Following mass demonstrations in many districts of Albania:
Special forces have taken control of the Television. Journalists protest disinformation while Pollo and Sakajeva issue threats.
Special forces have taken control of the Television
Journalists protest disinformation while Pollo and Sakajeva issue threats
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Government resignation – caretaker government – early elections
Vlorë: The protesters’ ultimatum:
With the protesters
The Socialists support dialogue on equal terms
Following the DP’s invitation to dialogue with the SP:
The DP should take concrete measures to create an atmosphere for dialogue to take place on equal terms
To allow the DP the necessary time for reflection, the meetings may begin on 21 February 1997.
As the party chairman Fatos Nano, who is serving his sentence as a political prisoner in Bënça prison, is unable to attend the talks with the DP, it has been decided that Pandeli Majko, Sabit
Caretaker government – early elections
Students and school pupils are also with the protesters
Independent trade unions also join the call for the government’s ouster
Intimidation and terror in protesters’ families
Fier: The DP’s thugs in action
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Let us protest together
The Forum for Democracy invites all the citizens of Tirana
At the mass rally marking the anniversary of the fall of the communist dictatorship, on Thursday, 20 February 1997, at 14:00 in the “Ali Demi” field.
The shame of the patriotic guardians of honor
I have noticed in the newspapers that, after the collapse of the financial pyramids and the popular uprisings, quite a few Albanian intellectuals, among them well-known writers, have begun to feel ashamed of this image of our mother Albania ...
... Gentlemen, we know that you are guardians of honor, but pull yourselves together and do not be ashamed of Albania and your people! You should be ashamed of Sali Berisha and his gangster regime. You should be proud of this people, who have driven the gangsters before them not with weapons in their hands, but with leeks in their hands.
Read on page 3, by Dritëro Agolli
Tepelenë
Today and tomorrow, at 11:00, a large peaceful protest rally calling for the overthrow of the neodictatorship will be held in the main square of the city of Tepelenë.
Gramsh
Today at 12:00, the district’s Socialist Party is organizing a peaceful protest rally.
