No crackdown by police, SHIK and RENA forces on the hunger strike. Tirana continues to support the students Students: Majko must resign The young people defeated by the living bridge signed the appeal and gave a statement against the Trimes law. Students are returning to the place of their daily confinement in order to unblock the strike. Pro-government SHIK has imposed state punishment on the striking students. ON PAGE 2 The Prime Minister ordered terror against the students By B. Paloka Yesterday morning began with the intervention of special police forces in the premises where the striking students were confined, among them girls as well. The testimonies and footage of this scandalous intervention, the behavior of the police and SHIK officers toward the female and male students, drew the attention of public opinion and of all the Albanian media. The police cordon and the siege by the institutions that made it possible... [?] ... PD, the pride of Tirana in support of the striking students

Students describe the hours of terror ON PAGE 4 “The scenes are moving[?] and with violence student. television and piq[?] into a constructed one. ”

Berisha: I do not communicate with the political prosecutor’s office “By making use of the legal right not to communicate with the prosecutor’s office and the current political organ, I declare here that the prosecutor’s office is an entirely political institution...” ON PAGE 3

Extraordinary meeting of the PD National Council Extraordinary meeting of the PD National Council We no longer recognize June 29 After Berisha in support of the Albanians. The new government harmed[?] instruments that have killed the opposition and democracy and international opposition of the Albanian who have been repeated with the[?] and position of Albania. Strong support for the striking students and for ... [?] ON PAGE 4

Majko’s assessment finds [them] in defense of the hunger strike. Flaurin in the decision 12 striking students disappear ON PAGE 2 Majko’s assessment burns in defense of the hunger strike. Flaurin in the evening

Police kidnap two traders from Elbasan Democratic businesses are exposed under the threat of Kalashnikovs ON PAGE 5

Today, 96 days since the killing of the leader of bpjforit[?] for the uncovering of Azem Hajdari’s murder PD: We are ready for cooperation Today, 96 days since the killing of the leader of bpjforit[?] for the uncovering of Azem Hajdari’s murder ON PAGE 3 The problems in investigating the case and the political developments in the country are worsening the situation with some of our international partners. From the statements of the chairman of the commission himself, his activity clearly appears to have no investigative character whatsoever. It is understood that the commission is investigating entirely along political lines and not on the facts and circumstances of Azem Hajdari’s murder. Every day more difficult because of Azem Hajdari

Deceptive government, abolish the solidarity tax Teachers from Dibra toward an indefinite strike “Deceptive government, abolish the solidarity tax” ON PAGE 7 “The principal salary increased by 50% and the government’s justice was paid by 23%”

Government: There is no pay rise for teachers Ruka: “You were compensated last year for inflation” ON PAGE 7

CITIZENS OF TIRANA! Confused, wounded, exhausted by everything anti-national and treacherous that is taking place, we invite you all to take part in the grand protest that the PD and the Albanian opposition will organize today, Friday, December 18, at 11:30 a.m., in the capital’s “Skënderbej” Square. Bring your relatives, neighbors and acquaintances with you, just as all honest people of Tirana do. Down with neo-Enverism! Everyone in “Skënderbej” Square! CITIZENS OF TIRANA! Deceived, lied to, robbed, terrorized, mistreated, betrayed by a group of people thirsty for power and money, who, in trying to seize power by force and bloodshed, have driven the country hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from Tirana. The civilized states of the world are protesting before Albania’s state institutions over the murder of Democratic Party deputy Azem Hajdari and are demanding the arrest of the killers. Students are returning to the place of their daily confinement in order to unblock the strike. Albania is preparing for anti-government actions. Tirana has been opened up to the scenario of violence in the irreversible developments of the days and hours we are living through. Everyone to the square to defend freedom and democracy and to save the grim present and future. CITIZENS OF TIRANA! The good, honest, humane people of our city, those who have always wanted to live with dignity and nobility, today will know how, through their participation in the protest, to overcome the disappointment and anger that every Albanian family is experiencing. For you know very well what weapon Albania is facing: a primitive hatred, a fatal madness with consequences that go beyond the lives of our children. Everyone in “Skënderbej” Square! The Albanian opposition