INTERVIEW / THE CARTOONIST SPEAKS: I AM FRIENDS WITH RAMA AND BERISHA, LET THEM GO HOME Bujar Kapexhiu: Why I campaign for the Democratic Party “Doctors and artists have done us harm; it is time for economists and lawyers. Politicians get annoyed when I don’t draw their caricature portraits. I don’t deal with seasonal arrivals” INTERVIEW / THE CARTOONIST SPEAKS: I AM FRIENDS WITH RAMA AND BERISHA, LET THEM GO HOME Dibër elections Bujar Kapexhiu: Why I campaign for the Democratic Party “Doctors and artists have done us harm; it is time for economists and lawyers. Politicians get annoyed when I don’t draw their caricature portraits. I don’t deal with seasonal arrivals” By VALENTINA MADANI Bujar Kapexhiu, who has spent 50 years in caricature, is serious when he says that these days power should be given to economists and lawyers. In his view, the time of doctors and painters is over and it is time for economists and lawyers. One of them is Sherefedin Shehu, whom Mr. Kapexhiu says the people of Dibër should trust with the post of mayor. For “Gazeta Shqiptare”, the well-known humorist says that he has no political convictions and that his friends are many, both on the left and on the right. But he is convinced that leadership should be entrusted to economists... In Dibër he promoted the book “Kthesë”, whose cover features precisely the two main protagonists of politics, Sali Berisha and Edi Rama. However, during this cultural event in his place of origin, Bujar Kapexhiu found himself alongside the right-wing politician and their candidate for the Municipality of Peshkopia. Mr. Kapexhiu says Continues on page 3

Today’s Opinion For more than a year, political life and the public atmosphere under media “bombardment” were intensely laden with the so-called “reform”.... By LAVDOSH AHMETAJ Politics in amnesty, society in amnesia Continues on pages 21-22

Interview / The prime minister’s adviser speaks: The publisher is enthralled (In the photo:) The prime minister’s adviser, Shkëlzen Maliqi. Edi Rama during the presentation of the book “Kurban” “Negotiations with the Serbs, we did not benefit from Kadare’s name. They considered it not an ordinary text expected from a politician” By FATMIRA NIKOLLI Shkëlzen Maliqi, the prime minister’s adviser for the region, explains in an interview with “Gazeta Shqiptare” how the publication of “Kurban” was achieved On page 9

Reportage / Foreign tourists: The south is a wonder Lukova, the pearl abandoned by the state, residents say: We are poor On pages 10-11

Water tariffs in 15 cities On pages 5-6

“How hashish is exchanged for heroin” On page 7

2 police officers arrested, “News 24” journalists beaten The missing girls: Don’t look for us if you care to. They surrender after 17 hours at the police station On page 4

Political camp Meta with Veliaj and Rexhep Meidani: Power comes from the union of youth On page 2

290 victims The earthquake in Italy, tomorrow Erjon Toro’s body arrives in Albania On page 7

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