THE PRIME MINISTER’S SON WON 80 MILLION NEW LEK IN 3 DIFFERENT CONTRACTS The head of government had stated that his children have no conflict of interest, because they do not manage public money. Shkëlzeni, owner of three companies By TEDI BLUSHI The prime minister’s son benefited, within 2010, from three public tenders, with a total value of 80,429,916 old lek. The company “CMC-EKOCON”, in which Shkëlzen Berisha is at the same time legal representative and shareholder with 23 percent, has been declared the winner of the tenders opened by Ujësjellës-Kanalizime Tiranë, Ujësjellës-Kanalizime Shkodër, as well as Ujësjellës-Kanalizime Durrës. The newspaper has sought to find out whether this is a... Continues on pages 2-3 In the photo: Shkëlzen Berisha. Facsimile of the national register for Shkëlzen’s law office. In the same document, he appears as co-owner and legal representative of “CMC-EKOCON”

The residents of Boboshticë burn the wreaths, OMONIA files a report with the prosecutor’s office The monument destroyed the village’s centuries-old graves, Godo: A macabre act By BARDHYL BERBERI The ceremony for the erection of the memorial in honor of a Greek soldier who fell during the Italo-Greek war in 1940 unfolds amid tension and clashes between residents. In the late morning hours of yesterday, hundreds of Greek citizens brought by buses and the OMONIA association in Korçë, in cooperation with the consul as well, organized the religious ceremony at the village cemetery of Boboshticë in memory of a Greek soldier killed during the Italo-Greek war of 1940. The ceremony, held in Greek, caused many confrontations and clashes among the villagers, since part of them had their graves destroyed... Continues on pages 4-5

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SHKODËR On page 14

MUNICIPAL DIRECTOR On pages 12-13