The CEC’s “trick” put the SP lawsuit in the Electoral College at risk
Court debates revealed, the opposition challenged a decision that had not taken effect
A new complaint at the CEC, the DP asks for the counting of another 1,680 contested ballots. Dule: The DP-SP pact may have led to the loss of Himara
A new complaint at the CEC, the DP asks for the counting of another 1,680 contested ballots.
Dule: The DP-SP pact may have led to the loss of Himara
By KLODIANA LALA
An unsigned decision dated 18 May, the day when the Central Election Commission paved the way for counting votes cast in the wrong ballot boxes, is the ‘trick’ that Arben Ristani and the members of the majority used to deprive the Socialist Party and its candidate, Edi Rama, of the chance to win the possible showdown in the Electoral College. At the time, the head of the CEC said this was an interim decision,...
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(In photo:) The Electoral College during yesterday’s session. Facsimiles of the DP complaint submitted to the CEC and the SP lawsuit filed with the court
Opinion of the Day
By ANILA BASHA
Now, since we are Albanians, we have started to read better in English, because with Albanian we can’t really manage at all. For three days I have been hearing from both camps...
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Kantrimeni drove us crazy
Pëllumbi: The beating in ’96, Berisha does not change
The Socialist professor speaks 15 years after the infamous 28 May: They dragged me all the way to the “Tirana” hotel
Gjinushi: The analysts flatter him, the internationals say he is stealing for the sake of integration
By DARINA TANUSHI
Fifteen years after the violent events of 28 May 1996, witnesses of that day see similarities with 28 May 2011. As today, 15 years ago, the left-wing opposition organized an illegal rally in “Skënderbej” Square, after the degeneration of the 26 May elections. As history recalls, the SP withdrew its commissioners, abandoning the electoral process. The SP and its allies called the process a “Berisha electoral farce” and protests immediately began. Precisely on 28 May 1996, in the presence of a large number of international media, opposition MPs together...
On page 5
BLUETOOTH/ XHEMI SHEHU IS BECOMING A MOTHER
1OROSI ATTACKS: ERVINI USED ERMELA FOR FUEL TICKETS
Supplement
PRESIDENTS’ MEETING
Topi, working dinner with Barack Obama in Warsaw
On page 9
Yesterday on “CNN”
By MISHA GLENNY
It was fitting that the President of Serbia, Boris Tadić, himself announced the arrest of Ratko Mladić in Belgrade. No one had made greater efforts to stop...
It was fitting that the President of Serbia, Boris Tadić, himself announced the arrest of Ratko Mladić in Belgrade. No one had made greater efforts to stop ...
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Boris Tadić and Mlladić
LETTER FOR BASHA
Zeqo-Klosi: Kadare spoke at the right moment
On pages 6-7
BERAT
Tragedy, mother and child die during childbirth
On page 16
GJIROKASTËR
The Greeks do not recognize certificates without nationality
On page 15
ELECTRICITY
The new law, who benefits from the cancellation of bills
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