Astrit Patozi: My exclusion from the candidacy was warned to me by Rama. Mustafaj: Major, unjustified absences. Bregu: No one can expel me from the party THE OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN OPENS, PD CHAIRMAN: I MADE DIFFICULT DECISIONS (In photo) PD Chairman Lulzim Basha speaking during the opening rally of the campaign for the general elections of 25 June On pages 2-3

Opinion of the Day By XHEVAT MUSTAFA The personality is placed on the more passive side, among those who regard the 18 May agreement between the prime minister as an act with positive and far-reaching consequences... PS-PD, a fragile but necessary agreement Continues on pages 11-12

Opinion of the Day By EDI RAMA I see, to my great surprise, all around me the squad that Lulzim Basha put on the field. As far as I understand, I am among the very few who were not surprised and simply... A reply without polemics to Astrit Patozi Continues on page 12

“We are not a regional party, but a nationalist one” PDIU opens its campaign, Idrizi: Çamëria has been recognized by the EU, now there is no turning back Party leader: Rama-Basha, the instigators of the crisis, changed the rules of the game By VALENTINA MADANI Yesterday PDIU launched its campaign for the 25 June elections at the Palace of Congresses, turning it into an Albanian celebration nationwide to vote for its symbol. Before his supporters, PDIU leader Shpëtim Idrizi did not hesitate ... On page 4

LSI CHAIRMAN Vasili: 8% tax on wages, we cut the “progressive” one in half On page 5

FULL STORY “Here is how the police officer put me in prison over a 2,000-euro debt” On page 7

FULL LIST Transport: The license plates that are taken out of circulation and the taxes waived On pages 8-10

MOSAIC Exclusive / The exchange of letters between two giants of Albanian literature and history The unknown correspondence between Mitrush Kuteli and Aleks Buda Inside: “Zero” by Umberto Eco, “Angelus Novus” by the writer Bashkim Shehu Dhimitër Pasko - Mitrush Kuteli (1907-1967) did not live any longer either. The shock he suffered from the persecution and confiscation of his manuscripts by the monolithic regime of power, in the first years after its establishment, weighed heavily on him. I remember when I, very young, together with my father, Aleks Buda, was in a street meeting with his old friend, Dhimitri, after he had come out of prison. Dhimitri spoke about his health problems, especially about his exhausted heart, taking out of his small pocket ... Supplement

FOOTBALL Historic double, Kukësi champion, Tirana drops to the First Division On page 14

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