OPERATION / 13 PEOPLE ARRESTED, INCLUDING ENVER HOXHA’S NEPHEW 119 KG OF COCAINE SEIZED Laboratory, handcuffs for 2 Colombians Xibrakë, the drug workshop is discovered. Ermal Hoxha, the husband of singer Rezarta Shkurta, is arrested. 4 tons of cutting agents and 330 thousand euros are seized By FATMIR POPJA A major international operation carried out by the State Police in cooperation with INTERPOL and EUROPOL has led to the dismantling of a huge drug laboratory in the village of Xibrakë in Elbasan, where cocaine was processed for European markets. During the operation, which began yesterday afternoon, more than 100 kg of unprocessed cocaine and 18.8 kg of pure cocaine were seized. Meanwhile, 13 people have been arrested, 10 of them Albanians, 2 Colombians and one Turkish citizen. Further arrests have been announced... On page 6

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Yesterday in “Le Monde” Yesterday in “Le Monde” By ISMAIL KADARE The blow was heavy, dramatic The blow was heavy, dramatic. It was the least that could be said. There was no shortage of words saying that Europe had been struck right in its heart... Continues on page 21

NAMES / MISSING DOCUMENTS FACULTY OF ECONOMICS Faculty of Economics: 670 students who have problems with their diplomas On pages 8-9

MILITARY MAN AND GAS INSPECTOR ARRESTED On page 7

A PUNCH IN THE FACE Former policeman dies, Florian Keta: He insulted me, I didn’t want to kill him On page 6

COMPENSATION Energy, 204 thousand families receive 650 lek per month On page 2

NEW LAW / The categories of officials who will retire at 60 Prosecutors, diplomats and directors, retirement age rises by 5 years (In the photo): Prime Minister Edi Rama meeting pensioners after presenting the reform at the Prime Minister’s Office The retirement age for miners is reduced by 5 years. It is increased for MPs, ministers, officials of the Presidency and the courts By OLA MITRE The retirement age for senior state officials is increasing. The Council of Ministers approved the draft law yesterday, ... On page 10

DIPLOMACY Vučiç, to Kosovo Serbs: Have as many children as possible On page 10

ALUIZNI Legalizations, 681 beneficiaries in Tirana and Dibër On page 17

THE ACKNOWLEDGED AND CLAIMED AREA THE ACKNOWLEDGED AND CLAIMED AREA Property owners, the eighth list with the names who benefited in the capital On pages 12-16

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