EXCLUSIVE / The first former Prosecutor General, Maksim R. Haxhia: The motionists turned me against the President Maks Haxhia: Today’s Prime Minister is not yesterday’s president. I drafted the file on Ramiz Alia. For April 2, the President requested an independent trial. The investigations into Ilir Meta and the journalists News Former Prosecutor General Maksim Haxhia explains how he was proposed for this post by Hajdari, the clashes with Berisha, Zhylali and Kopliku, and how he prepared the files for April 2, the arrest of Ramiz Alia and socialist deputy Meta. He recounts the pressure exerted on him to convict Ceka, Imami, but also the journalists Lesi and Frangaj. TIRANE Jakin Marena The former Prosecutor General, Maksim Haxhia, in an interview for the newspaper “Shqiptarja.com” says for the first time that Hajdari proposed him for this post... ► continues on pages 2-3

BY AGRON ALIBALI The haste of a female ambassador During a visit to Nuremberg on April 1, 2012, the Ambassador of Albania to Germany, Valter Ibrahimi, commented on the late-March rejection by the German Bundestag of the motion for an official apology concerning the genocide committed against the indigenous Herero and Nama populations in the former German colony of South-West Africa, today Namibia, between 1904 and 1908. “For me, quoted as having said Ambassador Ibrahimi, the concern is the nationalist tones that recall the past of racist and colonialist culture in Africa, which was characterized by harsh conflicts, leading even to the extreme manifestations of racism during the Holocaust in Europe...” It is not known whether the nearly similar statement of April 4, 2012 in Korçë by the Ambassador of Germany to Albania, Carola Mueller-Holtkemper, is a counter-response to Ambassador Ibrahimi’s comments in Nuremberg. As one of the world’s largest and most dynamic economies, today’s Germany is the engine of the United Europe, as well as an example of a developed state that pursues a foreign policy based on peace and human rights, while domestically linking economic development with environmental protection and the pursuit of advanced social policies. Albania and Albanians look to Germany as the model of a nation and a state that has created progress and prosperity through work, sweat, and sacrifice. However, Albania, work... ► continues on page 5

“THERE ARE NO MORE COMMUNISTS IN ALBANIA” Blushi: Milo, Dule? Small alliances, we are with the voters “This alliance with the best program is enough for power” TIRANE The left in Albania is not what it was 15 or 20 years ago. It has evolved, and today the time has come for a new breath, to guide our voter toward a moderate left. Ben Blushi has been singled out for a few moments... ► Pages 12-13 Ben Blushi

Vlashi: Me, homosexual? I’ll go back to my girlfriend • Seldi: Challenges give me more adrenaline ► Pages 15-19

Albanian Easter according to “Washington Times” ► Page 8

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