Census for diplomats with dual citizenship THE GOVERNMENT ASKS EMPLOYEES TO DECLARE THE FOREIGN PASSPORTS THEY HOLD • Delays in returning the responses, Director of Human Resources: Lack of correctness • Declaration of dual citizenship and foreign permit, a requirement also for the spouses of ambassadors By TEDI BLUSHI The information that a considerable number of diplo- mats also hold another citizenship besides the Albanian one has forced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to begin... Continues on page 3 “WITHIN MARCH, A VISIT TO BELGRADE” Panariti: “Presevo” is not only a matter for Serbia On page 2 EXCLUSIVE (In the photo:) Minister Edmond Panariti with his Serbian counterpart, Ivan Mrkić. Facsimile of the form for declaring dual citizenship by MFA employees

INTERVIEW/ The friend of Poradec: The dictatorship destroyed my family “He had a difficult character, I am not friends with his daughters” By FATMIRA NIKOLLI Meri Lalaj is today an elderly woman, still in good shape. Her life has gone through large waves, but she managed to survive them, and has reached the present day, when she says she lives for her daughter. Early on she was an English language teacher, but her husband's sentence would change her life forever. In fact, it would destroy it. Her family would be broken apart, never to be reunited. This is the painful past of many women,... On page 16

The referendum is approved, Berisha: the worst moment was when I lost in '94 The referendum is approved, Berisha: the worst moment was when I lost in '94 On page 5

Opinion of the Day We all know that smoking and alcohol cause, or at least increase, the risk of getting cancer, yet most people still use them without hesitation... By MENTOR KIKIA We all know that smoking and alcohol cause, or at least increase, the risk of getting can- cer, yet most people still use them without hesitation... When politics gets dirty even with milk Continues on page 19

Opinion of the Day The draft law on Audiovisual Media is not simply an amendment to the law on electronic media or a merger of it with the law... By VALENTINA LESKAJ The draft law on Audio- visual Media is not simply an amendment to the law on electronic media or a merger of it with the law... Why the consensus was broken on the media law Continues on page 18

ELECTIONS FRD, the program: 100 MPs and a president from the people On page 6

FORMER PRESIDENT Referendum on waste, Moisiu: I had faith in the Constitutional Court On page 11

DOMJE “The northerners are killing us”, the village chief is wounded On page 9

THE ROBBERY Pharmacy owner: They stole my expensive medicines On page 11

BY FATOS VELIU “In search of Ali Kuçi, the legend of Nazi Dachau” On pages 12-13