FIVE COUSINS AND TWO WORKERS DIE IN THE SHAFTS, POLITICAL MESSAGES Father of the two dead boys: I didn’t know they would go there, they were collecting scrap for bread. The state should close the shafts. The Hamolli family’s door is shut, three children from the same family are extinguished (In photo): Xhevit Hamolli, father of Ardjan and Sazan. Three of the victims, Sazan Hamolli, Ledio Hamolli, Edison Hamolli On pages 2-3

Opinion of the Day By BEN ANDONI Chemical weapons, the dilemma of servility! The only thing that has brought together in these days many of the reasonable voices in this country is the rejection of chemical weapons or chemical substances ... Continues on page 21

“Daily Mail” publishes the scandal Mark Pritchard English MP accused of shady dealings in Albania Mark Pritchard was trapped by a journalist disguised as a businessman By LORENC RABETA A British Conservative MP is under accusation in England on suspicion of using ties with Albanian politics for business deals. According to “MailOnline”, the website of Britain’s “Daily Mail”,... On page 14

Chairman of the Democratic Party: Rally on Monday in front of the Prime Minister’s Office, they killed our democracy “Vote buying”, Basha: A strong protest Prime Minister Edi Rama: We were not elected to please the opposition The chairman of the Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, denounced yesterday on “Opinion” the vote buying in Korçë, while warning that the socialist majority is preparing a system for stealing votes also in the upcoming elections. Facing a panel of journalists, Mr. Basha announced the start of the strongest protest on Monday at 2:00 p.m., from the PD headquarters toward the Prime Minister’s Office, to stop the violation of Albanians’ votes. Mr. Basha today in Parliament was distributing “money” and these things we see in the television report are the banknotes distributed by the PD... We did not distribute them. We sent them to you by e-mail. Don’t you hate these successes, Mr. Rama, as if they were banknotes? How is it possible, but that is a decision that is not up to me. A part was mentioned about the theft in Korçë, but you did not speak about the decline of the PD... On page 14

USA, ARVIZU: LET’S FIND AN EFFECTIVE WAY On pages 5-10

INTERVIEW WITH THE FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER On page 17

PROFILE OF THE CHOSEN ONE On page 8

UNION On page 11

SITUATION IN VLORË On page 16

515 MILLION LEK STOLEN On page 11