15/01/2012
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Gazeta Shqiptare

15 January 2012

TENSION IN KOSOVO

Tear gas for protesters from Tirana VETËVENDOSJE PROTEST, 29 POLICE OFFICERS INJURED, 150 ARRESTED Young people block the border with Serbia, Kosovo’s deputy speaker of parliament, Glauk Konjufca, is also arrested. Opposition in Albania supports the demonstration By GILMANA BUSHATI The 10 supporters of the Vetëvendosje Movement who left Tirana at 07:00 in the morning on two buses were held for about three hours at the Morina border crossing point, and then mistreated by Kosovo police when they entered their territory. It is reported that two people were briefly detained at this border point, while when the buses crossed into Kosovo territory, police asked them to pull over and, after seeing that the journalists had left, they threw tear gas at the supporters, who had not been peaceful. This caused concern among all the supporters of the Vetëvendosje Movement, who demanded an explanation from the authorities for such an act of violence. Information coming from Morina says that the police officers who threw tear gas at the Albanian supporters were of Hungarian origin, but a source... Continues on pages 2-3

RE: FRESSH

Opinion of the Day Opinion of the Day By EDI RAMA Tomorrow marks 20 years since the creation of the Euro-Socialist Youth Forum. No youth organization in Albania has had, in these 20 years, either a history... RE: FRESSH Continues on page 15

Injures wife and daughter with a knife; I don’t want a divorce

POLICE ARREST 42-YEAR-OLD IN RUBIK On page 11

Berisha, Meta and Basha, 2-hour meeting at “Rogner”

Face to face On page 5

“Darkness”, 9 young people arrested for robbery

Operation On page 7

Xhelal Gjeçovi: Fevziu denigrates Enver, he is far-right

Historian speaks: Where the book on the communist leader falls short (In the photo): The well-known historian, Xhelal Gjeçovi. Blendi Fevziu’s book about Enver Hoxha “It would be in the author’s own interest not to deal with the gossip of the Second Plenum of the Central Committee of the PPSh. There is a tendency toward compromising material” “Enver is portrayed as a man without education, without culture, ignorant and mediocre. Two or three moments are enough to understand that the author is wrong and that reality is different” On pages 12-13

CIA archives: Greece-Serbia, how Albania would be divided

Report from 1951 On page 6

European champion: We don’t even have water for training

Ahead of the Olympics, the weightlifter speaks On page 29

Objects that disappeared forever, how Tirana’s heritage was destroyed

MAKS VELO: REGRET FOR THE OLD VILLAS OBJECTS THAT DISAPPEARED FOREVER, HOW TIRANA’S HERITAGE WAS DESTROYED Supplement

Lessons for Afghanistan from Vietnam

Yesterday in “Washington Post” Yesterday in “Washington Post” BY JAMES DOBBINS In 1968 I began my life in diplomacy as an aide to diplomats Avril Harriman and Sajrus Vens, who were leading peace talks... Lessons for Afghanistan from Vietnam Continues on page 14