The new draft for verifying title deeds Law on agricultural land expires, government delays implementation by 15 months The draft law is made public, what will happen to the 600 illegal titles. The cases, how courts will act and the procedures for appealing to the Government Land Commission By BLEDAR HOTI The government is postponing by another year and a half the implementation of the law for verifying title deeds for agricultural land. One month before the legal deadline expires, 7 July 2011, the government has submitted to Parliament a new draft, which provides for extending by more than one year this deadline for completing the verification of title deeds until 12 December 2012. In the law “On the examination of the legal validity of the creation of title deeds over agricultural land”, which entered into force on 7 July 2008, it was stipulated... Continues on page 6

Opinion of the Day When we start hearing a lot, and generally nonsense, we often hear the expression “yes, yes, Kavajë talk,” an expression that immediately came back to us automatically... Continues on page 29 By REZARTA DELISULA The Kavajë talks

INTERVIEW/ Account: I saw 3,000 anonymous letters at the Committee (In the photo) Natasha Lako (right) The poets Gëzim Hajdari and Visar Zhiti The poet’s difficult life: I was born on 13 May, the day my father was arrested. I saw him in prison for the first time when I was two and a half years old. We live under the shadow of that time “I don’t know what happened in the Party meetings; the first Albanian mafia was created in that kind of organization. What I think about the stance of Gëzim Hajdari and Visar Zhiti” On pages 26-27

Thomas Countryman: The people showed dignity Edi Rama, open letter to judges: Unfavorable consequences are at risk The United States of America expressed concern yesterday over the post-election situation in Albania. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, Thomas Countryman, speaking to journalists in Washington, called on the Albanian political parties “to remain calm, respect the law and not incite violence.” He praised the Albanian people for their large turnout and dignified conduct in the local elections of 8 May and therefore appealed to our political class to show the same dignity.... On pages 2-3

“THE BLACK THESIS,” ‘PLOT’ IN THE ARMY On pages 14-15

Yesterday in “La Stampa” It was quite an offensive spectacle, at least as I experienced it, in which they took part in these last few days, for deciding the date of the referendums.... Continues on page 28 By LUCA RICOLFI If politicians follow the herd

EXCLUSIVE/ NEW EVIDENCE IN COURT On page 9

THEY DIDN’T HAVE A LICENSE On page 13

SERIE A SCANDAL On page 31