Major flooding in many areas and districts of the country -In Has, 3 people lose their lives. Major material damage, roads, substations and the electrical network are destroyed, traffic is disrupted, citizens' lives are endangered, and dozens of homes are at risk - Read on page 8

Berisha takes revenge -Last night Parliament debated, under an expedited procedure, Berisha's proposal to dismiss Zef Brozi from all duties in the Constitutional Court, and with an even faster procedure dismissed him, replacing him with Mr. Avni Shehu. -The parliamentary session for the dismissal of Zef Brozi was illegal; the number of deputies present was falsified by including Shkëlqim Cani, Gramoz Pashko and Arben Imami as well - With complete unanimity, with 73 votes in favor, including the votes of Pashko, Cani and Imami from home, the PD dismissed Zef Brozi. He was dismissed not only as President of the Court of Cassation but also as a judge. As it seems, the President of the Republic evidently did not sleep at all yesterday afternoon. This was not because of the shocking news and images of these days' floods. During this time he was busy drafting and sending to Parliament the Decree on the dismissal of Zef Brozi... With his stance toward Brozi, Berisha on the one hand aims to establish absolute control over the organs of justice and on the other hand to show his opponents what their fate may be. Read on page 4

Press conference of the vice-chairmen of the Socialist Party Servet Pëllumbi and Namik Dokle Yesterday at midday, the leadership of the Socialist Party of Albania organized a press conference on the current political situation in Albania and the Socialist Party's positions toward it. At the beginning, the deputy chairman of this party, Dr. Servet Pëllumbi, said that the Albanian political situation in recent days has been and continues to be dominated by three issues: First, the visit of the President of the United States of America, about which there are two views: one euphoric, Berisha's, and the other realistic, that of the opposition. Second, the independence of the courts, which was sacrificed once again solely so that the chairman of the Socialist Party, Fatos Nano, could remain in prison and so that any manifestation of independence in the judiciary could be struck down. Third, the approval by the PD leadership and its parliamentary group of an allegedly anti-genocidal draft law, which is a model of anti-law, a model of political revenge, and is directed against those who think differently, who divide Albanians precisely at the moment when the problem of the former Yugoslavia is being discussed, with which Kosovo is also linked. We believe that such a law does not serve democracy, does not serve Albanians or the Albanian cause, but serves "third parties". Therefore, we will denounce it in Parliament and will not implement it until we have a Constitutional Law on human rights, with which it is incompatible. To express the positions of the PS on all three of these issues, which are closely linked to one another, we are organizing this Press Conference. We are open to answering your questions. (continued on page 2)

-Interview with Abdurrahman Aliti, chairman of PDP, Macedonia It is very easy to push dissatisfied people into war, difficult to keep them. And we will keep them It is very easy to push dissatisfied people into war, difficult to keep them. And we will keep them Read on page 12

"Berisha is truly so lacking in prestige before Albanians for his autocratic rule that they rejected the constitution he offered them in last year's referendum. The defeat of Berisha's party in next spring's parliamentary elections is certain if there are free elections". Read on page 5