“Bankers”, the mysterious explosions at the oil wells CONFIDENTIAL MEMO SENT TO THE AGENCY THAT RELEASED THE “SECRETS” OF THE PENTAGON WikiLeas agency: The company that brought it does not reveal its name. Report: “The two explosions in well 646 destroyed 300 houses, polluted drinking water.” Competition is growing over the privatization of Albpetrol By ELIRA ÇANGA A rival company of ‘Bankers’ reveals previously unknown facts about the company, at least since 2008. After two powerful explosions in 2009, besides the destruction of 300 houses, the biggest risk, according to the names mentioned in the document, real people in job positions, is a possible major pollution of drinking water in the Patos-Marinzë area, precisely where well 646 is located, where Bankers has carried out explosions for oil. REPORT 1. In January 2008 Bankers Petroleum (“Bankers”) went to... Continues on pages 2-3

Breaking news / Police are looking for the perpetrators 42-year-old executed in Durrës with a Kalashnikov Motives remain a mystery On page 14

Opinion of the Day By ILIR DHIMA Opinion a Day By ILIR DHIMA To write now about solving the political crisis would, at first glance, seem like a tedious task for the general public, which... Political crisis, political solution Continues on page 21

SAZAN GURI: THE PLAN IS ABSURD SAZAN GURI: THE PLAN IS ABSURD The buildings ‘Vokshi-Tan Lepri’ are to be ‘Dinamo’ and ‘Botaniku’ demolished On pages 4-5

An afternoon looking at the olives planted by VIPs in the Park In the photo: (from left to right) Olive saplings planted by Sali Berisha, Romano Prodi, Fatos Nano and Silvio Berlusconi The Prime Minister planted it in May 2008, but only a stump remains from the sapling. The Prime Minister’s olive tree is recognizable only by the sign Romano Prodi’s olive tree, planted a month after Berisha’s, has taken root, while Berlusconi’s is in very good condition On pages 12-13

SYSTEM CHANGE On page 11

FOOTBALL The national team starts with a quarrel, Tirana brings back Devi Muka On pages 22-23

EXCLUSIVE / The Russian company’s official speaks The Prime Minister stated at the latest government meeting that the gas pipeline would pass through our country By GENC KONDI The world’s largest natural gas producer, Russia’s ‘Gazprom’, refutes the recent statements by Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha regarding the project for the passage and expansion of the ‘South Stream’ gas pipeline in Albanian territory. These statements were made by him at the latest meeting of the Council of Ministers, on Wednesday... Continues on pages 8-9

Yesterday in “The Wall Street Journal” By GREGORY L. WHITE Yesterday in “The Wall Street Journal” By GREGORY L. WHITE In a series of media appearances during a four-day trip to Siberia, Vladimir Putin once again made it clear that he is the dominant politician... Putin still shows Russia strength Continues on page 20

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