USA, concern over the grave political situation after 1 October The government and Edi Rama, those who “gift” us the New Year lights By Asll PAT0ZI Most Albanian families welcomed the year 2000, the birth of Christ, under the lights of Christ. In the early hours of the great night, many of them, in the darkness of their homes, when they turned their heads toward the switched-off bulbs, felt no kind of hope for celebrating the change of the year. On the contrary. Whoever finds it, it is attainable and entirely understandable. What comes to us from our country, presented through an analysis by the prestigious newspaper “New York Times”, is as shocking as reality itself, but also encouraging for anyone who understands that government propaganda cannot replace the truth indefinitely. A few days ago, as I was coming down from the veranda of my house in one of the Western European countries that know it wonderfully and respect peace and order, on the television screen there was a heavy and shocking voice: “Unjust rule in Albania! violence and mad cow”. Nebi CIKA A few days ago, as I was coming down from the veranda of my house in one of the Western European countries that know it wonderfully and respect peace and order, on the television screen there was a heavy and shocking voice: “Unjust rule in Albania! violence and mad cow”. on page 5 Christmas in total darkness Bread crisis in Berat Message of the Chairman of the PD, Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha on the occasion of Christmas Let us triumph over pain on page 3 on page 11 KESH’s laziness does not keep its promise to bring lights for the holidays on page 4

By Bardhyl LONDO There is no Albanian who does not see that the conversion of values and the extension of the 70-year-old cord imposed on the youth of today’s time is discipline, but we young people time and scale. They would wish this if it had been locked before the eyes of all faces. [...] on page 4

By Asll PAT0ZI Most Albanian families welcomed the year 2000, the birth of Christ, under the lights of Christ. In the early hours of the great night, many of them, in the darkness of their homes, when they turned away from the switched-off bulbs, felt no burning hope to spend a European-style holiday that most people have believed in for centuries. The misery and darkness of our country are no longer just an Albanian sorrow. Thousands of foreign eyes have fixed upon it. Thousands of foreign screens have brought it into their homes. As soon as it lets go from the hole, it remains that is!! on page 5

Message of the Chairman of the PD, Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha on the occasion of Christmas on page 11

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Haklaj: lawyer for Genc Taçi denounces manipulations with the file on the murder of the former police director of Shkodër NATIONAL LIBRARY TIRANA Haklaj: Apparently, from the documents they have deposited in the court file, the officials have not examined who the execution is, please note that you have the facts! Meanwhile, the prosecutor’s office claims it has carried out examinations of the trace equipment on Zylyftar’s body and from the examination it turned out that the shell and bullet used in this execution and the shell of the projectile found in the victim’s body, shot in his murder, came from the same firearm [...] the lawyer concluded. Replacement and routine at the top of the trap and they killed him on page 9

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585 days since the murder of the December leader The government protects the killers of Azem on page 6

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