Fino pounces on UNDP funds

The Minister of Local Government seeks to grab $1.5 million that the organization had allocated for the purchase of computer equipment Another affair involving the Minister of Corruption on page 11

Government: 60 million to buy the print press

An offer to the media, public corruption by the Meta Government on page 4

“Blood-feud reconciliation” in the PS out of fear of the elections

Astrit PATOZI The Socialists are trying to repair somewhat the shattered image of their party, eaten away by witnesses and government backstabbing, but also by the unscrupulous and unprincipled infighting. A statement by Prime Minister Meta’s spokesman, who sought to answer the rumors of a bitter conflict between him and the chairman of the Socialist Party, Fatos Nano, showed that the tension between them not only exists, but has become dangerous. on page 5

Confession of a sinful politician

By Mitro ÇELA In my last column, more instinctively, I wrote: In this conception of politics,... I want to add also the absence of an Institution of Political Repentance! I have in mind an imitation of the confession and repentance of Catholics. Through confession before a priest, a devout Catholic cleanses his soul and conscience. on page 5

The government protects Azem’s killers

Today, 653 days since the murder of the right-wing leader Every day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari, a 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 have left the criminals free and undisturbed—the criminals who took the life of the Right’s Leader—show Albanians that they have been and remain on the side of the murderers, whose names are known but who are not touched by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who loved this man and honored Azem Hajdari cannot tolerate this fact. The government must either catch the criminals and bring them to justice, or publicly declare that it itself committed the murder of Azem Hajdari.

Petro Koçi: Prison for the editor-in-chief of “RD”

The PS Organizational Secretary, dissatisfied with the decision of the Tirana Court on page 6

The human genetic map revealed

Clinton and Blair hail a great scientific achievement Two teams of scientists completed the first draft of the human genetic code—the instructions of nature for producing and sustaining human beings. The President of the United States, Clinton, “joined” British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House; Blair appeared via satellite broadcast to hail the discovery, calling this day “a day for all time,” after 10 years of work costing billions of dollars. Clinton, who had helped calm tensions between public and private groups competing to discover the genetic map, appeared happy at the White House before a large crowd waiting outside. “Today, we are learning the language in which God created life,” Clinton said. “We are gaining more knowledge about the complexity and beauty of God’s most precious gift.” He called the achievement “a milestone for all time,” comparing it to the celestial discoveries of Galileo Galilei and the mapping of America by European explorers. Blair said: “Today we are witnessing something extraordinary: a revolution in science, whose implications exceed even the discovery of antibiotics, which represented science’s first triumph in the 21st century.”

Oil money in the pockets of the mafia in power

Ilir Bano on page 10

The paving stones of “Zog I” Boulevard vandalized

on page 3

Meta and Farudin Arapi seize UEM shares

on page 7

Koço Danaj abandons Nano

on page 7

Now it’s the turn of Tirana’s Mugabes

The opposition overthrows Zimbabwe’s dictator, Mugabe on page 2