LOAN SHARKING IN VLORA: “THEY’RE MAKING FUN OF US”

IT STARTED, “M. LEKA” On page 19

Canio The truth about the BANKS

EXCLUSIVE / THE GOVERNOR SPEAKS “Berisha is just making noise”

Diary

Konica: Noli, this Konica: Noli, this

Konica: Noli, this “workhorse”

How Faik Konica published the diary written by Bishop Noli in the pages of VATRA. Every day, for two months, the efforts of the erudite scholar for the Albanian cause On pages 12–13 Portrait of an idealist The German who calls on us to be reborn On page 9

Far from the Opera, a Lady Sighs with Grief

HOB, hunger strike begins Suzana Turku, head of the Opera choir TOB, hunger strike begins Far from the Opera, a Lady Sighs with Grief Two days ago, a graceful, medium-built woman was carrying out of a room, endlessly... many scores,... books and awards. None of the passers-by who happened to be walking by understood that this was the “de facto” lament of the first conductor of the TOB choir, Zana Turku. When the end came... for the female Sisyphus, a friend was found, one of “the few” with the skill to get a car and set off. After that, neither a bouquet of flowers nor a farewell, just silence,... On page 21

of the BANKS

Shkëlqim Cani Photo: PUSTINA On page 3