OPERATION “QUARANTA”/ CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN TRAFFICKERS IN SARANDA ARE REVEALED How 670 kg of hashish were seized. SMS messages published: You gave them state guarantees! Reply: I did, but we have a spy inside because whenever they leave, the boss sends them back DRUG WIRETAPS: THIS IS SPIED WORK! How 670 kg of hashish were seized. SMS messages published: You gave them state guarantees! Reply: I did, but we have a spy inside because whenever they leave, the boss sends them back (In the photo) Police forces during the “Quaranta” operation On page 7

After the elections, the current prime minister can no longer be heard promising that, at last, the leader of the centuries from history “will make us a state”! Rama is no longer joking ... Continues on page 21

By KIÇO BLUSHI The boundary that separates the legal state from the rule-of-law state Continues on page 21

By ANI RUCI The Balkans, “third” actors see opportunities for penetration

The union leader, Gëzim Kalaja: The risk is high, but the pension reaches up to 24 thousand lek INTERVIEW! “The pension should be equal to that of the Air Force” Appeal to the government: We want status for 8,000 miners, 467 people died The union leader, Gëzim Kalaja: The risk is high, but the pension reaches up to 24 thousand lek By VOLIZA DURO Around 8,000 underground workers across the country face every day the high level of risk inherent in their profession as miners. Many of them have been in- jured in the depths of the mines and 467 of ... On page 9

WANTED IN SPAIN 4 million euros in assets of the hydropower businessman seized On page 6

COMPENSATION The names of the 2,000 heirs who will receive the money, you have 3 months On pages 10-12

CONFERENCE NATO chiefs in Tirana, Albania: We are increasing our presence in Afghanistan On page 3

TIRANA Caught with remote-control mines, who are the two arrested young men On page 8

MILOSAO The bust made on a drawing board, property of the French collector The unknown portrait of Ali Pasha’s nephew is discovered Inside: Poems by Faslli Haliti. Vienna-Vatican, the clash over Catholics in the Balkans By PROF. IRAKLI KOÇOLLARI & OLTION MUZAKA The long Ottoman occupation only interrupted the normal flows of economic, political, and cultural development of the Albanian lands and the natural growth of the local nobility, etc. It interrupted the natural contacts of this population with the Western world. Art, culture, painting, sculpture, architec- ture, clothing tradition, morality, religion, etc., were profoundly influenced by the Eastern world. Arbëria itself and the Albanians for nearly three... Supplement

EVENT Enver Hoxha’s photo reappears in Pezë, PD reacts: Shameful provocation On page 2

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Security in the Western Balkans, Security in the Shaping of the Concept of Stability, the fight against terrorism, NATO missions in Afghanistan and KFOR are ... Yesterday on “Deutsche Welle” Security in the Western Balkans, Security in the Shaping of the Concept of Stability, the fight against terrorism, NATO missions in Afghanistan and KFOR are ... Continues on page 22