THE KILLINGS, THE POLICEMAN’S ACCOUNT
EXCLUSIVE / THE DIARY OF THE CRIMINAL POLICE OFFICER ABOUT THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF FACING THE CROWD
“The guards told us: If they cross the fence, break their ribs”
• “We ran out of blank rounds, then we shot real bullets. I finished three magazines. I had never been in such a situation before. We didn’t even have tear gas. Everything ran out”
• The Guard on alert level 1. They live at the Prime Ministry. Berisha: Coup d’état? Everyone will be killed. Rama: Peace rally on Friday. The ambassadors: We will bring 4 mediators. Arvizu meets Ina Rama
On pages 2-7
(In the photo:) Photographs showing the two victims of the January 21 demonstration at the same time. Taken from the Swedish newspaper 'Dagens Nyheter'. (Top) The Guard’s bullets in the windows of the parliamentary leadership
Why do we repeat our history?
Opinion of the Day
Opinion
of the Day
By ANILA BASHA
March 2, 1997. Parliament meets urgently, at 5:35 p.m. The opposition is absent. At that time, the PS was in opposition. A state of emergency is declared...
Why do we repeat our history?
Continues on page 29
State-building under the heel of corruption
COMMENT
By BESNIK GJONGECAJ
On page 29
Smuggling, the largest quantity of coffee ever is seized in Kakavije, 22 tons
The owner was a businessman from Tepelena
On page 23
The pressure of the Belgians on politicians
Yesterday in “The New York Times”
Yesterday
in “The New York Times”
By STEPHEN CASTLE
Defying gatherings to protest politics, around 30,000 Belgians gathered yesterday in the country’s main squares not to get rid of...
The pressure of the Belgians on politicians
Continues on page 28
A conversation with Inspector Sefedin M.
The newspaper 'Albania+' closes
By YLLI RAKIPI
On page 12
Finance, the 2010 budget is short by 85 million USD
ECONOMIC CRISIS
On pages 14-15
The Deda family: Berisha wants to come offer condolences, but we didn’t accept
Zabit Deda, brother of Hekuran, killed on January 21, speaks
Taken from ‘NEWS24’
Berisha sent word to come have coffee with me at the house on the night of the funeral, but I did not accept. Now I have doubts and I am convinced that he killed my brother.” This is how Zabit Deda speaks three days after his brother’s death. Hekuran Deda, from Dibra, is one of the three killed in the January 21 protest, a protest...
On page 12
Literature Prizes, the contenders in 4 categories
JANUARY 2011
On pages 26-27
Rexhep Qosja: Those who stay in power through violence will die by violence
Exclusive / The Kosovar academic comments on the situation
By REXHEP QOSJA
The Albanian state continues to kill its own citizens; and continues to kill them with words and with weapons. Historical experience has shown that state killings with weapons are almost always preceded by state killings with words. In Kosovo, always, before the Serbian state and the Yugoslav state were killed with weapons, ...
On pages 10-11
