ALBANIAN POLITICS MUST BE CLEANSED OF DIRTY SINS Today, at the beginning of the fight against corruption, our politics needs to be cleansed of dirty and anti-national affairs. It must be separated from that unclean stratum of degraded politicians. Only in this way will it have the opportunity to free itself from its bitter past and take steps forward. Political and economic corruption has appeared in many different forms. Close ties have been created between power and illegal enrichment. Instead of a state based on the rule of law, we have often seen arbitrariness, dubious privatizations, abuses of public property, and protection of people involved. This has worsened the life of the country and damaged citizens’ trust. Under these conditions, no one can present themselves as a fighter against corruption if they themselves have been part of the system that fed it every day. Transparency, accountability, and a clear break with the dark past are needed. Only thus can a new political and moral climate for Albania be built.

In the latest broadcasts, a tendency to limit alternative sources of information has been noticed. Even broadcasts or quotations from “Voice of America” have been treated with hesitation, which has provoked reactions in public opinion. This behavior does not serve free information, nor the democratic opening that the country requires.

Lushnjë: “Lawyer”, shal iron criminals - A chronicle of grief in exile and of insults [?] The printed paragraphs are partly unreadable in the image. A long text in column format can be made out, with references to criminal events, authorities, and public reactions. Some readable words are: “criminal”, “justice”, “police”, “citizens”, “article”, “newspaper”. The rest cannot be read clearly and cannot be transcribed reliably.

Below on the page there is a long article with the clearly visible title “A large youth meeting for freedom and peace in Krimini”. The full text of the columns is faint and not readable enough in this upside-down image. From partial reading, words such as “meeting”, “youth”, “peace”, “decision”, “forces”, and “solidarity” can be made out, but the entire material cannot be reconstructed accurately.

The visible title in the center of the page reads: “Work began on the decision on pesticides [?]”. The rest of the article is unclear. A few separate words can be seen, such as “ministry”, “commission”, “specialists”, “project”, “implementation”, but the columns cannot be deciphered reliably from this image.

The title in the right-hand column reads approximately “Photo exhibition ‘King Sot’” or “Photo exhibition ‘King Sot’” [?]. Beneath it is a long text, but it is unclear. From partial reading, words such as “exhibition”, “photo”, “artist”, “public”, and “works” can be understood, but most of it cannot be read with certainty.

Shkodër: KILLED A 23- YEAR-OLD

PARALLEL: FATOS NANO and UKSHIN HOTI - Two Albanians, both victims of persecution and prison. - Imprisoned by the anti-communist regime of Berisha, the chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania, both in prison. - Imprisoned by the regime of Milošević, the dissident from Kosovo, Dr. Ukshin Hoti, chairman of UNIKOMB. - Imprisoned by the anti-Albanian regime of Kosovo, Dr. Ukshin Hoti.