SURVIVOR SPEAKS
“How I survived the helicopter crash”
INTERVIEW/ GERALD BARAMUÇA IN HOSPITAL: WHEN WE CRASHED, I WAS FILMING WITH MY MOBILE PHONE
• The 23-year-old: We were on a patrol flight, 10-15 meters above the water. After the helicopter fell I swam a few meters, then I fainted in a boat
By XHENSILA KODRA
When the helicopter fell into the lake, I got out of the cabin and swam for a few meters. A boat was coming straight toward me. Then I only remember waking up in Shkodra hospital and calling my family.” This is what Gerald Baramuça, the survivor of the tragedy that happened two days earlier, when an Army helicopter crashed into the waters of the lake, told “Gazeta Shqiptare”...
Continued on pages 2-3
EXCLUSIVE
• Gerald Baramuça: I have a broken arm, the first call was to mom. The helicopter was in good condition
• Tributes paid, 2 victims laid to rest, Florian Deliaji and Donald Hoxha. “Eurocopter” offers help with the investigations
(In the photo:) The survivor, Gerald Baramuça, being transported to hospital. The remains of the helicopter that crashed into Lake Shkodra
When the state becomes a party to a murder!
Opinion of the Day
By BLENDI FEVZIU
A young woman has lost her life and two children have been left orphaned in Tirana! A father and husband has turned into a killer, ...
When the state becomes a party to a murder!
Continued on page 20
Atifete Jahjaga, the white and the black
Opinion of the Day
By BLEDIAN KOKA
Kosovo bid farewell, as it deserved 5 years ago, to the former police officer Atifete Jahjaga, whom it once stripped of her uniform...
Atifete Jahjaga, the white and the black
Continued on page 21
Artur Kurti’s girlfriend: What happened before the murder
The 29-year-old woman from Dibra: That night she was in a bad state, drinking and crying. I loved him and he loved me
STORY/ The 50-year-old was stabbed to death by his brother-in-law. The mother of the 10-year-old girl: I am not the one to blame
M. is 29 years old. Dressed in black, she stands holding on to the balcony of the second floor of an old building, a few meters from the house of Artur Kurti, the man who was killed on Monday in the corridor of his apartment, from that balcony where M. had waited for Artur every time for five years, she saw him for the last time, around 7 p.m. on Monday, when he told her he was going to his mother’s. I’m not sure about the time, she says. M. learned from the news that Artur had died. She did not believe it and called him. The phone was switched off. She accepted his death only when she went to the funeral. “After everyone left, I took a taxi and went with my daughter. We both cried and put flowers on Turi’s grave. Then we came home, and neither of us went out. Where are we supposed to go now?” When asked how she knew him, M. explains: “We met...”
On page 8
ONLINE APPLICATIONS AFTER 20 APRIL
THE NEW PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING
A PERMIT FOR WORK AT HOME.
NOTICE FOR PAINTING AND REPAIRS
On pages 10-11
Strasbourg: Another bill, 12 million euros for the owners
“HOLE” IN THE BUDGET/ THE NAMES OF THE BENEFICIARIES
“HOLE” IN THE BUDGET/
THE NAMES OF THE BENEFICIARIES
Strasbourg:
Another bill,
12 million euros
for the owners
On page 12
“Dog, bitch, pup”, insults and tension in the plenary session
PARLIAMENT
“Dog, bitch,
pup”, insults
and tension in
the plenary session
On page 5
Fan’s death in the stadium, relatives: Help was given late
INCIDENT IN VLORA
Fan’s death
in the stadium,
relatives: Help
was given late
On page 4
Doctor Florian Toti: Diabetes, 4 thousand new cases every year
HEALTH
Doctor Florian
Toti: Diabetes,
4 thousand new
cases every year
On page 9
Physical compensation of properties, the list in 4 counties and how the fund is divided
NEW DECISIONS
Physical compensation
of properties, the list
in 4 counties and
how the fund is divided
On pages 16-17