Officers in the office of the head of “Tirana Bank”: Do not leave Albania The audit of “Piraeus Bank” dismisses Dimitris Santixis; 600 thousand euros were found in his account. Anti-Corruption officers received the complaint: He took bribes to finance businessmen on the banks' blacklist The former General Director, Dimitris Santixis, was granting multi-million-euro loans to Albanian businessmen, putting the bank “Tirana” in an uncomfortable position. After the deputy director of this bank reported his superior's bribes for large loans, the parent bank ... On pages 6-7 (In the photo) The former director of Tirana Bank, Dimitris Santixis, and the Secretary of Economy at the Greek Foreign Ministry, Constantine Papadopoulos, in Tirana on 24 November 2010

Opinion of the Day By AFRIM KRASNIQI The campaign for the local elections has officially begun. The sixth in 20 years, these elections bring both similarities and differences with all the previous campaigns. ... Continues on page 21

The State Department publishes the 2010 report: The Gërdec trial was postponed 77 times “The government and business pressured the media. 55 murders for blood feud” The State Department publishes the 2010 report: The Gërdec trial was postponed 77 times USA: Government corruption still unresolved “The government and business pressured the media. 55 murders for blood feud” The U.S. Department of State published its annual report on human rights in 194 countries around the world. The report provides an overall overview of the state of these rights in each country during 2010. In the section on Albania, the report mentions the 2009 parliamentary elections and says that they were described by OSCE and ODIHR as having marked progress compared with previous elections, but without fully fulfilling the OSCE commitments. Regarding other aspects, the report says that police corruption continued, while government corruption remained a serious and unresolved problem. The prime minister heads the government, while the president... By BLEDAR HOTI Hillary Clinton On pages 2-3

Bluetooth / Verbi Almiuça, "Mat" in Macedonia Bluetooth / Verbi Almiuça, “Mat” in Macedonia Ermela: Ergysi should forget the car, I provoked him to measure his pulse Supplement

EDMOND MIHA IS HELD FOR 5 HOURS IN POLICE On page 18

Yesterday in “SETimes” By JUSUF RAMADANOVIÇ Ivo Andrić, the distinguished novelist and storyteller, went through so many different stages of his life in Sarajevo, Belgrade, and Zagreb. And despite his ties to each of these places... Continues on page 20

APPEAL TO ALBANIA On page 12

DYNAMITE On page 17

POLICE On page 15

COMPLAINT On page 22