10 humor pages by Filip Çakulli

Special — RD, 32 PAGES TODAY Special RD, 32 PAGES TODAY 10 humor pages by Filip Çakulli on pages 22–31 TIRANA

2001, cheers to the DP’s victory!

Farewell to the year of darkness and stolen gold The year of rigged elections and the battle for the free vote on pages 2–3–4

Greetings for the new year, the new century and the coming millennium

Halit Shamata Greetings for the new year, the new century and the coming millennium

The poetry that awaits the years and sees them off

Visar Zhiti The poetry that awaits the years and sees them off The nation does not die with the works of Gjergj Fishta on pages 18–21

From the theft of the treasury to the energy crisis

By Ridvan BODE Government corruption, having risen to the highest echelons of corruption worldwide, continues its reign, swallowing not only around USD 200 million from the Treasury on page 6

BUSHI SPEAKS TO YOU

An honest conversation about his priorities, the race, misconceptions about him and Al Gore on pages 16-17

365 days under the rule of the government’s gangs

on pages 8–9

Albania caught in the web of Greek monopolies

on page 13

2000 - Another Ill-Fated Year

Sokol Olldashi 2000 - Another Ill-Fated Year on page 5