The majority, 74 votes in Parliament: second round on 4 June The SP group splits over the presidential candidate. Ruçi: We have our own names, Zaganjori has violated the constitutional deadline. Patozi: 'In favor' of the Berisha-Rama meeting ZAGANJORI: CANDIDATE IN THE FIRST 3 ROUNDS The SP group splits over the presidential candidate. Ruçi: We have our own names, Zaganjori has violated the constitutional deadline. Patozi: 'In favor' of the Berisha-Rama meeting (In the photo:) Prime Minister Berisha and the ministers in the parliamentary session On pages 2-5

Opinion of the Day Opinion of the Day By ILIR DHIMA That electoral reforms are part of the 12 key recommendations set out in the November Agreement between the EU and Albania,... Continues on page 22 For or against OSCE/ODIHR?

Adiola Musa: Her father-in-law told her the news, and the hospital staff were shocked as well Besjana Xheleri with her fiancé, Armando THE HIMARA TRAGEDY / The friend’s account “Besi fainted when she learned of her fiancé’s death” Adiola Musa: Her father-in-law told her the news, and the hospital staff were shocked as well By ENRIK MEHMETI She will erase from memory the most tragic moment of her life. She will not remember anything from the terrible accident, from the moment when the bus plunged into the abyss. In her head only the cries, the voices of her fellow student friends, ... On page 14

DOSSIER/ Former head of the Investigation: Abuses with clothing and footwear, I handcuffed the saleswomen in 1983 “Arrests in Trade, the clash with Foto Çami” Dilaver Bengasi: It influenced the dismissal of the charge against the director of Tirana By FATOS VELIU The account of the former head of Tirana’s investigation office and Director General of Police, during the most critical moments of the country, turns to another subject in his story for the general public. He sheds light on a different event, no less sensational, that took place in the capital in the '83 years. Everyone has in mind that dramatic situation when all the high- level trade officials were taken under investigation... On pages 18-19

SECURITY, TIRANA IS “SEALED OFF” On page 11

TOMORROW'S EXAM Ministry of Education: The rules and penalties for the Literature test On page 12

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLL Ekrem Spahia: Crisis? The solution is the return of the Monarchy On page 6

OPPOSITION SP: The compensation scheme for former political prisoners On page 7

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SARANDE Jealousy, kills his wife and then shoots himself On page 16

THE SEISMOLOGIST SPEAKS Earthquakes in Italy, a risk for Albania too On page 13