The court decision on the execution with weapon No. 244 by the Republican Guard is made public. It belonged to Agim Llupo “In the northern area of the Prime Minister’s Office, 131 shell casings were found, 117 of them fired from the Guard’s 6 weapons.” Official figures: 6 wounded by gunfire, 36 police officers and 25 protesters injured

Chaos in the CEC lists. Online voters disappear, here is the verification (In photo): Voters checking the voter lists, facsimile of the official website of the General Directorate of Civil Status The Deputy Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission, Dëshira Subashi, does not appear in the preliminary lists of voters who will take part in the local elections on 8 May. In the electronic search, Ferdinand Xhaferraj, former Minister of Health Anila Godo, and MPs Adriana Gjonaj and Gjok Jaku do not appear either. On page 4

By KLODIANA LALA Six guardsmen fired that day of the violent protest on 21 January, in which four civilians lost their lives in front of the Prime Minister’s Office building. One of the 131 bullets fired from the Guard’s six automatic weapons killed Ziver Veizi. The bullet came from the weapon of Agim Llupo, the chief of staff of the special unit who is in prison. The unsealed decision of the Tirana court sheds light on what happened on 21 January. “It results that inspections of the scene were carried out, the shell casings were taken from the scene;... Continues on pages 2-3

The diplomat’s question: Do you have espionage experience? “My superiors were in English, history-geography and engineering” An uncontrollable laugh seized me when I read your letter “oh... Gaz”! I am paraphrasing Koçi[n], since he writes about your reaction. There is no greater annoyance for a reader than to follow the polemic of two people, but in the interest of truth, some things need to be clarified and I promise the reader to make my reply interesting. You tell me that “I have taken on the pose of a victim removed from the foreign service because of my ‘patriotic’ activity, where the word patriotic is in quotation marks”. First of all explain to me, if my activity is the patriotic game, then is the concept... On page 10

The Rare Testimony of Hysen Shehu On pages 18-19

Yesterday in “The Independent” By ADRIAN HAMILTON With a sickeningly shaken feeling, Tony Blair appeared in “Prospect” magazine in an interview, arguing that the world’s problems... It is about a different world Continues on page 27

Opinion of the Day The axes of life. As we pursue it as a journey from the point we have reached, life seems short. The traces left behind are a toponym... By Dr. PËRPARIM KABO The axes of life. As we pursue it as a journey from the point we have reached, life seems short. The traces left behind are a toponym... Thank you, our Anagnosti! Continues on pages 28-29

Names for 8 May On page 9

Defence against the UN On page 5

“We do not use television” On page 22