EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW/ 'MY 4 YEARS IN ALBANIA, WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE' “My relationship with Versace’s architect. At first they saw us as a ‘visa factory’. Albania needs to modernize, stop the concrete-ization” (Pictured:) The Italian consul in Vlorë, Sergio Stroz, and his life partner, Stine Simone Mazzetto, Versace’s architect Supplement

DIBRES STREET AND ‘ZOGU I’ On pages 24-30

4 PROPOSED LOCATIONS On page 8

THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION’S ULTIMATUM On page 9

SPORTS SURPRISES On page 22

DONIKA, THE OWNER OF THE CAR TESTIFIES On page 7

Opinion of the Day By ALFRED CAKO Diplomacy is a policeman dressed in a magnificent suit; Napoleon once said, giving this phrase a meaning of ... Berisha and diplomacy with the Middle East Continues on page 21

MARITIME DEAL, PS LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT On page 3

The wife of Petro Marko passes away Aranita: She died with a brush in her hand. I mourn my brother, Maduja died young. Timo Flloko remembered his father By FATMIRA NIKOLLI Aranita, the daughter of Petro Marko, sometimes reminds one of Gjergj Elez Ali’s sister. For many years she took care of her mother and brother, quietly, in the apartment where they lived along “Zogu I” boulevard. Today, now that Aranita has lost both of them, her brother and her mother, she tells .... On pages 14-15

Dossier II/ “The Cham Trial”, the former mayor of Elbasan recounts Panajot Plaku’s sensational escape Tahir Demi in court: Teme Sejko wanted to remove him. He drank raki and liked women. Greece was the solution “The Cham Trial,” in which this hostile group was led by Vice Admiral Teme Sejko, continues today with the testimony of Tahir Demi, former chairman of the Executive Committee in Elbasan, a very senior official for the time. In this deposition we learn the story of Izet Osmani and Panajot Plaku, an ordinary and troubled man and a former minister, who escaped in a fantastical scenario. According to Tahir Demi’s statement, Izet Osmani was mourned as dead, and even members of his group went to his home to offer condolences, while Izet himself was coming and going in Albania as he pleased. In this second part we will also learn the reasons why Panajot Plaku, the former minister who somewhat unsettled the situation in Albania with his action, had to flee. Continuation of Tahir Demi’s testimony CHAIRMAN: - Who else was a member of your organization?... On pages 10-11