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Rilindja Demokratike

E MARTË 1 MARS 1998

Tirana expels Nano

Over 100,000 citizens protest for three hours in the squares and streets of the capital, the government’s legs are shaking. The prime minister leaves with a super escort several hours before the rally Tirana expels Nano Police, the SHIK agents and the special forces cannot stop the avalanche of democracy. All Albania is in protest. On Friday a great rally in Tirana for the final dismissal of the government of crime.
Everts Tiranë Shqipëri

The hour of the opposition has come

Yesterday, in “Skënderbej” Square Albanian protesters gathered yesterday in a square filled with tens of thousands of protesters to hear the speech of the opposition leader. The speech delivered before the crowd carried calls for the government’s removal and for confronting the political crisis. The full text is partly illegible because of the image quality and the upside-down orientation of the page.[?] [Many lines of the article are only partially readable; the page is upside down and the contrast is poor. No invisible text is being guessed.]
Sheshi “skënderbej”

Nano orders the arrest of Rexhep Karapici

Three police orders are looking for the chairman of the PD of Tirana The text of the article below the headline is mostly illegible in this image. Only fragments and the name Rexhep Karapici, as well as references to the police and the PD of Tirana, can be made out.[?]
Everts Berisha Tiranë

Everts: The arrests, a typical act of the communist past

Berisha receives the OSCE ambassador at the PD headquarters The chairman of the PD said that the democrats will demonstrate regardless, but will not tolerate provocations The following text of the article is damaged and not fully readable in this photo; only isolated parts of the column and the photograph beside it can be made out.[?]
Everts Berisha

Concern over the situation in Shkodër

The deputies from Shkodër meet with the ambassadors of Austria and the USA A delegation from the area, represented by the Municipal Council, elders, clergy, and various associations, met yesterday with the Austrian and American ambassadors to acquaint them with the concern that has arisen in the city. The full text of the columns below is only partially readable in this image.[?]
Shkodër

See on page 6

On page 6 Nano seeks help from committees Hundreds of vans with police, arriving urgently from the districts, under supervision On page 6 1,500 police ask for “wild laws” They wanted to flatten them in the darkness of the police On page 6 Lëgu does not accept to oppose Tirana
Everts Tiranë