“HOXHA” FILE, SHIK AGENT: YEAR 1995, WE WERE BUGGING EMBASSIES
THE UNUSUAL TESTIMONY OF OFFICER RIZA SHEHU ABOUT THE DISAPPEARANCE OF REMZI HOXHA
Letters rogatory revealed, Shehu: I was a subordinate of Arben Sefgjini who “abducted” people. I do not remember Remzi Hoxha, but I know Koldashi. Prosecutor: You traveled to Ksamil. Witness: Oh, no, I do not remember
By KLODIANA LALA
Riza Shehu, the former SHIK agent investigated for involvement in the kidnapping, torture and disappearance of the Albanian-Macedonian Remzi Hoxha, sheds light on many details about the mystery surrounding the event of 16 years ago. He told Italian judges that SHIK officers bugged many people, but he categorically denies having taken part in these operations. The former agent, accused of direct participation in the kidnapping of businessman Hoxha, although against him, for unknown reasons, no charges have been brought,...
Continues on pages 2-3
For another consensus
Opinion of the Day
By ILIR DHIMA
We left behind yet another whole year of politics, suffering, deception and submission in a society that is not allowed to learn the truth....
For another consensus
Continues on page 29
Helena Kadare: I tell you the insincere things Ismail said about me
EXCLUSIVE / The writer Ismail Kadare’s wife speaks to GSH: My book “Memories”
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Helena Kadare: I tell you the insincere things Ismail said about me
(In the photo): Elena with her two daughters and her husband, Ismail Kadare
Helena: I was a high school student in Elbasan when he sent me a letter, about which Ismail himself told me: “it was the most insincere letter of my life, but it brought me my greatest chance”
“Ismail’s visit to Enver Hoxha is described in a 1984 article. Ismail spoke about the report on the illness of the well-known writer. The blow to my family, the most difficult moment”
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Two children die in Vlorë, father: They asked me to leave the heater on
The little ones, aged 3 and 4, suffocate
Father Lorenc Lela: The state should help us, we were in a rented house. They are buried from their grandmother’s house
By ENRIK MEHMETI
Poverty buries two children from Vlorë, Prishila and Kristaq Lela, aged 3 and 4 respectively, did not get to enjoy New Year’s Day, as they tragically died on the doorstep of the house where they lived in rented accommodation together with their parents. They were cold, very cold, so they begged their father to leave the heater on. A spark sent by cruel, wicked fate in the room where brother and sister slept took two newly born lives...
On page 9
AEY BOSS Diveroli deceived the USA
Efraim Diveroli, sentenced to prison for trafficking bullets
Gërdeci, DELIJORGJI’s partner sentenced to 4 years in prison for arms trafficking
On page 6
The USA and war intelligence
Yesterday in “Washington Post”
By RICHARD COHEN
Let’s start with a paradox. The United States Army that fought in Vietnam was insulted, missed the point, but was not much admired either. By contrast, the army...
The USA and war intelligence
Continues on page 28
“The Economist” refutes the figures: 2011, you are not the main ones
ALBANIAN ECONOMY
On pages 12-13
Explosives attached to high-voltage pole, police have no version
ON NEW YEAR’S EVE
On page 22
Muslims against the law banning the headscarf in schools
“IT IS FAITH”
On page 10
