Cea: “Angjeli and the Greeks, oil for Milošević”

The Italian press denounces the Greek-Albanian mafia’s plot against the head of the “Division XXI” Mission in Albania on page 5

20,000 businesspeople surrender their licenses

Government puts small businesses out on the street The government is asking Albanian businesspeople to pay their 2000 taxes in advance because it has no money to pay public-sector employees

Secret service threatens Radio “Kontakt”

Klosi’s agents, around the clock, harassment of the free press on page 4

Where did the prime minister get the money for his villa?

Meta claims that a luxury villa in Tirana can be built on a salary alone on page 5

Albania at the center of American attention

Mustafaj, the DP’s representative for Foreign Relations, comments on the visit of U.S. Undersecretary Pickering on page 2

Computer tender money ends up in Bashkim Fino’s pockets

Corruption in the Ministry of Local Government. There were no competitors in the tender Corruption in the Ministry of Local Government. There were no competitors in the tender Computer tender money ends up in Bashkim Fino’s pockets on page 8

The government protects Azem Hajdari’s killers

Today, 505 days since Azem’s murder Each day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari, the 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 governments of the former communists, who were free and untroubled, [text partly illegible] after the deeds of December, show Albanians that they have been and remain on the side of the murderers, whose names are known, but whom those in power do not touch. Democrats and all Albanians who loved and honored Azem Hajdari can in no way tolerate this fact. 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.

Gjana: Albanians will triumph over the Socialist thieves

The 9th anniversary of the founding of the first DP branch in Sukth is celebrated on page 4

Art on hunger strike!

By Kolë JAKOVA This is a paradox that is as strange as it is painful. It is happening here, and specifically at the Opera and Ballet Theatre, the poorest theatre in Europe. In truth, I am not all that surprised. I will also give my reasons, ever since this phenomenon became an issue in the press and everywhere. I said to myself: truly, it is late, but better late than never—the fish has finally burst on page 11

The Socialists’ pornopolitics

By Hysen SINANI When a country’s social, economic, and political misery is compounded by spiritual and intellectual misery, the devil and his son have begun to devour that country. That is what today’s Albanian rulers are doing too: they are making it poorer than poverty itself, more deranged than madness, and selling it, giving it away like some piece of merchandise found in the street on page 10