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

THE UNKNOWN INTERVIEW OF THE WRITER On page 19

POLITICAL REACTIONS On pages 2-3

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

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

APPLICATION PROCEDURES On pages 6-7

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 DETAILS On page 9

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

FORBIDDEN NAMES On page 9