INTERVIEW/ “THE NAMES OF THE POLITICIANS AND JOURNALISTS WHO VISITED ME IN PRISON” NARD KOKA: LIFE IN A CELL “The quarrel with Olldashi, the meetings with Rama-Meta” • “My regret: I asked Teri not to run again. If he had done it, we would have sentenced me to many more years” • “Why the PS lost the 2009 elections in Durrës, the role of Blendi Klosi and Gaz Bizhga” By REZARTA DELISULA Today, even though almost 5 years have passed since his release from prison, Leonard Koka still bursts into tears when he remembers the moment he asked his brother Lefteri not to run again for Mayor of Durrës. If he had done so, several years in prison would have hung over him... Continues on pages 8-9 (In the photo): Leonard Koka with his wife, Miranda. Leonard with his eldest son. Koka leaving the court in 2005

Opinion of the Day By VASIL KURETA The period after the fall of communism in Europe opened the way for the process of change, or of moving toward a new quality in the system of relations... The role of the USA in Europe’s revival Continues on pages 24-25

Agim Popa: When Hoxha spoke, the Soviet leader made throat-cutting gestures Dossier by Fatos Veliu/ The translator’s account of the meeting of the 81 communist parties It was November 1960, when the Albanian delegation led by Enver Hoxha went to the special meeting of the countries of the socialist camp. The great split with the Soviet Union had begun, a split that Enver Hoxha would finally make at that meeting, which communist history of the time considered a great betrayal by Khrushchev of Marxism-Leninism. After that moment, Enver Hoxha established ties with his new ally, Mao Zedong’s China. But what does Enver Hoxha’s own translator say about that extraordinary meeting, where he would clash with the most powerful man in the socialist camp of that time? How did their strange journey continue and then ... Continues on pages 12-13

SCANDAL, ILLEGAL EXPENSES On page 14

PS LEADER, 48TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Edi Rama’s quips: Linda on July 4, in the PS we are pro-American On page 5

BERAT Depression, husband massacres wife with an axe On page 10

SHKODER He executed the Pjetrushët, life imprisonment for Admir Tafili On page 11

INTERVIEW Academician, Enver Hysa: Removing “ë” is problematic On page 20

“SUMMER PAGES” Payments of singers for summer concerts Supplement