PROFESSIONAL KILLING On pages 2–3

With grenades at an engagement party The incident took place at around 14:30 on Wednesday in the village of Avaleas, about 2 kilometers north of the town of Kuçovë. The family of Luftije Merkaj was celebrating the engagement of their daughter, Valbona, to a young man from the Kollaci family of Laparadhaja, Berat. At first, everything went well between the bride’s family and the wedding guests, as usually happens on such occasions when people gather to celebrate. But just when it was least expected, after lunch had ended and everyone had gone outside to get into their cars and leave,... On page 9

Anti-corruption The Prosecutor’s Office seizes all of Rinas’s documentation. A group of prosecutors, led by the Director of Investigations himself, Agim Tirana, seized yesterday every written document belonging to Rinas Airport... On page 7

Kadare reveals the intrigues of the Bloc On pages 12–13