Files from Baki Xhabatti to Leonard Murataj IN ONE YEAR 12 MAFIA-STYLE EXECUTIONS, ONLY TWO WITH ARRESTED PERPETRATORS How banker Artan Santo and the Durrës businessman Xhemal Çela were executed in broad daylight. Most of the targets were prominent businessmen and well-known names in the criminal underworld By AURORA KOROMANI The targets of mafia attacks in 2014 were businessmen, as many of them were executed. Over the 12 months now ending, the country was shaken on no few occasions by many executions and mafia attacks, not to mention bomb attacks with tritol, at the center of which were people previously involved in crime or also well-known figures in business in the country. The murder of banker Artan Santo was undoubtedly the one that shook public opinion most, as his execution took place in central Tirana, in broad daylight and in a place surrounded by police officers. “Gazeta Shqiptare” has selected 12 of the most sensational events that shook the whole country over the year now ending, of which only two have been solved by the police. 16 January 2014 - Asrit Gjepali and Halil Fici are executed in an ambush. At that time, the police reported that the two well-known names of the world Continues on page 7

Comment of the Day By PETRIT HALITI Although among the countries of our region it is the state least deserving of all to take the next OSCE chairmanship, Serbia ... The suspicious Serbian OSCE presidency Continues on page 11

Comment of the Day By JORGJI KOTE A few days ago, US President Obama held the traditional press conference on the occasion of the year-end holidays. While addressing ... Diplomacy and cuisine Continues on page 20

Italian ferry burns in the Adriatic, among the passengers also 22 Albanians (In the photo: View of the Italian ferry, which burned 12 miles from Albanian waters A Greek citizen dies, his wife survives. Survivors speak about the ferry “Norman Atlantic”: Help from the crew was delayed, the fire broke out in 3 points By ENIDA HIMAJ The fire on the ferry, with 478 people on board, while among the passengers 22 Albanians and one passenger are reported dead as a result of jumping into the sea to escape On pages 2-3

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AGENCY On page 10

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SITUATION On page 8

NEW YEAR’S PROMISE On page 6