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Gazeta Shqiptare

E shtunë 7 Shkurt 2015

THE CHURCH AGAINST ZHITI

“No Muslim ambassador in the Vatican” EXCLUSIVE/ GEORGE FRENDO: IT MUST BE A CATHOLIC. I WROTE TO RAMA AND NISHANI INTERVIEW/ The Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Church: A Muslim in the Vatican is like a fish in the sand. Nishani: The government did not consult me about Visar Zhiti By FATMIRA NIKOLLI The Catholic Church comes out against Visar Zhiti’s candidacy as Albania’s ambassador to the Vatican. The news is made public by Monsignor George Frendo, auxiliary bishop of the Tirana-Durrës diocese and secretary general of the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Church. In an interview for “GAZETA SHQIPTARE”, he gives the Catholic Church’s official position and the reasons why Zhiti’s name is opposed. The reason, in fact, is one and only one: Zhiti’s religious faith. The Church is against a Muslim ambassador in the Vatican, when Albania is a country where 12-15% of the population... Continues on page 5
George Frendo Rama Nishani Visar Zhiti Fatmira Nikolli Vatikan Shqipëri Tiranë-Durrës

The primitive dilettantism of anti-corruption

Opinion of the Day By SOKOL HAZIZAJ In painting, in a natural way, it directs our thought toward the original; if we think of a wound,... The primitive dilettantism of anti-corruption Continues on page 26
Sokol Hazizaj

Extraordinary situation and confusion!

Opinion of the Day By LORISA YLLI Lately, in the state we live in, it is very difficult to define the state of emergency that citizens are facing day by day! Extraordinary situation and confusion! Continues on page 23
Lorisa Ylli

Gjika handcuffed, behind the scenes: He promised the ‘papers’, but shut the door on the prosecution

Before the arrest he had lunch with his lawyer and the deputy minister of Justice (In photo:) The mayor of Vlorë, Shpëtim Gjika. The 11-story building in the center of the city of Vlorë. Businessman Artur Haxhi. Gjika goes to the hospital The mayor of Vlorë is accused of falsifying construction permits and obstructing the investigation. In the evening, he is admitted to hospital The construction of apartment blocks on state land and on other people’s property; the head of Urban Planning and the businessman are also arrested On pages 2-3
Shpëtim Gjika Artur Haxhi Vlorë