INTERVIEW/ ARIF BAKILLARI: THEY WANT OUR WEAPONS, THEY ARE UNDER EMBARGO The three Albanians were sentenced to 18 years in prison for arms trafficking; here is the route of the ship “EOS” over the last 6 months. The officer who arrested them told them, “I like the cargo” CAPTAIN: WE ARE ROTTING IN YEMENI PRISONS The three Albanians were sentenced to 18 years in prison for arms trafficking; here is the route of the ship “EOS” over the last 6 months. The officer who arrested them told them, “I like the cargo” By AURORA KOROMANI “We will rot in the prisons of Yemen if the Albanian authori- ties do not help us.” These are the words that the captain of the ship, which was seized some time ago in Yemeni waters, Arif Bakillari, tells “Gazeta Shqiptare”. He says that there are groundless charges against them, while he and the other two Albanians are innocent. “The reason they arrested us is because Yemen wanted to seize the cargo of our ship. We are innocent.” Among other things, Bakillari also recounts the entire route that the ship he commanded took, adding that throughout the time they were monitored by NATO forces. How many years were you sentenced to? We were each sentenced to 6 years in prison, on groundless charges. It is a political case. I myself am in the hospital. We have appealed the decision because all the accusations they raise are groundless. They are making the accusation that we entered without permission... Continued on page 7

Marko Dajti: Allies with Rama, we ask for the support of the SP PPSHR leader: Hoxha, a national hero just like Skanderbeg. Formerly persecuted people write to Berisha: Symbols of democracy, build 20 monuments Communists, request in the municipal council: Bring back Enver’s bust (In the photo:) Chairman of the Reorganized Party of Labour of Albania [PPSHR] Marko Dajti and Ilir Hoxha, son of Enver Hoxha PPSHR leader: Hoxha, a national hero just like Skanderbeg. Formerly persecuted people write to Berisha: Symbols of democracy, build 20 monuments By DARINA TANUSHI The communists will ask for the reconstruction of Enver Hoxha’s bust, where it stood in 1991, in the center of Tirana. The chairman of the Reorganized Party of Labour of Albania, Marko Dajti, said in a... On pages 2-3

COFFEE ON THE TERRACE OF “SKY TOWER” On page 5

Opinion of the Day Never in the history of those 100 years of statehood has so much been said about elites! Not even then, when Zogu proclaimed himself... By KIÇO BLUSHI Never in the history of those 100 years of statehood has so much been said about elites! Not even when Zogu proclaimed himself... Our elites Continued on page 20

Opinion of the Day Politics, just like the human reality beneath it, has its own universe. Like everything boundless, the universe of politics has everything there, within itself.... By BESNIK GJONGECAJ Politics, just like the human reality beneath it, has its own universe. Like everything boundless, the universe of politics has everything there, within itself.... The morgue of politics Continued on page 21

THE FORMER HEAD OF PD SIDE BY SIDE WITH TOPALLI Selami at the PD rally receives a phone call from Ilir Meta On page 3

ALEKSANDER PECI The wounded man in Afghanistan: I will never forget when they shot Vogli On page 9

SPELLING Road signs with mistakes, Shkurtaj: Unacceptable On page 13

ERIDA PECI Sister: Florija is keeping the child, we made the decision together On page 8

“THE INVESTIGATION, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FORMER MINISTER” “THE INVESTIGATION, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FORMER MINISTER” Kristofor Mërtiri: Here are the depositions of Beqir Balluku On pages 16-17