ITALY READY TO HELP ALBANIA

Prime Ministers Nano and Prodi reaffirm bilateral readiness to deepen cooperation PAGE 2

RECEPTION ON THE OCCASION OF THE GREAT BAJRAM HOLIDAY

The President of the Republic, Rexhep Meidani, Prime Minister Fatos Nano, Speaker of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly Skënder Gjinushi, and other dignitaries also attend PAGE 2

SOROS WRITES TO NANO

“Albania is one of my priorities”

NANO LAKRORI MEETS NATO DELEGATION

Albania’s integration processes into Euro-Atlantic structures are being accelerated PAGE 2

ALBANIAN ARMS HAVE KILLED IN RWANDA ...

In the labyrinths of the scandals of the former gangster government The places where Albanian weapons were sold are marked with black dots

The former Albanian government identified in arms trafficking in areas where crimes against humanity have been committed

In January 1997, Amnesty International, through its director David Bull, wrote to our embassy in London to inform it of its investigations in the Great Lakes region, which was engulfed in civil war. At the center of these investigations was the arms trade in this region, where grave crimes against humanity, including genocide, had occurred. “Individuals proven to have taken part in breaking the law should be brought to justice,” Director Bull demanded. In addition, Amnesty called for safeguards to be put in place to stop the transfer of weapons and ammunition to all armed forces, militias and groups in Burundi, Rwanda and Zaire, until it had been fully established that such transfers would not contribute to further human rights abuses... PAGE 3

“BERISHA SENT HIS PEOPLE TO ME AT THE TIME OF THE SHKODRA TRIAL”

Chairman of the Commission for the Verification of Public Figures Nafiz Bezhani PAGE 5

PD MPs also questioned

Investigations may also resume into the tragic April 2 events The Shkodra events in focus PAGE 4