Political parties ask Arbnori “Do not raise the 4% threshold; the President also agreed” page 3 Through this statement, which was faithfully conveyed yesterday at midday to the Presidium of the People's Assembly by the Republican deputy Çeliku, the representatives of 13 parties asked the presidium of parliament to urgently place on the agenda the discussion of the election law.

Has sentenced a priest to death The maximum penalty provided for 15 years in prison page 3 “Declare the defendant Hil Gjergj Gjoni guilty of the crime of treason against the homeland, in the form of escape abroad, left at the stage of preparation, and on the basis of the Criminal Code sentence him to death by firing squad, with confiscation of movable property and deprivation of the right to vote for up to 5 years.” This was the full content of the verdict, signed by judge Gjata and prosecutor Kostaq Shani.

After the communists’ victory in Russia Dokle: The elections in Russia were free and for this President Yeltsin should be congratulated page 3 The victory of the communists in Russia was not greeted in the same way as the victory of the former communists in Bulgaria or that of Kwaśniewski in Poland by Albanian socialists. A day after the elections, “Zëri i Popullit” had reserved a modest space for Zhuganov’s photograph and the accompanying commentary, while the victory of Vranitzky’s social democrats in Austria and the photograph of the latter had been announced on the front page of the socialist newspaper.

Kurt Kola writes to Berisha Kurt Kola: “If the state leaders do not resolve the issue of the theft of the newspaper’s name, we will turn to the courts” page 6 The former persecuted people during the confinement in the hunger strike photo D. KABA

The experience with Siemens was bitter. The President should have returned not with aid, but with economic cooperation Representatives of political parties speak page 7

December events back in focus “Those things that the official press and some politicians say about the activity with us during the November '90 - February '91 period are absolutely not true,” Gjinushi protested yesterday regarding the accusation made against him in the newspaper “RD” It is necessary to organize a broad televised debate, where, among others, I insist that Berisha, Hajdari, Selami, Imami, Pashko and several student leaders of this movement take part” page 3

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First prize 700,000 lekë And 2,222 prizes from 500 to 250,000 lekë Draw date 29. 12. 1995 Live on TV at 20:40 These prizes are for each one of you

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