“I made it, I’m fine, I’m not in a coma” THE HEIR TO THE THRONE HAS BEEN IN THE NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL FOR TWO DAYS Prince Leka and Elia beside him. Interview, Ekrem Spahia: The King’s words in the hospital, the meeting with Berisha, Lul Basha and President Topi By VALENTINA MADANI The news spread quickly yesterday in the evening hours, but the royal family is completely calm about the current health of the heir to the Royal Throne, Leka Zogu. He was the one who made headlines yesterday by dismissing the rumors that he was in a coma. The leader of the legalists, Ekrem Spahia, who together with the royal family is staying in the room where Leka Zogu has been admitted, at hospital no. 5, confirms that His Highness is in good health and that his health condition is not critical. In this interview for “Gazeta Shqiptare”, Spahia explains how Leka Zogu is improving day by day and that His Highness himself was surprised by the news that he was in a coma. According to Spahia, he had a physical weakness that made hospitalization necessary, but he states that there are no serious problems with the lungs or the heart. Spahia says that by his head stand... Continues on page 4

Opinion of the Day Opinion of the Day By ILIR DHIMA When the shocks of the Eurozone crisis were felt, first and painfully in Greece and Italy, they caused in these countries not only massive citizen protests,... In darkness, the dangers seem even greater Continues on page 19

“The Disagreement”, new motifs dedicated to King Zog (In photo): The well-known writer Ismail Kadare. The book “The Disagreement” Kadare THE DISAGREEMENT about Albania’s relationship with itself literary essay Second edition, revised by the author Onufri The last hours of the kingdom of April in 1939 are described through the pen of Ismail Kadare. How the great writer sees the fall of the Sovereign The queen, in labor, would make the journey toward Greece in a semi-conscious state. What was happening around her, the stress, fragments of anxiety, the vague feeling... On pages 10-11

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