18/07/2011
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18 July 2011

ALKET RIZAI SPEAKS FROM HIS CELL

INTERVIEW/ THE ALBANIAN BECAME FAMOUS FOR ESCAPING BY HELICOPTER FROM GREEK PRISONS The convicted man: I will escape for the third time Exclusive/ Sentenced to 25 years in Greece for the first attempt and with a case still in court for the second escape, Alket Rizai looks only ahead... By KLODIANA LALA NIKOLET KOVAÇI I will escape again. I will escape in the name of the injustice done to me and to all Albanians...” This is the next threat coming from Alket Rizai, the master of spectacular escapes by helicopter from Koridallos prison, escapes that brought fame not only to the imprisoned Albanian but also to the best-known Greek detention facility, for the punishment against the rare skills of the Albanian. However, the authorities of justice in the neighboring state seem to... Continues on pages 2-3

National respect for Branko Manolovski

Opinion of the Day Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI I do not know Branko Manolovski personally. I regret that during my mandate as Albania’s first ambassador to... National respect for Branko Manolovski Continues on page 29

Frashëri: Children born outside marriage are seeking Skanderbeg’s “crown”

Well-known historian: Who are the descendants of the National Hero In the photo: Historian Kristo Frashëri at the moment of being decorated by the President of the Republic Bamir Topi How the legal legacy of the family of Gjergj Kastrioti ended in 1561. Who was the last descendant and the claimants to the lineage The photograph of the 1503 epitaph with the name of Alfonso Kastrioti, carved by order of his grandmother, the Hero’s wife, Donika On pages 26-27

Silva, the American woman who became Selvi after saving 100 partisans

Testimony of former director Pëllumb Metaj The love story of the nurse from Colorado with the boy from Ballsh Testimony of former director Pëllumb Metaj Silva, the American woman who became Selvi after saving 100 partisans The love story of the nurse from Colorado with the boy from Ballsh By XHEMIL BEHARAJ Somewhere on the outskirts of the town of Ballsh lie the bones of an American woman, who even today is remembered by the inhabitants of the villages of Mallakastër for her deed during the Second World War. It is about Silva Berhamaj, whom the people of Mallakastër “baptized” with the name Selvi. Although decades have passed, historians and local residents recall the story of the nurse from Colorado, who in the year... Continues on page 21

State Matura, here is the formula needed to calculate the points

How to win the preferred program On page 4

Ratko Mladić against The Hague

Yesterday in “SETimes” Yesterday in “SETimes” By BILJANA PEKUSIÇ Perhaps the most important war-crimes trial from the former Yugoslavia, that of the fugitive for 16 years, Ratko Mladić, comes at the end of... Ratko Mladić against The Hague Continues on page 28

Overtime, police officers sue the government in court

“WE WANT THE MONEY FOR THE HOLIDAYS” On page 7

Albanians, the longest-lived in the region after the Greeks

STATISTICS On page 8

Afërdita Çako: How we found the bones after 31 years

THE GENERAL’S DAUGHTER Afërdita Çako: How we found the bones after 31 years On pages 24-25