Deputy Minister, the man who made USD 13.9 million disappear

The Prime Minister promotes Përllumb Vladi, after the State Audit Office calls for his dismissal from his post as director on page 2

The DP should be more open than ever

EDITORIAL By Sali BERISHA As chairman of the Democratic Party, I invite all those who founded the Democratic Party, former DP MPs, and all DP members and activists who have felt sidelined over the years to restore their trust and commitment to the DP. I also call on all DP structures to be open to everyone who was unfairly sidelined, or who became disillusioned or angry with the DP over the years, but did not join other parties, thereby showing that their demands were not motivated by ambition for a career or power, but by their commitment to the DP, its democratic structures and its governance. on page 3

Berisha: Help my rivals in the DP

The Democratic Party will restore security in 3–5 months The DP chairman calls on Democrats who have fallen out with former officials to return to the party The Democratic Party will restore security in 3–5 months Berisha: Help my rivals in the DP The DP chairman calls on Democrats who have fallen out with former officials to return to the party

Our debate - the DP before the Assembly How can calm be restored in the country?

By Colonel Sokol MULOSMANI on pages 8–9

KLA: We have complied with the disarmament deadline

on page 11

The lynchers emerge from the Albanian President’s office

By Mero BAZE One of the most trusted people in Albania’s National Intelligence Service, Xhavit Haliti, who appeared beside President Meidani several days ago, has threatened to have the management of the newspaper “Bota Sot” lynched, because the pages of this newspaper feature several names from Albanian journalism who apparently have become inconvenient for the future political career of the person in question and his bosses and subordinates. His verbal statement was published today in the newspaper “Bota Sot”, the largest Albanian newspaper, published in Prishtina, Skopje, Zurich and Frankfurt, with a circulation of around 70,000 copies. on page 2

Oil smuggling in the hands of Ylli Bufi

Oil workers’ unions petition the Prime Minister: Stop the smuggling and remove the minister on page 6

The churches of Voskopojë on the verge of complete ruin

on page 13

Today marks 339 days since the murder of the December Leader

The government protects Azem Hajdari’s killers Every day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari, symbol of democracy and pluralism, proves the involvement of Fatos Nano’s government and its successor in the crime that shook the entire Albanian world. The government of the former communists, which leaves free and unaccountable the criminals who took the life of the December Leader, shows Albanians that it has been and remains on the side of the murderers, who have names of their own but are untouched by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who cherish and honored Azem Hajdari cannot tolerate this under any circumstances. The government must either apprehend the criminals and bring them to justice, or publicly declare that it itself committed the murder of Azem Hajdari.