The deputies are issued the security document, but SHISH has not approved them beforehand The Scientific Police submits to the prosecutor’s office the expert report on the 2,326 shell casings collected on 21 January: different weapons were used. Today Aleks Nikaj is laid to rest, Edi Rama visits the Deda family home with his family By BLEDAR HOTI The Democratic members of the inquiry commission are carrying out their activity without a full security certificate. The inquiry commission has received a security certificate only from the Classified Information Security Directorate (DSIK), but it has not been completed with the “ok” from the State Intelligence Service. According to sources, it is understood that the lack of consent from SHISH for the certificates of... Continues on pages 2-4 In the photo: Edi Rama with his wife Linda, consoling the family members of Hekuran Deda, who was killed during the 21 January protest

The British tourist’s report on the brink of the collapse of the communist system “Impressions from the opera of Inva Mula and the butcher shops without bloodstains” By C.J. SEYMOUR The title “Albania - Alone Among Nations” made us postpone this country visit by nine weeks, flying from Heathrow Airport to Tetograd, and then by bus we entered Albania through Hani i Hotit. This was the only way to visit this country, isolated from the world by a Stalinist regime, which few foreigners set foot in. Radio Tirana was known for interfering with other stations, as it had a strong signal for spreading state propaganda; nevertheless, this was one of the curiosities of this visit. Accompanying us on the trip was journalist Neal Ascherson, from the “Observer”, winner of several awards in this field, who months later, in November... CONTINUES ON PAGES 12-13

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