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Rilindja Demokratike

22 April 2000

Together we will defend the votes

Mrs. Marjeta Pronjar(i) elected Chairwoman of the Democratic League of Albanian Women The 5th Assembly of the LDG concludes. Berisha highly praises the contribution of women to the revival of the DP on pages 2, 3

Xuvel’s [?] company embezzles 37 million

The Prosecutor’s Office seeks the disappearance of the denunciation file on page 11

The Republican Guard sweeps up the government’s garbage

By Astrit PATOZI The Republic’s guardsmen, who should be the pride of Albania’s armed forces, will sweep the rubbish from the capital’s streets. The Leninist initiative, which takes us back to the dark days of youth campaigns during the “Days of Enver,” belongs to the “Meta” government and does not bear the familiar label “under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture.” In fact, it looks like one of those mad ideas of Edi Rama, who, unfortunately for this country, is at the height of his political career; it can be said without the slightest error that he has become the spiritual leader of the Socialists on page 5

Meidanoi dë t [?]

By Halit SHAMATA In the history of Albanian politics—and not only Albanian politics—not a single comparable case can be found, however second-rate, in which a political commission, permanent or special (ad hoc), takes the name of the head of a state, however second-rate the latter may be. As a rule, such commissions are named after their leaders (the “Ngjela Commission,” the “Berishani Commission”) or after the subject for which they were established on page 5

Explosive blast in Vlora

The Albanian prime minister, an ordinary general when speaking about law and order in the coastal city. Nano is sent off with insults only in Vlora Nano-Meta, strolling among dozens of bodyguards. on page 7

Opposition: Political roundtable on the CEC

Rather than holding nationwide forums, Nano and Meidani should contribute to unblocking the crisis in the country on page 6

Minister Rama, visa trafficker

The Ministry of Culture, a pyramid scheme. 25 people seek their lost money on page 13

The celebration of Berisha’s visit to Vlora has begun

The DP of Vlora responds to the PS statements on page 2

Baby dies and 20 missing in the Adriatic

on page 13

The government protects Azem Hajdari’s killers

Today, 588 days since Azem’s murder Every day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari, symbolion [?] of democracy and pluralism, proves the involvement of Fatos Nano’s government in this succession of a crime that shook the entire Albanian world. The government of the former communists ... [the remainder of the text is illegible in the image]