Her husband sues the Ministry of Health: They didn’t give us 6.6 million lek ESMERALDA URUÇI DIED IN 2012, THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVED AID Dashamir Uruçi: The Health Ministry did not implement the government decision to cover our medical expenses. The insurance company is also in court for compensation for damages

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Opinion of the Day By MENTOR KIKIA A statement made by the deputy spokesperson of the PD, Laura Vorpsi, regarding foreign tenants having to obtain a visa to enter Tirana, ... When Albanian tenants know how to get angry only with Laura Continues on page 18

Opinion of the Day By PETRIT HALITI In European diplomatic circles, the announcement was received with a sense of relief that the European Union and Russia, on 17 January, ... Legal or strategic quarrel between the EU and Russia Continues on page 19

Deputy commissioner Nazmi Perlezi: They have no motive, he took revenge “‘Saimir Tahiri dismissed me from my post because I escorted his father to the police’” INTERVIEW (In the photo:) Deputy commissioner Nazmi Perlezi. Facsimiles of text messages on a mobile phone and the dismissal letter The messages of the minister and the deputy minister to the Shqiponja officer and the reasons for his removal are being published. Perlezi: New hiring competitions are being held, there was no room for me... By XHEMIL BEHARAJ I was fired from my job, deputy commissioner Nazmi Perlezi, who for 8 months had been part of the “Shqiponja” patrols. Who had the minister Saimir Tahiri’s father”. This is how he says On page 3

By KLODIANA LALA The family members of the former Minister of Culture, the late Esmeralda Uruçi, who lost her life in March 2012, are once again knocking on the doors of the Tirana Court. This time not to seek punishment for the person who caused the fatal accident that took the life of their loved one, but by beginning a very long battle with the Ministry of Health, which never implemented the decision of the Council of Ministers to give them the money allocated as expenses for the treatment of the deceased woman. Because the former minister had died, the government decided to allocate a fund of 6.6 million lek as aid for her family, her husband and their two children. This sum of money, although two years have passed since the day the “Berisha” government made the decision, has still not been withdrawn by the family members. Thus, a few days ago, Dashamir Uruçi, the widower of the former MTKRS minister and former MP, through... Continues on page 11

SIX IN COURT On page 7

ABDYL KOLECI On pages 8-9

NON-FUNCTIONING On page 15

STATEMENTS On pages 4-5

FULL LIST On page 10