The Socialist leader publishes the electoral map: In Tirana, 17 MPs Edi Rama reveals the poll in the Assembly Problems with the lists, 540 dead voters in Gjirokastër. Niko Peleshi and Qazim Sejdini join the leadership. Rama and Meta in Pristina for the PDK Congress

Opinion of the Day By AHMET SHQARRI It seems to me that “marketplace” is the word that best fits all this commotion, which these days has engulfed not only football but everything else... What is bought and sold in this marketplace? Continued on page 13

Opinion of the Day By DRITAN HILA “Shalom Hagalil,” meaning in Albanian “Peace in Galilee,” was the code name for the 1982 Lebanon war. It began as a police operation and with the initiative... Hope for peace in Galilee Continued on page 13

Interview / Meksi Xhufka, “historic” photographer of Protocol “Majko’s bodyguard told me: I’ll kill you if you don’t catch them in a photo with Clinton” (In the photo:) State Protocol photographer, Meksi Xhufka. Majko - Clinton in the USA. The Berisha family. Prodi - Fino in Tirana From Adil Çarçani to Berisha, the politicians’ quirks in front of the camera. “Aleksandër Meksi saved my life when I had my fourth heart attack inside the Prime Minister’s Office” By VALENTINA MADANI For 30 years, the photographer... A short, 60-year-old man, exacting, precise, so much so that delays in arrival “annoy” him... On pages 8-9

By DARINA TANUSHI The Socialist Party claims it will win around 72 MPs in the 23 June elections, according to a poll conducted by its structures. During the meeting of the PS National Assembly, the socialist leader, Edi Rama, informed members of the results of a poll carried out a week earlier by the Socialist Party. The PS has divided the districts, based on the latest change made by the CEC, to test the support it has nationwide. Thus, the socialist chairman, Edi Rama, informed that the result is positive in Tirana: 17 MPs, out of 33 mandates in the district. According to the poll conducted by the PS, it is noted that the result is tied with the PD in the districts of Elbasan and Durrës, as well as in Dibër and Kukës. Shkodra still remains a bastion of the PD, as also shown by the socialists’ poll. From the results that Rama reported, the new political force led by Bamir Topi also turns out to be... Continued on pages 2-3

Milosao / by Prof. Dr. Ferit Duka Inside: Rexhep Ferri, Besim Tula, Ardian Ndreca, Huan Rulfo Supplement

Muslims “for” the church over the play On page 11

Lezhë On page 12

Historian On pages 10-11

Curricula On page 6

Interview / “2013 WILL BE DIFFICULT” On page 4