Poet Agim Shehu struck and killed

He was on his way to the editorial office of the newspaper “Rilindja Demokratike” on page 6

Police open fire on protesters

The protest in Kukës escalates: “Namık Dokle has deceived us” on page 6

The SP fears the anti-corruption drive

Gjana calls for parliamentary oversight of privatizations

Like in the spring of ’92

Berisha’s visits to several districts in the South once again confirmed the further strengthening of the DP and its emergence as the only governing alternative amid the severe crisis that has gripped the country for three years. The thousands of people who look to the DP and its coming to power with hope are, meanwhile, a great responsibility for the Democrats, who must live up to the trust that has long taken root among the people. Berisha’s visit to the lands of the 1997 communist rebellion, to the places occupied in those days by Albanian-speaking and Greek-speaking irregulars, shows how short-lived violent movements that sought to destroy Albania are. on page 5

The Savings Bank in the hands of two Greek banks

on page 3 The Savings Bank in the hands of two Greek banks

TOB artists heading for a hunger strike

The state wants to sell the Opera and Ballet Theatre to foreigners on page 13

Nano booed in Elbasan

on page 5

Arrests by international police expected

Several Tirana officials under international investigation on page 2

Otranto, hell for Albanians and paradise for those in power

The DP condemns the government’s stance on the drowning of 59 people on page 3

Arbnori celebrates his 65th birthday

Long live Albania’s Mandela on page 4

Sali Lusha’s trial postponed

Political prosecutors ordered not to appear in the courtroom on page 7

The government protects Azem Hajdari’s killers

Today, 491 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 that is now in power has done and continues to do everything to conceal the grave crime that took the life of the December Leader. This shows Albanians that they have been and remain on the side of the murderers, who have names of their own but are not touched by those in power. The Democrats and all Albanians who love Albania, the Democrats and Hajdari, cannot remain silent and build Azem Hajdari cannot tolerate corruption [keq fak]. The government must either arrest the criminals and bring them to justice, or publicly declare that it itself committed the murder of Azem Hajdari.