Here is the list of administration donors In the 8 May elections, the PD donors in the regions are officials who hold a post in the state Tax directors, road officials, education officials, customs officers, land registry offices, Aluizni... all of them gave money to the PD. Shqiptarja.com reveals the names and positions of those who helped finance the ruling party's campaign News Leaders of the Albanian administration, despite the European Commission’s request for a non-political administration, have made donations to the ruling party. Tax directors and customs officers, education directors, lawyers and patent officials, as well as representatives of the judiciary are among the financiers. TIRANE JAKIN MARENA The state administration has been fully engaged not only politically but also financially in supporting the government and the right-wing majority in last year’s local elections on 8 May. As we carefully examined the lists of Democratic donors who gave to the party in the 8 May elections sums of up to 1 million lek, we identified more than 80 public administration officials who financed this campaign. In this... Continues on pages 2-3 In the photo: Lulzim Basha voting in the local elections of 8 May 2011 in Tirana

Court: The defendants are guilty only of abuse of office Family members’ revolt: Let’s burn them with gasoline like they burned us 18 YEARS IN PRISON FOR PINARI, 10 FOR DELIJORGI TIRANE ELTON QYNO The decision of the Tirana court has left all parties in the Gërdec trial dissatisfied. Prosecutors, the defendants, but also family members of the victims who lost their lives on 15 March, have shown.... Pages 13-19 In the photo: Zamira Durda protesting after the decision of the Tirana Court In the photo: Zamira Durda protesting after the decision of the Tirana Court

Culturally toward the EU BY FATE VELAJ “Responsibility begins with a dream.” With this definition by William Butler Yeats I would like to begin my analysis of the role of art and culture in raising national consciousness, the role of artists and culture-makers as thinkers and correctors of society, the deepening of international dialogue, as well as the weight they must bear in the country’s European integration process. The popular saying “a dream costs nothing” in my opinion can have catastrophic consequences for the person himself and perhaps for an entire people, if that person holds a decision-making position. This is simply because irresponsible people and dreams go together irresponsibly, and if this person has a decision-making position then the implementation of these dreams in reality has consequences for all humanity. In our times, when the means of communication make the building of bridges possible and when the country is focused on Brussels and its European future, seeing a dream as if it were Saladin or someone else would have terrible consequences for the country’s strategic and geopolitical orientation, directing it no longer toward Vienna, Berlin and Brussels, but toward Damascus and perhaps even farther. In this case one can no longer discuss beliefs but rather faith within the conscience, which in my opinion in such cases is decisive. I will quote José Manuel Barroso, who in a letter he sent me on the occasion of the inauguration of the... Continues on page 5

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