VETËVENDOSJE PROTEST, 29 POLICE OFFICERS INJURED, 150 ARRESTED TENSION IN KOSOVO Tear gas used against protesters from Tirana Young people block the border with Serbia, Kosovo Assembly Deputy Speaker Glauk Konjufca is also handcuffed. 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 Morini border crossing point and then mistreated by Kosovo police when they entered their territory. It is reported that two people were stopped for a few moments 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 moved away, they threw tear gas at the supporters, who had not been peaceful. This caused concern among all supporters of the Vetëvendosje Movement, who asked the authorities for an explanation for such an exercise of violence. Information coming from Morina says that the policemen who threw tear gas at the Albanian supporters were of Hungarian origin, but a source... Continues on pages 2-3

Opinion of the Day 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 history... By EDI RAMA RE: FRESSH Continues on page 15

POLICE ARREST 42-YEAR-OLD IN RUBIK Wounds wife and daughter with a knife; I don’t want the divorce On page 11

The historian speaks: Where the book on the communist leader falls short (In photo:) The well-known historian, Xhelal Gjeçovi. Blendi Fevziu’s book on Enver Hoxha BLENDI FEVZIU ENVER HOXHA THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY BASED ON DOCUMENTS FROM THE PERSONAL ARCHIVE AND ON THE TESTIMONIES OF THOSE WHO KNEW HIM “It would be in the author’s own interest not to deal with rumors from the Second Plenum of the Central Committee of the PPSh. There is a tendency toward compromising material” “Enver is presented as an uneducated man, without culture, ignorant and mediocre. Two or three moments are enough to understand that the author is mistaken and that reality is different” On pages 12-13

THE OBJECTS THAT DISAPPEARED FOREVER, HOW TIRANA’S HERITAGE WAS DESTROYED Supplement

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FACE TO FACE Berisha, Meta and Basha, a 2-hour meeting at “Rogner” On page 5

OPERATION “Darkness”, 9 young people arrested for robbery On page 7

THE 1951 REPORT CIA archives: Greece-Serbia, how Albania would be divided On page 6

Before the Olympics, the weightlifter speaks BEFORE THE OLYMPICS, THE WEIGHTLIFTER SPEAKS European champion: We don’t even have water for training On page 29