The ambassador: After January 21 his life was in danger AN UNUSUAL ACCOUNT BY THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT: THERE IS A STANDSTILL AND TURMOIL, BUT NO CRISIS “The information about an attack against the head of the PS was credible. The CEC behaved in a partisan manner, I give it a grade between 5 and 6. President Topi felt frustrated” The US ambassador, Aleksandër Arvizu, recounted yesterday all the difficult moments he went through during his mandate in Albania, from January 21 up to the days of the local elections. Arvizu said last night during the program “Debat” by Alfred Peza that he asked Edi Rama not to protest after reports of an attack on him. Meanwhile, he considers the possibility of a revote in Tirana as one option. Which moment would you single out as the most difficult to manage during this mandate in Albania? Continues on page 7

Yesterday in “Financial Times” EDITORIAL The Parliament of Greece has voted, but the crisis continues. The current policy of the European Union has been guided by the political necessity of protecting... Greece has no future inside the Eurozone Continues on page 28

Opinion of the Day By ILIR DHIMA As the electoral process was nearing its end, the government, through the bodies it controls, had to, in order to preserve... There are also votes, with their own characteristics Continues on page 29

SUMMER pages Islam Cani: How I met his mother-in-law, Milica Rama The cardiologist: Berisha’s behavior in the “trial” against the doctor under the dictatorship In the photo: The cardiologist Islam Cani with his wife (right) Prime Minister Sali Berisha The well-known doctor recalls the years of work with the head of government during the dictatorship period: He was secretary of the Bureau of the University Clinic The head of the Consumer Protection Association: Saliu was a fair and persistent man. He was not in the habit of drinking coffee with his work colleagues Supplement

The trial, DNA analysis is overturned The key evidence holding him in jail falls apart: The blood stains do not match By KLODIANA LALA Experts ‘overturn’ the only evidence that kept Lavdërim Tufa behind bars, the only person accused as the perpetrator of the March 29, 2003 massacre in the luxury complex “Kartodrom 2000”, where businessman Fatmir Rama, known by the nickname “Miri i Xhikes”, and two other people were executed. Four Albanian experts, Grigor Zoraqi, Vaho Mokini, Ervin Marku and Ela Zaimi, exclude Lavdërim Tufa as the perpetrator of... Continues on page 9

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INQUIRY COMMITTEE: KNOW ABOUT THE MASSACRE On page 4

PARENTS COMPLAIN On page 10

SECURITY SERVICE ACCUSATION On pages 24-25