“Tahiri, Chinese dazibao against me” PRESIDENT: CRUDE MANIPULATION, NAIVE MOUNTAINEER, UNSUITABLE, BLACKMAILER The head of state accuses the government of pressure on the judiciary. Nasip Naço: I encourage the Interior Minister, transparency is needed. Nishani's powers will not be compromised President of the Republic Bujar Nishani, in an analysis titled “On responsibilities,” calls on the government to urgently stop blackmailing judges and political attacks directed at him. The reaction of the head of state, the language used regarding the letter that Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri sent a few days earlier, in which he asked him to urge the KLD to review the decision of judges Edmond Gogo, Fatmira Hajdari and Gramoz Levanaj to place Gjin Nika, who was killed about a week ago, under compulsory appearance. The dictatorial state, with its simple repressive structure, seems strong, but it is weak, provisional, short-lived. The democratic state, with complex mechanisms and many laws, seems weak but is strong and long-lasting. The explanation is simple: dictatorship lasts relatively briefly, and it fades, rots and collapses, because in a dictatorship responsibilities are concentrated in one individual. Democracy lasts much longer, it gives way, it bends, of course it also suffers, especially in the beginning... Continues on page 3

Today's Opinion By QAZIM TEPSHI More than a month ago, Russia organized the counter-resistance of Russian-speaking Ukrainians to suspend the agreement... Continues on page 21 New challenges for the US and the EU

Rebuttal / The historian: The 1939 protests were sparked by Safet Butka (In the photo:) The well-known historians, Uran Butka and Kristo Frashëri “Kristo Frashëri says in his article that ‘director Safet Butka prevented us from holding the demonstration.’ The opposite is true” “In Durrës, Major Abaz Kupi, with part of the army, put up armed resistance to the occupiers, where the sergeant Mujo Ulqinaku was also killed” On pages 18-19

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Matura / Foreign language, here are the questions Nominal list On pages 10-11

Basha appoints the new directors On page 5

“It pleases me that they give explanations” On page 20

Plenum ’90 On pages 16-17

Kurum investment On page 12

Media: Nigrita, like Abu Ghraib On page 15