Yesterday at Cassation: Request to change the custody measure is rejected photo A. BABA With him, Kondi, Bengasi, Iftica and Loka lose hope page 2

After the “Freedom House” report in New York, our politicians speak There should be no handcuffs in journalists’ hands page 9

About 500 cases worth 150 thousand dollars are seized The Port Director of Sarandë is also detained page 7

Yesterday again the 9 vehicles of “KJ” were not released by the police Once again Police Station No. 2 in Tirana, headed by Lieutenant Colonel Mehmet Rrumbullaku, refused to release the 7 vehicles belonging to the “Press Transport” agency of “Koha Jonë”. Likewise, the Police Station in Durrës, headed by Lieutenant Colonel Artan Kalaja, has also refused to release the two vehicles that have been blocked since 1995, for no reason whatsoever. “Koha Jonë”, through its lawyer, has taken the Durrës Police Station to court, a case that will be heard on 11 March at 12:00 at the District Court of Durrës. In addition to the release of the two “KJ” vehicles, it has also requested compensation for economic damage from the police station, caused by the blocking of the “KJ” vehicles, since taxi vehicles had been taken. Meanwhile, today “Koha Jonë” will file a lawsuit in the Tirana Court against the head of Police Station No. 2, Mehmet Rrumbullaku (although the editorial staff knows that the order to block them was given by Deputy Interior Minister Agim Shehu, but up to now the lieutenant colonel has been enough) for the release of the 7 vehicles as well as compensation for economic damage, which in this case is calculated in millions of lekë. This, according to the bills of the taxi owners, which the “KJ” editorial office has paid, so as not to hinder the distribution of “KJ” as well as 28 other newspapers.

The date is set for the Court to examine the request PS Parliamentary Group: “Three articles of the law should be declared unconstitutional” page 5

Shkodër, a property dispute ends in tragedy Land continues to shed blood in the mountain villages page 6

After the debate on alliances Melo: The center must preserve its identity page 3

One million lekë fine for the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Kombi” The state equates journalists with communists, and cannot catch the terrorist page 4

The first quarter-finals last night Barcelona - PSV 2-2 Slavia P. - Roma 2-0 Milan - Bordeaux 2-0 Bayern M. - Nottingham F. 2-1 For more details on the four matches from last night, read page 22.

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