11/12/1998
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Gazeta Shqiptare

11 December 1998

Majko: Enough of pardoning the youth; firing squad

On page 5

Ultimatum expires; students lock themselves in hunger strike

The Prime Minister refused to meet them There are ten demands, put forward yesterday, mainly calling for improvements to living conditions in the dormitories. This time, they do not include demands to find Azem Hajdari’s killers, nor to release those considered political prisoners. Last night, the students said they had no political demands and that all their demands were economic in nature. On page 3

It is not only dictatorships that are overthrown

EDITORIAL Ilir Babaramo For the third time during this decade, Albanian students went on hunger strike yesterday evening. If one considers only the statements, their action could have been avoided. They had made it a condition that they present their economic demands to the Prime Minister. But instead of dialogue, Majko chose silence. Indeed, neither he nor any of his spokespersons agreed to make any comment, at least until evening. It is not yet known what solution Majko has in mind to get the students out of the strike. In any case, there are potentially only two options: dialogue or violence. By taking the first path, Majko will be able to avoid excessive escalation, negotiate, and see to what extent it is being instrumentalized Continued on page 3

The Chinese elbow out the Shkodrans

IN TRADE The Chinese are taking the place of Shkodran traders at the Tuzi Market. A large number of traders from China, equipped with transport and legally entitled to cross from one state to another without difficulty, have used their competition to block them out of most of the Montenegrin market. On page 16

The anxiety of the Maligi swamp returns

REPORTAGE After 40 years, the reeds and the swamp river have returned. For eight years, the coal force [?] burned without bothering anyone, leaving no room for the legend that there had once been a swamp there. On pages 12-13

Brokaj: Don’t make fun of SHIK

“MAJKO IS WRONG” “Majko must have a strong reason for dismissing Klosi; otherwise, he is harming the country’s interests.” Sabit Brokaj said that no official document has yet arrived at the Presidency, but predicts that if Meidani expresses a negative opinion, the head of SHIK will continue working. On page 2

ALARM IN SCHOOLS

JAUNDICE, THE EPIDEMIC IS AFFECTING CHILDREN ONLY On pages 14-15

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