The Italian mafioso was on holiday in the Ionian Sea and was wanted internationally THE ITALIAN MAFIOSO WAS ON HOLIDAY IN THE IONIAN SEA, WAS WANTED INTERNATIONALLY THE BOSS OF “NDRANGHETA” The accused drug trafficker is arrested in Vlorë Police arrest the Calabrian Xhuzepe Simoneli, who directed trafficking of narcotics between Italy and South America. 12 other people are arrested in the neighboring country ENRIK MEHMETI The Bologna police, in cooperation with special operations officers in the Vlorë police, yesterday handcuffed an Italian citizen, who is said to have been one of the key people in the criminal organization “Ndrangheta”. This is Giuseppe Simonelli, who was included on Interpol’s wanted list. Official sources from the Vlorë district police directorate as well as from the police of the neighboring country say that the 32-year-old, born and residing in Tropea, Italy, is accused of “international drug trafficking, carried out in cooperation” and specifically...... Continues on page 9

Comment of the Day Comment of the Day By QAZIM TEPSHI I wrote in “Gazeta Shqiptare” in February that the EU should be careful and not rush to support Serbia in the talks... Boris Tadić is not in the habit of slandering people Continues on page 29

DOSSIER/ Unpublished photographs of the communist leader (In the photo:) Members of the theatrical group of the “Studenti” society in Gjirokastër. Father and mother, Halil and Gjylo Hoxha, with a group of friends in Korçë His mother, Gjylo, was a simple woman, while his father, Halil, had been an emigrant in the USA. He earned as much as a junior clerk After finishing school at “Drita”, he continued his studies at the French Lyceum in Gjirokastër. He was the initiator of the “Studenti” association in 1924 On pages 22-23

“SUMMER”/ “THE JOURNALIST, A CONQUERED LAND” Supplement

Yesterday in “National Interest” Yesterday in “National Interest” Ethnic violence has returned to the Balkans and once again caught the West by surprise. This time, at the center of events is northern Kosovo.... MORTON ABRAMOWITZ JAMES HOOPER The Return of Violence in the Balkans Continues on page 28

MINISTRY OF CULTURE STOPS THE BLOWS On page 27

NEGOTIATIONS On pages 2-3

THE COURT DECISION On page 7

Terminology, the dispute between PD and PPSH The role of Jani Jani and Panajot Barka against Abdi Baleta’s “resistance” On pages 10-11

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