The murder of 35-year-old Eleni Basho is being investigated by police on four possible tracks: It may be related to a personal matter ELENI’S PARTNER SPEAKS “My husband told me: I curse the day I came to Tirana” Ilirjan Bituni’s account of the 10-year partnership with the 35-year-old woman. How he was used only for signing and the “donation” in November 2011 of 50 percent of the shares. Purges in the State Police after the murders in Tirana, here is who is being moved News A person believed to be linked to the murder of 35-year-old Eleni Basho is being kept under police surveillance in Tirana. So far, his name has not been made public, but it is believed that the person has a sentimental connection. Meanwhile, there are three other possible lines of inquiry, which are being checked as a priority by the prosecutor’s office and the police in Tirana. In the photo: (right) Ilia Basho, Eleni’s husband (top) Eleni Basho, murdered three days ago (left) Ilirjan Bituni TIRANA ELTON QYNO Three days of investigation into the murder of dental laboratory technician Eleni Basho have been enough for the prosecutor’s office and the Tirana police to cast strong suspicion on a person believed to be the perpetrator of the crime. The name of the suspect is not being disclosed by the investigative team, but sources add that during this time they have “targeted” a person for whom there is strong suspicion that he is the executioner of 35-year-old Eleni Basho. For the moment, no motives are being given for why the suspect killed the mother of two children, aged 11 and 13, but they add that the person is being kept under police surveillance in order to secure convincing evidence that would then lead to his immediate arrest. “We are working to secure evidence in order to prove the crime against the person we currently suspect,” said sources close to the investigative team, refusing to provide any explanation as to whether this person lives in the area where his house is ... continued on pages 2-3-4-5 In the photo: (right) Ilia Basho, Eleni’s husband (top) Eleni Basho, murdered three days ago (left) Ilirjan Bituni

Editorial BY Afrim Krasniqi The threatening power of evil Albania spent 46 years under a totalitarian regime. The Albanian model was unique in its harshness, extreme nature, pyramidal state organization, collective class persecution, and the state and public mechanism of violence. At the top of the pyramid was the dictator, next to him the Political Bureau, then the loyal structures of the PLA and, in parallel, the structures of violence, symbolized by the State Security. With the fall of the communist system, its state pyramid also fell, the PLA and the security apparatus disintegrated, and over the years the communists themselves began a public competition of dissident memories and distancing from the former system. Those who by conviction or compulsion caused victims, in democracy took on the role of victim; those who built careers by filling prisons or internment camps with innocent people in the new system rushed to take political and party positions, to dominate business and public debate, to rewrite history and at any cost create a new identity for themselves and their lives. Nowhere in Eastern Europe is there such admiration and positive reminiscence about the dictatorship written and published Albania in 2012 has changed a lot from 1990: there are many new buildings, many businesses, many roads and cars, a lot of noise and freedom, but in terms of moral identity and the past, it is still only at the beginning. Albania in 2012 is dominated by a political class born, raised and educated in the regime ... continued on page 5

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PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE The charge against the former commander of the Guard and his role on January 21, 2011 is revealed “Ndrea Prendi fired first” TIRANA The former commander of the Republic Guard, Ndrea Prendi, was the first to fire at the crowd, says the Prosecutor’s Office, accusing him of causing the first victim, Faik Myrtaj, who was the first seated person to go to the hospital. continued on page 11 In the photo: Former commander of the Guard, Ndrea Prendi In the photo: Former commander of the Guard, Ndrea Prendi

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