On Saturday, everyone to Skënderbej Square
The DP launches its victory campaign: “With our vote, let us change Albania”
On Saturday, September 2, at 18:00, the DP opens its victory campaign for the October 1 local elections in Skënderbej Square.
“Today we vote, today we decide, today we win”
USA: regret over the ambush against Topalli
Meta calls for the purging of documents concerning the terrorist act in Peshkëpi
Let us take Edvin Rama seriously for a moment
By Astrit PATOZI
Let us forget for a moment that the Socialist Party’s candidate for the Tirana Municipality is a distorted caricature of the political caricature produced and served up by his party. Let us not even take into consideration the fact that Edvin Rama is a character deformed to the point of pain by his many complexes, not all of which are caused by his psychophysiological deviations
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Ormir Rusi, the chairman of
The runoff of the Shkodër Democrats’ Convention concludes
KOZ excludes observers from the vote-counting process
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KOZ excludes observers from the vote-counting process
Fatos Nano: “The votes will be”
Ambassadors of frozen diplomacy
By Arben CEJKU
For the past two days, all of Albania’s ambassadors have been gathered at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
While a year ago their chief, Mr. Milo, appeared to be feeding his subordinates Albanian nonsense about “successes” in Albanian foreign policy following Kosovo’s liberation by NATO forces
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Ormir Rusi, the mayor of Shkodër
of the Shkodër Democrats
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Gorea wins the support of rivals within the party
The Democrats’ campaign begins in Durrës
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Fadil Hasa: Rama, the gravedigger of culture
Fotaq Nano: “We will count the votes ourselves”
CEC excludes observers from the vote-counting process
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Slaughter over a cow, two dead and one injured
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Anastas Angjeli’s manager arrested
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The government protects Azem’s killers
Today, 718 days since the murder of the December leader
Every day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari proves the involvement of Fatos Nano’s government and its successors in the crime that shook the entire Albanian world. The government must either arrest the criminals and bring them to justice, or publicly declare that it itself carried out the murder of Azem Hajdari.
Year X of publication No. (2625) THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2000 Price: 20 lekë (250 drachmas)
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Editor-in-chief Astrit PATOZI
Notice
All chairpersons and secretaries of the PD branches in the districts are hereby informed that a meeting concerning the Local Government election campaign will be held at the PD headquarters on Friday, September 1, 2000, at 11:00 a.m.
The chairman of the PD, Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha, will also attend the meeting.
