20/05/1999
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Zëri i Popullit

20 May 1999

Police find 200 Kosovars in Karaburun

Boat transporting clandestine migrants seized . A boat transporting clandestine migrants is seized.

90 percent of crimes leave repeat offenders

. The fight against crime is unsuccessful when the court is not on our side.

He plays “Romeo” and gets away with little prison time

. Only four months in prison for the kidnapper of the 16-year-old girl.

MAJKO: THE GOVERNMENT’S PRIORITY IS THE ANGLO-AMERICAN LINE

. THE PRIME MINISTER RESPONDS TO FORMER PS CHAIRMAN NANO, SAYING AN ITALIAN INITIATIVE SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND

BERISHA’S PEOPLE

THEY HAVE RECEIVED ORDERS TO DESTABILIZE. BERISHA’S PEOPLE

MAJKO: TODAY I REAFFIRMED MY POSITION ON THE SIGNATURE I GAVE

THE NEXT EXPLANATIONS IN THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP . MAJKO: TODAY I REAFFIRMED MY POSITION ON THE SIGNATURE I GAVE. EXCLUSIVE. Here is what was said at the Socialist group meeting

BERISHA’S UÇK SOLDIERS

Names known; police begin the crackdown The names are known; police begin the crackdown In the photo: PD militants in front of the Prime Minister’s Office on September 14, 1998 (REUTERS)

Berisha—the instigator of unrest

“The Times” verifies the article once again after Berisha’s denial British journalist Tom Ealker and the editorial staff of “The Times” have verified Sali Berisha’s recorded statements, which were then reflected in his article written from Tirana, bearing the following headline and published in the London newspaper “The Times” on May 18, 1999. It reads: Albania’s former president, Sali Berisha, has described the Kosovo Liberation Army as a collection of rival, irreligious, poorly trained, unequipped and divided bands. He stressed that Albania’s Socialist-led government was making a profit from arms smuggling with the KLA in northern Albania. He insisted that the guerrillas should be reorganized with the help of NATO and the Albanian army. Berisha, whose power has declined considerably over the past two years, has refused to recognize the new KLA government for Kosovo. Instead, he urged Albanians to support the pacifist leader Ibrahim Rugova, whose influence is also rapidly fading. KLA officials were angered by his comments and stressed that he was inclined to divide the fighters with the help of his old ally, the Kosovar dissident and doctor with a residence in Switzerland, Bujar Bukoshi. The KLA stressed that, like Mr. Rugova, both Mr. Berisha and Mr. Bukoshi had stayed so far from the fighting that they had lost the respect of most Kosovo Albanians. Western diplomats in Tirana have characterized Mr. Berisha as an instigator of unrest. An official source asked why the West continued to support Mr. Rugova, whose credibility had been deeply buried after his meeting with Yugoslav president Milosheviç. “The KLA should fight for national dignity,” he stressed. “They will not liberate Kosovo—NATO will do that—but they help with the vital thirst. But what is our government doing? Thousands of young soldiers arriving from all over the West are trained for two weeks by people who are truly unqualified. The Albanian government, which is more interested in trafficking, lies at the heart of all their problems.” In the most controversial claim, he alleges that the KLA had killed Fehmi Agani, Rugova’s deputy in the LDK. The KLA and Western diplomats stress that this claim was absurd.

Lazio wins the last Cup Winners’ Cup

Lazio 2 Majorca 1 TIRANA - VLLAZNIA, THE MATCH IS SET

FOR THE COMPANY I THREW

EXCLUSIVE Here is what was said at the Socialist group meeting KOÇI FORGETS THE ACCUSATIONS OF POLITICAL MAFIA PAGE 3 Finally, Meidani’s decree too: Minister Poçi appointed