Behind the scenes/ Arvizu-Volfarth leave the PS leader’s speech halfway through Debate at the Congress, Rama: It was the most beautiful Behind the scenes/ Arvizu-Volfarth leave the PS leader’s speech halfway through THE ASSEMBLY LIST Debate at the Congress, Rama: It was the most beautiful The Socialist leader: No exclusions, united for an Albanian rebirth. Ben Blushi: We were chaotic, now we have turned left. The program and the new statute are approved

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Opinion of the Day Among our most prominent and indisputable events, for which we surely deserve the world’s first-place attention, is that today not only the streets, but everyone’s intestines... By KIÇO BLUSHI Among our most prominent and indisputable events, for which we surely deserve first place in the world, is that today not only the streets, but everyone’s intestines.... Honor and filth flowing from the garbage Continues on page 15

By DARINA TANUSHI The trio of foreign ambassadors in Albania, Aleksandër Arvizu of the US, Etore Sekui of the EU and Eugen Volfarth (OSCE), took part yesterday in the proceedings of the PS Congress, just like many other diplomatic representatives invited to the event. But at one point, after a little more than an hour had passed since the speech by the PS leader, Edi Rama, two of the ambassadors, the US ambassador Arvizu and the OSCE ambassador Volfarth, left the hall and departed. The EU ambassador, Sekui, however, continued following Rama until the end of the speech. It seems that the very long speech, about 90 minutes, by the PS leader tired the “VIP” guests, especially since the Congress also started half an hour late. It should be noted that the US ambassador arrived at the PS Congress proceedings at 11:00, while the Socialist leader began speaking at 12:30. Arvizu left at 13:45,... Continues on pages 2-4

MOSAIO The devil of Mehmet Shehu tells of his childhood Bashkim Shehu: I read books that were banned under communism (In the photo:) Writer Bashkim Shehu “My spiritual nourishment was the presence of the people I loved, as well as books and music. Until the beginning of adolescence, I can say, Italian television was also part of it” “I did not like socialist realism. I read Kafka for the first time at the age of 16. Memory often creates illusions of happiness about the past” Supplement

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