Shaban Norja: She blamed me for the burden The full account of the 80-year-old killer: his head in the brambles so the dogs would not eat it • “Aishja came to the meeting wearing the clothes I had bought her. She was holding the sandals in her hand. We kissed, but she was angry” • “I loved her but I couldn’t take her as my wife. She threatened that she would tell her father. I threw the pistol into the Erzen” By KLODIANA HAXHIA Shaban Norja, the 80-year-old who admitted that he killed 18-year-old Aishe Vata, gave a cold-blooded account to the Durrës police on the night of the घटना. “Gazeta Shqiptare” managed to uncover... Continues on pages 2-3 (In the photo): 80-year-old Shaban Norja. The victim, Aishe Vata. The place where the victim’s head was found

Formerly persecuted people accuse: Rrok Mirdita, agent of the UDB The strikers’ health condition worsens; another one in hospital. Berati joins in solidarity too The former politically persecuted people on hunger strike yesterday burst out in harsh accusations against the leaders of the religious communities in our country, namely the Muslim one, Selim Muça, and the Catholic one, Monsignor Rrok Mirdita. The reason for these accusations, according to the striker Fatmir Lamaj, was the indifference shown by the religious communities toward the silence of the government regarding the demands for compensation of former political prisoners. Specifically, in a statement... On page 6

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Opinion of the Day By ALFRED CAKO In the above article, taking as a starting point a statement by Mr. Berisha on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the WB in Albania, where he indirectly seems to see... The World Bank and the year ’97 Continues on pages 16-17

Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI Neither in Pristina nor in Tirana was the new condition, which the European Commission imposed on Serbia on 10 October to respect... The EU condition for Kosovo’s territorial integrity Continues on page 19

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