Lutaj, PS: Bode led Enver's association Berisha's adviser, Neritan Ceka: They were locked away for 20 years, their time has passed The professor makes the first proposal against dealing with the spy files. Ekrem Spahia: We want the files to be opened Pirro Lutaj of PS: There are former State Security collaborators in the government. A new law is being prepared, Gazmend Oketa will take it to Parliament

The former Minister of Interior, currently adviser to Prime Minister Berisha, Neritan Ceka has spoken about the latest debate over opening the files and the involvement of former spies in politics and administration, calling for such situations not to be used for political purposes. He also spoke about the election of the President. TIRANE JAKIN MARENA The former Minister of Interior, also adviser to Prime Minister Berisha, Neritan Ceka states in an interview for the newspaper “Shqiptarja.com” that the law of “lustration” and the opening of the files of former State Security spies is being used politically and that politics no longer needs such moves for its day-to-day needs. He said that there has been plenty of time in these 20 years to verify politics and the administration, but until now politics. Continues on pages 2-3

The opposition's spending bill, 109 million lek only for local elections. PD, militants donated 50.9 million lek In the photo: Neritan Ceka, former Minister of Interior, currently adviser to Prime Minister Berisha HERE ARE THE NAME LISTS PS-PD financiers for the elections The opposition's spending bill, 109 million lek only for local elections. PD, militants donated 50.9 million lek TIRANE The Socialists have sent to the CEC the full information on the expenses incurred during last year, including those for the May 8 elections. The state budget covered 88 percent of all expenses, the rest was covered by donors. Pages 4-5 In the photo: Neritan Ceka, former Minister of Interior, currently adviser to Prime Minister Berisha

Comment BY EDI RAMA Three PDs on the lost road The split of the PD into three is a [?] that has made even more confused the government and communication with the public of the majority left in government. The "fratricidal" war in the right-wing camp has just begun. The prime minister's desperate attempt to save from drowning in the sea of corruption his own ship, overloaded with the spoils of governmental piracy, has two rebels in its sights, who have taken with them the two PDs split off from the ruined group of his PD. It is an internal war of the kind where yesterday's brothers have become bitter enemies of each other. But it is also an old war repeated on the right with the same culprit as the main protagonist, the communist secretary of the PD, who, just as that poem says, "grew old but did not leave the door" from the places that have determined from the very beginning the balance of evil embodied in his leadership at the head of the Democratic Party. The President of the Republic, elected forcibly by Saliu and his majority five years ago at the head of state, has been declared an agent of the Socialist Party. Likewise the Vice President of the High Council of Justice, elected just as forcibly by the same man and by the same majority in the fiery ranks of the PD, has been declared an enemy working for the Socialist Party. The same story that repeats itself as with the enemies of Saliu's rule in the 1990s, who were massacred by his propaganda back then and today are settled in the lap of the prime minister after returning with their tails between their legs to the old PD, shouting without a trace of shame... Continues on page 4

Surprising facts are revealed about the creation of the monumental work in Vlorë • Patrice Najbor: Esad Pasha, Zogu and Noli Pages 13-20

"BB5", Ermali breaks up with Françeska Page 12

TESTIMONY Page 8 Ilia and Eleni, disputes and threats over the property

SMUGGLER Page 7 Shkodër, the Cukal Delia villas abandoned: They left out of fear

CONVENTION Page 6 The maritime agreement, Albania and Italy still without borders

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