“The quarrel with Olldashi, meetings with Rama-Meta” INTERVIEW/ “THE NAMES OF POLITICIANS AND JOURNALISTS WHO VISITED ME IN PRISON” • “My regret: I asked Teri not to run again. If he had done it, we would have been sentenced to more years” • “Why the PS lost the 2009 elections in Durrës, the role of Blendi Klosi and Gaz Bizhga” By REZARTA DELISULA Today, even though almost 5 years have passed since his release from prison, Leonard Koka still bursts into tears when he recalls the moment he asked his brother Lefteri not to run again for Mayor of Durrës. If he had done so, several years in prison would have hung over him... Continues on pages 8-9 (In the photo): Leonard Koka with his wife, Miranda. Leonard with his elder son. Koka leaving the courthouse in 2005

Commentary of the Day By VASIL KURETA The period after the fall of communism in Europe opened the way to a process of change, or to moving toward a new quality in the system of relations... The Role of the USA in Europe’s Rebirth Continues on pages 24-25

Agim Popa: When Hoxha spoke, the Soviet leader made head-cutting gestures Dossier by Fatos Veliu / The interpreter’s account of the meeting of the 81 communist parties It was November 1960, when the Albanian delegation led by Enver Hoxha went to the special meeting of the countries of the socialist camp. The great split with the Soviet Union had begun, a split that Enver Hoxha would finally carry out at that meeting, which communist history of the time considered a great betrayal by Khrushchev of Marxism-Leninism. After that moment, Enver Hoxha established ties with his new ally, Mao Zedong’s China. But what does Enver Hoxha’s own interpreter say about that extraordinary meeting, where he would clash with the most powerful man in the socialist camp at the time? How did their leader’s journey continue and why ... Continues on pages 12-13

SCANDAL, UNLAWFUL EXPENDITURES On page 14

PS LEADER, 48TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Edi Rama’s quips: Linda on July 4, in the PS we are pro-American On page 5

BERAT Depression, husband butchers wife with an axe On page 10

SHKODER Executed the Pjetrushët, life imprisonment for Admir Tafili On page 11

INTERVIEW Scholar, Enver Hysa: The removal of “ë” is problematic On page 20

“SUMMER PAGES” Payments of singers for summer concerts Supplement