200 thousand lire, or 20 thousand drachmas for every person crossing the border

Skrapari: Two soldiers froze in the snow They set out with wall and light of different kinds, but got stuck in the snow-covered pass, near their village on page 4

The Prime Minister of Kosovo informs the UN authorities in advance on page 2

The State Ministry steals 1.5 billion lek of illegal funds [?] for the Fushë-Krujë - Laç road on page 5

By Sali NEZA Early parliamentary elections are a phenomenon regarded as taboo in Albanian politics. This is because the country's power, regardless of which political force it belongs to, has considered it an inalienable right to carry its mandate through to the end. This at a time when Albanian governments have always remained at the levels of failing to deliver and failing to keep promises. Moreover, the lack of political will to reflect this phenomenon is proven by the fact that the Constitution adopted by referendum in November 1998 does not sanction the procedures for such a solution. Hence there is also the conviction that the Albanian political class, regardless of what it says in public, is privately interested in avoiding such a development. In fact, the institutional steps opened by the opposition's non-participation in Parliament constitute, with such a development, a precedent that could be used as an argument for escalating the boycott decision. From this perspective also comes the opposition's demand for the calling of early elections, a demand that is politically cast in doubt as sincere. In such an analysis it has often been pointed out that the current government is not interested in going to new elections, while the opposition seeks this only as an instrument of political pressure. On one side of the political spectrum, as in other Eastern European countries, early elections have come as a solution at moments of institutional crises and governmental incapacity. This experience shows that it is not an absolute taboo, but a democratic mechanism activated when the crisis of legitimacy becomes deep. on page 5

Ministers, celebrate with the dollars of Kosovo’s children on page 5

Besnik Mustafaj rejects the speculations of the left-wing press on page 5

PD denounces abusive changes to the Customs Code on page 9

Minister Preçi orders the entry of New World Telekom in violation of the IMF, the World Bank and EBRD on page 7

The entire opposition is united against KOZ on page 3

Armed robbers "control" the roads of the North on page 4

TODAY, 478 days since the murder of the Leader of December The Government abuses the supporters of Azem Hajdari [?] He is killed one of the [?[?]] [?] He doesn’t like new generation because it pushes him out [?] by showing national disrespect [?] [?] the murder of Azem Hajdari on page 5

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Year IX of publication No. (2492) WEDNESDAY 5 JANUARY 2000 Price: 20 lek (250 drachmas) Account No.: 509217-68 Banka K.T., Tirana Rr. "Xhorxh Martin" No. 10 - Tel 323 - 55 / 61 & Fax 323-29 (Marketing) 323 - 57 EDITORIAL ADDRESS: E-mail: gazrd@albanianonline.net and lindern@icc.al.org