ARBEN MALAJ: THE PHONE BLOCKER IN THE PS IS UNACCEPTABLE “ONE CANNOT COME TO POWER WITH AN AUTHORITARIAN SPIRIT” PS MP: At the Assembly they cut off our mobile phone signals, human rights were violated. One does not come to power through personal whims, by burning tires (In photo): PS MP Arben Malaj in the studio of the program “5 pyetjet nga Babaramo” On page 2

TEPELENE/ THE MINOR IS ARRESTED On page 10

Opinion of the Day By DRITAN HILA One of the moments when Berisha’s opponents show the most caution in their fight against him is when they accuse him of being a former communist. ... Continues on page 25 The end of a strike and an era

THE SHOCKING STORY FROM 1992 Lawyer Kujtim Sino: How I defended the authors of the Libofsha massacre On pages 20-21

The self-immolated man: My friends did not inform me The list of the names of the 270 former persecuted people who have problems with compensation Former strikers: We voted 4 to 2 to end it, Ndreca knew The list of the names of the 270 former persecuted people who have problems with compensation By LORENC RABETA There is a great deal of confusion among former persecuted people regarding the documentation that must be submitted to the relevant bodies in order to benefit from financial compensation. The Compensation Payments Sector for former Political Prisoners publishes... On page 6

THE NEW LAW Now they are tapping the Prisons too, the debate in Parliament is revealed On page 3

DIPLOMACY Serbian minister in Tirana: Genocide, let history decide On page 4

SARANDE Family appeals: Investigate the pedophile, he drove our daughter to suicide On page 11

HERITAGE The “Onufri” Museum, the icons are threatened by humidity On page 22

Dossier by Fatos Veliu/ The man who found the bodies of the victims of the bomb at the Soviet embassy speaks Orhan Jegeni: The cries of Sabiha Kasimati were heard in the houses of the villagers A not very powerful explosion, which occurred in the courtyard of the former embassy of the then Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was enough for a total of 22 suspected people to be taken to the firing squad. This was the event that took place years ago, precisely on 19 February 1951, when relations between our two communist states were at the height of their glory. But its echo, because of the scale of the retaliation that would follow, did not stop after a year or even after five years. For very long periods it was remembered and remained fresh in people’s minds, as a difficult and very dark day, until it managed to enter forcefully into Albania’s complex history. During that period, the highest leadership of the communist state was alarmed,... On pages 12-13

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