Wiretaps revealed, 3 in custody, 3 wanted ARRESTED AND HELD IN PRISON FOR THE ACCUSED FROM BURREL. THE EXECUTION PLAN WAS CONCEIVED IN LINZË The Intelligence Service gave the signal, Edi Rama was warned by the commander of the Guard, Ndrea Prendi. The assassination attempt, a clash between the prosecution and the police By KLODIANA LALA The plan to kill the chairman of the Socialist Party, Edi Rama, has been uncovered. The Tirana Prosecution Office said yesterday that Luan Rami, Fatos Rami and Afrim Kica, from Burrel, in cooperation with other persons, were securing the conditions and material means in order to carry out the physical elimination of the citizen Edi Kristaq Rama. On January 28, Rama went out onto the boulevard surrounded by a host of bodyguards, “disregarding” the danger that... Continued on pages 2-3 In the photo: PS chairman Edi Rama during the January 21 demonstration (top right) The suspect in the attempted murder, Afrim Kica, yesterday in the courtroom

PS leader: Ready for dialogue, but not with this government By TEDI BLUSHI The Democratic chairman of the parliamentary inquiry committee on the January 21 unrest, Eduard Halimi, has rejected the Socialists’ claims that the request to obtain the telephone logs of the highest state and opposition leaders is illegal. In a special press conference, Halimi insisted that “the committee has simply and only requested the records or the list of call identification and... Continued on page 4

Former minister: The video? I didn’t ignite the situation By REZARTA DELISULA Dritan Prifti, former minister of the economy, in an interview given to “Gazeta Shqiptare”, sets out his predictions for the political situation in the country, and all the details about the video, where he found the camera, why he published it after a few months, whether he has sought asylum in the US, where his family is, the bodyguards and the fear of being eliminated... How do you comment on the political situation in the country, after the January 21 protests? ... Continued on page 6

EXCLUSIVE/THE OFFICIAL LETTER On page 8

VLORE On page 15

Yesterday in the “London Review of Books” Yesterday in the “London Review of Books” By JEFFREY NICE At the end of last year it was reported that, in the late 1990s, Hashim Thaçi, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, together with other political leaders... Witness K144 Continued on page 20

Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI Those who, in their naivety, took Serbia’s diplomatic counterattack, codenamed “Dick Marty,” as if it were directed only... The ostrich syndrome Continued on page 21

EXHUMATION IN VIENNA On page 14

FULL LIST On page 9

“HYLLI I DRITES” On pages 18-19