DURRËS/ KILLS 2 PEOPLE, WOUNDS 2 OTHERS, SURRENDERS Ardian Tragaj fires at members of the Shehu family after a conflict over 1.5 hectares of land on the beach. He is wounded himself, and the guard is also mistakenly killed (In the photo:) The perpetrator, Ardian Tragaj. The scene of the murder in Durrës. “The City’s Appreciation” for the painter Traga[j?] On page 8

BALANCE SHEET/ The municipality’s annual analysis “6,100 people were employed, we forwarded 5,781 apartments to the Mortgage Office” By OLA MITRE The Mayor of Tirana, Lulzim Basha, yesterday presented a one-year analysis of the Municipality of Tirana, while listing some of the achievements at the head of this institution. According to this analysis, over the course of one year, thanks to the reduction and abolition... On page 10

Dossier by Fatos Veliu/ The security chief’s account: He transferred me to Tirana Sulo Gradeci: He stayed in my office at the time when the activities of Koçi Xoxe were being condemned The account of Sulo Gradeci continues. While in the previous issue Mr. Gradeci shed light on the first days of his work in the most delicate sector of state intelligence in the countries of Romania, today he continues with previously unknown stories of how and when he was able to meet Enver Hoxha before going on to the most specific post of the time as his security chief. What had happened that in 1947 Enver Hoxha paid him a several-day visit in Berat, and how he ended up in the office of Sulo Gradeci, then head of the internal branch of Berat. The confidential conversations he held at those moments with Gradeci and the exhilarating moment when, as he was about to leave for Tirana, he addressed him with a strange confidence about what problem he could help with. Sulo’s surprise when he realized... On pages 10-11

BERISHA: SMS WITH FATMIR XHAFAJ On page 2

Opinion of the Day By ILIR DHIMA During these last two days, it mostly seemed as though the attention of the country’s public opinion was focused on the definition of the duties of the head of state... Limiting powers, rule of law Continues on page 25

“SUSPENSION OF THE POLICE STATION CHIEF” On page 13

TESTIMONY IN COURT On page 9

LOSS OF 8 MILLION USD On page 7

AURON TARE On page 22

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