FLOODS / 50 THOUSAND FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES REMAIN WITHOUT ELECTRICITY The Air Force rescues the 5-month-old baby and the pregnant woman. Rainfall: Tirana risks its drinking water supply. Today, storms in the south BAD WEATHER, 3 VICTIMS, 1,200 HA OF LAND UNDER WATER The Air Force rescues the 5-month-old baby and the pregnant woman. Rainfall: Tirana risks its drinking water supply. Today, storms in the south (In photo) Flooding from different areas of Albania On pages 2-3

MEASURES Floods close schools, kindergartens remain open in Tirana On pages 4-5

Opinion of the Day The Constitution is the fundamental law of the state—just solis, some would even dare to say of the nation—jus sanguinis. It defines the form... Continues on page 20 By ELVIS ZAJMI A constitution with (un) constitutionality

Opinion of the Day Voltana Ademi surely did not think of it and certainly did not intend it, but unintentionally she revealed to everyone one of... Continues on page 21 By EDI LESI Edi Rama as we got to know him through Voltana

Albanian MPs, a quarrel in Brussels EU recommends negotiations for Albania’s membership 90-page report / Relations with Serbia are assessed, in 10 areas there is a “low grade” By DARINA TANUSHI - VALENTINA MADANI The European Commission will recommend today the opening of negotiations for Albania with the EU, but not without conditions. “Gazeta Shqiptare” has learned that the annual report, which will be made public today at a press briefing... On pages 6-10

Asked for 12 thousand euros for the drugs, police officer from the ‘Operational’ unit handcuffed On page 11

INTERVIEW / New book, journalist: Kadare’s influence on my works “The story of Mehmet Shehu – vizier and prime ministers in 25 years” By FATMIRA NIKOLLI We are in Istanbul one hundred years ago. An Albanian vizier (prime minister) who has excelled at everything to secure power, selfish, arrogant, sees himself at the end of his life—he has lost everything he was, even his son. The story of his rise and fall is reminiscent of Mehmet Shehu, while the background of the novel is communist Albania, where one after another, the ‘revolution’ devours the heads of its own children. This is Blendi Fevziu’s latest novel “Power - Magic, nightmare and its end”, ... On pages 18-19

SHOW IN DURRËS The play “Askushi” on stage tomorrow, first-night tickets on sale On page 17

THE RESULT TODAY Media in the US: Hillary Clinton close to the White House On page 12

THE ORDER OF THE 2 MINISTERS Checks for the electricity meters, how much each citizen will pay On page 11

“The misunderstanding that ruined my image” SINGER VALBONA PERAJ: MY CONNECTION WITH THE ALBANIAN ARRESTED FROM ROME PRISON Supplement