Amnesty, prison director: 35 convicted women will leave their cells The March 8 “gift”: Lindita Nikolla and the SP deputies dance with Nazime Visha. Rama posts photos of Linda and Aneta HALF OF WOMEN IN PRISONS ARE RELEASED The March 8 “gift”: Lindita Nikolla and the SP deputies dance with Nazime Visha. Rama posts photos of Linda and Aneta (In the photo): Minister of Education Lindita Nikolla dancing with Nazime Visha in prison 325 On pages 2-3

Opinion of the Day Continued on page 12

By EDUARD ZALOSHNJA Ukraine, the Balkans and integration into the EU

Opinion of the Day Continued on page 21

By ALFRED CAKO A new Balkan federation?

Berisha meets Timoshenko in Dublin “Crimea”/ Edit Harxhi: Albania, like Moldova Former deputy minister: Rama promised a common customs union, Kosovo imposed taxes on us By VALENTINA MADANI Edith Harxhi, former deputy foreign minister and currently executive director of the “Albanian Policy Center”, sees the foreign policy pursued by official Tirana as chaotic and lacking a backbone... On pages 4-5

CONTROVERSIES/ Skënder Bruçaj elected, imam of Laprakë: The Community statute was violated Selim Muça leaves: A month ago I fell ill, my wish remains ‘Namazgjaja Mosque’ The new head of the Muslim Community is elected. Since yesterday, with 88 votes in favor, the new chairman of the KMSH will be Skënder Bruçaj, who will take the place of Haxhi Selim Muça, who did not run again for this post. Muça symbolically handed over to the new chairman his turban and robe, wishing him success and prosperity in this five-year mandate. Meanwhile Bruçaj, with his hand on the Quran, took the oath in accordance with the statute. The new head of the Community completed higher education in Psychology in Turkey and worked as a lecturer in the subjects Social Psychology and Islamic Psychology. After taking the oath, Bruçaj emphasized: “I pledge before Allah and all of you that I will By AURORA KOROMANI ERMELINDA HOXHAJ On page 7

ALBANIAN WOMEN IN EXILE, THE SYMBOL OF THE VENICE OF AIKA Inside: Oscar Wilde, Ndoc Gjetja, Bozhin Pavlovski and David Freeberg Supplement

TODAY, TRIBUTES Cardiac arrest for Ferdinand Poni, colleague: He was in good spirits On page 6

PLENUM OF CULTURE The protocol, Ramiz Alia in ’73: I confess my sins On pages 10-11

MILOT The 73-year-old woman is tied up, beaten and robbed inside her home On page 9

PROTESTS ’91 Lame: The crimes in Shkodër, it was said “the Catholics killed 4 Muslims” On page 9