THE FEAR OF THE DEMONSTRATION, 3,500 POLICE IN THE SQUARE
BERISHA: ON PROTEST, THE CRIMINALS. RAMA: VIOLENCE? THE PEOPLE MAY OUTNUMBER THE OPPOSITION
USA: Peaceful protest, the language of politics is unacceptable. The regions: We will bring hundreds of buses to Tirana
THE FEAR OF THE DEMONSTRATION
3,500 POLICE IN THE SQUARE
USA: Peaceful protest, the language of politics is unacceptable.
The regions: We will bring hundreds of buses to Tirana
By NIKOLETA KOVAÇI
A concrete plan of measures and around 3,500 police officers to maintain order at the rally announced by the opposition. This is what all the country’s police actors said yesterday, including the Interior Minister, Lulzim Basha, while it was officially stated that the same approach as in the action plan for similar gatherings will be used. Thus, in addition to the sectors dealing with criminal investigations and terrorist acts, the public order police officers who will stand alongside the crowds, the traffic police...
(Photo): Police at one of the opposition’s past protests
On pages 2-6
The vocation of gasps
COMMENT
By ILIR DHIMA
On page 23
I will go to the demonstration today...
Opinion of the Day
By ANILA BASHA
... not because Edi Rama or the opposition says so. No, I am not going for that purpose. I will go to the demonstration because I have been a field journalist for more than twelve years,...
I will go to the demonstration today...
Continues on page 23
Director: TVSH? We don’t know where the money is
Alfred Bualoti comments on developments at Albanian Public Television: It’s not ours
“It is not written in the television’s statute that it must be the voice of the state”
Alfred Bualoti comments on developments at Albanian Public Television: It’s not ours
Director: TVSH? We don’t know where the money is
“It is not written in the television’s statute that it must be the voice of the state”
By FATMIRA NIKOLLI
Once the only entertainment for Albanians, today Albanian Public Television seems to have lost its former brilliance. According to Alfred Bualoti, a director who worked there for many years, this station has become “unwatchable”. A few days ago, the doubling of the fee for this public television was announced, from 600 new lek to 1,200. The latter will be collected together with the electricity bills. For Bualoti, any tax whose destination is unknown is “unacceptable”. Although the television needs money, which is well known, the director says that it is not the money that this institution has lacked, as it can by no means compete with private television stations in Albania. Although it has a long tradition and was the first of its kind in our country, Bualoti notes that it has fallen behind...
(Left) Alfred Bualoti
(Right) The TVSH building
On pages 26-27
‘GRANDE FRATELLO’, THE ALBANIAN WOMAN FROM BERAT IS ACCUSED OF RACISM, THE LINK WITH DAVID
GIRL FROM ROME: ALBANIANS ARE LIKE GYPSIES
On pages 24-25
The EU needs Turkey
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The EU needs Turkey
Continues on page 22
Specialist: Long live NATO, the police have had no uniforms for 2 years
“TELLING THE DEALS”
On pages 8-9
KQZ member: Why we are boycotting the meetings
ARTAN LAZAJ
On page 7
School tax reimbursement, the poor are excluded
GOVERNMENT DECISION
On pages 14-15
Vlore, the right-wingers block the budget again
COUNCILLORS’ DEBATES
On page 19
