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, like a fish on gravel. Nishani: The government did not consult me about Visar Zhiti EXCLUSIVE/ GEORGE FRENDO: IT MUST BE A CATHOLIC. I WROTE TO RAMA AND NISHANI CHURCH AGAINST ZHITI “No Muslim ambassador in the Vatican” INTERVIEW/ The Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Church: A Muslim in the Vatican, like a fish on gravel. 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 Tiranë-Durrës diocese and secretary general of the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Church. In an interview with “GAZETA SHQIPTARE”, he sets out the official position of the Catholic Church and the reasons why Zhiti’s name is being 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... Continued on page 5

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Before the arrest he had lunch with the lawyer and the deputy minister of Justice (In the photo:) Mayor of Vlorë, Shpëtim Gjika. The 11-storey 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 building permits and obstructing the investigation. In the evening, he is admitted to hospital 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

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