MIRELA KUMBARO AND EGLANTINA GJERMENI: WE ARE WORKING FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT The president’s wife said that if PS takes over the government, it could even fire him from his job. The Minister of Tourism avoids questions (In the photo:) First Lady Odeta Nishani and the Ministers of Culture and Tourism, Mirela Kumbaro and Eglantina Gjermeni. On page 5

Opinion of the Day By MENTOR KIKIA We Albanians have a very strong sense of self-criticism. In truth, it is not self-criticism in the sense of understanding the mistakes we make, ... We have citizens, now we need the state Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By MIMOZA KOÇIU The political temperature in these hot August days is rising progressively, placing the Institution of the President of the Republic at the center. The head of state ... President in opposition? Continues on page 21

The event in Përmet, Greece retaliates Greeks at the border attack the “News 24” crew, seize the footage and erase it Private security retook yesterday in the early hours of the morning the building of the Përmet Palace of Culture, which for years had been turned into a church under the name “Saint Mary of the Bazaar” and which a few days earlier had been returned to the municipality of the city after it won the court battle with the Church over ownership of the building. A larger number of security forces, since ... On pages 2-3

Abaz Kupi’s daughter: I recount the moments of horror, the mothers were screaming Dossier by Fatos Veliu / Hyrie Kupi speaks: They answered us with their fingers, we did not know where they were taking us Well, Mrs. Hyrie, in the last issue we talked mostly about how the work was organized in the internment camp, where you, the descendants of well-known families and at the same time of the highest-ranking former anti-communist figures who had been executed, had been placed. You said your basic job was carrying logs, which you girls and women hauled down on your shoulders like animals? I explained to you that the youngest and the mothers with small children went farther up the mountain for firewood. But in the caravan there were also men and young people, who were used to cut the wood, while we women and girls would transport it. Escort was provided by a squad of armed policemen. During the walk we were not allowed to move as we pleased, but they lined us up two by two and directed us onto the road toward the Luzat mountain or Reprat ... On pages 10-11

Architecture until 26 August On page 7

The murder in Arbanë The testimony is revealed: I killed them out of fear On page 6

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Correspondence Kostë Çekrezi: Clashes with Mehmet in France On pages 18-19