A LARGE VOLUME OF FILES AT THE MEETING, BERISHA TOMORROW LUNCHES WITH THAÇI The day after tomorrow the balance sheet of 8 years before the media. Harxhi meets Riker: He expressed US support for a strong opposition. Halimi: We will not allow them to touch the institutions By VALENTINA MADANI The Berisha government meets today to approve more than 70 decisions, from formalizing the resignations of the deputy ministers to other important economic decisions. The government meeting will most likely be chaired for the last time by Prime Minister Berisha before parliament approves the new cabinet next week. Berisha will gather the government today to approve a large volume of files, while tomorrow he will have lunch in Tirana with Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi. He has packed his schedule heavily in recent days and sources from the Prime Minister’s Office told “GSH” that the prime minister is expected to hold a final press conference on Saturday to present a balance sheet of his government over the two mandates. Meanwhile, as the Berisha government prepares to hand over the baton to the one led by Continues on page 2

15th anniversary / Kiri Hajdari: Gratitude to Lulzim Basha (In photo:) Azem Hajdari’s memorial near the former PD headquarters. Kiri Hajdari. The “Mother Albania” monument at the Martyrs’ Cemetery Following the wife’s request, the Tirana Municipality project foresees the exhumation and transfer of the remains of the “Leader of December” to the Martyrs’ Cemetery On the 15th anniversary of the murder of the “Hero of Democracy” Azem Hajdari, on 12 September his remains will be laid to rest from Sharra to the Martyrs’ Cemetery. On the initiative of the Municipality of Tirana, the special commission will deal with his transfer from Continues on page 4

“My granddaughter Aleksandra, the inspiration” Supplement

MEDIA: AN EXTREMIST, HE OFFENDS FRIENDS IN SERBIA On page 22

Opinion of the Day By EDUARD ZALOSHNJA I have long sensed in Tirana, the city where I was born and raised, a frightening divide between Tirana residents with origins from the upper regions ... Yesterday’s Tirana and today’s Tirana Continues on page 20

THE VLORA MASSACRE On page 12

INAUGURATION On page 3

MYSTERY On page 7

THE RESEARCHER On page 17

THE 90-YEAR-OLD SPEAKS / BY FATOS VELIU THE 90-YEAR-OLD SPEAKS / BY FATOS VELIU Sejfi Protopapa: A close friend of Margarita Tutulani On pages 18-19

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