“Political attack, I did not incite terror” INTERVIEW/ THE ACCUSED GERTI PASHJA SPEAKS FROM TURKEY: I DID NOT SEND ANYONE TO SYRIA The 30-year-old from Cërrik: The police tried to make me an accomplice on 2 October 2013. The government failed with criminals, it is doing this to draw attention away. I am a student, I will seek political asylum By AURORA KOROMANI The Albanian police have put psychological pressure on me to admit that I am part of the group that was sending Albanians to Syria.” That is how one of the terrorism suspects in our country, Gerti Pashja from Cërrik, who is in Turkey, expresses himself. In an exclusive interview for “Gazeta Shqiptare”, the 30-year-old states that “there is jihad in Syria”, while also asserting that that war is not terror. Pashja clarifies that he has no connection to the group of people who were arrested a few days ago by the police. Gerti, aware of the accusations that Albanian justice has brought against him, that he organized terrorism? [?] I have only been informed by what I have followed in the media, and what I have seen is that I am not very clear about what accusations are being leveled against me, since the prosecutor’s office and different media outlets express themselves in different ways. But before speaking about my own accusations, I want to tell you the story of how all the accusations against me began ... Continues on pages 2-3 EXCLUSIVE

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Opinion of the Day By BEN ANDONI For some time, the great-great-granddaughter of Hoxha Tashini, a teacher of the Albanian Renaissance figures, has been trying to find in Istanbul the grave of this highly multifaceted great figure.... The Government, the Left and Eqrem bej Vlora Continues on page 24

BLUE TOOTH Ermal Mamaqi 1 million followers: I slept with Pirro Çako Elvis Roshi becomes a father to a girl. Rigelsi from “BB7”: I stabbed someone with a knife (In the photo:) The Mayor of Kavajë, Elvis Roshi, singer Ronela Hajati, Ermal Mamaqi Dasara Malltezi recounts the book launch: Uncle, in a poem, was the first to call me “Supergranddaughter.” How I experience the attacks on the family Violeta’s boyfriend jealous, asks for her exit from “Big Brother”. Matilda to Erjon: Watch out for women or we will both leave Supplement

Pharmaceutical Directorate DOCUMENTS The “oddities” of the competitions, wins as director, runs for specialist On page 14

“Iceberg” PD and the Union of Journalists: Condemn violence against Artur Cani On page 9

FULL LIST Names, 300 former political prisoners whose files have problems On page 10

THE CULTURE PLENUM Todi Lubonja: Bilal Xhaferri an enemy, let him go to hell On pages 12-13

IS THE HERITAGE ASSET THREATENED? IS THE HERITAGE ASSET THREATENED? Privatization of Butrint, UNESCO, letter to Albania On page 26