MP: ELECTIONS, THE MAJORITY OF THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP IS CONFIRMED The 23 June race, Topi: Rotation is needed, go out and vote in large numbers. Ferdinand Poni: One polling station, no more than 1,000 voters The 23 June race, Topi: Rotation is needed, go out and vote in large numbers. Ferdinand Poni: One polling station, no more than 1,000 voters (In the photo): PS MP Bashkim Fino and the head of the parliamentary group, Gramoz Ruçi, in Parliament On page 3

INTERVIEW! WOMAN FROM MITROVICA On page 11

Today’s opinion By ALBERT HITOALIAJ Albania is one of the flowers among the longest-lived of birds. It lives seventy or even ninety. But it is not like the other birds... Continued on page 14 Our revival

Today’s opinion By AHMET SHQARRI There is no place in the world where this holiday is celebrated every day, so we too cannot continue forever the flood of joy and merriment that the anniversary has brought us... Continued on page 15 Beyond the holidays, there are also others...

TIRANA/ Handcuffs on the perpetrator Ardian Ndreka The crime, after an argument inside the victims’ Mazda. Igland and Sokol Haxhialiu die, aged 30 and 36 The crime, after an argument inside the victims’ Mazda. Igland and Sokol Haxhialiu die, aged 30 and 36 By AURORA KOROMANI An unpaid debt has shaken the capital, claiming two more victims. After the story of a young man being taken hostage over a dispute about a deal in drug trafficking, another story of debts not settled on time was recorded last night... On page 6

MILO How we have been seen through the centuries, an international fund in an encyclopedia Visual art, Albania in the eyes of foreigners Written by Emil Lafe, Arian Leka, Gjovalin Shkurtaj, Nazif Agalliu By BEN ANDONI Researcher Ferid Hudhri never had promised anything about the timing of this latest publication, but among close friends he had long said, shyly, that he would like to have a special book for the 100th anniversary of Independence. They must have heard it without much attention, because Mr. Hudhri has long been publishing prestigious books quietly and without fanfare. But this time, a few days before the declaration of Independence, he published one of the most beautiful things ever published... Supplement

INTERVIEW USA: Albania disappointed us, vote for the 3 laws for integration On page 5

THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS On page 8

AFTER IDENTIFICATION Killed ticket seller, Xhaxhai: The perpetrators have nowhere to go On page 7

MEETING IN KORFUZ Ismail Qemali in 1911: Albania, independent On pages 12-13

DRUGS SEIZED Lazarat’s “revenge,” policeman’s car set on fire On page 10

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