ALBANIA UNDER THE ‘RULE’ OF WATER, 4 BRIDGES COLLAPSE, 100 HOUSES IN SHIJAK ISOLATED The prosecution begins an investigation into the 8-storey building that risks collapsing. Testimonies, residents: Mud has fallen on our heads, we spent the night outside FLOODS IN THE SOUTH, 21 FAMILIES EVACUATED The prosecution begins an investigation into the 8-storey building that risks collapsing. Testimonies, residents: Mud has fallen on our heads, we spent the night outside (In the photo) Homes damaged by the floods. The destroyed road in Gjirokastër On pages 2-3

Opinion of the Day From at least one angle, in one of the opposition’s statements before the protest, the microphones placed in front of Democratic Party leader Lulzim Basha were almost... By JULIAN ZYLA What can LSI lose from the alliance with PD Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day A well-informed diplomatic source says that the Netherlands has presented Albania with a condition, which it will grant only for the opening of accession talks with the EU... By SHABAN MURATI Sovereignty or European integration Continues on page 21

WARNING New opposition protests on February 20 and March 22, details of what will happen On page 5

Dashamir Xhika and Andi Toma remain in prison, debates in court Scandal over the Tiranë-Elbasan road, two more former officials also arrested Aksel Qurduku and Alben Alite, former managers in the Management Unit, are accused of corruption By INA ALLKANJARI Two more arrest warrants are expected after the handcuffing of the two former directors of “Rrugëve”, Dashamir Xhika and Andi Toma. Aksel Qurduku and Alben Alite, former managers in the Tiranë-Elbasan project Management Unit, will be tried for abuse of office and corruption... On page 7

FROM TAHIRI, TO THE VOTE AGAINST Majko in the USA with emigrants, the questions that put the Minister of Diaspora in difficulty On page 4

The Mission of Albania to the United Nations reports on Lec Shllaku The clashes between the fugitives and Enver Hoxha’s government in 1978 By YLLI POLOVINA With the coded radiogram “Mar ‘Top secret’ and number 3387 dated October 26, 1978, the head of the Mission of Albania to the United Nations in New York informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tirana that “the newspaper ‘Liria’ publishes a letter by Lec Shllaku saying that he has secured from the Paris municipality authorization for a square there to be named ‘Skënderbeu’, and that a ceremony will be held for this”. He then adds: “Leci, as far as we know, is a fugitive”... On pages 10-11

NEW TESTIMONY The murder scheme of Devi Kasmi is reconstructed, Malvin Dinellari: The link with the brothers and the Greek man On page 9

DRUGS ALSO IN LEZHE Kurbin, fired a gun into the air and threatened his co-workers, the 21-year-old is arrested On page 6

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