INTERVIEW / BASHKIM DEDJA TALKS ABOUT THE CONVERSATION IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE “I insisted on additional premises and budget.” The opposition requests the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of the 5 majority MPs who also held local government mandates By BLEDAR HOTI “There is no hidden agenda in the meeting with Prime Minister Sali Berisha.” This is the assurance given by the President of the Constitutional Court, Bashkim Dedja, in an interview for “GSH”. Dedja stresses that in his work he will apply the law and the Constitution. He says that the meeting with Berisha on 5 October this year took place because of the lack of funding and the risk of the Court being moved from its current building. “Mr Dedja, you are the youngest president of the Constitutional Court since the end of the monist period. How do you see this challenge at a time Continues on pages 2-3

By ILIR DHIMA Usually, everything is linked to the meaning given to the word ‘necessary’: what kind of society do we want and what kind of arrangements... Destined to fail Continues on page 29

More than 400 guests on Sunday at “Xibraku” for the wedding with Linda Basha (In the photo): The wedding invitation of Linda Basha and Edi Rama LINDA and EDI RAMA desire to share with you the joyful moment of their union in marriage On Sunday 21 October from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Xibraku “You know, I’m calmer now, because after 5 years I fulfilled Pandi Majko’s wish. I took off the red socks and, in order to get married, I got married,” Rama is said to have declared during the meeting In 2005, Majko had said: A party leader who wears red socks and, moreover, is not married, somehow doesn’t quite fit.” He suggested that he should find a bride either from Tropoja or from Kosovo On page 6

LEGALIZATIONS, TITLES FOR 1,500 FAMILIES IN TIRANA ARE ISSUED On pages 14-15

BY DELPHINE STRAUSS Turkish immigrants “belong to Germany” and deserve to be “highly valued” for their contribution to society, the German president has said... The German call for tolerance Continues on page 28

Civil society: Let the ‘Shpataraku’ icon be found On page 26

Asked for a bribe, the Gërdec lawyer is arrested On page 9

The first statute of the Democratic Party violated the country’s Constitution On pages 22-23

Clash between the fans of the two rappers The ‘OTR’ and ‘TBA’ groups clashed on the boulevard during the youth music festival On page 8

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