THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE PS PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ERION BRAÇE: IN THE PS BETRAYAL HAS BECOME A SYSTEM BACKSTAGE IN THE PS The member: How Rama excluded me from the Assembly Entela Hamiti speaks, member of the Assembly of the Socialist Party: My debate with Rama and Klosi, two days ago. The base elected me, I’m not leaving By TEDI BLUSHI Entela Hamiti, one of the members of the National Assembly of the Socialist Party, recounts in an interview for “Gazeta Shqiptare” the debate she held with Edi Rama at the closed-door meeting. According to Hamiti, the Socialist leader “threatened” her with expulsion from the Assembly because of the positions she had taken regarding the local elections in the Cërrik area. MRS. HAMITI, how long have you been a member of the PS National Assembly? I was elected... Continues on pages 4-5

Recounted by the head of the Civil Status office at the Municipality of Tirana In the photo: Fatos and Xhoana Nano, Lulzim and Aurela Basha at the moment of the ceremony (right) Eda Turku, head of Civil Status at the Municipality of Tirana Eda: Lul Basha’s kiss lasted a long time... The jokes of the former prime minister and Hajdin Sejdia... From ceremonies with foreigners to Roma celebrations, in the list of 14,000 marriages From sportspeople to artists, the most sensational weddings of the years in Eda Turku’s memories... Details of the weddings and the awkward moments of well-known figures from the scene Supplement

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The Tragedy of the Generals/ Testimonies and documents Mehmet Shehu: Beqiri has shown himself to be hypocritical, his responsibility is very grave By KUJTIM BORIÇI As the Politburo meeting on the “coup-like” activity in the army, carried out and condemned in 1974, is drawing to a close, it is definitively concluded that the Minister of Defense, Beqir Balluku, is the main person responsible for preparing the antitheses and the hostile activity in the army against the defense of the country. According to the minutes of the Politburo meeting and the archival documents of the former Central Committee of... Continues on pages 10-11