The state does not back down. A war of nerves and troops in the South, guns raised in Tirana
Nano vacates the villa
The government begins clearance operations. The plan for strikes in the hotspots is ready. 150 special forces are heading to Gjirokastër. DP: rally at any cost. Teta: You never know.
Political warfare without alternatives!
The government has set a mas- sive program to strengthen public order and fight “criminal elements” within the opposition. In other words, strengthening public order is seen as necessary only when reactions come from the political camp. The “protection” scheme prepared by the Council of Ministers does not envisage establishing rule-of-law standards to protect all citizens without distinction, but rather protecting government staff from “political danger.” At a time when most Albanians are struggling with the necessities of existence, facing crime and threats to their personal safety, today’s rulers, like those of yesterday, see preserving power as an end in itself, detached from the world and the national environment. Albanian life has now taken on the hue of the Darwinian notion of the survival of the fittest.
Political ethics
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Inside:
Father attempts to rape his daughter; neighbors and police come to the rescue. Four Albanians and one Italian keep Rome police busy with 35 kg of marijuana. Rain falls in Tirana. Page 2
To Nano: I want the names of those financing Berisha. DP to the lawyers: Hand over the seals, abandon your posts. Teta: All units on alert. Page 4
Mother and daughter kill their father. Attempted assassination of the president of the Blood Donors’ Association. Fists thrown at the Socialist Party chairman; shots fired at police. The Reç War: preventing fratricide. Pages 7–8
State leaders give ground
Nano, goodbye to the villa in the Blloku
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Archive – Zhulali reveals his last conversation with Berisha: “You are deceiving us all”
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KOSOVO
• The KLA appeals to the West
• Holbrooke: Kosovo, a third republic
• New displacements after the Serbian offensive
• Lipjan: Thousands on the brink of death from hunger
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POLITICS
PR steps up accusations against the Socialists and Democrats
Mediu: 3 billion dollars from drug trafficking; Albania, a...
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SPORT
The championship begins with goals, punches and red cards
Lushnja thrashes Kavaja, Tirana and Partizani get on the fans’ nerves
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TODAY IN THE SUPPLEMENT
• Mark Tuen: “In the Police District”
• Kadare: Migjeni should have died last
• Leopardi, the poet of pessimism. ALI PODRIMJA
