Extraordinary enthusiasm in Burrel Berisha: New elections

The people of Mat united: "Let the plundering be broken up" on page 4

Pickering: Support, only if you fight corruption

The United States concerned about the scale of corruption in Albania on page 3

Meta’s man stole aid for Kosovars

Vladimiri Shehu is accused by Italian investigators of stolen billions on pages 14-15

The artists’ strike and the government’s strike

editorial The artists’ strike and the government’s strike By Shemsi PEPOSHI The hunger strike that has been going on for days is undoubtedly an act by the Meta Government and the Socialist Party as a political blow. It is both and at the same time a political strike; this kind of strike aims to blind and reduce the sympathies of part of the public with an absurd struggle, which the artists call a closed cultural institution like a customs office, shortened or put to work with limited hours. on page 3

The wooden horse over Albanian culture

By Pali LLOKA The wooden horse is like a time pretext within the "graveyards" of Albania. Whenever such a word is mentioned, as ignorance or disregard, by some individuals who consider themselves cultured and give voice to the nation’s memory. It also tends to place failed people in the highest positions. on page 3

The artists’ hunger and a poem by Nobel laureate Hermann Hesse

By Ylzar ZHITI[?] on page 20

The Socialist government: We do not care about the flood victims

Xhevdet MEHANETI[?] on page 20

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To write a story By Besnik MUSTAFAJ on page 20