After 13 days locked in, the strikers declare the protest a success. The government yields to the students' demands ON PAGE 2 Three ministers and two deputy ministers of the Majko government guaranteed the students the implementation of the promised, reduced demands, also setting deadlines for their realization Anti-communist students after the end of the hunger strike

Today was normally the day the opposition would have announced the end of the hunger strike. Looking also at yesterday's statements by its leaders that many of the opposition's objectives are being achieved in this protest. Now the issue turns more into a major problem for the government to find a solution to this protest. The opposition is back to normal, ready to cooperate and find solutions with the government. Just a few days ago, senior figures of the SP and the government declared that the students on strike had found the solution to the problem, saying that the students' government was headed by Fatos Nano. After the clear statements from the opposition, today the students received a firm answer from Sali Berisha that the opposition has never intended to intervene and use the students' protest for its narrow aims. This took the sting out of the opponents, but placed the government and the state in a difficult position. Berisha stated that the students' demands are normal and legitimate. “The students are asking for the establishment of order and peace,” he said, adding that “the decisions taken through the constitutional acts of the PPSH and its officials can be stopped by nothing.” The opposition's clear statement that it is not the students' government and that it does not intend to use the protest for power has brought the government to its knees and placed it before its own responsibility. By thus avoiding the game of its opponents, the opposition has also removed from its own and the students' necks the alibi the government had been trumpeting. This has made both the SP and the government understand that now the only way out is to solve the problems raised by the students. All this shows that the ball has remained in the government's court, and it must meet the students' demands. ON PAGE 5

The chairman of the PD says to leaders and activists of the PD branch for Tirana: The meeting with Majko has nothing secret about it ON PAGE 3 Dr. Vokri of the Democratic Party reminds Sali Berisha that this contact was made in the interest of the students and not for personal reasons. He said that this party's aim was to move away from the great organized grievances and from the events of 15 September Dr. Vokri of the Democratic Party reminds Sali Berisha that this contact was made in the interest of the students and not for personal matters

ON PAGE 3 The American human rights organization “Freedom House”, in its report on Kosovo, also values and places Albania alongside Kosovo. Belarus and Tajikistan Albania, a country without freedom Albania has been ranked among the countries with the lowest press freedom. This was stated in the annual report by the organization's expert, Redom Husejn, of “Freedom House”. According to the report, even the journalistic organization “Media Instituti”, which serves as a monitoring group for the independent press, is considered a government-dependent organization. This is the first time that international experts have assessed the link between the state and the independent media in Albania. In yesterday's “Freedom House” report, Albania is ranked as the country with the lowest press freedom among 18 former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including the former Soviet Union countries. Albania has been described as a country “without freedom”, having fallen from the previous year's classification of “partly free”. ON PAGE 5

ON PAGE 3 Italian comments: Alia does not support the opposition’s late proposals The governing coalition had a heated debate yesterday in parliament. During an hour of questions through the coalition about the functioning of the Majdani government

Lucolli: “I value the balance and seriousness of the PD” ON PAGE 7

ON PAGE 3 Today, 101 days since the killing of the leader of the north Crime of the century? This question still remains, and even more so as the country's politics have replaced it in order to uncover the political conviction on the spot, replacing the investigation of the murder itself. According to sources from “Horus Agjensia News”, included from the midst of the crime and buried by the debunked, political convictions on the spot, replacing the investigation of the murder itself... ON PAGE 7

ON PAGE 5 The right-wingers comment on the PD - SP meeting Circles of the Student Alliance, the PDR and the leaders of all the Democratic Party organizations in Tirana last night expressed full support for the party chairman, Sali Berisha, for his meeting with the newly appointed prime minister, Pandeli Majko. During the meeting, the leaders of the SP reportedly discussed this issue and saw it as part of the understanding that should exist between the sides, completely different from the language used up to now by the socialists. According to the interest of the leaders, the PD made it clear that its stance toward the government does not change, but the meeting was a necessary contact in the interest of the students' protest. ON PAGE 4

Albanians protest: The Miners' Union protests Albanians protest: The Miners' Union protests: ON PAGE 5 Chrome miners throughout Albania have sent a petition to Prime Minister Pandeli Majko in which they ask for solutions to their economic problems. Among other things, they demand that the process of selling the chrome extraction enterprises in the country not be delayed. According to the petition, the miners demand the privatization of the mines in the combine, their registration and the creation of conditions to ensure payment of arrears. The Albanian mines and their leaders must make the process transparent. According to trade union sources, the petition was sent with a special note to the Minister of Industry and Mines for the acceleration and reform of the privatization process. The document emphasizes that the privatization of the mines was requested long ago to ensure wages for the miners and to restore the pay that was due in metal to workers who are retiring. ON PAGE 5

Prosecutor against the independent investigation group ON PAGE 4

Witnesses fear the murders [n]ifi”, partly in blood ON PAGE 4

The masked men strike again. Robbery in Durrës The masked men strike again. Robbery in Durrës ON PAGE 4