POLICE ON ALERT, MOTIVES A MYSTERY: HE IS DEPRESSED, SAYS “I’LL KILL MYSELF IF YOU GO INSIDE” Artan Kadria made a scene at his home. At 4:00 p.m. he asked his wife not to go outside. Residents: He is a quiet guy, something must have happened at the bank. The children, one 16 years old and the other in first grade By REZARTA DELISULA Artan Kadria, one of the directors of a major bank in Tirana, has taken his family hostage, his wife, two children, his wife, his mother and father, for reasons still unknown. The incident happened last night on Tefta Tashko Street, just as ATSH’s slope begins in an old five-story building. A resident of that neighborhood for years, after getting married he moved with his wife and children into one of his own apartments, and practically, his parents lived there. From the neighbors we learn that yesterday... Continued on page 10

Opinion of the Day By PETRIT HALITI The issue of Serbia boycotting in Oslo the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for the Chinese writer and dissident Liu Xiaobo, may... Chinese Serbia Continued on page 21

Aliko Commune, four people killed in 1990 are commemorated The commune’s residents remove from the memorial the wreaths placed by Dule and Bollano. Kosta Koçi, son of the martyr Thanas Koçi: We’ve heard enough from you, we don’t need the flowers. Vangjel Dule: Spiro Ksera started the quarrel. Widespread pressure from Berisha. The minister should not have spoken at all during the ceremony. The minority minister remains silent In photo: Residents of Aliko opposing the presence of Bollano and Dule at yesterday’s commemoration (left) Vangjel Dule in front of the memorial The commune’s residents remove from the memorial the wreaths placed by Dule and Bollano. Kosta Koçi, son of the martyr Thanas Koçi: We’ve heard enough from you, we don’t need the flowers Vangjel Dule: Spiro Ksera started the quarrel. Widespread pressure from Berisha. The minister should not have spoken at all during the ceremony. The minority minister remains silent On pages 2-3

Floods / The deputy prime minister comments on the situation Schools reopen. Yesterday a 21-year-old woman gave birth to a boy in the middle of the water in Velipojë From our correspondent in Shkodër, ANILA BASHA Shkodër looks like a dead city. At the city entrance, there is no police officer to tell you that you should not go in there. After all, everyone knows it. We entered. An unusual situation at the entrance, right on the bridge that leads toward Montenegro. Yes, I have seen it in newspaper photos, on television reports, but when you experience it yourself, panic sets in, the feeling of mourning, there where the lake has melted and become one with the road. You are seized by dread, but also by an inner feeling that says: it can’t be, but... Continued on pages 4-7

Photo section / The burning of bar “Sahati” On page 22

Early elections On page 18

Yesterday in the newspaper “Express” By FATON RAÇI IDK was convinced it would win the elections. Meanwhile, its leader, Isa Mustafa, would agree to become the country’s prime minister, if... Calculations behind the scenes Continued on page 20

Instruction from ISKSH On page 14

It is requested by Italy-Spain On page 10