INTERVIEW / THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE PROPERTY AGENCY: DOCUMENTS, IN 3 WEEKS AKKP: $10 million for property owners INTERVIEW / THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE PROPERTY AGENCY: DOCUMENTS, IN 3 WEEKS LEGALIZATION FUNDS AKKP: $10 million for property owners Agim Toro: I have no conflict of interest. Work is underway on the methodology for physical compensation. Procedures will begin for the 300 million lek compensation fund By LORENC RABETA A few days after being appointed as the number two of the Property Restitution and Compensation Agency, Agim Toro comments on his position in this institution and on the most important developments in the property issue. Toro says that this post does not conflict with his role as Secretary General of the Association Property with Justice, and he even emphasizes that his involvement in the Agency will be a positive development for property owners in general. The number two of AKKP also comments on the new property value map, which in his view still leaves room for corrections that will be made later. Speaking about the ongoing processes, Toro stresses that compensation will soon begin for a number of property owners affected by unauthorized buildings being legalized. You have just been appointed deputy director of the Property Restitution Agency. We are not facing a direct conflict of interest at the moment when you are Secretary General of the Association Property with Justice,... Continues on page 12

League head, Hysen Sinani: I was accused of pornography in 1985 (In photo:) Chairman of the Writers’ League, Hysen Sinani. The distinguished writer Ismail Kadare with his wife, Helena The number one of the Writers’ League continues his account of events before the ’90s: Ramiz was gentle, he would step on your foot by accident. The minutes of the meetings disappeared By FATMIRA NIKOLLI They did not criticize Ismail for the party line... “The League. They were criticized more by the mass organizations, because they drew zeal and euphoria from the party struggle...”. Hysen Sinani, in an interview for “Gazeta Shqiptare”, seems completely convinced... On pages 18-19

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PS LEADER: I SPOKE ABOUT YOU BACK IN '90 Edi Rama meets LGBT associations: He promised us a law within 2 years On page 3

Opinion of the Day By MIMOZA KOÇIU The successive cases of shootings, mainly for trivial motives, are not managing to attract the attention of the political parties... Gun possession, outside the campaign spotlight Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By DRITAN HILA Apparently, in the calculations of the major political camps, northern Albania will not bring surprises. Kukës, Dibra, Lezha seem to be set in stone.... The Battle of the South Continues on page 21

PRESIDENT Nishani: No visas for the US? With reforms, entirely possible On page 5

PD IN KUKES On page 4

DURRES “He was harassing my sister, I killed the 27-year-old,” the perpetrator handcuffed On page 15

ZENEL MATA: THEY DO NOT LET US SEE OUR GRANDSON Missing minor Bleona Mata, gone for 3 years, grandfather: I suspect her mother On page 9