Activity before the son’s office and Siminov's concepts of the group, representations and popular essays; the pearls of the chronopose; 73 heraldic carvings with one pencil; security through hoeing, full of momentum with victories, the active writings in the country’s journal of the times. These lines are taken from a conversation with the writer and publicist Moikom Zeqo as an introduction to the interview that followed. Two questions are clear: Are you an archaeologist or a poet? A politician or a poet? If you look further into this combination, the protagonist himself has helped you. The writer, erudite, essayist, man of culture and action, appears to be such a well-rounded figure. If a person has the ability to move in several directions at once without losing his own thread, then the question becomes even more interesting. At first, it was about the poet. His new verse appears to us as evidence of an inner rhythm. Then comes the archaeologist, the man who digs into time, who uncovers traces and turns them into public memory. After that comes the politician, present in debates, with articles, positions, commitments. This multiplicity of roles makes you think of a figure that cannot be confined to one frame. MZ- If the question is posed bluntly, I would say that I have never separated poetry from my public life. Poetry is not a Sunday ornament, but breathing. Archaeology for me is as much poetry as it is discovery. Politics, on the other hand, when it is not an empty phrase, is an effort to influence our shared destiny. A person can be several things, if he is not false in any of them. Question- Is there a conflict between the creator and the committed man? MZ- The conflict exists, but it is not insurmountable. There are days when you think that words are lost in the noise. There are other days when you understand that without words there can be no public conscience either. In our country, the intellectual cannot stay on the outside. Today’s time is calling him. Question- And archaeology? MZ- Archaeology teaches you the dimension of time. When you uncover an object, a wall, a tomb, you understand that man is a link in a continuity. This makes you more restrained, but also more determined. History is not a silent museum; it speaks about the present too. Question- What place does poetry hold in this multiplicity? MZ- Poetry is the center. Even when I write essays, even when I speak about civilizations, even when I react politically, poetry remains my deepest way of seeing. Perhaps that is why I also see many things in metaphorical form. At the end of the conversation, his figure remains the same: complex, but not unclear; mobile, but with its own axis. If the question was “poet, archaeologist, politician or...?”, the answer that emerges from the interview itself is that Moikom Zeqo cannot be easily divided into parts. He is all of these, in proportions set by time and work.

It has not been many days since the testimony broadcast by Albanian TV on 11 February of this year, and there is an unbearable curiosity to know who the chosen “Miss Albania ’91” was and under what circumstances. According to the news and the talk circulating, someone has tried to turn this event into a story of gossip. In a note published recently, “Miss Albania 91” was hastily turned into a “spectacle” that does not belong to the truth. Instead of respecting the work of the organizers, the participation of the girls and the seriousness of the jury, doubts, implications and insinuations have been thrown around that damage their name. Considering that any such activity needs clear rules, transparency and responsibility, it is not right for irresponsible writing to smear the girls who took part. They did not join this initiative for easy fame, but to represent elegantly a new idea of public presentation. If there were shortcomings in the organization, they should be stated by name and with facts. But insulting the sincerity of the girls is something else. It is an offense to their dignity and to the effort to create a more civilized climate. Instead of branding them with prejudice, they should be judged fairly. DASHNOR KALOÇI

THE NEW YEAR OF THE ECONOMY Only with one light will we continue in ways that calm us down more. The bad has come all at once. This does not mean that Italy had no difficulties before, but now everything seems heavier. The crisis of enterprises, the crisis of banks, the fall in consumption, the fear of unemployment — all of this gives the feeling that a system is losing its breath. Amid this discussion, politicians and economists speak of reforms, privatizations, and the need for a lighter state. But meanwhile citizens look at their pockets and find no theory there. They see prices, bills, taxes, and uncertainty about the future. If Italy once seemed like the laboratory of a social capitalism, now it appears as a country where the old mechanisms no longer work. The political class is tired, the traditional parties show signs of collapse, while scandals have eroded public trust. In this sense, the expression that “capitalism is drawing its last breath” is not just a literary figure. It points to the crisis of a model. Perhaps the system is not dying, but is being forced to change in haste. And change, as always, brings pain, loss, and new inequalities. For us, who observe Italy not only as a neighbor but also as a mirror, this crisis has a special meaning. It reminds us that no model is untouchable and that the grand words of economics remain empty if they are not translated into people’s everyday lives.

All those girls who have submitted the required documents and applications, as well as any others who wish to apply, may be present on 22 February, at 10:00, in the editorial office of the culture section of Radio-Television. To take part in the competition. The jury of this competition is made up of: NIKOLLË LESI, AGIM ISAKU, FIROK ÇULI, MARASH MIRASHI and ALEKSANDËR FRANGAJ. The winner will be announced on 28 February in the newspaper. THE NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL OFFICE

For several days now, numerous power cuts have been occurring in the city neighborhoods. This situation has become the cause of complaints from residents, especially in the evening hours. The lack of lights has brought not only worries within families, but also obstacles to various services. Sources from the electric utility state that the system is working under difficult conditions and that the frequent faults are related to overload on the network. Citizens, meanwhile, are demanding immediate measures. Correspondent of “Koha Jonë”