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Gazeta Shqiptare

28 January 2013

CURRENCY EXCHANGER KILLED

Brother: He died before my eyes, I saw the perpetrators THEY STOLE 2.5 MILLION LEK. EXPERT REPORT: DIED FROM HEMORRHAGE Haxhi Kotarja tells ‘GSH’: They were dressed in black, like those in swimming pools. They put the Kalashnikov to my head. Fatmiri fired first with a hunting rifle By KLODIANA HAXHIAJ A serious घटना shook the city of Durrës yesterday. In the beach area near the Railway a currency exchanger was shot dead with an automatic weapon by two robbers, who took the amount of 25 million old lekë. According to official sources from the Durrës District Police Directorate, Fatmir Kotarja, 46, was returning home together with his brother, both currency exchangers, when two masked and armed men ambushed them and demanded the money. While the 46-year-old refused to hand over the money, he was shot in the leg with an automatic weapon by one of the robbers. The robbers then fled the scene on a motorcycle. It was the victim’s brother who called the ambulance and the police. The 46-year-old died on the way to the hospital. According to the forensic medical examination, the cause of Fatmir Kotarja’s death was hemorrhage... Continues on page 9

Communists, alliance with the persecuted: We ask for forgiveness. Kurt Kola: We are comfortable

PPSHR leader: Let me be retried, they were condemned by those who did not love the party (In photo): PPSHR leader Marko Dajti and Enver’s son, Ilir Hoxha. The head of the party of former political persecuted people “Rruga e Lirisë”, Kurt Kola PS leader, Edi Rama: The wind is blowing to the left. Government: Compensation, 70 million lekë for former persecuted persons, within the year, the second and third installment By DARINA TANUSHI Communists and former political prisoners have this time joined the Socialist Party in a coalition to come to power on 23 June. Putting aside old grudges, they have joined... On pages 2-3

ROZA DOSTI: WITH MY FATHER-IN-LAW, HASAN, I LIVED FOR 40 YEARS IN NEW YORK

DOSSIER BY FATOS VELIU On pages 14-15

Russia’s geopolitical comeback in the Mediterranean

Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI Russia organized the largest military-naval maneuvers in its entire post-communist history in the Mediterranean Sea on 19-29 January ... Russia’s geopolitical comeback in the Mediterranean Continues on page 21

Meksi Xhufka: Berisha - Meta meeting, my colleagues threw dollar bills at my feet

STATE PROTOCOL PHOTOGRAPHER On pages 10-11

“Albanians, US mercenaries for chaos”

Večernje novosti’ SERBIAN ACADEMICS Albanians will lag behind until the end On page 7

Dritan Dajti remains without a defense lawyer

TRIAL BLOCKED On page 8

Elmaz Sherifi: Parties have turned into army units

LDP CONGRESS On page 3

Bleona Matës’s mother: I will take revenge for my missing daughter

INTERVIEW On page 16

Kodra: His work, a ray of light in dictatorship

77TH ANNIVERSARY OF ISMAIL KADARESE On pages 18-19