Meksi: “My mistake was that I kept it for too long” Usury affair, the former prime minister now says: I asked for the files to be published, but they blocked it Fino speaks in Rome: Prodi told him, “Better with the agreement” Committees: “Should we merge or not?” Vranicki: If the contract is broken, there will be no aid TIRANE - He can barely make it to the psychiatrist today. The man whom people mock as a wise one in crazy times, the moment his soul is touched, breaks down. Meksi gives a bitter recap, speaking about the feeling of having made a huge mistake that had left him so exposed? “I removed a great oppression, the greatest Albania has ever had, the communist regime. But what was I supposed to do, I had to remove it! The master of the house turned out to be Sali Berisha”... The biography and career of Aleksandër Meksi, until he became the first prime minister of pluralism. He then wrote under the PPSH regime, and was close to Politeknikum. Meksi was a lecturer in descriptive geometry and worked in geology and construction. He was elected a member of the PD leadership and prime minister. Meksi directly accuses Berisha in the role of dictator. He speaks about the pyramid scheme and the outbreak of the armed rebellion. “If the list of usurers had been published, we would have had a completely different situation.” According to the former prime minister, usury flourished with the blessing of a part of the authorities. He recounts what Fatos Nano told him in prison, how the internationals behaved, and how he experienced the fall of the state. “I had gone into the office. The journalist Vijona Çuli had a whole film in a 1996 film and I asked her to thread on the firms”. KAMIE - The horror and the memory of loss in a city that is coming from its own funeral. Events where the streets remain gray from bullets. The noise from the southern neighborhood is being heard and the dead are also coming out. At the entrance to the city, only one question falls like a hammer: who has planted hatred in the hearts of Albanians? Continuous gunfire, burned vehicles, shattered shops, people fleeing with whatever they can. The whole area speaks of a collective trauma. Take-and-switch on the road to Kakavijë Beyond the bus, left behind, one sees the Kakavijë-Gjirokastër-Greece line bus, heading back south. Passengers describe the fear and terror of the last hours. “In Gjirokastër you hear gunshots all night, and no one can tell who is fighting whom.” An elderly man speaks of abandoned houses and neighbors who no longer dare to open their doors. The road is full of improvised checkpoints. Everyone suspects everyone. FIER - Sumbullam buba? bus? two people arrive Sunimel? bus? Two people are killed BERAT - On Saturday they punish the villagers of love TIRANE - Gencidi: Return of the presidential process FROM THE EXTRAORDINARY

April, index down by 1.5 percent April, the index fell by 1.5 percent Inflation comes down Prices fall, plenty of fruit TIRANE - Eggs, tomatoes, meat and goods? with prices? in many districts. According to the announcements of the Institute of Statistics, the prices of most food products have fallen. At the same time, there are price increases in other consumer items, but the monthly balance shows a decline in the index. Citizens notice the changes especially in fruit and vegetable markets. No. 6, page 2

Citizens mine the bridge, they do not want disarmament GRAMSH - The city is under tension? In the evening, law enforcement structures tried to enter the city but were met with resistance. Residents damaged the bridge to prevent the passage of special forces. Reports speak of high tension and gunfire at the entrance to the city. The lack of state authority is pushing the area toward armed self-defense. BUTRINT Partizani: Here is how we won the Cup FROM THE WORLD The Pope calls for peace The Holy Father in the Middle East No. 6 page 7

The bank blockade left the workers without money PUNES - The workers of the factory are receiving part of their pay in the form of “Diamand” cigarettes instead of wages. With a blocked bank, their hope of withdrawing lekë has vanished. People complain that they are being forced to take goods instead of money, while the black market is profiting. In the company warehouses, crates of cigarettes can be seen piled up. KORÇE The bus is attacked: two people are killed FIER Bullets hit a car; two people die TEKANE Genocide: Return of the presidential process No. 6 page 5

Gang war with anti-tank weapons: three killed Terror in the city. In clashes between gangs, three are killed and eight people are wounded VLORE - Late afternoon. The Italian news agency ANSA reports that after a long day in the city it was bombarded with anti-tank weapons and automatic gunfire. According to the first Italian reports, it was a clash between rival gangs in the city center. Later AFP offices reported that three people were killed and eight others wounded in the city center. Terror in the streets! No. 6, page 5

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