KEK receives priority support On page 5

ÇAUSHI AWAITS THE PRIME MINISTER On page 19

SENTENCED to 5 years in prison His name is Mihal Zingo, he is 50 years old, and dozens of people go to “wash away their sins” in the small minority village named Grazhdan, in the Sarandë district. The man of God was arrested on Thursday along with his wife by Greek police while transporting undocumented migrants to the neighboring country. On page 3

The good single life of SOS Village Who is Merita, the 42-year-old woman who devoted her life to orphans. At first she thought of it as an ordinary job; today she calls them “my family”. On page 2 Merita Raveli

Commentary Ilir Babaramo Integration, association, globalization, development—these are the words a succession of ministers have repeated passionately and incessantly. Their speeches at the conference organized by the government on the theme “Albania on the path to harmonizing development and integration programs” resemble one another like drops of water, and echo what they have been saying constantly ever since the “magical” phrase “Stability Pact” entered the political marketplace. The conference was held at the Palace of Congresses yesterday morning, in the only building in the capital that may have had lights on at that time. Enterprises had suspended production. Thousands of people were waiting for the prolonged power outage to end so they could get to work. Everything had ground to a halt. Only the political mill was working. The speeches were so polished that even the NGOs would have envied them. By midday, hope too should have run out. Continued on page 6