PS INITIATIVE / THE PRESIDENT: DISMISSAL? I DEFENDED THE CONSTITUTION AND PLURALISM Germany lobbies for Albania: Acknowledge the progress for opening the negotiations. Basha suspends the protests, telling his own people: Prepare as if the elections were tomorrow (In the photo) President Ilir Meta yesterday in Sarisaltik. German Bundestag. Opposition leader Lulzim Basha On pages 2-4

NEGOTIATIONS On page 2

Opinion of the Day By FATOS ÇOÇOLI The European Commission for Democracy through Law (better known as the Venice Commission, because it meets four times a year in this Italian city)... The Calm After ‘Venice’ Continues on page 21

Opinion of the Day By JORGJI KOTE Modern history offers several cases in which leaders and prominent figures have made history and marked an era by uttering even a single sentence or phrase ... The Half-Sentence from Prague That Shook Berlin Continues on page 22

Drugs from Ecuador with rubber protection Along with the traffickers’ tracker, investigators in Greece placed their own GPS. How 137 kg of cocaine were seized DURRËS- After the seizure of 137 kg of cocaine during the codename “Kuito” operation, the Serious Crimes Prosecution has expanded the group of people who may have been involved or who may have facilitated the trafficking of the drugs that came from Ecuador. Official sources from the prosecution office told “Gazeta Shqiptare” yesterday that the investigation also includes ... On page 6

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The memories of a French erudite in the period after the killing of Ali Pasha Inside: Studies on Migjeni. Ideas for theatre, by Ben Andoni MILOSAO The memories of a French erudite in the period after the killing of Ali Pasha Consul Poujade: How I Saw the Albanians and the Sullotes Inside: Studies on Migjeni. Ideas for theatre, by Ben Andoni BY LUAN RAMA When he arrived at the consulate in Ioannina in 1842, Eugène Poujade had one of his first diplomatic posts. He had married Maria Ghika (Gjika), daughter of the famous Romanian ban, Prince Konstantin Gjika, of the famous Gjika family, of Albanian origin. Later, when he published his memoirs from Ioannina in 1859, he dedicated them to his father-in-law Konstantin (A son Altesse, le Grand Ban Prince, Constantin GHIKA, son gendre), who had ... Supplement

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CULTURE On page 12

EVENT IN TIRANA On page 5

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