The final OSCE report on 8 May will be published in July The appeal of the President of the EP, Jerzy Buzek: Elections with standards, we will help you, but it is not easy. Topi: Show civic-mindedness. PD-PS close the election campaign By BLEDAR HOTI The 8 May elections will be monitored by the ODIHR Director. Meanwhile, the battles pay particular attention to the 8 May elections, which, although local, will be under the lens of their friends. On Sunday, Tirana will host the OSCE/ODIHR Director, Janez Lenarčič. On his agenda, the senior OSCE-ODIHR official foresees.... On pages 2-3 (In the photo:) PD candidate for mayor of Tirana Lulzim Basha with his family at the PD rally (right) PS leader Edi Rama at yesterday’s PS rally

Opinion of the Day By AFRIM KRASNIQI The election campaign for the local government elections has now ended. On Sunday, citizens will have to choose between 872 candidates.... What was not said in this campaign Continues on page 21

“Albanians should all go to vote. The incidents? Let justice act” The former President of the Republic, coffee with Gramoz Ruçi and the PS deputies in Fier By VLADIMIR MUÇA The former communist president Ramiz Alia called yesterday on Albanians to go and vote on 8 May, for the best. Alia was a guest yesterday in Fier, at the inauguration ceremony of the bust of the first mayor who raised the flag in Fier, Tonçi Kilica. Kilica, as the first leader of this flag in 1912, a few hours after the flag was raised in Vlora in the same year. At this meeting, the mayor of Fier, Baftjar Zeqo, evoked the historical past and the importance of this commemorative day for the city. “Tonçi Kilica, whose bust we are inaugurating, along with the memorial to the raising of the flag, remains.... On page 6

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Yesterday in “Corriere della Sera” By SHANNON P.MEEHAN As soon as I heard that American forces had killed Osama Bin Laden, I wondered what this news meant for me, not only as an American, but also as a soldier, ... After Bin Laden, I live again with the “mistake” of Iraq Continues on page 20

THE BELGIAN PROJECT “Skënderbej” Square, with Tropojë stones On page 11

OPERATION The shooting of Burrel’s “tough guy”, two in handcuffs On page 16

THE STATUE IS INAUGURATED Elections, Dako gifts the people of Durrës with John Lennon On page 15

THE TRIAL Agim Lala: Gërdeci, the fault of Luan Hoxha On page 7