THE CURRENCY EXCHANGER: HOW THEY CUT US WITH KNIVES FOR 2 MILLION LEK
INTERVIEW / “THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS HAPPENED, THE FIRST TIME THEY STRUCK US WITH A CROWBAR”
Durrës, Hysni Baganaci: They cut my hands inside the house, put a knife to my neck and took the money from me. Last year they robbed me of 94 thousand dollars
(In the photo): The currency exchanger, Hysni Baganaci. The Baganaci family villa. The room where the robbery took place
On page 13
Independence in Durrës, Milo: A local decision, not a national one
“The discovery of the document is to be applauded. But it was signed only by the city’s elite”
The act of Ismail Qemali on November 26-27
By FATMIRA NIKOLLI
The document presented by Zenelaj not only has nothing to do with the phrase ‘epoch-making discovery’, but it is an ordinary document, worthy of congratulations, that proclaims the independence of Durrës. This was stated yesterday in an interview with “Gazeta Shqiptare”,...
On pages 20-21
“The partisans fired a cannon at the Assembly in ’43”
Nohembaher: A rifle is not an instrument for an Albanian, but part of the body
Dossier by Fatos Veliu / The Nazi general’s memoirs: The bombing of the Royal Palace
The declassification of the German archives continues
- What the supreme commander of the German army himself noted in his mysterious notebook.
- Herman Nohembaher, about the hot days when the National Assembly was gathered in the Royal Palace of the Albanian capital.
- The urgency of the heads of the Albanian Regency to meet Hitler’s chief general, to whom they insistently said that they deserved the Reich to recognize the independence of united Albania.
- What are the general’s notes on that September 14 of ’43, about what was happening with the 20 prominent intellectuals in the capital of the small nation, where he was carrying out the mission entrusted by Adolf Hitler himself?
- The Führer’s reaction...
On pages 22-23
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Today, tributes for Lirak Bejko, the opposition: No one can stop us
Skender Tufa: We got permission from the police
On page 8
Tirana is like a woman...
Opinion of the Day
By ENNIO GRASSI
In truth, Tirana is more of a fairy tale than a known place, more of a capital than understood. It resembles a woman, a city with eyes. Generous, but only to a point...
Tirana is like a woman...
On page 19
The consequences of the US elections in Tirana
Opinion of the Day
By DRITAN HILA
It has become common to say that “US policy toward Albania does not change depending on who lives in the White House.” But it is just as true...
The consequences of the US elections in Tirana
Continues on page 25
US elects its president, Arvizu: For you it’s the same
OBAMA-ROMNEY RACE
On page 11
Topi: I was under pressure for appointments in institutions
FORMER PRESIDENT
On page 4
World Bank: Debt is at a dangerous level
STATEMENT
On page 6
Businessman: They robbed me and fined me 100 thousand USD
REPORT
On page 12
