The names of the ambassadors leaving and arriving 7 ambassadors in Tirana are leaving their posts. IVOVSKY and TRPEVSKI are departing The former Austrian ambassador will take up the post on 1 October as OSCE representative. The representations of Macedonia, Estonia and Palestine are also changing The transfer of power in Tirana will also be accompanied by a rotation of foreign ambassadors accredited in our country. There are at least 7 ambassadors who have now completed their diplomatic mission in Albania and are awaiting replacement by their respective countries, which means that from September onward the “Rama” government will have to work with other friendly-state diplomats. First on the “top list” of ambassadors who are waiting to leave our country “de jure” is Aleksandër Arvizu, the representative of the US government in Tirana. As has already been announced, he will be replaced in this post by Donald Lu, who currently serves as ambassador in New Delhi, India. Lu joined the United States Foreign Service in 1990 and has held posts in Pakistan, India, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Washington. Previously he was appointed Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in New Delhi, where he served... Continued on page 3

Opinion of the Day By DRITAN HILA As the years go by, people are curious to see what they used to be like, so they turn back to childhood photographs to understand... A tribute to a woman Continued on page 10

Opinion of the Day By ALFRED CAKO Have you seen that after the verdict of 23 June, Berisha’s self-destruction, there have been two striking challenges that reveal him as a politician... Berisha’s final days Continued on page 11

1 year after the crime / “He told me: I will do 101 years in prison, I took my revenge” (In the photo:) Beqir Visha, speaking for “G.SH”. Nazime Visha and Fiqiri Muça Interview / 45-year-old Beqir Visha: My daughter’s life was destroyed. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison; I hope the Court of Appeal will show mercy to her By KLODIANA LALA A year, it seems, has not been enough to soften the anger that Nazime Visha’s family holds toward Fiqiri Muça, the 45-year-old man whom their daughter shot dead with 29 bullets. Nazime is behind bars... On page 6

Albanian existed even before Buzuku; when it comes to the discovery of old texts, it remains a mystery[?] INA ARAPI: WRITTEN ALBANIAN EXISTED EVEN BEFORE BUZUKU’S “MESHARI” Supplement

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still today the best... Korça

BAD WEATHER / SARANDE On page 7

APPEAL “Amnesty International”: Take care of the Roma On page 5

PREPARATIONS Beer festival, tourists, a boom of bookings in Korçë On page 9

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