EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW / THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER: POLITICAL DISMISSALS PUT YOUR COUNTRY AT RISK Hahn: We expect convictions at every level • The Commissioner for Enlargement: Police and Prosecutor’s Office must deepen cooperation in the fight against crime • “Implementing EU-related reforms can be difficult, but it brings positive change for Albanians” By MARINA COLOMBO Johannes Hahn, the European Union Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, is the main reference figure regarding the next steps Albania will have to take after receiving the granted in June after the approval granted in June [?] Continues on page 3 (In the photo:) Commissioner for Enlargement, Johannes Hahn “We have set up the special commission and drawn up the program. After the written exam, an oral interview”

Opinion of the Day By XHELAL GJEÇOVI The 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the homeland was marked by wide-ranging debates on television screens and in daily newspaper articles. ... The 70th anniversary has passed, the debates remain Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By PETRIT HALITI Russian diplomacy has intensified pressure on Cyprus in order to secure a military base on the island. Its official request ... Why is Russia seeking a military base in Cyprus? Continues on page 21

PD CHAIRMAN Cocaine, lease contracts are suspected to be fictitious On page 5

NEW LAW Universities, students: MAS is taking away our right to vote On page 7

CHAIRMAN BASHA: SPRING OF PROTESTS, TODAY WE TURN OFF THE CARS FOR 5 MINUTES On page 2

SPECIALIST SPEAKS Buçet: The transmission line is destroying Koman On page 16

Artur Zoto: The exam will be at three levels, physical test like the FNSH standards By KLODIANA LALA All the guards who will undergo the test, the first major move made in decades, already have the program in their hands. The General Directorate of Prisons, on the basis of the order of the Minister of Justice, has continued work on preparing the conduct of the test in all institutions for the execution of criminal decisions in the country. The General Director of Prisons, Artur Zoto, says that the program has been drawn up and has been made available to all officers who will be tested on their knowledge. In a statement to “GSH”, Zoto made public the program and the way in which the test will be conducted. “2,999 employees of the Prison Police will undergo the test. We as a directorate, On page 6

ARTUR MEÇOLLARI Agreement with Greece, 5 years after the decision of the Constitutional Court On pages 10-11

3 SPECIAL PAGES THE OWNERS IN BERAT, NOMINAL LISTS SINCE ’93, DOCUMENT PROBLEMS On pages 17-19

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