A catastrophic state of violence in the north of the country. The open evacuation has taken us hostage. Insufficient measures by the government to cope with the situation ON PAGE 3 Refugees expelled from Kosovo crossing from Macedonia to Kukës

Berisha: The hour of the Albanian people’s general resistance “True glory is honored by peoples and people through sacrifice”

Bloody scenes in Albanian intellectual circles. The fate of Rugova is not known for certain The well-known and terribly tortured and massacred by the Serbian terror apparatus, the vice-president of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Fehmi Agani, has been killed. Din Mifti, Ahmet Krasniqi and others. Missing and arrested, “Koha Ditore”, and it is also reported incorrectly that Ibrahim Rugova is meanwhile being sheltered in some hidden building somewhere in Kosovo. Xhemal Mustafa, advisor to President Rugova

Kosovo Albanian people are experiencing the hardest days in all their existence under oppression. The horror of madness, a wave of terror, fire, annihilation and massacres that has engulfed almost all of Kosovo is shocking the world. But above Kosovo, in these terrible days, the great victor is being outlined more clearly than ever: the confrontation with the price of freedom. Amid the waves of exile, the pain of displacement, the many and great losses, and a crown of tears, Kosovo is rising and speaking to everyone with its own voice. There are long columns of refugees, exhausted and shocked men, women and children, crossing the border into Albania. On carts, on tractors, in cars and on foot, hungry, tired and exhausted, they are disembarking and moving toward salvation, to restore to humanity the neglected image of violated Kosovo. With their tired, dirty faces, wounded by hell, we once again see the spirit of resistance of a people, and once again that the world is experiencing a tragedy that is not enough to call merely Albanian. The people of Kosovo are facing this new war once again with their heads held high, with a dignity that no one can take from them. They are crossing into poor Albania, but for them it is their country, an open shelter in the most difficult hour. This day of mass flight from Kosovo, this day of their pain, is a day of our national responsibility. We must be close to them with our hearts, with bread, with shelter, and with dignity. Kosovo is with them. Freedom is with them. ON PAGE 5

Opposition MPs say Albania does not deserve this government. Milo criticizes the delay of Kosovo protests in Athens ON PAGE 3

The outbreak of war, for one of the international mediators, separated Kosovo from Serbia Clinton: Air strikes against Yugoslavia will continue Cook: Serbian bandits will answer for the massacres Schröder: Milošević responsible for 200,000 people fleeing ON PAGE 5

Berisha meets with Ambassador Lino Berisha meets with Ambassador Lino ON PAGE 3

Intensive contacts between the Democratic Party and the international community Democratic Party — for emergency relief to Albanians ON PAGE 3

Members of the Bundestag from the PP visit Kukës ON PAGE 2

Former commander of NATO peacekeeping forces in Bosnia states ON PAGE 2

Online Albania visit: www.albanianonline.net (see page 5)