The prosecutor Sokol Stojani’s decision is made public: Seizing the trucks with smuggled chromium was lawful. €30,000 were earned per night. Former chief Prençi reacts: It has been proven that the mafia has captured the Ministry of the Interior DECISION / The General Prosecution supports the accusations of former police director Shemsi Prençi The decision of prosecutor Sokol Stojani is made public: Seizing the trucks with smuggled chromium was lawful. €30,000 were earned per night. Former chief Prençi reacts: It has been proven that the mafia has captured the Ministry of the Interior

Commentary BY PREÇ ZOGAJ Half of the good Although it may have been put forward at the last minute in order to be inside, the version with candidate Zaganjori of the original PD-LSI consensus has moved ahead with the certainty of uncertainty and the risks posed by the alternative versions. With this name, the majority has found its first point of agreement within itself, partially satisfying another important opposition claim to put an end to the political top of the PD as a nursery of candidacies. In other words, the majority has buried a delicate stump, which it is trying to keep carefully, because if it collapsed there is no guarantee that it would be followed by a... continues on page 8

The General Prosecution overturns the decision of the Dibra Prosecutor’s Office and considers Prençi’s seizure of smuggled chromium as a lawful act. Prençi accused the Dibra prosecutor’s office and the highest officials of the Ministry of the Interior of being officials who protect companies in “Kevger shpk” and who are controlled by the chromium mafia. ■■■ TIRANA HABJON HASANI The suspended investigations into chromium smuggling in Bulqizë have taken an unexpected turn. The investigations began three months ago by the director of the Dibra police, Shemsi Prençi, who has now been dismissed from his post. On 16 April, Prençi ordered the blocking of six trucks carrying chromium belonging to the company “Kevger shpk”, ... continues on page 9

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■■■ TIRANA ESMERALDA KETA Teachers and lecturers who retire this year, in addition to the retirement age and 35 years of work, must have worked at least 26.3 years in education. Whereas those who reach retirement age after... Page 12

Analysis BY EDI RAMA LIMBO In 1613 Shakespeare speaks in Henry VIII about limbo, a place neither in Hell nor in Heaven, which later took on the metaphorical meaning of prison, isolation, encapsulation, but which is none of these three and can be explained through all three at once. Limbo is the place that computer scientists assign to the invisible space of erased materials, but not yet physically deleted from the memory warehouse – like those in the Windows Recycle Bin. Albania risks entering limbo next year and who knows for how many years to come, if it loses... continues on page 8

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