The death of Xhevat Hana, the Government does not give 15 million lek EXCLUSIVE/ The prosecution body requested the fund for the treatment expenses in the Italian hospital Correspondence between the Prosecution and the Ministry of Justice and Public Works has been going on for two weeks from one ministry to the other. The prosecution: Open the fund to cover the medical expenses in Italy News The General Prosecution has requested 15 million old lek from the government in order to cover all transportation to Italy, treatment and burial expenses of the prosecutor Xhevat Hana. Although the request was made two weeks ago, up to now there has still been no green light for the opening of the fund. TIRANA ELTON QYNO The General Prosecution is asking the government for 15 million old lek, in order to provide the family of the late prosecutor Xhevat Hana, who died on January 5 of this year in a hospital in Bergamo, Italy, with a financial fund. The request by the prosecution body is understood to have been made after prosecutor Hana's death, but although two weeks have passed, this financial sum has still not been received either by the family members or by the General Prosecution. As learned from sources close to the General Prosecution, the request was sent to the secretary general of the Ministry of Justice, Gerdjan Xhanari, as well as to the secretary general of the Ministry of Finance, Dorian Teliti. However, after becoming acquainted with the request of the prosecution body for the drafting of a draft decision for the granting of... continues on page 7 In the photo: Tributes to the former prosecutor of Serious Crimes, Xhevat Hana

Interview Page 3 Ina Rama: “The Guard committed intentional killing and evidence tampering”

Editorial BY XHAFERR RAKIPLLARI Editorial BY XHAFERR RAKIPLLARI A look at the Albanian media Only 17% of the world's population lives in countries where they enjoy media freedom. In the rest of the world, governments or other non-state actors control the viewpoints that reach citizens by suppressing independent voices. This is more or less the essence of the 2011-2012 World Media Freedom Report, published by “Reporters Without Borders”. The report clearly notes the negative direction in which the media in the Balkans is heading. Our Albania is ranked 96th, one place behind the Dominican Republic and one place ahead of Cameroon. Among the Balkan countries ahead of us are: Bosnia (58), Croatia (68), Serbia (80), Kosovo (86), Macedonia (94), while behind us is only Montenegro in 107th place. Beside Albania, two arrows can be seen (like the two television channels we are forced to watch in order to balance, however little, the information we receive) which show that the decline is greater than 10 places, a full 16 places lower than a year earlier. But what are the reasons that have brought the media to this level? “Reporters Without Borders” clearly state that the use of the media for private and criminal interests, unfair competition in extremely small markets, and self-censorship by a large number of poorly paid journalists, are stones on the grave of all Balkan countries, including Albania. “Justice, with poorly trained personnel, allied with the government and often corrupt, seems more interested in striking the media” than in ending impunity for those who threaten or physically attack journalists. This is the case of Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and... continues on page 10

EXCLUSIVE The World Bank report on the scandal of the demolition of constructions 5 years ago “Jala, the lawsuits are being won by the government” TIRANA GENC KONDI The World Bank has prepared a report on how proceedings are being handled in Albania five years after the Jala scandal, where the government, based on satellite data received from the WB, demolished residents' structures, by... continues on pages 6-7 In the photo: Demolition of structures in Jala, in Himarë, April 2007 In the photo: Demolition of structures in Jala, in Himarë, April 2007

Page 10 The killings on January 21, Gjinushi: Berisha is blocking the investigations Page 4

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