Police brutalize the Krasniqi family

The barbaric violence against the family of the patriot and prominent PD activist is repeated on page 5

Shkodra for a strong opposition

The two candidates for chair of the PD branch supported Berisha’s alternative Continuous cheers for Berisha throughout the conference proceedings. With more than 30 votes ahead, Astrit Bushati is re-elected chair The Secretary General explains the procedures to be followed during the proceedings of the 6th National Congress of the PD Bode: There will be transparency and rigor at the Congress on page 4

The mad and drunken rivals

EDITORIAL Nano has stated that with his accession to the head of the party, there will also be changes in the government, which means another prime minister, while Majko’s victory would lead to the departure of the ministers who have remained in his cabinet since the former prime minister’s fifth government. This seems to be the main reason the contest between the candidates has become so heated, with neither side holding back from using the harshest language—the kind that should only be heard in clubs. Meanwhile, Majko himself never misses an opportunity to remind Nano of his flight on 14 September from Tirana to Shkup, accompanied by one of Albania’s best-known gangs on page 3

Uolter Vangberg: “The issue in question is not insoluble, but the Albanian justice system is”

The Prosecutor’s Office “buries” the “Hajdari” case for good on page 7

Germany supports democratic forces

Berisha meets Schröder. The PD, a pillar of Albania’s efforts for Euro-Atlantic integration on page 2

I want to become chair

Bode: There will be transparency and rigor at the Congress

The Democrats’ Congress causes problems even where none were expected The campaign in the PD is dividing the newspaper “Albania” on page 2

The government protects Azem Hajdari’s killers

Today, 376 days since the murder of the December Leader Every day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari, the symbol of democracy and pluralism, proves the involvement of Fatos Nano’s government and its successors in the crime that shook the entire Albanian world. The government of the former communists, which leaves free and unpunished the criminals who killed the December Leader, shows Albanians that it was and is on the side of the killers, whose names are known but who are not brought to justice by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who bear witness to and honor Azem Hajdari cannot under any circumstances tolerate this fact. The government must either apprehend the criminals and bring them to justice, or publicly declare that it was itself that carried out the murder of Azem Hajdari.