HIGH-PROFILE MURDERS
IN ONE YEAR, 12 MAFIA-STYLE EXECUTIONS, ONLY TWO WITH ARRESTED SUSPECTS
HIGH-PROFILE MURDERS
Files from Baki Xhabatfi to Leonard Murataj
How banker Artan Santo and the businessman from Durrës, 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 the mafia attacks in 2014 were businessmen, as many of them were executed. Over the 12 months just gone by, the country was shaken on many occasions by numerous executions and mafia attacks, not to mention the TNT bomb blasts, at the center of which were people previously involved in crime or well-known figures from the business world in the country. The murder of banker Artan Santo was undoubtedly the one that would shake public opinion nationwide, since his execution took place in the center of 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 entire country in the year now ending, only two of which 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
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The suspicious Serbian presidency of the OSCE
Opinion of the Day
By PETRIT HALITI
If among the countries in our region there is one that least deserves to take over the OSCE presidency, it is Serbia ...
The suspicious Serbian presidency of the OSCE
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Diplomacy and cuisine
Opinion of the Day
By JORGJI KOTE
A few days ago, U.S. President Obama held the traditional press conference on the occasion of the year-end holidays. By ...
Diplomacy and cuisine
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Witness: The fire was melting our shoes, into the sea to save ourselves
Italian ferry burns in the Adriatic, including 22 Albanians among the passengers
(In photo: View of the Italian ferry, which burned 12 miles from Albanian waters
A Greek citizen dies, his wife survives. The survivors aboard the ferry “Norman Atlantic” speak: Rescue from the crew was delayed, the fire broke out in 3 spots
By ENIDA HIMAJ
Fire on the ferry with 478 people on board, while among the passengers 22 Albanians are reported and one traveler died as a result of jumping into the sea to save himself
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FINANCIALS: HERE ARE THE PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT WILL BE GIVEN THE OUTSTANDING MONEY
THE LIST OF 2,500 CONTRACTS THAT ARE BEING SETTLED
6 SPECIAL PAGES!
FINANCIALS: HERE ARE THE PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT WILL BE GIVEN THE OUTSTANDING MONEY
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fondiBESA
Business Loan
Efficiency & Energy Loan
www.fondibesa.com
He kills himself in prison, Rama: He had no debt, he stole electricity
NEPHEW: WE WON’T TAKE THE BODY, JUSTICE
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Specializations for dentists, date and time for candidates
AGENCY
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Emigration: over 5 years, 250 doctors leave Albania
ALARM
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Snow “takes over” the country, Ministry of Interior: All roads are passable
SITUATION
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Holiday card for police officers, the Prime Minister’s message is revealed
NEW YEAR’S PROMISE
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