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

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?

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

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

The Secretary of State speaks VISAS, BRUSSELS: ALBANIA PASSED THE TEST On page 6

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?

ELECTRICITY If you don't pay 4 thousand kilowatt-hours, you are billed double On page 7

JUMPS FROM THE DORMITORY Suicide, friend: She was forced into an engagement, wanted someone else On page 15

LOSS OF 6.6 MILLION LEK Economic assistance, 1,035 abusive families On page 11