Meeting of the General Steering Committee of the Socialist Party “Be sure that if, at some point, someone were to take power, that someone will never be Sali Berisha or the Democratic Party, but only Albanian voters” Ruçi and Haxharaga at the opening of the presidium of the SPSh Chairman of the coordination sector, secretary elected unanimously Gramoz Ruçi “Objective! Nano's trio seems more ... in the circles of opposition power. Are you also turning the offer into a moment from the past as to how you respond? Petrika[?]?! Repeated when I return to the last interview. On the contrary. The period when he was on the other side came from the time of tremors and crisis politics; this time he will adapt himself. He will be politically strong for us. Now as long as Fatos Nano is its chairman”

Delegation of the Council of Europe in Albania PAGE 4

The government approves the 1998 budget This budget was drafted after intensive consultations with the IMF mission, as well as taking into account all the various programs and projects and the assistance secured at the Donors' Conference in Rome and Brussels PAGE 7

SHKODËR: THE CRIMINALS OUTSIDE THE POLICE RANKS PD exposures heighten the situation; the party and the governing coalition react PAGE 5

The General Steering Committee of the SPSh seems to have adhered to the philosophy of cooperation and understanding with all political forces, publicly demonstrating its recent obstructive activity of the right, Berisha in the PD, closing this former PDSH, in a policy drawn-out and drawn-out in political life and caught up in a destabilizing policy far from the spirit of dialogue

TIRANË: SUCCESSFUL OPERATION BY THE POLICE FORCES Bandits disguised in the uniform of a law-enforcement officer PAGE 6