Party, Mr. Genc Pollo, was appointed head of the headquarters. Its members are Mr. Genc Pollo, Sali Berisha and ... The members of this electoral headquarters were appointed ...

Pollo comments after Nano’s speech The Democratic Party’s deputy chairman, Genc Pollo, commented to RD yesterday after Nano’s speech before his left-wing government. He said: “Nano 4’s rule is nothing more than nothing, and it is power that is paving the way for the political destruction of this country; this is the bloody end for Albanians’ struggle for democracy in our country.” ... In 1998, or Fatos Nano never spoke ... As long as the PD is determined ...

Interview with the writer Ismail Kadare The distinguished Albanian writer Ismail Kadare calls on influential authorities in the region to make a joint effort for peace in the Balkans ON PAGE 6

The time of Hoxha returns, when the Albanians of Kosovo were handed over to the Serbs The Albanians killed in Deçan by Serbian forces were betrayed by Tirana, ... the institutions of power ... Kosovo ... This shocking story ... The victims of one of the most barbaric massacres ... in Kosovo ...

Shot from the funeral ceremony for the victims of the Serbian massacres in Deçan