INTERVIEW/ “MILITARY PENSIONS SHOULD HAVE HIGHER CONTRIBUTIONS” Gjunkshi: Who is affected by the reform in the army “We currently have in the Armed Forces servicemen who have completed their term of service in these forces and are still continuing to work” By TEDI BLUSHI The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Brigadier General Xhemal Gjunkshi, in an interview given to the media after his appointment to this post, answers questions from “Gazeta Shqiptare” about the reform in the army, the issue of pensions for former servicemen, and at the same time provides clarifications regarding the accusations recently made against him. - General, how did you receive your appointment to the position of Chief of the General Staff of the AF? Allow me first to thank “Gazeta Shqiptare” and you personally for the interest you showed in this interview. I received the appointment to the position of Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces with pleasure and, above all, with a sense of great responsibility. A career in the Armed Forces differs from a regular career in public administration and other sectors of society. The military career path develops in a pyramidal form. At the base of the...

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Supreme Court, the September 21 lawsuit over the land in Hamallaj is made public In the photo: The car at the blast site (left), the murdered judge, Skerdilajd Konomi. Facsimile of the request filed with the Supreme Court Flutura Kona: The parties I represent have not submitted any request to the Supreme Court. We have no interest in seeking a review of the decision, as long as the party I represent has won the right to the property The request to the court for review of the final decision, according to which the father of Skerdilajd Konomi and his heirs had been recognized as having the right to the properties in Lalzi Bay On page 6

NAKO SPIRU: ENVER IS EXECUTING THE INTELLECTUALS, STALIN SHOULD INTERVENE On pages 10-11

EP REPORTER On page 3

Yesterday in “New York Times” Alarmed by the spread of the effects of the financial crisis in Europe, Obama’s administration launched a powerful lobbying campaign to... Continues on page 21

Opinion of the Day By Shaban MURATI The old rule as old as Europe, which European diplomacy chose when the waters of conflict broke loose, is proven every day on the ground... Continues on page 21 Autonomy for the Presheva Valley, a demand of the times

HISTORIANS SPEAK On page 18

RETRO-CINEMA On pages 16-17

ALTIN HAZIZAJ SPEAKS On page 7

RALLY IN FIER On page 2

THE INCIDENT IN SHKODËR On page 15