Chaos and war in the PS

Nano to Meta: this is a government of façades The PS chairman: Congress before the elections. Within a week, the PS’s failures make contradictory statements about changing the Electoral Commission on page 3

Electoral budget for the Socialist Party

By Xhevdet SHEHU Undecided and without prejudice, but also trimmed compared with one year earlier, spending will reach, under the conditions of the lek-budget’s development, an electoral year on page 2

Italy alarmed by Albanian trafficking

Deputy Director-General of the Italian Police, in Tirana on page 10

Where did the SHIK provocateurs go

Police unconcerned by PD billboards on page 9

Edvin Rama’s "Benz", with the papers of a "Fiat"

Rama’s next standard. How the municipality funds and the taxes of Tirana’s residents are plundered The "Benz"-type vehicle, with fake plates TR 7518 A, with which in Washington Edvin Rama falls under an irregular activity. The stolen car, Rama’s "Benz", is bought in Tirana for less than a tenth of the value that Rama has extorted from the municipality budget The "Benz"-type vehicle, with fake plates TR 7518 A, with which in Washington Edvin Rama falls under an activity reported to the FBI[?], his car, the stolen "Benz" of Rama, is bought in Tirana for less than a tenth of the value that Rama has extorted from the municipality budget on page 4

The 2001 budget will ease the crisis

By Ilir BANO on page 6

Me, Monika and Kryemadhi

By Luan MALLTEZI on page 5

Bush designs the US government

Here are the people who will lead America on page 13

National Library TIRANA

Bëri[?]sha repeated to Ahrens the PD’s position on the elections: International investigation for October 1

OSCE backs away: We do not guarantee the elections

Year X of publication No. (271) THURSDAY 21 OCTOBER 2000 (in 250 thousand) Address: "Myslym Shyri" street no. 35 Tirana tel. 223 32 90 Tel&fax. 233 29 50/211, e-mail: gazeta.rd@albamailonline.net Editor-in-Chief Astrit Patozi