The opposition excludes itself from the Pact. It leaves Parliament. The Socialists: Our invitation is more than sincere NATIONAL LIBRARY TIRANE ALBANIA Nano in Parliament: Berisha, the “Nero” who set Albania ablaze • He expresses understanding, support and full commitment to cooperation with Prime Minister Meta and his government • Constructive dialogue for Albania’s future cannot be achieved in the streets or through street politics • The Stability Pact means, above all, modernizing political thought and action Why is Berisha in sync with Milošević? • Part of the opposition, led by Albania’s “Nero,” Sali Berisha, refuses to take part in any initiative to build a Euro-Atlantic Albania • Nevertheless, we do not force anyone to take part against their will in the work we have begun • I, who called this what it is, am not “Noriega” of Panama, whom our strategic allies, the Americans, called a “gangster,” just as they called Sali Berisha’s government a “gangster government” in December 1996; rather, I am Fatos Nano, whom the primitive “feudal lord,” with genes bent only on destruction, Sali Berisha, together with his “Çela”-type mercenaries, unjustly put in ONLY EARLY ELECTIONS ARE WHAT WE NEED!... • How can the synchronization of Milošević’s efforts in Kosovo and the Balkan region to destabilize peace be explained in relation to Berisha’s efforts to destabilize Albania? How can it be explained that, fundamentally, Berisha is in unison with Milošević and at odds with the statements made by Clinton, Albright, Solana, and Robertson about Albania and the Balkan region?

TRIBUTE PAGE 13 TRIBUTE Meidani: An operation that sealed the fate of the people of Kosovo PAGE 13

Blood feud kills in Kutalli The Çalas and Yzeiris, the “war” began in May ’97 Blood feud kills in Kutalli Bullets in the ambush for the “enemy”; the municipal head was also among them The Çalas and Yzeiris, the “war” began in May ’97 BERAT—The killer has been identified: one of the members of the clan engaged in a blood feud with the clan of the municipal head, Shkëlqim Çala. The PD: “Political murder.” Police: murder motivated by blood feud. Since 1997, 12 people have been killed from the two clans. The men of the Çala clan have left for Greece, while almost the entire Yzeiri clan has settled in the Fier area. PAGE 11

Illegal financing TIRANA—Political parties do not distinguish between sources used to cover expenses—whether funding comes from the state or their own funds—and, as a result, financial oversight of funds from the budget becomes extremely difficult. PAGE 9

TIRANA—Does Albania have 700,000 unemployed people, or is this figure inaccurate? This is an issue raised several times by the press and the subject of much discussion. According to official data, unemployment stands at 18.5% of the active population. PAGE 9

Yesterday in Parliament, Prime Minister Meta, Minister Meksi, Minister Rama: Here is what we are doing for the Pact PAGES 3, 4, 5

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Pickering, in a letter to Meta: U.S. support for Albania will continue “Albright returned to Washington convinced that Albania plays an important role in U.S. efforts to promote economic and political development in the Balkans. Comprehensive assistance for Albanian projects under the Stability Pact” PAGE 7

Ambassador Frowik, responsible for elections in Southeastern Europe and in Tirana, meets with Meidani and Meta • Frowik: During meetings with Albanian political parties, they discussed only the local elections to be held in September–October of this year. The U.S. calls for the election calendar to be respected PAGE 7

DP, as in March ’97, against the IMF • Bode confuses payment vouchers funded by the State budget with the “vouchers” signed by the bosses of the “pyramid schemes” PAGE 8