DEBATE / THE MP: TOM DOSHI’S FRIEND BUILDS ILLEGALLY, THE POLICE DO NOT INTERVENE DADE-TAHIRI CLASH “Protect the bandits”. “I don’t ask anyone” Clash within the SP group, the Interior Minister: When it comes to the law, I do not ask about friends or enemies, I have proven it. Arta Dade: Someone added two illegal floors to an apartment building By DARINA TANUSHI Socialist MP Arta Dade yesterday strongly criticized the way state bodies are functioning, and she also levelled sharp criticism at the Interior Minister, Saimir Tahiri. Everything took place in the closed-door meeting of the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party. In this meeting, MPs discussed today’s agenda of Parliament, where a series of highly important laws are to be passed, among them the draft law “On property treatment and the completion of the compensation process... On page 8

CASE FILE / “Haxhi Giu tried to soften the sentence for a drug trafficker” Court sentences former deputy director of police, Arben Hyseni • Violence against the young man, fine of 300 thousand lek. Guilty of the charge: committing arbitrary acts On page 12 (In photo:) From the moment of the arrest of the prosecutor of Krujë, Haxhi Giu, by the State Police Officers arrest the 55-year-old in a car, here is the dialogue at the moment of escorting him. Police: We filmed Giu’s meetings with the convicted man’s brother By KLODIANA LALA Tirana Regional Police Directorate. Mr. Prosecutor, an arrest warrant has been issued for you. Please secure the car with the brakes... On page 9

Bassel’s story: We lived well with Assad. There was peace, not poverty THE SYRIAN LIVING IN TIRANA: WE WERE FREE AND RICH, NOW WE ARE LEAVING. AND WHERE ARE YOU GOING? On pages 18-19

THE MP: WE HAD A CONFIDENTIAL TALK THE MP: WE HAD A CONFIDENTIAL TALK After criticism of Basha’s PD, Eduard Selami meets Donald Lu On page 5

Opinion of the Day Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI It is no longer news if Prime Minister Rama, while abroad on an official visit, opens a personal exhibition of paintings ... The Prime Minister’s paintings Continues on page 20

PROCEDURE AND DOCUMENTS Late payment interest waived for 22 thousand families, conditions for how you can benefit are clarified On page 3

THE DECISION IS APPROVED Betting points, 200 meters away from schools and banks On page 7

THE ARCHIVE DATES BACK TO ’93 Property owners in Lezhë, the names and the problems with the documents On pages 14-17

THE OPPOSITION Basha presents the PD fiscal package: VAT falls to 15 percent On page 2

OBAMA RESPONDS Shots fired at a social center in California, over 14 victims On page 13

TALKS IN THE CSU PARTY AND IN THE BUNDESTAG Meta, meetings in Germany: Come invest in us, we have potential On page 4

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