A FEW DAYS AFTER THE SCANDAL IN BOBOSHTICË OVER THE MEMORIAL, THE WRITER REBELS DRITERO SPEAKS ABOUT THE GRAVES “Better my ashes in the river than the Greeks shit on me” The 90-year-old from Boboshticë: I am saddened, they destroyed our parents’ graves. About a wicked person we say: He leaves even the dead in no peace By ERL MURATI And yet, hope has not died. The young men will defend this country,” Dritëro concludes the interview. The images broadcast on television of people stepping on Albanian graves to honor the memory of a Greek soldier have disturbed him quite a bit. Nevertheless, he finds the strength to issue an appeal, not only to the inhabitants of Boboshticë and to politics, but to all Albanians. “The desecration of the bones of the... Continues on pages 2-3 In the photo: The burned flower wreaths in Boboshticë and the well-known writer Dritëro Agolli

TRANSITION MEMORIES / The 20th anniversary of the Catholic mass and the gathering of Muslims Father Jubani: The state does not recognize the first mass Muslims: For the first prayer, we got permission from the Internal Branch By GILMANA BUSHATI On November 4, 1990, 20 years ago, in the Rrmaj cemetery in Shkodër, a mass is held, with around 200 to 300 believers, to remember the souls of the dead. The mass is led by Dom Simon Jubani, a priest who was ordained in 1958. If on November 4 the mass was small, on November 11 the mass held in this cemetery would echo all the way into the foreign press, where agencies such as AFP or “Associated Press” would report that in Albania, for the first time after 23 years, a mass was officially held. “But who celebrates November 4... the state does not recognize it. That date isn’t even on the calendar,” says Dom Simon Jubani, the 83-year-old priest, who enjoys a state of... Continues on pages 22-23 In the photo: Father Jubani and the Lead Mosque in Shkodër In the photo: Father Jubani and the Lead Mosque in Shkodër

KORKUTI ON THE CLASH WITH ALBANOLOGICAL STUDIES ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: THE DEBATE ON LANGUAGE, THEY HAVE NOT INVITED US TO THE CONFERENCE On pages 26-27

INQUIRY COMMITTEE Elections, PD rejects PS, opposition decides: Now protests On pages 4-5

Yesterday in “Washington Post” By E.J. DIONNE The “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear,” led by comedian Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, on the... The return of common sense Continues on page 28

Opinion of the Day By AFRIM KRASNIQI In a month the European Union will also formally approve visa liberalization with Albania and Bosnia. In... The visa myth Continues on page 29

PRIME MINISTER IN KAMËZ Specialists: Berisha’s idea for 30 million hazelnuts is impossible On page 12

ELECTIONS USA, polls favor Republicans From Las Vegas, ELIRA ÇANGA On pages 14-15

NEWS24/ IV Former police chief: Reopen the Koço Dado file On pages 24-25

SITUATION IN KRUJË Lime kilns resume work, built by Ndërtimorja On page 19