EDU wins Berisha over in Berlin

The chairman of the DP will take part in the conference of the leaders of the European Democratic Union On page 3

Nehati begins to speak out

Senior officials helped organize and support the activities of Kulla’s gang “I got along well with all the ministers and police-station chiefs” Conferences were held by the Kavaja, Bulqizë, Kolonjë and Librazhd branches, as well as meetings of the Shkodër, Kukës and Has party organizations Bode: The DP will

Cain’s complex in the SP

EDITORIAL Astrit PATOZI The main rivals for the post of chairman...

Cain’s complex in the SP

for the post of chairman of the Socialist Party hurled a torrent of serious accusations at one another, once again revealing the uninhibited expression of Cain’s complex among former Albanian communists. About three weeks before their Congress, Fatos Nano and Pandeli Majko pointed fingers at each other, using language that not only sounds harsh for a normal rivalry in an internal political contest, but would be inconceivable even between states or individuals at war with one another on page 3

Minister Rama declares Albafilm bankrupt

Following the destruction of the National Theatre and the closure of the Writers’ League building on page 13

The government protects Azem Hajdari’s killers

Today, 369 days since the murder of the December Leader Every day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari, the symbol of democracy and pluralism, proves the involvement of Fatos Nano’s government and that of his successor in the grave crime against the entire Albanian world. The government of the former communists, which leaves the criminals who took the life of the December Leader free and undisturbed, shows Albanians that they have been and still are on the murderers’ side, whose individual members are known but are not touched by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who desire and honor Azem Hajdari cannot remain silent. The government must either capture the criminals and bring them to justice, sooner or later; publicly, it will be the one that will ... Azem Hajdari’s murder

Chancellor Schröder refuses Meidani

The German Chancellor will visit Tirana, but will meet only with Majko and the opposition on page 3

Bode: PD will restore normality

Kavajë, Bulqizë, Kolonjë, ... as well as the branches in Shkodër, Kukës and Has Bode: PD will restore normality on pages 4–5

Limprecht meets Lakrori, but sidelines Minister Milo

on page 4

Weapons cache discovered in Tirana

on page 7

Year IX of publication, No. 2388, Tuesday, July 20, 1999. Price: 20 lekë (250 drachmas) EDITORIAL OFFICE ADDRESS: Rr. “Punëtorët e Rilindjes” No. 16 - Tel: 323 - 55 / Tel & Fax: 303-29 / (Marketing) 323 - 57 E-mail gazetard@albani... [??] / rildem@icc.al.eu.org Editor-in-chief: Astrit PATOZI Deputy editors-in-chief: Sami NEZA, Shemsi PEPOSHI