Gjiknuri’s wiretap: Tremor! 1 thousand votes more CASE FILE “184” / “BILD”: YMER LALA MET EDI RAMA IN THE OFFICE. THE POLICE CHIEF: WITH PS FOREVER • The police chief: I want 1 thousand votes more. You had no faith. Damian Gjiknuri: You’re a master • Saimir Tahiri, to the chief of the Dibër police station: Don’t watch over it, what do they say, those legends The German newspaper “Bild” published last night 10 new wiretaps related to the period of the by-elections for mayor in Dibër in 2016. These wiretaps, like the ones from a few days ago, implicate a number of high- ranking officials of the Albanian state, starting with former Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri, ex ... Continues on pages 2-3 How the mafia manipulates elections in Albania RAMA REACTS TO THE ‘BILD’ WIRETAPS: WORDS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT On page 2 (In the photo:) Prime Minister Edi Rama and PS MP Damian Gjiknuri. The wiretaps published by “Bild”. Prime Minister Edi Rama

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Physical fights, several injured. Police detain former MP Bardh Spahia Fire in Kavajë. The VCCs are being destroyed in several cities, electoral materials are being burned For more than 4 hours Kavajë was turned yesterday in the evening into a true battlefield. After the expiry of the deadline set for the opposition to vacate the VCC and leave the premises of the school where they were staying, they returned there again yesterday evening to force them out. But they encountered the resistance of the police, which had been reinforced by the presence of rapid intervention forces and the RENEA unit, to restrain the citizens. The State Police threw tear gas, pepper spray and high-pressure water at the citizens to disperse them, but this only made the situation even more heated, while the citizens threw stones at the police officers. The situation has escalated into a fierce conflict between the police and the citizens, which forced the mayor ... On pages 4-5

THE DICTATORSHIP RECOUNTED “I spied on my friends because the investigators raped my daughter and my wife in 1974” On page 19

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