P. 3 Democracy is a road without end, but not without a destination P. 5 Alibali: No one can exclude parties from society P. 5 Berisha: I am open to dialogue P. 5

The majority puts an end to the game with the CEC. Meta’s ministers amend the Draft Electoral Code Government: We don't care what the OSCE says Opposition responds: We must act immediately. Begeja: One more fact supporting our accusations against the Socialists P. 5

“Only by revoking the decree and then reconstituting the Central Election Commission from scratch, on the basis of consultations and parity between government and opposition in its composition.” This, according to senior Republican leaders, is the key to resolving the situation that has arisen in the electoral process and opening the way to consensus and its normalization. At their weekly press conference, the leaders of the RP once again clarified the position of the party they lead on this issue, calling again for the members of the CEC to be appointed through legal channels. They also called for the Electoral Code to be the subject of extensive political and public discussion before it is approved by Parliament. P. 3

“Mafia and organized crime have been firmly entrenched since 1992, and this criminal activity has grown considerably in recent years as a result of fruitful cooperation between the Italian and Albanian mafias.” This was stated some time ago by one of the heads of the Albanian Prosecutor’s Office, who also commented on the routes and reach of mafia elements and organized crime in Albania. According to him, organized crime originates not only in Italy and Turkey, but also in Macedonia and Greece. P. 2

Another murdered police officer was added to the list of police officers killed since 1997. Before the shadow of the police officer killed in the capital by a colleague had even faded—a police officer killed in the capital by a colleague—another police employee was taken to his final resting place yesterday, brutally killed by several unidentified people late at night. Although the state loudly proclaims that crime has fallen significantly, this is not happening. On the contrary, the criminal hand is ... against representatives of the state. The midnight victim ... one of the criminal police officers, Klen... (unclear transcription) ... at the police station in ... Banon, who was performing his duty at the police station in ... Unidentified people fired at him ... with a pistol, leaving him dead. P. 7

In the draft it submitted to Parliament, the Government reduced the number of members entitled to declare a CEC decision valid from 5—a number representing two-thirds of the total membership—to 4, which is merely a relative majority, or one more than 50 percent of the Commission’s members. P. 5

The process of verifying the files has stalled P. 2 Migrants turned back at Kapshticë again P. 7 Government approves the Free Zones law P. 8 Putin begins to tempt Europeans P. 10 25 beauties vie for the crown P. 19 The diaspora should make it possible to open an American university in Albania P. 23