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By Sami NEZA The chairman of the Socialist Party, Fatos Nano, in pursuit of his daily demagoguery is trying to adopt the pathos of the “rescue group” in order to gain a few moral points in public opinion, which has been traumatized by the dramatic defeats of the disastrous year. In 12 days, a week and a half has gone by in the midst of Albanian Balkans, where instead of dealing with the solution of the dispute in the Albanian state, he has halted validity in the northern republic on page 7

Writer Ismail Kadare disowned the year 1997 Prepared by Visar ZHITI When the disastrous year was repeated on pages 12-13

Union protests in Tirana are called off on page 6

Pjetër Arbnori on page 3

Who they are, where they came from and how they became MPs on page 4

Llesh KOLA on page 19

Lisen Bashkurti On page 18

The colleagues of Shkakim Çala condemn the political murder : on page 6

Today, at 11:00, the PD branch of Kavajë is organizing an event with the democrats of the late [..] to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the murder of the first chairman of the Democratic Party, Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha Today, at 11:00, the PD branch of Kavajë is organizing an event with the democrats of the late in [..] to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the murder of the first chairman of the Democratic Party, Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha on page 7

How much Melandri's daughter costs in Paris Why is the party President trying to cover up the insults, comrade, with his lover and his heterogenous companion? What are his ties to the relative of «uza» and to Gjushi's network, and what tragedy does he cause, from where does he direct it, from the secret file of Talos Klosi?

Year X of publication • No. 2497 SUNDAY, 26 MARCH 2000 Price: 25 lekë (250 drachmas) ADDRESS: Xhorxh W. Bush, No. 28 5 sht 550 Tirana, T. 355 42 232 57 Internet address: www.rilindjademokratike.com and E-mail: gazetard@abissnet.albanian.net GOLDEN SPOKES ASHBRAA Astirit FATOZI Deputy Editor-in-Chief Sami NEZA, Shkëlzeni PEPOSHI

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The government protected the killers of Azem Hajdari Every day and every hour, the voice of Albanian citizens rises progressively in the face of the cynical silence of the government, which has also usurped the state institutions. This voice, coming from all parts of Albania, addresses itself to the accusation against the prime minister llot as well as the masterminds behind the murder of the Hero of Democracy of 13 September 1998, Azem Hajdari. This is how the poet of the people, the historic president Dr. Ibrahim Rugova, expresses himself in his assessment of his latest statement, in which he vows that the time has come for the perpetrators of Azem Hajdari’s murder to be brought before justice. This assessment by Ibrahim Rugova is reinforced by recent interviews with authorities of the Albanian state and leading figures of the opposition, which testify that the killers and masterminds of Azem Hajdari are still free.

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