The PS Secretary for Public Relations, Luan Rama, explains the week’s most important events • Berisha replaced Amato with Arsidi, which resulted in the scandalous theft of 1.3 million dollars and the imprisonment of the former president’s friends POLITICS The Foreign Minister responds to accusations by PD leader Sali Berisha PAGE 3 PHOTO MONTAGE

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BALKANS / THE PACT The American president and the German chancellor write about the Stability Pact in the “International Herald Tribune” and “Syddeutsche Zeitung” Kllinton - Shrëder: Albania 2000, economic progress • The Stability Pact will solve many infrastructure problems, including the large-scale construction of roads in Albania • There is no Greater Serbia and no Greater Albania. The opportunities are there to build a Greater Europe • The most important fact is that politicians in the Balkans are talking and cooperating with one another. • This week, the USA and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development created a fund for the management of foreign property, to support medium-sized enterprises throughout Southeastern Europe PAGE 2 Pictured: American President Klinton and German Chancellor Shrëder

PUBLIC ORDER The Guard will protect the constitutional order. Power must check power so that no one abuses it PAGE 16

Should a Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources be established? How do we manage our natural treasure—forests, pastures ... PAGE 9

Water infrastructure: 2 billion dollars PAGE 8