On the trail of corruption and theft in the privatization carried out by the PD government The Korçë Savings Bank, using a forged external transfer order, No. 017609, for the sum of 33 million and 350 thousand new lekë, helps in the theft of the factory, while the same person has also received another loan from the state of 2.5 million new lekë PAGE 7

PRESIDENT MEIDANI RECEIVES THE OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE PAGE 2

NOTES FROM THE PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE PAGE 4

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY REFUSES THE PD’S ROUND TABLE PAGE 4

SHKODËR PAGE 7

Prime Minister Nano briefs the government on activities aimed at resolving the Kosovo issue The Albanian prime minister has been invited for consultations in connection with the meeting of the Contact Group Albania, a preferred party in the negotiations on Kosovo Excerpts from the prime minister’s remarks at yesterday’s government meeting ...We are at a point in our history when we are being asked to take a step forward, and I declare with satisfaction that, at this point, assistance is assured... ...As far as I am concerned as Prime Minister, I remain committed to what I have declared: strong condemnation of Serbian state violence, a call for serious talks, a declaration that borders must not be changed, and treatment of the Kosovo issue as a republic within Yugoslavia as a whole, with supplementary aspects drawn from European models... ...The strengthening of Albania would play a stabilizing role in the region, balancing and neutralizing nationalist or warmongering tendencies... PAGE 3

Tirana Court orders a precautionary measure The PD deputy, as one of the leading figures in the Milot incident, is required, following the decision of the Tirana Court, to report to the prosecutor’s office once a week PAGE 5