Patozi’s proposal to Ruçi: No insults in the campaign YESTERDAY FIVE MPS GAVE UP THEIR MANDATE TO RUN IN THE LOCAL ELECTIONS Berisha: Our slogan is “You are the first.” ODIHR mission: We thank the government for inviting us to the elections. PS leader Rama meets the EU ambassador, Ettore Sequi

Opinion of the Day By PËRPARIM KABO Luarasi, more than just a village name! Behind this “icon,” if you look with the “cursor” of history, you discover how much... Continues on page 29 A life with justice!

By BLEDAR HOTI An ethical code for the local elections of 8 May is expected to be the mission of today’s roundtable meeting among the parliamentary parties, called by the chairman of the PD parliamentary group, Astrit Patozi. According to sources, this is also expected to be the purpose of today’s roundtable among the parliamentary parties, in which the Socialist Party, through its secretary general, Gramoz Ruçi, has confirmed its participation. It is learned that this is also one of the recommendations of the latest report issued by OSCE-ODIHR for... Continues on pages 2-5

Serious Crimes sentence him to 247 years in prison In the photo: Aldo Bare at a court hearing Court: He created the notorious gang after the murder of his brother Ramadan Shkurti. How the gang members set out to kill their rival Artur Daja in a bar How they butchered Tur Daja and cut off his head, parading it around Lushnje. The so-called “Professor,” for the first time, received a court ruling of 140 pages On page 9

The Kosovar academic in the weekly analysis “More than pluralistic, Albanian society is today considered a divided society, similar to some in the Third World” By REXHEP QOSJA THE DIVIDED SOCIETY From this morning until tomorrow morning, Albanian citizens may hear on electronic media and read in newspapers some party and state officials talking about political pluralism in Albania (in Kosovo and in Macedonia). Citizens may hear and see these officials speaking and boasting about how deserving they are for the beginning, for... Continues on pages 12-13

THE PRESIDENT IS IN SWITZERLAND KOSOVO, CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: PACOLLI IS NOT PRESIDENT THE CONSTITUTION WAS VIOLATED On pages 10-11

CEKU: THEY ARE FEWER Audit against KLSH: Abuses in 2010, 25 million euros On pages 14-15

Yesterday in “Financial Times” By KERIN HOPE The local government elections in Albania on 8 May have become so much like a hostile match between the Democrats that... Continues on page 28 Elections in Albania and the EU

OPEN DATA Education, Albania second to last in the region On page 19

AT THE REPUBLIC GUARD Explosive in businessman’s ‘Q7’ car On page 8