Charge d’Affaires David Wisner meets the Chair of the Integration Council TABAKU MEETS U.S. DIPLOMAT: CORRUPTION IS A SECURITY RISK The PD MP with the U.S. diplomat: Fight corruption so foreign investment can be absorbed; President Biden called it a threat to national security (In the photo) Chair of the European Affairs Committee Jorida Tabaku during the meeting with David Wisner On page 2

Opinion of the Day The OSCE-ODIHR report spoke in harsh terms about the May 14 elections In their entirety, they were a spectacular regression in democratic standards. Power overstepped... Continued on page 18 By LUÇIANO BOÇI The Collapse of the Elections

Opinion of the Day By ENVER ROBELLI In the summer of 2022 Milan Radoičić from Leposavić: «Here I am, I’m back, and you know what that means». Despite it being said... Continued on page 18 Chronicle of a Foretold Attack

SARANDE Konispol, selling expired food in the school shop, municipal police officer arrested On page 6

“7 million tourists by August” Administration, the Prime Minister’s promise: We will cut bureaucratic red tape for business Tourism season, Rama: This good reputation should not turn into a ‘boomerang’, 1.1 million tourists in September Administration, the Prime Minister’s promise: We will cut bureaucratic red tape for business On page 4

SPAK accuses Sonila Qato of violations in tenders In September 2019, the former director of the Albanian Road Authority, Sonila Qato, publicly attacked the largest Albanian concession company in road construction, “Gjoka Konstruksion”, accusing it of using false data when applying for a maximum fund of 19.3 million euros. BIRN: The fight over the €19 million tender brought the former Roads director under indictment In September 2019, the former director of the Al- banian Road Authority, Sonila Qato, pub- licly attacked the largest Albanian concession com- pany in road construction, “Gjoka Konstruksion”, accusing it of having used false data when applying for a maximum fund of 19.3 million euros. The accusations were mutual because “Gjoka Konstruksion”, which had submitted the lowest offer... On pages 4-5 TETI RRUGO

DURRES They tried to leave Albania with sporting weapons and cannabis, 2 Frenchmen arrested On page 8

THE FIGURES On page 15

PD CHAIRMAN Berisha: An attack on democracy, Rama will appoint the opposition too On page 7

DOCUMENTS Formerly persecuted persons, the new list with the names of 15,000 beneficiaries On pages 20-23