The new government, neither coalition nor Ulivo. The small ones are tied together in a basket, like squeezed lemons

Rain does not stop the protest. Tirana against the government of spies

Pollo, Minarolli and Starova in Pogradec and Përrenjas ON PAGE 2

Leaders of the alliance for the Democrats meet with residents of Berat ON PAGE 2

Division XXI denounces An invitation signed by 83 smugglers has been sent to the head of the government “for the XXI anniversary, which for several months has been used to wash the hands of other officials” ON PAGE 3

A gloomy holiday in the memory of Christians ON PAGE 5

PR defends the aggressor against the attacks of the Church[?] ON PAGE 4

By Bardhyl LONDO The attitude of colleagues toward this state must be firm, persistent and just. We must not be fooled by the statements or occasional oaths of the current rulers. Their state, the socialist state, is such: anti-intellectual, anti-democratic. It cannot change. It pretends to have relented and lowered its head, but it is the same one. More savage, more vengeful. More arrogant. More ridiculous. Because it has lost the face of the state and now seeks to replace it with the face of a swindler. There are no more masks. And that is the heaviest thing about these days. However delicate the climate may seem, however calm the surface, there is a silent cruelty toward the intelligentsia and free thought. This cruelty appears through exclusion, insults, belittlement, isolation. And not only that. It also appears in the effort to discredit every independent voice, to present it as superfluous, harmful, unnecessary for society. It is a difficult time for the Albanian intelligentsia. Not only because of material poverty, but also because of the moral poverty surrounding it. In place of respect for knowledge, we have the rise of mediocrity. In place of merit, we have servility. In place of civic spirit, we have the triumph of political brutality. The intelligentsia must not remain silent. Its silence would be acceptance. It must speak, react, defend values, defend the citizen, defend the future. ON PAGE 3

Message from the Chairman of the PPS, Sali Berisha, addressed to Catholic believers on the occasion of Easter ON PAGE 4

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AISH journalists ON PAGE 4

Bomb game in the VEA building ON PAGE 5

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