PARLIAMENT / MINISTER OF STATE: YOU APPOINTED RELATIVES. MEDIU: CLASS STRUGGLE Harito: Here is PD’s nepotism in state institutions PARLIAMENT / MINISTER OF STATE: YOU APPOINTED RELATIVES. MEDIU: CLASS STRUGGLE THE “LIST” OF SISTERS-IN-LAW Harito: Here is PD’s nepotism in state institutions Berisha’s response: In the government you are 4 family members. Protest outside parliament: Stop the dismissals. Rama: We will not wait for the PD, we will approve the territorial reform By DARINA TANUSHI Parliament was engulfed yesterday in debates and mutual accusations between the majority and the opposition over nepotism and appointments that have been made in the public administration. The debate in Parliament began with MP Majlinda Bregu, who recalled that “outside this Parliament hall there are several hundred state administration employees protesting against the unfair dismissals from work.” But immediately after Bregu, the Minister of Innovation, Milena Harito, reacted and mentioned some of the relatives of Democratic Party deputies who are employed in the state administration. This prompted an immediate response from former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, the Republican Party leader Fatmir Mediu, and several other opposition MPs. “Are you worried about those 7,000 people you talk about, or are you worried about the lists of your own relatives? Are you worried about the wife of Mr Kosova who works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the wife of Saimir Shehri... Continues on pages 2-3

The prefect of Kukës leaves, Ramë Hoxha: Politics is what this job is about INTERVIEW (In the photo): Former prefect of the Kukës region, Ramë Hoxha The government removes the prefect of Kukës from office: I applied the law, I wish my successor success. Edjona Hoxha replaces Besnik Dervishi in Vlorë By MATILDA TOTA KUKËS – Ramë Hoxha is no longer the Prefect of the Kukës region as of yesterday. In an interview with “Gazeta Shqiptare”, he recounted his disappointment over being dismissed from this post even though, as... On page 5

PENALTIES, HERE IS HOW THE PAYMENT WILL BE MADE On page 7

“WHY I REFUSED THE TWO AMBASSADORS” On page 4

Today’s Opinion On 18 March 2014, in front of a large gathering of politicians and leaders from all the institutions of the Russian Federation,... Continues on page 18

By ALFRED CAKO Crimea and Kosovo, or Kosovo and Crimea?

Today’s Opinion By KIÇO BLUSHI Over the 70 years since the liberation of Albania, it cannot be said with certainty that the Cold War has ended and ceased to exist here. It has not been reignited... Continues on page 19 The “Cold War” of the struggle for power

GREEK ARCHIVES On pages 16-17

Safet Gjici: I was with PD, but I found no gratitude • Speaks the new prefect of Kukës: Rama’s phone call, respect for honest businessmen

“THEY TOLD US: WE HAVE NO MONEY” On page 14

BY BESNIK BAKIU On page 20

PROSECUTOR’S INVESTIGATION SUSPENDED On page 8