Devaluation of the lek: Frozen funds of the foundations lose 20% of their value The PD’s “victory” on 26 May: electoral fraud and financial fraud

Writes the daily “Corriere della Sera” Page 12

After the rise of the dollar Billions of lek “buried” in “Sudja”, “Gjallica”, “Grunasi”, “Arkond”, “Bano”, etc. will never be returned

President Berisha is accused with serious evidence in Dibër, Bulqizë, Kru…[?] Read on pages 3, 6, 7

BBC analyst Gabriel Partosh Page 12

The Department of Economic Policies at the leadership of the Socialist Party of Albania is organizing, on 5 February 1997, at the “Ora” hotel in the meeting hall at 11:30, an open public debate on the topic: The Albanian economy in collapse. At this meeting, specialists in economics and finance will also be invited to the debate. Specialists in economics, researchers, politicians, economists from all political parties, journalists, and specialists in economics, finance and civil society are invited to take part in this debate. Members of political parties, journalists and leaders, financial and banking clowns of the country.

We will publish in the next issue the second part of the U.S. State Department report on the burning of the Government in Albania for the year 1996.

Pleshen e dyta të Rapopolit të Departamentit të shtetit të SHBA mbi të Djegjen e Qeverit në Shqipëri për vitin 1996 do ta botojmë në numrin e ardhshëm.