“The President and the minister, not in the KLD” INTERVIEW/ EU EXPERT: THE JUDGES OF “21 JANUARY” WERE PROMOTED Joaquin Urias: The overall situation is very bad. The judicial system is completely corrupt. Politicians should not be an active part of the High Council of Justice

DURRËS STABBING/ 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HANDCUFFED DURRËS STABBING/ 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HANDCUFFED Novruz Qosja: My daughter-in-law stabbed my son with a knife, she wanted to kill him On page 11

EU INTEGRATION Edi Rama meets the Dutch: The status must not be blocked anymore On page 6

Durrës/ Shot near his home, the court released him 3 weeks ago (In photo): The victim, Arben Tollia. The place where the incident occurred The man convicted of rape declared that he had had around 380 women. Last November he deceived another woman. He was released on 11 May, benefiting from a sentence reduction By KLODIANA HAXHIAJ Arben Tollia, who had been sentenced to 12 years in prison, was executed with a burst of Kalashnikov fire, only 100 meters from his home... On page 9

In Albania, the Spanish expert Joaquin Urias, who for four years led the European assistance mission in the Justice system, Euralius 3, says that “the overall state of Justice is very bad”. In an interview with journalist Armand Mero of “Zëri i Amerikës”, Urias talks about the many problems the justice system has. Mr. Urias, after four years in Albania, where you led Euralius, the European Union’s assistance mission for the Albanian justice system, how would you describe the situation in the judicial system and in Albanian justice? The overall situation of Justice, I think, is very bad. I do not want to be pessimistic, but I think that in the last four years the situation has not improved. Justice should be the key institution of the rule of law; it is an institution that guarantees that people are respecting the law. In Albania the situation is such that Justice is not capable of guaranteeing citizens that they feel... Continues on pages 2-3

FLOODS FNSH commissioner: How we saved 400 Bosnians in the middle of the mines On page 10

ELECTIONS “Earthquake” in the EU, extremists win 30% of Parliament On page 22

ASSOCIATION: THE DECISION, AFTER THE LAW CHANGED ASSOCIATION: THE DECISION, AFTER THE LAW CHANGED “People with disabilities will pay on buses, we do not recognize the cards” On page 12

“My revenge, literature” INTERVIEW! On pages 16-17

Opinion of the Day The mother of little Mouzine, a name widely publicized in France for many years. In January 2003 she was kidnapped as she was returning from school... By OLSI BAZE For Bleona and Julian, our children Continues on page 22

Opinion of the Day The return of Enver Hoxha as a figure of the day may have many reasons: the revival of the left after 23 years of stagnation; a return of the compensation... By DRITAN HILA Enver Hoxha’s mothballed uniform Continues on page 19