PD signs agreement with 25 parties TOPI MEETS NGJELA, FRD RUNS ALONE. BERISHA: PS-LSI TURN DUSHAN MUGOSHA UPSIDE DOWN PS-LSI, now as two partners in the coalition “Alliance for a European Albania,” will move through their new coexistence on the basis of a charter of principles. This package of principles was signed yesterday by the chairman of the PS, Edi Rama, and that of the LSI, Ilir Meta, also in the presence of representatives of the European socialist and social-democratic parties, in the city of Shkodër. In this document, the two left-wing parties promise that they will bring Albania into the EU within the span of two government mandates. The same principles, it is stated at the end of the agreement, will be taken into account in drafting the agreement ahead of the 2015 local elections. Continues on pages 2-7 (In the photo:) The leader of the PS, Edi Rama, and the leader of the LSI, Ilir Meta, yesterday in Shkodër

Opinion of the Day By PËLLUMB XHUFI Years ago, a publicist known for his strong sense of humor and self-irony recounted a “culminating” moment from his personal history.... From political solution to bureaucratic solution Continues on page 21

The great writer publishes the new volume “Conversation about the diamonds in the December afternoon” “Advance” for the reader of “GSH”, excerpt from the publication: Death of the Russian woman KADARE Conversation about the diamonds in the December afternoon Gazeta shqiptare” publishes today the little-known story by Ismail Kadare, “Death of the Russian woman.” It was written in 1985 and is in a sense dedicated to the breakdown of Albania’s relations with the Soviet Union. How did ordinary people experience this event that caused such a storm? The lines of this piece of literature by the writer, with a great message to convey, are dedicated to a married life in Albania. Her name is Nina and her burial tells us many things about the wooden times, which hang in the air like chickens, times when nothing stirs, even though one enters a narrow “earth,” kilometers away from the one in which one was born. ... EXCLUSIVE The well-known writer Ismail Kadare On pages 18-19

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