Interview / The man sentenced to 25 years in prison: a trap on the verge of conditional release The 37-year-old from his cell: I have no way to communicate with Skype. Juliani owes us, I called him for a meeting and he didn’t come. The事件 in 1999: The moment will come when I speak GENC FERHATI SPEAKS “I did not put a debt collector on the spot” The 37-year-old from his cell: I have no way to communicate with Skype. Juliani owes us, I called him for a meeting and he didn’t come. The event in 1999: The moment will come when I speak By KLODIANA LALA 11:20 a.m. A phone call from prison disturbs the Sunday calm. “I’m Genc Ferhati. I want to talk, to clarify my position. I called you at this hour because I have gone out for air and can make phone calls from the booth,” he tells us calmly. Although he has spent 16 years in high-security prisons, having been sentenced to 25 years in prison for one of the serious events that shook Tirana in 1999, the anti-tank execution of Denis Gina and Media Shehu. But even though he is behind bars, the prosecution accuses him of being the head of a group ... Continues on page 7

Opinion of the Day By MENTOR KIKIA Dear Ambassador Hoffmann! I want to begin this letter by bringing to mind a childhood game of mine; it was called “war”. We would divide into ... Appeal to the German ambassador for asylum Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By PETRIT HALITI A new serious diplomatic clash was recorded in relations between the US and the three-month government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, ... Why did the American ambassador protest in Athens? Continues on page 21

Police complaints, a group to verify decisions of the former police chief (In photo:) The General Director of Police, Haki Çako, in the premises of the Academy of Order. Former director Artan Didi The logistics chief, Ylli Imeri, leads the commission; Niko Brahimaj and Sofokli Duka are also part of the group. Officers are asking for the transfers to be revoked By AURORA KOROMANI For two weeks, verification has been underway of all complaints that have arrived at the General Directorate of the State Police regarding the orders held under ... On page 9

Illegal constructions / new list Legalizations in Tirana, files for 693 families, here are the beneficiaries’ names On page 14

Case file / The prosecution seeks 35 years in prison He injured someone for blood feud, wiretap: “Well done!” On page 8

PS MP Braçe: The party needs organization, I don’t leave my comrades in the lurch On page 3

Health care Lungs, free intervention also in private hospitals On page 12

Pogradec He took 600 thousand euros, former director of the bank on trial On page 10

The professor Sokol Shupo, the full letter to minister Lindita Nikolla On pages 18-19

The director of TKOB: but work will continue The director of TKOB: but work will continue Ilir Kerni: Renovation, the Opera closes for a year On page 15

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