Berisha: The youth will overthrow the plunderers

The congress of young Democrats held its proceedings Kolin Gjoka, lecturer at the University of Shkodër, elected chairman of FRPD Special feature on pages 2–4

Here is who will count the Albanians’ votes

Meidani has gathered close associates in the CEC, friends of his family, of Nano and of Gjinushi Fotaq Nano, cousin of Fatos Nano, a member of the Socialist Party, appointed by the KLD as an independent; Shahin Bitri, cousin of Bashkim Fino, secretary of the Central Voting Commission in the manipulated referendum on the Constitution; Pandeli Varfi, the mathematician, appointed by the President, Gjinushi’s classmate for five consecutive years, a close friend of Meidani On page 2

The moral decay and censorship of a defunct institution

By Bardhyl LONDO One can speak at length about press freedom, and quote the constitutional article on press freedom at foreign forums as often as one likes, but the truth is that censorship still exists openly in Albanian Radio-Television. On page 7

The compulsory heroism of poets

SCRIPT A SCRIPTA The compulsory heroism of poets On page 21

The graves that bring the nation back to life

Sunday of writings Pages prepared by Visar ZHITI On pages 12–13

Tirana’s mobsters, a prostitution “school” in Prishtina

IOM – the International Organization for Migration denounces the methods used by the Albanian mafia to depersonalize women destined for the prostitution market On page 14

Zogaj: This is a rotten government

Ceka-Pashko manipulate the PAD conference On page 6

Albania needs a unified and stable foreign policy

By Llesh KOLA On page 19 Mafia-style murders return to the capital On page 11 Nano attacks Poçi and Angjeli On page 5 Unemployment increases the number of emigrants On page 9 Tirana, fear of the heat and epidemics On page 10

The government protects the killers of Azem Hajdari

Today, 566 days since Azem’s murder 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 successor in the crime that shook the entire Albanian world. The government of the former communists, which leaves the criminals who took the life of the December Leader free and unchecked, shows Albanians that they have been and remain supporters of his murder, whose perpetrators are known by name but are not touched by those in power. Democrats and all Albanians who loved and honored Azem Hajdari cannot tolerate his killers. The government is trying to [unclear] criminal justice, or it must publicly declare that it itself carried out the murder of Azem Hajdari.