His brother: He died before my eyes, I saw the perpetrators They stole 2.5 million lek. Expert report: Died of hemorrhage Haxhi Kotarja tells ‘GSH’: They were wearing black clothes, like those in swimming pools. They put the Kalashnikov to my head. Fatmiri fired first with a double-barrel shotgun By KLODIANA HAXHIAJ A serious घटना shocked the city of Durrës yesterday. In the beach area near Hekurudha, a currency exchanger was shot dead with an automatic weapon by two robbers, who took the amount of 25 million old lek. According to official sources from the Durrës County Police Directorate, Fatmir Kotarja, 46, was returning home together with his brother, both currency exchangers, when two masked and armed men ambushed them and demanded the money. When the 46-year-old refused to hand over the money, he was shot in the leg with an automatic weapon by one of the robbers. The robbers then fled the scene on a motorcycle. It was the victim’s brother who called the ambulance and the police. The 46-year-old died on the way to the hospital. According to the forensic examination, the cause of Fatmir Kotarja’s death was hemorrhage... Continues on page 9

Dossier by FATOS VELIU On pages 14-15

Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI Russia organized the largest naval and military maneuvers in its entire post-communist history in the Mediterranean Sea from 19 to 29 January ... Russia’s geopolitical return to the Mediterranean Continues on page 21

PPSHR leader: They should be retried, they were sentenced by those who did not love the party Communists, alliance with the persecuted: We ask for forgiveness. Kurt Kola: We are at ease (In the photo:) PPSHR leader Marko Dajti and Enver’s son, Ilir Hoxha. The leader of the party of former political persecuted people “Rruga e Lirisë”, Kurt Kola PS leader Edi Rama: The wind is blowing left. The government: Compensation, 70 million lek for former persecuted people, within the year, the second and third installment By DARINA TANUSHI Communists and former political prisoners have joined the Socialist Party in a coalition this time to come to power on 23 June. Putting aside old grievances, they have joined... On pages 2-3

Serbian academic in ‘Večernje novosti’ Albanci će zaostravati do kraja “Albanians, mercenaries of the USA for the chaos” On page 7

State protocol photographer On pages 10-11

THE TRIAL IS BLOCKED On page 8

LDP CONGRESS Elmaz Sherifi: Parties have turned into army units On page 3

INTERVIEW On page 16

77TH ANNIVERSARY OF ISMAIL KADARESE On pages 18-19