Luftër Xhuveli steals the Japanese Grant loan

100 thousand dollars in the pockets of the thieving minister on page 10

Today, Berisha in Kosovo

Meetings with the leading figures of Kosovo's public life

Pluralism as caricature

By Bardhyl LONDO The latest congress of the Social Democratic Party was an ugly farce, showing the degeneration of pluralism in Albania. This is not just about its disgusting ending, which copied point for point the endings of Communist congresses, where all the servile, depersonalized delegates rushed to have their pictures taken with the leadership and the leader. Nor is it about the painful fact that the assembly had ended before it began, and that the party chairman entered the election without a single rival and, like typical totalitarian leaders, garnered 99 percent of the votes on page 5

USA criticizes government over Corridor Eight

The United States calls for the construction of the Durrës-Kukës highway on page 3

Mister Këllira and Ardian Klosi, not counting the dog

on page 13

Hajdin's Pit, a work by Nano?

on page 10

Nano and Meta load their guns for the Congress

on page 3

Bank robber, noncommissioned officer in SHIK

on page 7

A giant project for poor Kamza

The Mayor, Ruzhdi Keçi, and the Co-Plan Organization sign for the Constitution of Bathore, Bulçesh, Çekrez, Kodër-Kamëz, Pasquan, just 15 km from the capital A giant project for poor Kamza on page 11

The government protects Azem's killers

Today, 641 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 Fatos Nano's government and his successor in the crime that shook the entire Albanian world. The governments of the former Communists, which leave free and at large the criminals who took the Leader of December's life, show Albanians that they have been and remain on the side of the killers, who have names and identities but are untouchable by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who loved and honored Azem Hajdari cannot tolerate this fact under any circumstances. The government must either capture the criminals and bring them to justice, or publicly declare that it itself committed the murder of Azem Hajdari.

TNT attack on the brother of the Durrës Police Director

The explosion partially destroys an oil-lubricant facility, a beverage plant and a bar in Berat on page 12

Euro 2000

* The Slavs part on peaceful terms * The Vikings have arrived. Spain “deflates” * Dino Zoff's Italy seeks to do it again * England, thirty years of pain * Figo–Beckham, the battle of the “7”s special feature on pages 8–9

Year IX of publication No. (2560) WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE 2000 Price: 20 lekë (250 drachmas) ADDRESS: 10 "Xhorxhi Martini" St. Tel.: 323 55 and 323 57 Tel&Fax: 303 29 Account No.: 5092/116 - BKT No. 1, Tirana Internet address: www.rilindjademokratike.com and E-mail: gazetard@albaniaonline.net Editor-in-Chief Astrit PATOZI Deputy Editors-in-Chief Sami NEZA, Shemsi PEPOSTHI