A literary interlude in the lobby of a hotel in Thessaloniki

SCRIPTA By Besnik MUSTAFAJ on page 16

The Divine Kingdom

Our literary page Prepared by Visar ZHITI on pages 20-21

SP, peace with a Kalashnikov in hand

Socialist Party supporters engineered a draw in the Nano-Meta duel Blushi turns on his own boss: Nano, traitor and coward on page 5

The impetus coming from the USA to change reality

The U.S. Department of State report is a realistic assessment of the state of human rights in Albania. By Dr. Avni SHEHU The report of the U.S. Department of State is a realistic assessment of the state of human rights in Albania. It confirms the concerns expressed by civil society as a whole and, in particular, by the opposition, regarding arbitrary government and the lack of the rule of law on page 2

Risks and hopes for peace in the region

By Arian STAROVA One year after NATO troops were deployed in Kosovo, it can be said without hesitation that a major step forward has been taken toward the final resolution of the Albanian national question. New opportunities have also emerged in the Balkans to transform it from an area of periodic conflicts, which has served as the starting point for two world wars and many other local wars, into a space of peace, understanding and cooperation among nations and states on page 8

USA: 500 million dollars for Kosovo

Milo against the Italian opposition

140 billion lire will not be disbursed to the Albanian government on page 2

A burst of automatic gunfire at the head of Zejmen

Terror and violence against local officials continue on page 4

21 April, National Assembly of Democratic Women

The National Council of the Democratic Women's League meets on page 4

Bode: “The Alliance for the State” plunged Selenicë into misery and poverty

The 9th anniversary of the founding of the PD branch in Selenicë is celebrated on page 4

January - February 2000, murders and violence against the opposition

Behind Poçi’s statements about eliminating street crime lies nothing but his party’s propaganda. Crimes every day. Criminals slip through the police’s fingers Special report on pages 6-7

Albania: poverty and child exploitation

U.S. Human Rights Report warns: The countryside is heading toward complete misery on page 12

The government protects Azem’s killers

Today, 374 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 the government of fatos Nano and his successor in the crime that shocked the entire Albanian world. The governments of the former communists, who remained free and undisturbed, while the criminals who took the December Leader’s life went unpunished, show Albanians that they have been and remain on the side of the murderers, who have names and identities but are not touched by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who loved and honored Azem Hajdari can in no way tolerate this fact. The government must either arrest the criminals and bring them to justice, or publicly declare that it itself committed the murder of Azem Hajdari.