The original contract between MEICO and the Armenian Ministry of Defence is revealed The heavy ammunition was sold without the license of the Secretary General of Defence in 2007. The Export Control Authority did not even include the transaction in its annual report By TEDI BLUSHI The Albanian Ministry of Defence is involved in yet another arms and ammunition smuggling scandal. This time the destination turns out to be Armenia. The affair was first exposed in July 2007, when an Albanian ship set sail from the Port of Durrës loaded with containers filled with ammunition. Their destination was Armenia. But the heavy cargo never reached there because the ship was stopped by... Continues on pages 2-3 In the photo: 120 mm artillery shell. Facsimile of the original contract between MEICO and the Armenian Ministry of Defence for the sale of shells

Cellphone bomb attacks under investigation. Explosives “imported” from Montenegro How police identified them: the arrested 28-year-old was injured by his accomplice By KLODIANA LALA The explosive attacks that have taken place in recent years in Tirana, mostly intended to remain as “unsolved cases,” now seem finally to have suspects as their perpetrators. The discovery of a workshop in a house on “Elbasani” Street in Tirana, where cellphone-triggered mines were being produced, has led investigators to dust off dozens of case files sitting in the drawers of the Serious Crimes прокуратorate. Artan Hasani, 38, and Endri Hametaj, 28, who were handcuffed as part of the code-named operation “Celulari” in cooperation with other persons, now being sought, are accused of being the perpetrators of several very serious criminal घटनements that took place in the capital, where as... Continues on page 7

The testimony of the former committee head On page 18

Yesterday on “Europa e Lirë” By ZIJADIN GASHI The Kosovo Assembly is expected to begin a debate this Monday on the upcoming talks expected to be held with Serbia. While the prime minister... Kosovo, unprepared for talks Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By FASLLI HALITI When I learned that my fourth-grade teacher would be Abaz Sinani, I don’t know why I suddenly felt proud; perhaps because he was from... Requiem for 7 March Continues on page 21

Report on assets On page 8

TRAGEDY On page 6

Albanian crisis On page 4

“QYTETI STUDENTI” On pages 10-11

New series in Prishtina On page 19