Hunger strike, residents clash with police and FNSH. Trade unionists: We are ready for an agreement; if our demands are met, we will resume work within 24 hours SOCIALIST SECRETARY, ERVIN BUSHATI: OUR SOLUTION FOR THE MINERS’ DEMANDS PROTEST IN BULQIZË Road blocked, 3 trade unionists in jail Hunger strike, residents clash with police and FNSH. Trade unionists: We are ready for an agreement; if our demands are met, we will resume work within 24 hours By ENVER DOÇI It explodes in Bulqizë. Until two days ago, the residents of this town had “seen off” in silence the tension created over more than two weeks, among the 13 hunger strikers and the concession company ACR and the state itself. While waiting for the miners’ demands to be met, the decision taken by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy to temporarily close the chrome mine turned everything upside down. Outraged by the long silence of the current government and even more “shrunk” by it, yesterday morning the citizens of Bulqizë took to the streets in protest...... Continues on pages 2-3

DOSSIER/ Albania in the years '43-'44 ENVER HOXHA IN THE FIELD, THE PHOTOS FIGHTING ALONGSIDE GENERAL SPIRO MOISIU On pages 24-25

Yesterday in the “Washington Post” EDITORIAL Economic growth below two percent, repeated drops in market shares, stagnation in new jobs... how hopeful are such data.... Yesterday in the “Washington Post” EDITORIAL Economic growth below two percent, repeated drops in market shares, stagnation in new jobs... how hopeful are such data.... Obama’s fate in the hands of the economy Continues on page 28

Opinion of the Day With a face resembling a worn-out scrub brush, with a rounded voice that smoothly tosses words around to cover a poor vocabulary... Opinion of the Day By DRITAN HILA With a face resembling an old scrub brush, with a rounded voice that smoothly tosses words around to cover a poor vocabulary... Pëllumb Xhufi and the fraudster of the minority Continues on page 29

ACTION, 107 ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS BLOCKED ACTION, 107 ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS BLOCKED Municipal officers tear down an illegal building in Tirana On page 9

HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS Handcuffs for the American tycoon, here are the two companies in Albania On page 8

THE SOPRANO SPEAKS Ermonela Jaho: My meeting with Basha was not political On page 27

DOSSIER/ Debates in the 1991 Assembly PPSH Prime Minister: We must appeal to workers to return to duty Azemi, to Fatos Nano: You must open your heart and your purse to the people PPSH Prime Minister: We must make an appeal to workers to return to duty On pages 22-23

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