DRITAN PRIFTI: I WILL TESTIFY, BUT I HAVE NO HOPE FOR JUSTICE Experts answer questions at the Supreme Court: We cannot say the video is fabricated, but our margin of error is absolutely zero PROSECUTION DEFEATED “Meta-Prifti,” re-expertise rejected Experts answer questions at the Supreme Court: We cannot say that the video is fabricated, but our margin of error is absolutely zero By KLODIANA LALA The Albanian experts remained faithful to their report on the Meta-Prifti video, which they described as non-authentic. The two experts, Ardian Pollo, Ermal Be- qiri and Artur Brahmani answered the questions posed by the General Prosecutor’s Office and the defense lawyers of former Deputy Prime Minister Ilir Meta. As in the previous report and in yesterday’s hearing, the experts said that the video contains numerous interventions and that the conversation between Meta and Prifti is incomprehensible in many parts, since the level of noise and interference is very high. The prosecutors had asked the experts whether, given that in their report they had stated that it could not be proven whether the object under examination was the device used to record the conversation, they believed that the recording device had nevertheless been installed in some kind of watch, since the ticking of the watch is heard throughout, or not?.... Continues on pages 2-3

Opinion of the Day By KLODIAN GRADEC[?] There are thousands of cases in which divisions are a system of levers for raising funds in cash or political capital, as American Senator Tom Coburn would say. ... Continues on page 22 Why the status quo does not change

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI At the last meeting of the Tirana Municipality, the new Albanian mayor Lul Basha, after every remark from the opposition, repeated the same refrain: “Let us not deal with... Continues on page 23 “Let’s see cash!”

INTERVIEW/ Tonin Tërshana: How Petrit Dume saved me Winner of the 11th Festival: The sentence denied me Eurovision (In the photo): The well-known singer Tonin Tërshana with his little daughter Donatela. Tonin Tërshana singing in one of RTSH’s Festivals “When I came from Shkodra to Tirana, I slept by the crates of a fruit-and-vegetable shop in the center, somewhere behind the bank. I covered myself with crates because I was afraid of some dog or policeman” In 1972 I competed with “Kur vjen pranvera” and they told us that we would go to the Eurovision Festival. Ferdinand Deda was the first to shake my hand. Since ’97 I have lived in Greece On pages 16-17

Reform, OSCE: a decisive step Consensus between PD and PS, the composition of the parliamentary commission is revealed On pages 4-5

Fuel, damage 2.6 million lek Fuel, damage 2.6 million lek Smuggling, wiretaps lead 10 people to handcuffs On page 10

Registration Builders: Mortgages, free up to 2 billion euros On pages 8-9

Doctors speak Specialists: diabetes, how to prevent the disease On page 11

Corruption in Fier Abuses in education, residents of 4 villages protest On page 15

Etleva Deda leaves, Sandër Simoni comes Etleva Deda leaves, Sandër Simoni comes KLD, 6 hours of meeting, 15 judges moved On page 10