THE STATEMENTS OF THE ITALIAN AND THE ALBANIAN ARRESTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING Prosecutor’s Office: Here is the airplane drug route Minister Tahiri: I will not resign, the operation was successful. Manjani: Our airspace is under control Basha: The “Rama” government has fallen. The Lumalas airfield in Korçë is closed, patrols 24 hours a day after the incident THE STATEMENTS OF THE ITALIAN AND THE ALBANIAN ARRESTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING “I BOUGHT THE DRUG IN LUSHNJA” Prosecutor’s Office: Here is the airplane drug route • Minister Tahiri: I will not resign, the operation was a success. Manjani: Our airspace is under control • Basha: The “Rama” government has fallen. The Lumalas airfield in Korçë is closed, 24-hour patrols, after the incident By AURORA KOROMANI New details are coming to light about the drug trafficking in Divjaka. Sources close to the prosecution tell of all the movements of the people involved in the drug trafficking network. According to the same sources... Continued on pages 2-7 (In the photo:) Citizens posing for a photo with the crashed plane. The plane’s pilot, 67-year-old Giorgio Riformato

Draft law / No caretakers for those living in community centres, the community reacts Decision for those in nursing homes, the elderly react: Better they take our lives Draft law / No caretakers for those living in community centres, the community reacts The government removes payments from disabled people for a 47 million lek profit Decision for those in nursing homes, the elderly react: Better they take our lives With a social agenda that charges everyone with rights and duties, we want to build a society where the energy and creativity of each person can find room to be realized, through a state that provides public services as needed. It is the mission of socialist governance to ensure every Albanian citizen, regardless of income, origin, age, gender, ethnicity, education, sexual orientation, cultural identity, political and religious beliefs, quality public services”. By OLA MITRE These words are taken from the current government’s program for vulnerable groups and are also reflected on the online page of the Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth, which goes even further when it stresses that “we will cancel... On page 12

“How to behave, keep the papers” On page 10

Opinion of the Day By AHMET SHQARRI I like to believe that the remarks about a better treatment of our elite athletes have now been approved by Prime Minister Edi Rama as well... Same ideas, different prime ministers Continued on page 20

Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI International relations can no longer be as they were before Russia’s forcible annexation of part of the territory... Russia made the 11 September of international relations Continued on page 21

“WE DESERVE IT” On pages 8-9

DOSSIER/ FATOS VELIU The Bureau in ’91: Bashkurti does not accept being a political lever On pages 14-15

EUROVISION Spain shouts: Long live Albania, it recognizes music On page 17

ELBASAN 35-year-old man killed in Syria, relatives: The body should be returned On page 11