Yesterday, the PD broke with the tradition of peaceful rallies under Basha’s leadership, attacking the police cordon at the Ministry of the Interior; injuries on both sides. After one hour of conflict, the PD leader stepped in and, as if by magic, stopped the violent protesters. Turnout was lower than at previous opposition protests ● 11 POLICE OFFICERS, 3 PROTESTERS AND THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF RD NEWSPAPER INJURED ● BLEDI KASMI WAS PUSHING THE METAL BARRIER OVER THE POLICEMEN WHEN HE WAS HIT ● POLICE: WE WERE HIT WITH HARD OBJECTS, TEAM TO INVESTIGATE THE VIOLENCE ● BASHA: WE WILL CONTINUE THE ACTION, THIS GOVERNMENT NO LONGER REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE ● PRIME MINISTER RAMA: THE DEMOCRATS REJECTED THE RIDICULOUS BABALE PROTEST ► PAGES 2-7

Editorial BY CARLO BOLLINO There were no heroes in the opposition protest The injury — fortunately minor — of the editor-in-chief of “Rilindja Demokratike”, Bledi Kasmi, during yesterday’s protest organized by the opposition, immediately prompted the Democratic Party to come out denouncing a scandal involving an injured journalist. Many analysts set out to examine, frame by frame, the images broadcast by television stations, and in particular the Report TV footage, the only station that filmed Kasmi’s injury up close. But the journalists’ analysis went in the wrong direction: in fact, everyone focused on figuring out whether Kasmi had been hit by a police baton (as really happened) or by a stone thrown by another protester, while few stopped to point out what Kasmi was doing at that moment, when he was struck by the policeman. continued on page 7

“THE EXPERT’S CORNER” ► PAGE 11 The expert explains the pension issues on Report TV: emigrants should count the years they have worked, because once they reach retirement age they no longer have the right to make voluntary contributions

247th anniversary of her birth The story of the Arvanite woman, the National Heroine of Free Greece. She was born in prison on May 23, 1771 and died tragically ► PAGE 22

“RILINDASI” THE HISTORY OF THE ALBANIAN LANGUAGE AS EXPLORED IN DE RADA’S WORKS BY KOLEC TOPALLI ZEF HILGEGA, THE SHKODRAN COMEDIAN WITH THE SIGN AND MAM BY XHAHID BUSHATI THE PUNISHMENT-LESS CRIME IN THE DESTRUCTION OF HERITAGE OBJECTS BY MARK BRUNGA THE DUKE OF MONTPENSIER AND THE FLAG WITH WHICH ISMAIL QEMALI WAS BURIED BY FREDERIK STAMATI

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