At least 5 killed and dozens of citizens injured already in the first hours of the new year The year 1998, crime with growth, 365 days during 6,000 criminal acts or 500 criminal acts per month Eight years with “PD” Three hundred, desperate on New Year’s night! Serious crime has fallen, everything vanished; Ramiz Alia’s half-grown loss from the Berisha-Majko meeting The criminals are waiting in the office; the best government that could act would do better; former president of the Kozara association Acili Milosh, sacrifice in the bosom of the center of an old central shadow of the PDs, seems to be the best thing that could be done by the former president of the Kozara association Acili [?] The doctor was blocked by the Berisha-Majko stick cartridges [?] The return of the Albanian president in a central word of the life of the center in another and the nephew Randon of Malës, president of the Kozara association Acili Friends, the killing of citizens so that it can be in a serious condition and has managed to reach a large center and then the killing by Berisha-Majko [?] ON PAGE 2

Rana’s choice: That ring lost everything from the Berisha-Majko meeting Three hundred, desperate on New Year’s night! The return of the Albanian president in a central word of the life of the center in another and the nephew Randon of Malës, president of the Kozara association Acili [?] At the center of this calm-toned political atmosphere, created during the New Year’s Eve night after the election of the new president, the keyword of the first days of this year seems to be “PD”. Autonomy—whether this word stands or not—for the center-right, with the standing used by the right wing of “PD,” and because of a context that originated years ago, in a new political context it may acquire a new meaning. Its outlines are found in clear terms regarding the defeat or not of the political opponent and in resolving the situation created after the change of government. According to the right, these days will be decisive not only for guiding the opposition’s behavior but also its political course. “PD”, however much it publicly declares its will to be a center-right force with a Western profile, does not abandon its political action from last autumn or the protests as a form of pressure on the majority. Within this framework, the Berisha-Majko meeting appears as a point of reference, but not as a closing point of the political conflict. If no concrete results emerge from this meeting, the opposition is expected to return to its harsh tones toward the government and increase political pressure. ON PAGE 2

The Foreign Minister, pressed like Nuno over Kosovo ON PAGE 3

Turkey welcomes the Majko-Berisha meeting ON PAGE 3

Accusations of zeal in an observer meeting ON PAGE 3

Durrës Cigarette Factory heading toward bankruptcy ON PAGE 5

Price relations down to the minimum at the end of ’98 ON PAGE 2

A troubled start in the coastal city ON PAGE 4

2,200 teachers ahead of the strike ON PAGE 5

The owners from Kosovo in front of the Prime Minister’s Office ON PAGE 5

Albania “Interlines” uton Albanian people: “Albana sponsors and krishta a slogorojë a live Social a live vilim 1999.” TELEFONICO KONFETARE ALBANA Growth lines? Civil services? dheds 31 December 1998 Permit No. L.CZ?950 Aldesar

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