SHKODËR / THE NEW PRIME MINISTER SLEEPS IN ROOM 216 যেখানে BERISHA STAYED SHKODËR / THE NEW PRIME MINISTER SLEEPS IN ROOM 216 WHERE BERISHA STAYED BERISHA-RAMA, NO HANDOVER CEREMONY The new government meets to approve the 100-day program. As power changes hands, the files are handed over to Rama by the secretary-general, Gjergj Lezhja By VALENTINA MADANI Edi Rama will begin his journey as the country’s new Prime Minister by taking the oath on the Constitution and then sitting in the chair of the head of government. On the day he climbs the stairs to the second floor of the Prime Minister’s Office building, Rama will find everything ready to begin work. Sali Berisha has prepared all the documentation for the regular continuation of government work. The files will be handed over to him by the Secretary General of the Prime Minister’s Office, Gjergj Lezhja. Sources close to the prime minister say there will be no handover ceremony between the two prime ministers, but Lezhja will handle the symbolic protocol for the occasion. On the day he takes office, Edi Rama will be received at the Prime Minister’s Office by the Secretary General and the head of Protocol, Nadia Qesia. Sources from the Prime Minister’s Office said Berisha did not make it mandatory to hold a special ceremony for his successor Edi Rama, nor to receive him in his office to hand over the work. Continues on pages 2-3

- INTERVIEW / MUZAFER KORKUTI SPEAKS EXCLUSIVE “ENCYCLOPEDIA IN ENGLISH AGAINST THE MACEDONIAN ONE” The new head of the Academy of Sciences: Correct the reform, bring the institutes back On page 18

DURRËS / ARRESTED FOR TRAFFICKING IN 2006 On page 7

Opinion of the Day In recent weeks, the public was informed about the relocation of the central headquarters of the largest opposition party, the PD, to the former House of the Army. Continues on pages 20-21 By ALFRED CAKO The symbolism we do not need

Opinion of the Day The result of the election for the commune chief of the commune of Rrethina in the Shkodër district, which took place last Sunday,... Continues on page 21 By EDUARD ZALOSHNJA The electoral problem of the right in rural areas

Mass execution 2 days ago in Iraq, concern in Tirana (In the photo:) Mujahedin Ha.Gh. speaking to “GSH”. Some of the victims from Camp Ashraf in Iraq, after the 1 September attack. U.S. Ambassador Aleksandër Arvizu On 1 September, 52 Iranians were executed in Camp Ashraf, the UN and the US condemned the attack. Families of the victims in Tirana in tears: At least let us publish the truths about the killings By OLA MITRE The attack that took place in Camp Ashraf in Iraq, in which 52 people lost their lives, has prompted a reaction from the Iranian mujahedin, who are sheltered at the National Reception Center for Asylum Seekers in Tirana. On page 5

“I WANT PROTECTION, HE HAS BEEN BEATING ME FOR 25 YEARS” On page 9

freshness has a name ...

“GOLDEN DAWN” On page 8

PRIZE IN KOSOVO On page 19

“SUMMER PAGES” On pages 13-17