THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE ELECTED PRESIDENT, 3 HOURS WITH THE DEPUTIES The PD chairman thanks the allies for their votes; Mediu and Idrizi are absent. Eduard Kukan of the European Parliament: Rama was wrong, he should have proposed names for president PRESIDENT’S DINNER, BERISHA-META JOKES The PD chairman thanks the allies for their votes; Mediu and Idrizi are absent. Eduard Kukan of the European Parliament: Rama was wrong, he should have proposed names for president (In photo:) Prime Minister Sali Berisha last night as he went to the dinner organized at “Sofra e Ariut” On pages 2-3

Opinion of the Day We see it from the point where we have reached, and it seems familiar, experienced, beautiful and reproachful. That is what happens when time, measured as days, months, ... By Dr. PËRPARIM KABO We see it from the point where we have reached, and it seems familiar, experienced, beautiful and reproachful. That is what happens when time, measured as days, months, ... You are only alone when you lose love! Continued on page 29

The armed revolt in September ’98, the prosecution withdrew without giving its closing argument (in circle) Ekrem Spahia. Images from the events of 14 September 1998 Tirana Court: Unjust imprisonment “14 September”, 1.7 million lek in compensation for Ekrem Spahiu The armed revolt in September ’98, the prosecution withdrew without giving its closing argument By KLODIANA LALA The Tirana Court “rewards” Ekrem Spahia for the two days he spent in a cell as one of the suspects in the uprising of 14 September 1998. The current Deputy Minister of Defence will add a full 1.7 million lek to his bank account. ... On page 9

“Feçor Shehu also accused me of the bomb at the Yugoslav embassy” Dossier/ Ernest Tushe: In the 1980s, they wanted to execute me because of my relationship with the ambassador’s daughter By FATOS VELIU It was 1978. The 18-year-old Nesti Tushe, a first-year student at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Tirana, while training on the basketball court of the “Studenti” team, met the Italian girl Karla Sferlazzo. Karla was the daughter of the Italian ambassador himself, Xhuzep[e?] Sferlazzo. Their friendship grew into a strong romance, a relationship that drew the attention of the entire public of the capital at that time..... On pages 14-15

SUMMER BUJAR KAPEXHIU: IN ’92 THEY THREATENED ME IF I DIDN’T DRAW A CARICATURE OF RAMIZ ALIA Supplement

“NANO, POSITIVE MOVE” Kastriot Islami: Edi Rama invited me for coffee, I accepted, but we didn’t meet On page 6

LOSS 2 MILLION EURO KLSH, criminal prosecution of the former Director of Aviation On page 6

STATE EXAM Programs for Literature and Social Sciences On pages 22-25

PROPERTY The law on agricultural land, how compensation will be made On page 8

THE SWORD IS ALSO COMING Skanderbeg’s helmet will be in Tirana on 28 November On pages 26-27

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