Nepotistic appointments in the administration, the prime minister’s brother’s son is ‘rehabilitated’ Dritan Berisha and his brother shot a young man from Vlora with a pistol in 2006. Olldashi expelled them from the police. Now he is serving as a diplomat together with his wife at our embassy in Rome. Dritan Berisha and his brother shot a young man from Vlora with a pistol in 2006. Olldashi expelled them from the police. Now he is serving as a diplomat together with his wife at our embassy in Rome The news The prime minister’s nephew has returned to the Ministry of the Interior, which had expelled him more than 5 years ago for a serious breach of discipline, after an incident involving a weapon in the middle of Tirana. Moreover, he is listed as a Contact Officer in the consular office of the Albanian embassy in Rome, as part of the structure of the Ministry of the Interior. TIRANA ARBEN ROZHANI Prime Minister Berisha’s nephew, Dritan Berisha, has returned to the structure of the Ministry of the Interior, a few years after his official expulsion by the Ministry of the Interior on the grounds of serious breach of discipline. According to the online page of the Embassy of Albania in Rome, which can be viewed at www.ambalbania.it, Dritan Berisha, the son of Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s brother, is at the end of the diplomatic staff list, with the position of Contact Officer in the Consular Chancellery on “Asmara, 3” street, near the Albanian embassy in the Italian capital. The return of Prime Minister Berisha’s nephew is twofold: he returns to the Ministry of the Interior, which had expelled him from its ranks in June 2006, and this time as its representative, he serves in the consular office of the Albanian embassy in the Italian capital, Rome. According to sources from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dritan Berisha serves together with his wife, who works in the consular office. Dritan Berisha was expelled from the ranks of the state police at the end of June 2006, after a serious incident in which, together with his brother, he had an altercation... continued on page 5 Mr. Dritan Berisha, Contact Officer Tel: 06/86224126 Email. berishad@mrp.gov.al In the photo: Prime Minister Berisha with his nephew Dritan Berisha (left) Facsimile of the Albanian Embassy page in Rome In the photo: Prime Minister Berisha with his nephew Dritan Berisha (left) Facsimile of the Albanian Embassy page in Rome

Editorial BY LORENC VANGJELI Grapes & plums Prime Minister Berisha was on an official visit to Norway two weeks ago. For several months now, he has been comparing Albania to Norway. He did so again yesterday in Parliament when he said that “... Albania is a small Norway on the Balkan Peninsula.” One week earlier he was on a visit to Israel. One would have to wait more than a few months for the comparison with Israel to be made. In fact, with a point that would be unfavorable for the country. The comparison is for the deep tension, the totally polarized situation and the ongoing conflict, not between two different nations as in the Middle East, Israelis and Palestinians and Arabs, but between two halves of a single country, the government and the governed, the right and the left, those at the top in power and those at the bottom in opposition. One single parliamentary session, the approval of the 2012 budget, was enough to once again sadly note that the parties share no common ground whatsoever for the country’s future, that what is “magnificent,” according to Doctor Berisha, can in no way be “worse,” according to Edi Rama. What is a success for one side is a tragedy for the other. “1,600 megawatts of energy have been stripped away,” says the Doctor, but the opposition replies that so far, even in this field, “it has simply been harvested and threshed by the storm.” What is happening and re-happening like a film seen many times in Tirana? On paper there is an agreement between the ruling majority and the opposition on electoral reform and the approval of important laws with three-fifths. In practice, even the Doctor does not believe such a thing... continued on page 7

CONCERNS What happens in 24 hours at the operations center TIRANA The operations room at the Tirana police directorate is very busy day after day. Dozens of phone calls come in and officers take note of every complaint. And these are serious incidents, but also the simplest ones. As you will see from the activity of the police structures on November 24 until 8:00 on November 25, it will be noted that during the day the most numerous incidents have to do with thefts of... Page 6-7

CASE FILE Full court decision: How I was forced to become a killer POLI HOXHA After 3 months on the run, the 22-year-old Kostandin Xhuvani, the only son of MP Luiza Xhuvani, surrendered to the Tirana Police Directorate on the morning of May 23 this year, in the presence of his parents and lawyer. With a desperate look and tears in his eyes, he admitted responsibility for the killing of his former friend Alfred Musabelliu. That same day, in the presence of his lawyer, he recounted in detail before prosecutors and criminal police officers the whole story that... continued on pages 8-9

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BLOG/Outskirts BY ALBA MALLTEZI Happy prime minister and my two friends Page 2

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