Police erase traces of the unlawful detention The DP calls for those who tortured Besnik Byberaj at Tirana Police Station No. 2 to be brought to justice ON PAGE 2

Business with arrivals from Kosovo is at its peak ON PAGE 5

The Government of Kosovo begins publishing information on the funds given to the KLA and its General Staff ON PAGE 3 The Government of Kosovo promises that it will continue to make all its funds public, along with information on how they were used

A week ago, the Albanian Red Cross had declared that it could The wood is boiling at the supply points. A sign above the gate reads, “We have no more food”

Statement by the leadership of the Democratic Party At a time when Albanian nationalists are being executed by Milošević in Kosovo or held hostage in his prisons, the official Tirana continues to pay the killers of the tribune of Albanian nationalism, Azem Hajdari, and keeps democratic nationalists in prisons in Tirana At its Sunday meeting, the leadership of the Democratic Party discussed at length the situation in the country following the genocide and the major ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians, the security and political situation in the country, as well as the ongoing onslaught against the opposition in Albania. The Democratic Party condemns in the strongest terms the genocide, mass internment and ethnic cleansing of Albanians in Kosovo, carried out according to the “patori” plan prepared by the terrorist headquarters of Belgrade’s Pol Pot. The DP salutes all the citizens of Albania who opened their doors and homes to their Albanian brothers and sisters. By sharing their grief and sacrifice with them, they demonstrated to them and to the whole world the great-heartedness and national generosity of the Albanians. For the DP, the role played in these days by local government officials is of particular importance, given their great commitment to arranging accommodation for those arriving from Kosovo. “Through their work, the Local Authorities proved to be the most efficient structures, etc. ...” [?] The leadership of the Democratic Party appreciates and thanks the country’s political forces for the consensus they showed in response to its call to host on Albanian soil those displaced from Kosovo. The Democratic Party calls on those arriving from Kosovo, despite the enormous difficulties they face, not to leave Albania for other countries, but to remain here as they await their return to Kosovo as soon as possible. (Continued on page 3)

DioGuardi and Cloyes write to the chair of the U.S. Congress Foreign Relations Committee about Kosovo

Dioguardi and Çojevi? write to the chairman of the Monastery abroad in the US Congress about Kosovo If the activities of the KLA are currently being linked to the activities of Islamic fundamentalist elements, this is the work of Serbian lobbies. If the KLA had been a terrorist, fundamentalist organization, then it would have caused chaos in the Serbian Orthodox community and at the monasteries in Deçan, Prizren, and other parts of Kosovo. Instead of these terrorist acts, the Albanians of Kosovo have protected these institutions ON PAGE 2

Serbian army forces fire shells and raid Albanian territory to mine the Qafë Prushit area ON PAGE 4

Swedish newspaper “Svenska Dagbladet”: Former Albanian president calls for Millosheviç’s removal “Millosheviç can invade Albania at any time, and meanwhile we have not even mobilized the troops at the border to defend ourselves,” Berisha said ON PAGE 3

The Kosovo Government strengthens contacts with the European Commission The Prime Minister of the Republic will soon meet senior officials in Western countries and the USA, as well as senior NATO military officers ON PAGE 3

EU representatives yesterday officially invited the President of the Republic of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, to visit Brussels. European foreign ministers said they would welcome Rugova at their next meeting, which was scheduled to take place on 17 May in Brussels, a European source reported. In this way, they reiterate their determination to ignore Millosheviç’s act, by which he is trying, through several media outlets under his control, to manipulate the highest authority of the Albanians of Kosovo. President Rugova, since the beginning of NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia, has been held hostage by numerous Serbian forces in his home in Prishtina, together with many family members. The foreign ministers of the European Union also decided to strengthen their sanctions against Belgrade by denying visas to Yugoslav president Slobodan Millosheviç, his family, and his ministers.

PD denounces ethnic cleansing in Kosovo by Millosheviç The Albanian government is taking an ineffective position on the main problems currently concerning the country ON PAGE 3

The final war for Kosovo By Milazim KRASNIQI ON PAGE 7

The KLA has no right to monopolize all political life in Kosovo The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Dr. Bujar Bukoshi, gave an interview to the newspaper “Frankfurter Rundschau” two days ago ON PAGE 3

A week ago, the Albanian Red Cross had declared that it could provide food and medicine to 100,000 Kosovars for months of that it could provide food and medicine to 100,000 Kosovars for months ON PAGE 5

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