15/03/2000
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Rilindja Demokratike

15 March 2000

The last witness is eliminated

Alban Dani, the man who fired a sniper rifle in Tirana prison, is killed The police deliberately delayed the investigation into the murder of Ilir Bardhi, while SHIK agents carried out the order of the head of the inner circle to eliminate Alban Dani on page 7

Albania's isolation, a risk for the region

Former President Berisha sounds the alarm over Albania being bypassed by Corridor 8 on page 3

March 22 appeals to the democratic conscience

By Mujë BUÇPAPAJ Three years after the left-wing coalition came to power, Albanians, regardless of their political beliefs, have a good opportunity to take stock of what they have lost, both as individuals and as a society on page 5

“Five cocaine cartels rule Albania”

“L’Espresso”: “Albania has become for Europe what Colombia was for the United States during the American cocaine boom of the eighties.” A 339-page DIA study on Albanian traffickers on page 11

The killing of hostages, irresponsibility under police authority

By Nebil ÇIKA On Saturday, the Ministry of Public Order proudly announced the killing of a wanted man in the city of Lezhë, but failed to take into account the killing of the hostage as well, an army officer who was killed (according to the police) by the kidnapper on page 9

“This spring, a freeze for the thieves”

Arbnori speaks about March 22 on page 2

Meidani and the SP carve up the Summer Festival

Elbasan, the abandoned president amid police officers and escorts on page 4

Krastë, 60 miners ready to go on hunger strike

on page 10

Gjinushi: “The Rinas investigations should be closed”

on page 8

Meidani and Kondi sued in Strasbourg

on page 8

The opposition demands answers from the government over Corridor 8

on page 2

Police mistreat residents of Hoçisht

on page 7

Killers of the servicemen in Memaliaj arrested

on page 8

The government protects Azem Hajdari's killers

Today, 541 days since Azem's murder 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 the impunity surrounding a crime that weighed heavily on the entire Albanian world. The government of the former communists, which lets the criminals who took the life of the December leader roam free and untroubled, shows Albanians that they have been and remain on the side of those who murdered our people—people who have names, but [the remainder of the text is illegible]