FLOODS/ EVACUATIONS IN SHKODËR INCREASE, RAINS START AGAIN. MACEDONIA OPENS THE GATES BERISHA’S BLUFF, THERE IS NO AGREEMENT ON THE BUNA The Prime Minister: We signed the agreement with Montenegro. Diplomats: No agreement has been signed. The Director of the Water Supply in Shkodër: How we saved the drinking water pumping station By GENC KONDI The head of the Albanian government yesterday made his latest bluff, announcing the de facto signing of a memorandum of agreement on the Buna River with the Montenegrin side. But no such thing appears to have happened. Our Foreign Ministry, through its press office, confirmed the fact that with the Montenegrin side “no agreement with Montenegro was signed today (yesterday)”. The confirmation is also given by diplomats at the Montenegrin embassy in Tirana. “There was no contact today to sign such an agree- ment,” they confirmed to GS.... Continued on pages 2-5

The synagogue opens, the conversations are revealed Berisha with the leaders of the Jewish Community THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY, BERISHA GIVES HIS BLESSING FOR THE FIRST RABBI, LAYING DOWN CASH On page 10

Yesterday in the “Washington Post” Now I think we have learned that Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, had big ambitions. Among them was also the “attack” by the U.S. government. ... Yesterday in the “Washington Post” By ANNE APPLEBAUM Now I think we have learned that Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, had big ambitions. Among them was also the “attack” by the U.S. government. ... Beware of Wikileaks Continued on page 28

Opinion of the Day “The Three Tenors”, in their 9th edition at the Palace of Congresses, received applause, but not cheers, and failed to get the audience on its feet.... Opinion of the Day By ANILA BASHA “The Three Tenors”, in their 9th edition at the Palace of Congresses, received applause, but not che- ers, and failed to get the audience on its feet.... Disappointment from “The Three Tenors” Continued on page 29

THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT Celebration at the U.S. embassy, absent Edi Rama On page 14

THE INCIDENT IN BERAT In a score-settling one is killed, two others are injured On page 22

RAME LAHAJ Kosovar tenor: My success began in Tirana, I will return On page 27

PHOTO FEATURE/ Albania in transition, 20 years of democracy on 8 December Hajdari distances himself from the PD, hunger strike with the persecuted in 1994 (In the photo): Azem Hajdari during the hunger strike of political prisoners in 1994, former president Ramiz Alia and Prime Minister Sali Berisha greeting for 8 December Azem Hajdari appears in this rare photo, among the hunger strikers of Kurt Kola. Only yesterday, Preç Zogaj stated that the opposition could bring the true December to Albania Ramiz Alia on 13 December: Those who say that the Communist Party should be declared outlawed are sons of communists. But we no longer drink water with the programs of 1986, new programs are needed On pages 6-9

She leaves without a reason after being reappointed At the Ministry of Defence, it is said that Miranda Zeka has been dismissed over the agreement with Greece The maritime pact, the Director of Military Geography is appointed and dismissed within 10 days At the Ministry of Defence, it is said that Miranda Zeka has been dismissed over the agreement with Greece By TEDI BLUSHI The sudden dismissal and without official reason of the Director of the Institute of Military Geography, Miranda Zeka raises many questions.... On page 11

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