A wave of Christmas changes for Majko The PD chairman continues rapidly changing the course of his party. The congress will be convened Berisha, return to parliament "The dialogue has been obstructed by the old guard of the PS" Page 3 For a handful of faith BY FITON MEHILLI The mild weather makes Bethlehem look like a yellowed leaf beneath the icy rays of the moon. They are ordinary and rare people who have decided to express so strongly their religious convictions in God, the majestic Christ. On this anniversary, not only is the self of an era taking shape, an era that is experiencing decline in the same way as loyalty between two people was being worn down, along with that little remaining breath of true idealism. The loyalty to undertake and the country where Albanians have decided to dig into themselves has ended up destroying itself. In a similar life, the same daily thing was happening. More than ever, this tendency is what makes a person think about the truths of faith and return. In Albania today, a similar kind of life is being lived. From one city to another, hundreds of families are moving, transferring dozens and hundreds of meters from apartment blocks into new houses, while a not insignificant number have nowhere to live. Little is being done in terms of housing to turn them into people with addresses, but the question arises: when did the government really place this process at the center of its attention? Continued on page 26 REUTERS photo

BY FITON MEHILLI The mild weather makes Bethlehem look like a center where the loss of living light radiates all at once. The first spirits of the times are alive. If you walk a little through the streets of Jerusalem, one moves so strongly from one to another, leaving traces everywhere. To turn through these alleys and think of a Christ who will be resurrected from what still remains alive and from the same breath that has kept the past alight. To make the exalted one of the country where Albanians have decided to dig into themselves has ended up destroying itself, has ended up destroying itself. This part of the day is calm. If you walk a little further and pass through the lives of people who have begun to take and give among themselves a small piece of hope, it would make no sense for the word faith to remain only a memory. Continued on page 26

A girl, Christmas gift for Majko REUTERS photo

The festival, the big live deception Composer Mullai: "Artistic values compromised because of the organizers" Page 26 The Radio-Television Song Festival has still left behind the noise of the day’s accusatory acts, as a matter before and after the organization. Was it shown live, or was it really live? These are the questions. More than the discussion itself, this year-end period is seething with institutional criticism. According to them, and after statements by the artists and the festival organizers, whether it was "live" is the next debate. This weekend is bringing itself to the surface in these last hours. Did it happen like this? The singers are united as one. They said it to the delegate’s mind. The songs are what we heard on the public screen every day. Continued on page 26

Street fire against KESH Women give birth while cooking collectively Page 10

Abandoned Bethlehem A world made joyful by the war in Iraq and the conflict in Kosovo Page 32

Explosive device against the head of the PBDNJ An apartment block is damaged by the blast; residents leave Page 9

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