PS-PD, NO RECOUNT IN TIRANA
TODAY CEC REJECTS THE PARTIES’ REQUESTS: NO VOTES FOR APPROVAL
Elections, Ruçi, Ngjela, Trashani and Kadilli speak
Head of the PS parliamentary group, Gramoz Ruçi: Rama is the winner, PS is not asking for a repeat. Kadilli: Only the Electoral College decides the winner of the capital
Bravo Warsaw and Ljubljana, but what about Tirana?
Opinion of the Day
By SHABAN MURATI
A new international diplomatic practice was sanctioned at the summit of the heads of state of Central Europe... Continues on page 21
Bravo Warsaw and Ljubljana, but what about Tirana?
Recording of Geraldina revealed: How I became queen of the Albanians
Albanologist Robert Elsie: It was recorded in July 1981, in southern Spain
Geraldina's recording is revealed:
How I became queen of the Albanians
In photo: “Queen Geraldine and Leka Zogu in London, 1943 (right) King Zog during the inauguration of Radio Tirana on 28 November 1938”
The photograph at a dance evening, when Geraldina was 17 years old, led to her meeting Zog, who invited her to Tirana. On 27 April 1938, they were married...
Researcher Elsie also publishes a recording of King Zog in 1930, according to him the only audio recording, where Ahmet Zogu was giving a speech in front of his soldiers
On pages 18-19
By DARINA TANUSHI
TEDI BLUSHI
The two main parties, the Democratic Party and the Socialist Party, are against repeating the elections in Tirana. Their leaders and MPs are waiting for the Electoral College decision on 3 June, but each side is confident of victory for its own candidate. In recent days, PS published several data points that indicate a mismatch in figures between the number of voters and the ballots found in the ballot boxes. PS denounces that there are 357 more ballots for the mayor of Tirana, in all... Continues on pages 2-3
He tried to kill his husband with dynamite, wife and lover sentenced to 30 years
The husband managed to survive
The love story, investigations that led the young couple to jail are revealed
By KLODIANA LALA
She was very young when the family decided to marry her off through a matchmaker, without asking the girl's feelings. A marriage that from the very beginning was doomed to fail. But few could have imagined that the girl, who was not yet 20, would have the courage to devise and carry out the plan to kill her husband, solely so that she would be free to marry her lover. It seems unbelievable, but it is true. Klodeta Metko, left and... Continues on page 8
Visas, Brussels: Albania passed the test
The Secretary of State speaks
VISAS, BRUSSELS:
ALBANIA
PASSED THE TEST
On page 6
Mladić, criminal or hero?
Yesterday in “Southeast European Times”
Yesterday
in “Southeast European Times”
By BOJANA MILOVANOVIĆ
The Serbian public is in a frenzy and shocked after the Thursday arrest of wartime Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić. Faced with... Continues on page 20
Mladić, criminal or hero?
If you don’t pay for 4,000 kilowatt-hours, you are billed double
ELECTRICITY
If you don't pay
4 thousand
kilowatt-hours,
you are billed
double
On page 7
Suicide, friend: She was forced into an engagement, wanted someone else
JUMPS FROM THE DORMITORY
Suicide,
friend: She was
forced into an
engagement,
wanted someone else
On page 15
Economic assistance, 1,035 abusive families
LOSS OF 6.6 MILLION LEK
Economic
assistance,
1,035 abusive
families
On page 11
