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Gazeta Shqiptare

23 July 2012

POLICE “SPIES,” SECRET EXPENDITURES

PAYMENTS TO INFORMANTS ACROSS ALL THE COUNTRY’S REGIONS REVEALED State treasury document uncovered: 30 million lek in 7 months for infiltrators helping locate murderers, traffickers and criminal groups (In the photo:) Illustrative photo. Facsimile of the payroll list given to infiltrated persons On page 4

ALI PODRIMJA: WHY I WROTE THE POEM ABOUT JOSIF TITON

THE UNKNOWN INTERVIEW OF THE WRITER On page 19

Parliamentary immunity, proposals also from Doris Pack

POLITICAL REACTIONS On pages 2-3

Orikum, July 2012

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI I have always liked spending the summer in Vlorë. Once in the workers’ camp, up on the hill, at Uji i Ftohtë, now in my relative’s apartment in Orikum. ... Orikum, July 2012 Continues on page 20

Serbia’s new recidivist leaders

Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI The new ruling setup in Serbia, which has as its new president the former deputy prime minister of Slobodan Milošević, and as its new prime minister the former spokesman... Serbia’s new recidivist leaders Continues on page 21

Tomorrow treasury bills on auction for citizens

APPLICATION PROCEDURES On pages 6-7

Sulo Gradeci: I met Enver for the first time in ’41

INTERVIEW / Hoxha’s security chief Sulo Gradeci: I met Enver for the first time in ’41 “I used to sell fruit to the Italian fascists; they gave me Gazeta Shqiptare to read” By FATOS VELIU The interview with Sulo Gradeci continues. The man who protected Enver Hoxha’s life for 30 years appears here for the first time before the Albanian public in a long account of his life, which, as he himself said, is closely tied to his birthplace, Gradeci of Tomorrica in Skrapar, ... On pages 10-11

Operation: 1 ton of drugs seized in Greece, shipment originated from Buneci

OPERATION DETAILS On page 9

The month of Ramadan, the personalities who fast

SUMMER On the Night of Destiny, the young singers Çiljeta and Zaimina also ‘make sacrifices’ The month of Ramadan, the personalities who fast From the Minister of Integration, Majlinda Bregu, to the tenor Sidrit Bejleri It may seem that the most unlikely people would follow a strict regimen, such as fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, but during this month believers of any profession submit to the rules of Islam. Among them, although it sounds a little strange to us, there are also many public figures. Such as singers, for example, who, although during the hot season have the busiest months of work with concerts, still do not give up their faith and, among those who are believers, do not give up fasting either. This has often happened with the singer Çiljeta Xhilaga, who last year fasted on ‘Laylat al-Qadr,’ although that same day she had a concert in Himarë. ... Supplement By ERALDO REXHO

Mbarime and Car, Ministers: We will remove more from the list

FORBIDDEN NAMES On page 9