A “boom” in revenue from taxes and customs: 216 million every day. Meta’s 6 months compared with Berisha’s 4 years Customs in the first half of 2000 collected as much as the first six months of each of Berisha’s four years. CUSTOMS & TAXES. Here’s how the Socialists beat Berisha on his own turf—anti-corruption in customs. A “boom” in revenue from taxes and customs: 216 million every day. 30 June, 39,000,000,000 in the treasury • Customs in the first half of 2000 collected as much as the first six months of each of Berisha’s four years Meta’s 6 months compared with Berisha’s 4 years Berisha: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 = 21.7 billion lekë; Meta, 6 months of 2000 = 20.8 billion lekë SPECIAL: REVENUE - PAGES 6–7 Pictured: PS Chairman Fatos Nano and Prime Minister Ilir Meta yesterday during the sessions of the PES Conference in Tirana

• Here’s how the Serbian war machine was supplied with oil: in the first 6 months of ’95, 135916 tons of fuel; in the first 6 months of ’96, 35463 tons PAGE 7

• The international meeting of left-wing parties of Southeastern Europe, organized by the Party of European Socialists and the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity, began in Tirana NANO: We should replace NATO soldiers with progressive social-democratic missionaries Meta: We must fight absurd nationalism • A Marshall Plan for Southeastern Europe • Organization is key to electoral victory • A party without young people is pointless The conference is chaired by the vice-presidents of the Party of European Socialists: Akis Tsohatzopoulos, Jan Marinus Wiersma and Lena Hjelm-Wallen. Representatives of parties from Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia are taking part. There were also representatives of left-wing parties from Western Europe, such as Sweden, the British Labour Party and the Netherlands. SPECIAL, PAGES 2, 3, 4 Pictured: Kosovo representative Katjusha Jashari and behind her, the representative of the opposition Serbian Civic Alliance (Photo: A. Babani)

BREAKING NEWS 100 kg of powdered hashish seized in the former block, just arrived from Turkey The quantity was seized; the owner of the “boutique” and her Turkish accomplice were arrested PAGE 11

Corruption requires an army of people to be controlled PAGE 8

TENSION KUKËS MAYOR THREATENS: I WILL DESTROY KUKËS The personal debts of the mayor of Kukës cannot destabilize PAGE 11

ELECTIONS DURRËS PREFECT: GOREA - “DURRSAKU” SABOTAGES VOTER REGISTRATION Polling stations have not been designated, and the files containing ISSH forms have not been sent PAGE 13

THE ACCIDENT DEFENSE MINISTER HAJDARAGA IN AN ACCIDENT, NO DANGER TO HIS LIFE PAGE 11