DECLARATION/ THE LARGEST LEFT-WING PARTY CRITIC ANDIS HARASANI SPEAKS ELECTIONS IN THE PS Harasani: I want Tirana, Tahiri stays silent The race for the capital will take place in January. The first candidates emerge against Edi Rama’s appointed man. On Saturday the leadership and secretaries will be elected By DARINA TANUSHI The Socialist MP, known as one of the harshest critics of the official line, Andis Harasani declared yesterday that he could be one of the candidates for the chairmanship of the PS of the city of Tirana. Harasani has apparently decided to challenge the contest that is expected to take place in January of next year. Saimir Tahiri, the chairman appointed by Edi Rama since the departure of former chairman Besnik Baraj. Andis Harasani has finally decided to leave open the possibility of entering the race for the leadership of Tirana. In a statement to News 24, Harasani... Continues on page 2

INTERVIEW/MEMORIES ABOUT ALBANIA On pages 16-17

Yesterday in “La Stampa” By MARIO CALABRESI We journalists are still indispensable, but the world has now changed completely; citizens and readers are no longer as passive as they once were now... Good journalism knows how to assess the news Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI Russian diplomacy seems to have neither understood nor liked the popular uprisings that swept through the Arab countries this year. It sided with the autocrats,... Russia is missing the Middle East train Continues on page 21

POLICE: THE DOCUMENTS ARE REGULAR On page 14

THE EVENT AT THE 9-STOREY BUILDINGS On page 14

SUPPLEMENTARY PENSIONS On page 5

UNKNOWN INTERVIEW/ Spoke 3 months before Independence EXCLUSIVE (In the photo:) Ismail Qemali, the raising of the flag in Vlora in 1912, facsimile of the newspaper that published Ismail Qemali’s interview 10 days before Independence was declared The unpublished interview of the wise old man of Vlora is revealed. In August 1912 he was confused and on 20 November, 10 days before the great event, he told the Italian media about the raising of the flag... Politics is divided in decorated Tirana, President Topi in Vlora, Prime Minister Berisha in Tirana and Edi Rama in Kosovo. Speaks the successor of Ismail Qemali On pages 8-9

The event in Vlora, the victims from Fatozi 'They went to take care of their grandparents’ house' ‘They went to take care of their grandparents’ house’ By ENRIK MEHMETI Two spouses from a residence in the “24 Maji” neighborhood, Dytëza e Patosit, have lost their lives after being asphyxiated by the gas of a ...? [?]ngurri. Official sources from the Ministry of Public Order report that 51-year-old Avni Bezhani and his wife, Myzejene Bezhani, were found dead in a building or, in another unit, in the “Çole” neighborhood of the city of Vlora. Around 14:30, the operational room of the Vlora Police Station received a report that two lifeless persons had been found in the aforementioned neighborhood.... On page 13