THE ESCAPEE FROM TRIKALA: IT IS BETTER TO DIE HERE THAN TO BE EXECUTED BY THE GREEKS “The Greek killed my friends with 500 bullets” • The 27-year-old’s account: Greek justice like Enver’s. The Greeks paralyzed my father. They shot Marjan Kola in the back By SPARTAK KOKA 27-year-old Ilir (Albert) Kupa, arrested by Tirana police 10 months after escaping from Trikala prison in Greece, tells his story for the first time. In an interview for “Xhungël” on “News 24”, carried out in writing through lawyer Lazër Sokoli, the young man from Fushë-Kruja explains the reasons for the escape, the moments when Greek special forces killed his three prison companions with 500 bullets,... Continues on page 11 INTERVIEW (In the photo:) The escapee from Trikala prison in Greece, Ilir Kupa. Facsimile of the interview answers. Kupa at the moment of arrest

Today’s Opinion What is the model, who is the "model person or model group that should serve society today? Who is the idol of young people and what do we offer... Continues on page 18 By MENTOR KIKIA In search of models for a society in crisis

Today’s Opinion In all three monthly bulletins published by the Ministry of the Interior since the beginning of the new government’s work, it is observed... Continues on page 19 By EDUARD ZALOSHNJA Law and order situation, reality and perception

Attack on the Tirana-Athens line, 19-year-old woman injured. Witnesses: We were terrified Bad luck, the victim Laurent Tabaku was turned back at the border by the Greeks By ERI BACO XHEMIL BEHARAJ A bus on the Athens-Tirana line is attacked with weapons, a 25-year-old man dies and a 19-year-old passenger is injured. The serious incident, which shocked public opinion, occurred in the early hours of yesterday morning on the Tepelenë-Krahës road segment, in the place known as Mogila. Official sources from the Gjirokastër County Police Directorate and the local police say that persons still... On page 15

Xhixho: There are no unregistered cards INTERVIEW On page 10

OPPOSITION Majlinda Bregu, Svobodaës: You are Edi Rama’s fanatical friend On page 2

CRIME IN LUSHNJE Knife to the throat, “I killed the old man because I found the mosque dirty” On page 13

TESTIMONY: KILL ME... Mother’s rapist, the grandson of the Librazhd “monster” On page 14

THE SPECIALIST Julinda Gjoni: Employment office, 1,300 applications in 10 days On page 9

TODAY IS HIS 78TH BIRTHDAY / BUJAR HUDHRI SPEAKS TODAY IS HIS 78TH BIRTHDAY / BUJAR HUDHRI SPEAKS Kadare publishes the first novel he wrote when he was 22 years old On page 16