SHIK killed my son

Qelibar's mother makes serious accusations after the mysterious killing on page 6

Majko to journalists: See, we're working?

The Prime Minister urgently summons the press over a quip by Nano on page 3

Nano mocks the congress

Today, the Socialists are split between two halls The PS chairman convenes the delegation: “I swear on my mother's life, your wives won't believe that you were in Tirana without the congress note” on page 3

What is the hierarchy of the Socialist Party?

EDITORIAL By Sami NEZA Meidani's openly lining up alongside the Enverists in the Socialist Party, through a letter he sent to the party yesterday, shows that in Albania the pre-1990s mindset and power are still functioning in an organized way. Now, alongside Fatos Nano, it is the most militant section of the former communists that holds a good many of this party's local branches hostage. If you look at the distribution of Nano's supporters, they wield more consolidated power in areas that supplied the largest numbers of army and Sigurimi officers, such as Vlora, Tepelena, Skrapari, etc. — on page 4

A major rally on Saturday

Only new elections are the solution

The postwar fair, luxury and poverty

Fiera del Levante “seizes” 7,000 square meters of Albanian land. — on page 9

And where did they leave Fatmir?

Breaking news The chairman of the Republican Party, Fatmir Mediu, reacted with full force yesterday after he was not invited to the extremely important meeting in one of the rooms of the “Rogner” hotel, attended by Democratic Party member Ferdinand Xhaferi, Minister of Culture Edi Rama, and Deputy Prime Minister Ilir Meta. Mr. Mediu, who woke up yesterday morning dressed in the suit of the Minister of Public Order, which Nikollë Lesi had tailored for him free of charge, declared himself completely opposed to this meeting, which, according to him, could not achieve the success it aspired to without his presence. Intimate sources close to Mr. Rama told the newspaper yesterday that at the meeting they discussed ways to get the country out of the crisis, the issue of the railcars, the problem of the Writers’ League building, and drank three whiskies, two mugs of beer, and one tea (the latter was drunk by Xhaferi). Today, a strong reaction is also expected from Mrs. Doris Pak over Mr. Mediu’s absence from that meeting.

The government protects Azem Hajdari's killers

Today, 403 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 his successor in the crime that shook the entire Albanian world. The government of the former communists and the unpunished criminals who took the life of the December Leader are showing Albanians that they have been and remain on the side of the killers, whose identities are known but who are untouched by those in power. Democracy throughout Albania, which witnessed and “executed” Azem Hajdari, cannot tolerate his killers. The government must either open the doors [?] to the criminals, or publicly declare that it itself committed the murder of Azem Hajdari.