“Alliance for the Citizen” wins the county council in Vlorë by 15 votes. PS secretary Edlira Haxhiymeri: Edi Rama is acting like a butcher in opposition PDI-LSI COALITION WINS CONTROL OF 11 OF THE 12 COUNTIES IN THE COUNTRY “SHADY ALLIES” Braçe: They are traitors, they sell us their votes “Alliance for the Citizen” wins the county council in Vlorë by 15 votes. PS secretary Edlira Haxhiymeri: Edi Rama is acting like a butcher in opposition The deputy head of the PS parliamentary group, Erion Braçe, yesterday blamed the PS allies for the opposition’s losses in most of the county councils across Albania. After losing the county of Vlorë yesterday afternoon, MP Erion Braçe wrote on his personal Facebook page: “In the end, we do not have allies, but wheeler-dealers. At the same time, party leaders of allied parties who no longer have any influence over their own people.” “From Saranda, where it started two months ago until today (yesterday), in Vlorë, they have sold us out. The councilors of PDK, PSD, PDS, PUK, PSV 91, PBDNJ,” the PS MP further writes. “Naturally, socialist councilors also broke away! This is the system where betrayal is enjoyed. This system must be brought down,” Braçe calls for. Among the many comments made under Braçe’s statement, there are also comments from members of the allied parties, who suggest that “the PS should first look for the mistake in itself.” Further on, Braçe... Continues on pages 4-5

Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MEMIA Albanian Stalinists are blocking the integration processes and do not accept the rules of democracy for the sole reason that their crimes have not been punished.... Albanian Stalinists are isolating the country Continues on page 22

Opinion of the Day By DRITAN HILA Victory! Both Sali Berisha and the non-commissioned officer of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania, Arben Imami, can shout victory.... Victory! Continues on page 23

SECRET DIARY/ The unknown details of the hand operation (In the photo): Prof. Dr. Ylli Popa. Enver Hoxha during a conversation with journalists in Lukovë in 1978 New publication by Fevziu: When the communist leader was in a coma, an officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison just for finding out the truth. He was convicted in 1986 The memoirs of Isuf Kalo and the French doctor Paul Milliez. How the State Security kept under surveillance the doctors and nurses who cared for Enver On pages 14-15

ELVIS PUPA: IN TIRANA ONLY FOR THE FILM, I WILL RETURN TO AMERICA On page 17

Gërdec workers: We want our last salary On page 7

Arvizu, the full jokes on “Fiks Fare”: I deserve 2 wheels On page 3

The brother of the commune head Ramiz Veseli speaks: Political murder On page 6

Fishta’s cane, how it has been preserved since 1933 On page 21

Mehmet’s letter to Khrushchev: We will not hand over Pashaliman On pages 24-25