By KIÇO BLUSHI The day when in Shkodër, a criminal released on leave from prison killed two brothers at the doorstep of their home (who had the “bad” luck to be brothers.... The (un)resolved troubles of everyday life Continues on page 29 ENGLISH: Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI The day when in Shkodër, a criminal released on leave from prison killed two brothers at the doorstep of their home (who had the “bad” luck to be brothers.... The (un)resolved troubles of everyday life Continues on page 29

Health Minister injured treated in a private hospital in Tirana (In the photo) The accident that happened yesterday near Elbasan, the Mercedes car of Health Minister Vasili (right) Minister Vasili entering the military hospital The injured Faik Çota: I thank God that the minister and we are alive. We saw a terrible scene. Thank God there are no victims. The minister's car came toward us at hellish speed. They were fearlessly going 180 km per hour Chief of cabinet Klodian Rrepaj hospitalized yesterday evening at the American Hospital. The minister also did tests at the private hospital. The entire chronology of state hospitals is called into question while the minister has tests done in a private hospital On pages 12-13 ENGLISH: ELBASAN/ Cars collide, Vasili and 6 others injured The Minister of Health is injured is treated in a private hospital in Tirana (In the photo) The accident that happened yesterday near Elbasan, the Mercedes car of Health Minister Vasili (left) Minister Vasili entering the military hospital The injured Faik Çota: I thank God that the minister and we are alive. We saw a terrible scene. Thank God there are no victims. The minister's car came toward us at hellish speed. They were fearlessly going 180 km per hour Chief of cabinet Klodian Rrepaj hospitalized yesterday evening at the American Hospital. The minister also did analyses at the private hospital. The whole chronology of state hospitals is being questioned while the minister does analyses in a private hospital On pages 12-13

By BLEDAR HOTI The Democratic Party opens the electoral campaign of May 8, promoting the candidacy of Interior Minister Lulzim Basha for the post of mayor of Tirana. For this the democrats have used the date of March 22, the day of democracy, when 19 years earlier they came to power. “March 22, the day of democracy” was the motif of the meeting at the Palace of Congresses, organized by the Youth Forum of the Democratic Party. Young people from all districts of Albania filled the Palace of Congresses... Continues on pages 4-5 ENGLISH: By BLEDAR HOTI The Democratic Party opens the electoral campaign of May 8, promoting the candidacy of Interior Minister Lulzim Basha for the post of mayor of Tirana. For this the democrats have used the date of March 22, the day of democracy, when 19 years earlier they came to power. “March 22, the day of democracy” was the motif of the meeting at the Palace of Congresses, organized by the Youth Forum of the Democratic Party. Young people from all districts of Albania filled the Palace of Congresses... Continues on pages 4-5

The deputy who defeated Alia: He did not shake my hand in 1992 but the situation helped me “We were face to face only once, Ramiz once wanted to meet me, either to congratulate me, or he was the sneaky type” By GILMANA BUSHATI Mining engineer Franko Kroqi speaks for the first time, who on 31 March 1991 would challenge President Ramiz Alia in an electoral contest, a few months after political pluralism had been declared in Albania. He tells how the offer was made to him and how quickly he accepted it. He understood that he would win the area where Enver Hoxha and then Ramiz Alia had always been voted for, the only one facing himself, in electoral zone 218, at the rally he organized near ... On pages 24-25 ENGLISH: Engineer Franko Kroqi tells his experience The deputy who defeated Alia: He did not shake my hand in 1992 but the situation helped me “We were face to face only once, Ramiz once wanted to meet me, either to congratulate me, or he was the sneaky type” By GILMANA BUSHATI Mining engineer Franko Kroqi speaks for the first time, who on 31 March 1991 would challenge President Ramiz Alia in an electoral contest, a few months after political pluralism had been declared in Albania. He tells how the offer was made to him and how quickly he accepted it. He understood that he would win the area where Enver Hoxha and then Ramiz Alia had always been voted for, the only one facing himself, in electoral zone 218, at the rally he organized near ... On pages 24-25

Incident in court for the mayor of Rubik On page 14 ENGLISH: INCIDENT IN COURT FOR THE PRESIDENT OF RUBIK ADMINISTRATOR PARO LAÇI REPORTS THE DEATH TO PRIME MINISTER BERISHA, ATTACKS HIM IN COURT On page 14

On page 9 ENGLISH: LESS REVENUE Fiscal stamps, the state is losing millions of euros On page 9

By DAVID GIBBS While giving priority to popular support for Muammar Gaddafi's regime, some Western commentators are feeling reassured by NATO's air strike... More regime and Walls-Kosovo: a template for disaster Continues on page 28 ENGLISH: Yesterday in “The Guardian” By DAVID GIBBS While giving priority to popular support for Muammar Gaddafi's regime, some Western commentators are feeling reassured by NATO's air strike... More regime and Walls-Kosovo: a template for disaster Continues on page 28

On pages 2-3 ENGLISH: IN PESCARA 38 PEOPLE Drug record, Albania seizes 200 kg of cocaine in Gjirokastër On pages 2-3

Economics school: Discriminated by elective subjects On pages 17-21 ENGLISH: “HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS” Economics school: Discriminated by elective subjects On pages 17-21