“Energy, profits from political connections in Romania” ROMANIAN MEDIA: THE QUESTIONABLE DEALS OF THE CYPRIOT COMPANY “ALTARIA” Investigation: Fazliç’s firm, money-laundering scandals in Albania with high-ranking officials. The result: criminal proceedings against the newspaper that exposed the affair By BLEDAR HOTI Damir Fazliç, the Serbo-Bosnian businessman and friend of Prime Minister Sali Berisha, is involved in a scandalous affair in the sale of electricity in Romania. Romanian media have long been linking Fazliç to the buying and selling of electricity. In an article by the Romanian paper “Jurnalul National,” published on 5 November this year, it becomes clear how two previously unknown companies were created, taking on a leading role in this kind of business. This was aided by the company “Altaria Research Limited,” known as... Continues on pages 2-3

Opinion of the Day By PETRIT HALITI The rope left hanging outside the grave by communist regimes continues to tighten and entangle the current governments in former communist countries... Who needs spy ambassadors Continues on page 21

Kurbin, the gun was hanging on the wall, the father is abroad as an emigrant In the photo: The house where the घटना occurred in the village of Gorre in Fushë-Kuqe (right) Illustrative photo The two girls were at their uncle’s house. The hunting gun was legally kept by the homeowner, Tom Celi The serious घटना in the village of Gorre in Fushë-Kuqe. Police: Accidental discharge, the weapon went off while they were playing On page 11 In the photo: The house where the incident occurred in the village of Gorre in Fushë-Kuqe (right) Illustrative photo

The human rights activist speaks “Two roundtables and a conference, the German example can be followed” By GILMANA BUSHTATI Elsa Ballauri speaks about the latest initiative undertaken by the Albanian Human Rights Group to organize, in January, two roundtables and a national conference on the opening of the files. According to her, civil society also has an important role in drafting the new law on file verification, because the law aims to cleanse society of those spies of the communist regime, precisely the spies who caused even victims... Continues on pages 14-15

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Yesterday in “Jezhdenevi Zhurnal” By JULIA LATYNINA Among the latest news, two items were published, one after the other. The first, that after the protest action against the construction of a luxury hotel in... State and para-state gangs Continues on page 20

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