The governing people should hold the leadership of the socialists. Ruçi: We will decide on the PS congress in June The governing people should hold the leadership of the socialists. Ruçi: We will decide on the PS congress in June Nano’s deputies: We will bring down the government Majko and his ministers seem to know how to say “yes,” “yes,” but in reality they do nothing, said a foreign diplomat covering Albania at a powerful international financial institution

Two wounded and 8 houses burned in Bogaj. Ethnic and Yugoslav terror attacks in Morinë Two wounded and 8 houses burned in Bogaj. Ethnic and Yugoslav attacks in Morinë ON PAGE 4

Interview with Michael Mandelbaum for Newsweek/On the Issues on Wednesday in Kiko ON PAGE 8

By Leonard Demi. ON PAGE 2

Socialists in Macedonia sharply attack Prime Minister Georgievski, who said that NATO’s patience is running out. Skopje. Diplomats of the western alliance called absurd and unacceptable a proposal submitted by the president of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosević, for resolving the Kosovo conflict, while socialists in Macedonia, known as opponents of NATO’s involvement in the Yugoslav crisis, strongly attacked Prime Minister Ljubço Georgievski over his statements regarding the conflict in Kosovo. According to a NATO spokesman in Brussels, the alliance will not enter talks on the basis of the letter from Yugoslav President Milosević, addressed to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The spokesman said that NATO’s position, which has been supported by the G-8 partners and at the foreign ministers’ meeting in Bonn, regarding Kosovo, remains unchanged. These are the complete and verifiable withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from Kosovo, the deployment of an international military presence in the province, the return of all refugees to their homes, and allowing an important role for the UÇK in the process of implementing the peace agreement. NATO spokesman Jamie Shea said that Milosević should focus on the five conditions and not try to evade reality. He added that a peaceful solution to the Kosovo crisis can be based only on the principles adopted by the industrialized countries of the G-8. NATO also called absurd Belgrade’s argument that the alliance’s bombing has made a peaceful resolution of the crisis more difficult. The spokesman said that the timing of the Yugoslav president’s letter made it clear that he was trying to involve the alliance in talks while military action is ongoing. He said that NATO’s war will continue until he accepts the alliance’s demands. Asked about the alliance’s position toward the UÇK, the NATO spokesman stressed that NATO is doing everything possible to help the population of Kosovo and is cooperating with the Albanian forces and government. Macedonian officials reacted harshly to statements by the country’s Prime Minister Ljubço Georgievski, who said that NATO’s patience is running out in relation to the Kosovo conflict. According to him, a ground intervention is inevitable and the government in Skopje must prepare for the consequences. Socialists accused him of inflaming tensions and jeopardizing the country’s interests. ON PAGE 4

The organizational secretary of the PD comments on the talk of factions within the PD, the attitude toward parliament, and the national issue ON PAGE 3

300 people expelled by Greek police have reached Kakavijë ON PAGE 4

The political leader of the UÇK, Vasil Thaçi, adheres to a hard-line stance on Kosovo’s future: “Kosovo should be under international protectorate” ON PAGE 2

Heavy fighting between NATO forces and the Serbs on the border with Albania ON PAGE 3 Aircraft near a heavily armored Serbian bunker are hit at the entrance to “Adem Jashari” airport and the impact of the aircraft’s strike in the photo breaks away from the sky today, photo of the unusable

The Kukës deputy is a member of the leadership of the PPDG ON PAGE 2

Apparently moves from the leader’s murder are to boycott the government’s defense of the murder of Zen Hajari Today, 263 days since the murder of the boycott leader ON PAGE 2

The convocation of the congress, a necessity The convocation of the congress, a necessity ON PAGE 2

The PD Secretary for Public Relations assesses the implementation of Belgrade’s responsibilities to the G8 summit in this way ON PAGE 3 Online Albania Visit: www.albanianonline.net (Click F9)