The Albanian bettor: The meeting with the Italian minister SERIE A SCANDAL, INTERCEPTS REVEALING FRANKO FRATINI ARE UNCOVERED The Prosecutor's Office in Italy publishes a conversation between Ismet Mehmeti and the sporting director of Ravenna. Flobenc Dilaveri: For Siena-Sassuolo in Albania, large sums were played

Opinion of the Day By ILIR DHIMA It is perhaps premature to give a definitive assessment at this point of the position of some members of the Electoral College, after they rejected the request... In swamp water, stones make no ripples Continues on page 23

MILOSAO EXCLUSIVE/ My father used to tell me you would become like Naimi Dritëroi: My account of life, the first poem about the Railway (In the photo) Writer Dritëro Agolli (right) Virgjini Pepo, the writer's teacher. Facsimile of the text over a photograph The memoirs of Virgjini Pepo, the writer's first teacher: The communists fought me and called me bourgeois. How I taught Shakespeare to the students in Bilisht “Today's writers think that horses sleep lying down. As a child I learned to pay attention to details, I know by heart the number of steps to the house” Supplement

By ALTIN LATIFI The betting mafia scandal that has involved Italian football took a frightening turn yesterday. Politics also seems to be involved, although it appeared absent from this story brought to light by the Cremona Prosecutor's Office. Out of 50,000 intercepted phones, what was published yesterday by the prosecution shocked Italy. The Albanian man arrested for organized crime in football and a candidate for deputy in the 2009 elections in Albania, Ismet Mehmeti, speaks about a meeting with Italy's foreign minister Franko Fratini... Continues on pages 10-11

INTERVIEW/ THE TRUTH ABOUT LEONARD BOMBAJ On page 12

Yesterday in “Wall Street Journal” By PAUL MOZUR In a major earthquake and a massive tsunami devastated northern Japan in March, while the effects were felt two months later in… Germany?!... Germany's nuclear panic Continues on page 22

PROTESTS “SUSPENDED” On pages 2-3

NEW INSTRUCTION On page 5

DOSSIER/ FIQIRI XIBRI: On pages 18-19

REPORT/ Analysis of each area on the eve of the season “Swimming should be banned in Durrës. Himara, Borshi and Dhërmi have excellent quality” By ESMERALDA KETA If you have decided to get a tan on the Albanian coast, then you need to be careful about the beaches where you will swim. According to environmental specialists, who monitor the quality of the waters in which Albanians bathe, the cleanest, with no microbial load, are those in the South, while Durrës and Kavaja are classified as the most polluted beaches. Meanwhile, in Velipojë and Shëngjin, if you know the area well, you can find crystal-clear waters, ... On page 8