INTERVIEW/ “THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, THE FIRST TIME THEY HIT US WITH A BAR” Durrës, Hysni Baganaci: They cut my hands inside the house, put a knife to my neck and took my money. Last year they robbed me of 94 thousand dollars (In the photo): The money changer, Hysni Baganaci. The Baganaci family villa. The room where the robbery took place On page 13

Opinion of the Day By ENNIO GRASSI In the end, Tirana is more of a fairy tale than something known, more of a head than something understood, fingers in the eyes of a woman-city. Generous, but only to a certain point... Tirana resembles a woman... On page 19

Opinion of the Day By DRITAN HILA It has become customary to say that “the US policy toward Albania does not change depending on who lives in the White House.” But it is equally true... The consequences of the USA elections in Tirana Continues on page 25

The act of Ismail Qemali on 26-27 November “The discovery of the document is to be welcomed. But it was signed only by the city’s elite” By FATMIRA NIKOLLI The document that Zenelaj has presented not only has nothing to do with the phrase ‘epochal discovery’, but is a document, a common one to be welcomed, that proclaims the independence of Durrës. This is how he expressed himself yesterday in an interview for “Gazeta Shqiptare”,... On pages 20-21

Dossier by Fatos Veliu/ Memoirs of the Nazi general: Bombing of the Royal Palace Nohembaher: A rifle is not an instrument for an Albanian, but part of the body The opening of the German archives continues - What has the supreme commander of the German army himself noted in his mysterious notebook. - Herman Nohembaher, for the hot days when the National Assembly was gathered in the Royal Palace of the Albanian capital. - The urgency of the leaders of the Albanian Regency to meet Hitler’s chief general, who insistently asks them to recognize that the Third Reich deserved to recognize the independence of united Albania. - What are the general’s notes on that 14 September of ’43, about what was happening with the 20 prominent intellectuals in the capital of the small nation, while he carried out the mission entrusted by Adolf Hitler himself? - Fyrieri’s reaction... On pages 22-23

OBAMA-ROMNEY RACE On page 11

SKENDER TUFA: We got permission from the police On page 8

FORMER PRESIDENT On page 4

STATEMENT On page 6

REPORT On page 12

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