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Gazeta Shqiptare

26 September 2011

CHIEF OF STAFF

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...

Solving the debt crisis

EDITORIAL

12 days after the killing, opponents go to court over the Konomi properties

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

DOSSIER/ MEHMETI PRO-AMERICAN

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

Kuntis: Solving the deadlock is a major criterion for Albania’s EU membership

EP REPORTER On page 3

Yesterday in “New York Times”

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

Autonomy for the Presheva Valley, a demand of the times

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

“History cannot be changed by decree”

HISTORIANS SPEAK On page 18

Bozo: How we knew that the Party approved our films

RETRO-CINEMA On pages 16-17

“I filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court, let gay marriages be allowed”

ALTIN HAZIZAJ SPEAKS On page 7

Alliance: Tear up the form for ethnicity and religion

RALLY IN FIER On page 2

He didn’t give his daughter in marriage, so he kills his future father-in-law

THE INCIDENT IN SHKODËR On page 15