KAKAVIJE DIRECTOR GIVES ORDER, CONSUL PROMISES TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM The situation at the customs points with Greece normalizes. The situation after the closure of the Church of Përmet. The Greek ambassador, meetings at the Foreign Ministry, and foreign media react as well (In photo:) Border Police Director Admir Abria. Queue at the border with Greece On pages 2-3

Father of 3 children was shot in front of the house Police: Cause is business competition, or some money dispute By ENRIK MEHMETI Vlorë is shaken. A 52-year-old man, who had arrived from Italy only a week earlier for a holiday in his hometown, has been executed near his home. Official sources from the Vlorë Regional Police Directorate say that the incident ... On page 7

Dossier by Fatos Veliu/ Hyrie Kupi speaks: I told Nuçi Tira: I will never cooperate with you Abaz Kupi’s daughter: I stayed near the window, ready to jump We spoke, Mrs. Hyrie, about the situation created in your camp in Tepelenë, when you, a group of girls and some boys were selected to be transferred to Vlorë, brutally separating you from your families in that camp. Where exactly were you taken after that? Another prison would be set up in Vlorë and they would take the girls and boys from the mothers to work as slaves and separate them from their families. For that they lined us up and looked at us as bodies. Just like work animals. Wherever they pointed their finger, they would tell you to go over there to get into the car that would leave for Vlorë. We do not know why they wanted us and where they would take us. We only saw that when the finger pointed at us to move to the group that would be forcibly taken by car, cries could be heard from the mothers and the ... On pages 10-11

DECISION: ONLY SPECIAL FORCES BENEFIT On page 12

Opinion of the Day By EDUARD ZALOSHNJA After publishing the article “33 aunts to learn, 67 to eat,” I received several private comments that offered serious counterarguments to the system ... More broadly about children’s schooling Continues on page 18

Opinion of the Day By DRITAN HILA It is impossible not to notice the association that Rama makes between his government and that of Ismail Qemali 101 years earlier. The evocation of the Renaissance is linked to the help ... About the “Rama” government Continues on page 19

BERISHA IN TIRANA On pages 4-5

THE NEIGHBORS SPEAK On page 6

INTERVIEW On page 22

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