YEAR-END BONUS/ TEACHERS ARE FORCED TO “DONATE” IT AS AID FOR THE NORTH Statements with attendance sheet: I donate for Shkodër. Tafaj: It is scandalous, it is grounds for criminal prosecution. 35 thousand teachers leave the money VIOLENCE, TEACHERS HAVE 100 THOUSAND LEK SNATCHED FROM THEM FOR SHKODRA Statements with attendance sheet: I donate for Shkodër. Tafaj: It is scandalous, it is grounds for criminal prosecution. 35 thousand teachers leave the money ERALDO REXHO With an attendance list in front and a sheet on which it was written: “I give my bonus to help the families of Shkodër”, hundreds of teachers in Tirana were forced to sign and hand over their year-end bonus for the events in the north. This situation has occurred in most schools, while the teachers admit it in private, and principals say they are taking collective initiatives to come to the aid of fami- lies in need. There are 34 thousand teachers in the country, while according to calculations, that comes to... Continues on pages 24-25 (In the photo:) The city of Shkodër submerged under water. Teachers’ protest in front of the Ministry of Education

Opinion of the Day Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI At last, a long-missing “Dispute”! A real dispute, present, concrete, troublesome, conflictual,... “The Dispute,” the Albanian with “the Albanian” Continues on page 29

FORUM/ Directors of TV stations and newspapers in the country speak about the arrest of the head of Wikileaks Message: Democracies need strong media for honest governments The main media directors in the country speak about the “Assange” phenomenon. They all agree that “Assange” crossed several boundaries, took that step and made the world modern without secrets. FORUM/ Directors of TV stations and newspapers in the country speak about the arrest of the head of Wikileaks ‘Assange’, Albanian media: He taught us freedom Message: Democracies need strong media for honest governments The main media directors in the country speak about the “Assange” phenomenon. They all share the same view, that “Assange” has crossed several boundaries, took that step and made the world modern without secrets. The doors were opened and it was he who made such a thing possible, even though he was not a journalist with a special mission. But how much did the world media stand with him, before and after the arrest? It seems very little; in fact, there was a worrying silence among them, as if in unison, to show that these boundaries must not be crossed. Carlo Bollino also wrote about this great silence in a comment of his in “Gazeta Shqiptare” of 5 December 2010. “But, our category is evidently, nobody protests, nobody is indignant, as if the secrets of Assange... On pages 10-11 Julian Assange

SURVEY/ THEY GIVE MONEY FOR BETTER GRADES CORRUPTION IN EDUCATION, STUDENTS PAY 10-50 THOUSAND LEK FOR EXAMS THEY TAKE On page 10

Yesterday in the “Washington Post” Yesterday in the “Washington Post” By TED KOPPEL The attacks of September 11, 2001 were far more successful than Osama Bin Laden could ever have predicted. Not only because the attacks... Nine years after September 11 Continues on page 28

EXTRADITION DECIDED Prudentino: I’m not a mafioso, I want to go to Italy On page 19

MATO: IT IS THE STATE’S RESPONSIBILITY Waste from Albania pollutes Montenegro On page 16

INTERVIEW WITH THE LEADER OF PD Berisha: In December ’90 I had no idea about political parties On pages 20-23

THE PRICE GOES UP Fuel, gasoline is sold at 153 lek per liter On page 13

DECLARED FEWER Murders in Tirana, dispute in the police over the figures On page 9