A LARGE VOLUME OF FILES AT THE MEETING, BERISHA TOMORROW TO HAVE LUNCH WITH THAÇI The day after tomorrow, the balance sheet of the past 8 years before the media. Harxhi meets Riker: He expressed the US support for a strong opposition. Halimi: We will not allow them to touch the institutions By VALENTINA MADANI The Berisha government meets today to approve more than 70 decisions, from formalizing the resignations of the deputy ministers to other important decisions of an economic nature. The government meeting, in all likelihood, will be chaired for the last time by Prime Minister Berisha before parliament approves the new cabinet next week. Berisha will meet with the government today to approve a large volume of files, while tomorrow he will have lunch in Tirana with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi. He has packed his schedule heavily in recent days and sources from the Prime Minister’s Office told “GSH” that the prime minister is expected to hold a final press conference on Saturday to present an assessment of his governance over his two terms. As the Berisha government prepares to hand over the baton to the one led by Continues on page 2

15th anniversary / Kiri Hajdari: Gratitude to Lulzim Basha (In the photo:) The memorial of Azem Hajdari near the former PD headquarters. Kiri Hajdari. The “Mother Albania” monument at the Martyrs’ Cemetery Following the wife’s request, the Tirana municipality project foresees the exhumation and transfer of the remains of the “Leader of December” to the Martyrs’ Cemetery On the 15th anniversary of the killing of the “Hero of Democracy” Azem Hajdari, on 12 September his remains will be laid to rest from Sharra to the Martyrs’ Cemetery. At the initiative of the Tirana Municipality, a special commission will deal with his transfer from On page 4

“My granddaughter Aleksandra, inspiration” Supplement

Opinion of the Day By EDUARD ZALOSHNJA For some time now in Tirana, the city where I was born and raised, I have perceived a frightening divide between Tirana natives who come from the regions above ... Yesterday’s Tiranas and today’s Tirana Continues on page 20

VLORA MASSACRE On page 12

MEDIA: EXTREMIST, INSULTS FRIENDS IN SERBIA On page 22

INAUGURATION On page 3

MYSTERY On page 7

THE RESEARCHER On page 17

90-YEAR-OLD SPEAKS / BY FATOS VELIU 90-YEAR-OLD SPEAKS / BY FATOS VELIU Sejfi Protopapa: Close friend of Margarita Tutulani On pages 18-19

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