KOSOVO, the debate between the ambassadors is clarified Feodor Starçeviç: The official Tirana is obstructing the investigations, 250,000 Serbs have been expelled in the last 12 years. Ferit Hoxha: The Dick Marty report, Serbian accusations are unfounded In the photo: Albania’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Ferit Hoxha, and Serbia’s Ambassador to the UN, Feodor Starçeviç, (right) UN Headquarters in New York On pages 2-3

Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI Cyprus will take over the presidency of the European Union on 1 July 2012, as a result of the equal right of all... Continues on page 19 The unreasonable reasons of Cyprus for Kosovo

In the photo: Footballer Edvin Murati INTERVIEW / The footballer speaks Edvin Murati: I’ll tell you the truth about Lorik’s father “I helped his family, with Agim I was more than a friend” By ALTIN LATIFI Edvin Murati describes as unfounded and hasty the statements made by Lorik Cana’s father, Agim Cana, published a day earlier in “Gazeta Shqiptare”. The former Albanian national team footballer says he was extremely surprised by the accusations made by him, calling them a real surprise... On page 21

Queen Geraldine, conversations with Kadare about the final wishes “Not to openly oppose the basic slogans on which the system was based” By HELENA KADARE To protect yourself was one thing, but could you protect yourself from such a state? Even today, debates on such a matter continue. And, apparently, they will continue. In Is’s case, they were summed up in one main question: how were his “strange” relations with the communist power to be explained? How could a writer of his status be known and valued as much, if not more, in the Western world? At first glance there was something that did not add up. Was it perhaps that his country was not the only statist one, or maybe the West was not what we remember it to be?... Continues on pages 10-11

Guidelines from the Ministry of Finance On pages 6-7

REPORTAGE On page 13

Yesterday in “Koha Ditore” By MASSIMO D’ALEMA The term “spring” may suggest a noble awakening, but what is really happening in North Africa and the Middle East is... Continues on page 18 The Arab Spring and Europe

THE OPPONENTS AREN’T LEAVING On page 5

THE MUSIC DEBATE On page 22

“20 YEARS OF LIFE HERE” On pages 14-15