120 students lock themselves inside the “Studenti” city cinema-theater. Along with the students from Tirana, those from the universities of Shkodër and Korçë too. Prime Minister Majko asks for the students' statement The situation in Tropojë is catastrophic; the district council has raised the alarm, addressing the highest state authorities. Government revenge against Tropojë Coordinator: In our district, for a long time the state has not acted as it should, and the situation has steadily worsened Photo: Albes Tusha ON PAGE 2

12 December, eight years since the founding of the Democratic Party Tomorrow, throughout Albania and wherever Albanians are living, various activities will be held to mark the 8th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Party. In Tirana, at 11:00, representatives of the PDSH will honor the memory of Azem Hajdari at the Martyrs' Cemetery of the Nation, while at 13:30 tributes will be held at the headquarters of the PDSH. Afterwards, a protest rally will take place in “Skënderbej” Square. Nothing on this day has been done to revive the “shëndrën”

The students win, Majko chose defeat Eight years after the student movement, much in the mirror of Albanian universities has not changed. The political elite or pseudo-elite, the unions and civil society seem to have lost their mission. It is enough to remember that three days earlier, in the studios of our television channels, the students were treated as shallow, provincial, and manipulated by politics. So when they suddenly came out into the streets, many people could not shake the fear that December '90 was repeating itself. But how could it be said that the students were being manipulated by politics when, from the very first moment, they identified themselves with two sharp and universal phenomena: freedom of speech and belonging to a European community. And so, from the beginning until today, there has been an effort to isolate them or to divide them by conjuring up no few scenarios. This kind of absurdity and paranoia was noticeable as soon as the student movement became clear, when the U.S. ambassador was asked: what is Washington's position toward these protests? Almost on the same day, a pseudo-analyst on TVSH called it the government's right not to consider them cannon fodder. As for civil society, which one does not know how civil it really is, it did not see that the hope for a postmodern student movement was being extinguished and its tired egoism was being revived. Therefore the students had decided not to become cannon fodder, but the voice of a community that defends itself with civic spirit and courage. For this reason, they spoke clearly and in the language of freedom. They demanded their rights, freedom of the media, a freer and more dignified university, and refused to accept that their protest could be used for narrow political aims. It was enough to look at their faces to understand that this was not simply student dissatisfaction, but a profound moral and civic reaction to the cynicism of power. By not listening to them, the government chose defeat. ON PAGE 2

Albanians, the people with the most Denied rights Statement of the US Delegation, distributed yesterday by the press office of the Independent Union of Students of the University of Tirana ON PAGE 3

Police surround the strikers ON PAGE 3

Students: Ruka must resign ON PAGE 3

Majko poses with the police officers ON PAGE 3

Kalamitro: We need a round table to put the government on trial A member of the PD presidency denounces the government's policy in Sanjë ON PAGE 3

The universities of Prishtina, the strike of the universities and the lack of working conditions The workers' ultimatum: either a solution we are asking for, or a boycott of classes apparently with “Birra Tirana”, today in the square ON PAGE 5

Today, 89 days since the killing of the December leader Q Azem Hajdari is the government protects the murderers ON PAGE 3

Albanian holidays: Unity or division? By Bardhyl LONDO ON PAGE 5