Berisha: Another 4 years. Rama: PD, not even 60 MPs HOLTKEMPER: THE RULE OF LAW IS MISSING, NOT TENSIONS DURING THE ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN The US ambassador: $1 million assistance for the process. Debates in Parliament, Ruçi “reveals” the 25 unfulfilled promises of the PD. The Prime Minister: I will lower taxes, raise salaries and pensions. Bamir Topi: Saliu like Gorbachev

Opinion of the Day By Prof. Dr. EDMOND PANARITI The brotherly spirit and strategic partnership between Albania and Kosovo aims to create conditions for ever broader spaces... Albania-Kosovo, not harming consumers Continues on page 22

Opinion of the Day By DRITAN HILA Below are two human stories that show how businesses are heading toward collapse, and people toward bankruptcy. Since publishing the names... A speck of crisis Continues on page 23

INTERVIEW/ The well-known professor: History is not made by orders (In the photo:) Professor Arben Puto. The well-known writer Ismail Kadare “Ismail Qemali served the Ottoman Empire for three quarters of his life, he admitted it himself. The Turkish-Kosovar commission for textbooks is absurd” By FATMIRA NIKOLLI I am against revising history under Turkish influence, but I consider the reaction in that form, that is, through a petition, to be excessive”. This is how the well-known historian stated yesterday in an interview for “Gazeta Shqiptare”... Continues on pages 18-19

By VALENTINA MADANI The United States will support the 23 June elections with 1 million dollars, but they want them to be successful. The US ambassador to Tirana, Aleksandër Arvizu, conveyed this appeal yesterday to the Albanian political class during the presentation of American support for the parliamentary elections in Albania. Mr. Arvizu said that compromise and inclusiveness are the two key conditions for the success of the 23 June elections. “In January, I wrote an editorial about the upcoming elections titled, ‘A Simple Answer.’ Today, I am more convinced than ever that a successful electoral process is achievable by you. But in order for this to become reality, all political parties are asked to return to the key conditions of compromise and inclusiveness. Inclusiveness is the key term and I think people should pay more attention to it. Political parties have a decisive role ... Continues on pages 2-5

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