Charges for drugs and criminal group are dropped SPECIAL COURT FOR SERIOUS CRIMES: FORMER MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, GUILTY OF ABUSE OF OFFICE • The court sentences him to probation service; Tahiri cannot hold public office for the next 5 years • The former minister after the trial: I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. They convicted me because my cousins used my name After 8 hours of debates and discussions, yesterday the Special Court for Serious Crimes decided to sentence former Minister of the Interior Saimir Tahiri to 5 years in prison. Tahiri was convicted for abuse of office; the charges of criminal group and international drug trafficking were dropped. In the end, Tahiri will be sentenced to probation service and ... Continues on pages 2-3 (In the photo:) Former Minister of the Interior Saimir Tahiri after the ruling of the Special Court for Serious Crimes

AKU FINES On page 5

Opinion of the Day Mathew Palmer, the United States special envoy for the Western Balkans, told Voice of America that the American administration remains ... By MATHEW PALMER There must be PS-PD dialogue and the Constitutional Court should be restored Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day Friends, the parody of the Tahiri trial that has ended definitively proves that the drug mafia does not judge or condemn itself! This shameful verdict ... By SALI BERISHA The drug mafia does not condemn itself! Continues on page 21

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The third installment of compensation, the list of beneficiary heirs Ministry of Finance: Complete the files by 28 September, missing documents The heirs of former political prisoners who have not received the third compensation installment must submit documents to the Ministry of Finance. There are a total of 1,000 beneficiaries, whose files have been reviewed by the Payments Directorate, and they have until 28 September to complete the documentation missing from their files. Official sources from the ministry say that the heirs are recognized as beneficiaries, but there are shortcomings in the documentation. “Gazeta Shqiptare” ... LET US DEFEND FREEDOM [?] ... On pages 14-15

THE PRESIDENT "A crisis without precedent", Meta appeals to politics: The solution must come through dialogue On page 4

THE ARRESTED MAN On page 12