Former minister Halim Kosova: Here is how our government transformed it Pipero: The fault lies with the hospital managers. Former minister Flamur Noka: Basement government. Dokle: The offices have been fixed, now we are waiting for the “Rilindja” BEFORE AFTER BEFORE AFTER (In the photo): Photo of the premises of QSUT, before and after the appointment of Halim Kosova as Minister of Health On pages 6-7

Opinion of the Day While the exhibition “Tesor i del patrimonio culturale albanese”, ordered by the Ministry of Culture, has been visited in recent weeks... By BEN ANDONI While the exhibition “I tesori del patrimonio culturale albanese”, ordered by the Ministry of Culture, has been visited in recent weeks... For cultural heritage, work begins with its own law Continues on page 18

Opinion of the Day By MENTOR KIKIA In 1991, the wall of the Block fell in Tirana. The neighborhood where the communist leadership lived, which Albanians had been forbidden to... Nexhmije’s “coffee trial” and Berisha’s Turkish-style VC Continues on page 19

Edi and Linda Rama with the Obama couple Dinner with the Obama couple in the USA Rama’s mandate in PS expires, procedure for elections begins Elected chairman on 26 September 2009. Klosi, Balla and Fino, working group set up The chairman of the Socialist Party, Edi Rama, no longer has an official mandate starting today. Under the statute, his four-year term at the helm of the party ends today, after his election on 26 September 2009, according to the “one member-one vote” principle. On pages 3-5

The letter from the King's close friend in 1944: He is hopeless The diplomat's confidential correspondence with Ferid Dervishi: A notable pirate and criminal Who was Zogu? Çatin Saraçi, former diplomat of the Administration of King Zog I, became known to Albanian readers after the Albanian publication of his English manuscript “Zogumbrëti shqiptarëve. A lived history”. The book, published by the “55” Publishing House, with translation by Virgjil Muçi, is accompanied by a “foreword” by Prof. A. Plasari, titled “Two words about this book and its author”. It can be said that the publication of this book “shook” public opinion in Albania, because the author, Saraçi had been a close friend of King Zog, suspected even in the press of the time as Consul of Albania in Bari and in the killing of the distinguished former patriot Luigj Gurakuqi in 1925. The published manuscript, on the contrary, showed a very serious story... On pages 16-17

Bajram Hysa: The matriculation exam is a failure On page 11

Former prime minister On page 2

The order On page 21

Durrës On page 15

Tirana On page 10