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

Opinion of the Day By ALFRED CAKO Diplomacy is a very unusual polis with a magnificent suit, Napoleon once said, giving this phrase a meaning of ... Berisha and diplomacy with the Middle East Continued on page 21

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

Dossier II / “Trial of the Chams”, the former chairman of Elbasan recounts the sensational escape of Panajot Plaku Tahir Demi in court: Teme Sejko wanted to remove him. He drank raki and liked women. Greece was the solution In the “Trial of the Chams,” in which Rear Admiral Teme Sejko was designated as the leader of this hostile group, today continues with the testimony of Tahir Demi, former chairman of the Executive Committee in Elbasan, a very high-ranking official at the time. In this deposition we learn the story of Izet Osmani and Panajot Plaku, a simple and problematic man and the former minister, who escaped under a fantastical scheme. According to Tahir Demi, Izet Osmani was mourned as dead; in fact, some members of his group even went to his house to offer condolences, while Izet was entering and leaving Albania as he wished. In this second part we will also learn the reasons why Panajot Plaku, the former minister who somewhat stirred the situation in Albania with his actions, had to flee. Continuation of Tahir Demi’s testimony CHAIRMAN: - Who else was a member of your organization?... On pages 10-11

Donika, the car’s owner, testifies On page 7

MARITIME PACT, PS LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT On page 3

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

4 PROPOSED SITES On page 8

MASH ULTIMATUM On page 9

SPORT SURPRISES On page 22