Saranda is being sold. 2,500 coastal plots are being given away

What will happen to the Albanian economy under the program of the “Meta” government on page 2

Nano, one of the bosses of the Albanian mafia

According to the Italian press on page 5

Jaho Salihi was the target

The opposition had called the incident, in which Fatmir Haklaj and Sami Kërnaja were killed, an attempt to eliminate witnesses The Prosecutor’s Office confirms the opposition’s accusations about the bloodshed in Tropoja on page 4

Corruption has no color

EDITORIAL By Artur KOPANI Yesterday, the Democratic Party denounced the plundering of national wealth in Saranda. The DP leveled harsh accusations both at the left-wing councillors in local government and at the structures it controls in the municipality of this city. An open and covert collaboration between thieves from the Socialist Party and the Democratic Party is dividing up plots in Saranda “as if it were their father’s land.” Thus, thanks to the corruption that has engulfed the local-government structures in Saranda, the “pearl” of the Albanian coast is being sold for next to nothing, disregarding the rights of its lawful owners. Although their convictions differ, the thieves have found common ground and have made their dirty interests the bond between them on page 2

Albania has still not brought down the “wall”

Berisha is greeted with loud applause in Rome Otranto: a commemorative ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. PD deputy leader Jozefina Topalli attends on page 3

Albanians once again far from the West

on page 3

The Socialist Party is shut out by the Socialist International

The left will not forgive the expulsion of the Eurosocialists and Nano’s re-election on page 3

The 2000 budget, a mirror of this year’s corruption

The Ministry of Finance presents the draft budget to Parliament on page 9

The end of the appointed opposition

Leaders of opposition parties comment on the latest moves by the façade opposition on page 6

Soldiers and police officers fired on the procession

Screening of the tapes about the events of September 14 continues on page 8

Torture in the name of “anti-smuggling”

Poçi rewards the police butchers on page 6

Today, 419 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, the symbol of democracy and pluralism, proves the involvement of the government officials of Fatos Nano and his successor in the crime that shook the entire Albanian world. This is the government of former communists that lets the great criminals of our time go free and untroubled. Today’s government shows Albanians that they have been and remain on the side of the murderers, who have names and identities but are untouched by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who loved and honored Azem Hajdari cannot tolerate this guilt under any circumstances. The government must either capture the criminals and bring them to justice, or publicly declare that it itself carried out the murder of Azem Hajdari.