After 40 days in prison, the inspectors arrested for abuse of office are placed under house arrest CORRUPTION/ Roland Çelmeta and 5 Metrology inspectors are out. Charge: They admitted everything News Roland Çelmeta, Deputy Director General of Metrology and Calibration, has left his cell and for two days has been with his family. At the request of the prosecution, he will await the day of the trial under house arrest, following a decision by the Tirana Court of Appeal. TIRANA POLI HOXHA After 40 days in the detention rooms, the 40-year-old Çelmeta, a successful businessman, a well-known figure in the Socialist Movement for Integration, former parliamentary candidate for this party in the 2005 elections, following the repeated requests, will await his trial on the charge of abuse of office, with his family. The news is confirmed by the Tirana District Court of Appeal for “Shqiptarja.com”. Just a few days after the high-profile arrests, the Court of Appeal rejected the request of Çelmeta’s lawyer to change the measure imposed by the Tirana District Court of First Instance from “pre-trial detention without time limit” to “house arrest”. At that time, the Appeal accepted the request of the prosecutor in the case, according to whom Çelmeta “poses a risk of repeating the criminal offense he is charged with, corruption”. But only after 40 days, the prosecution, considering Roland Çelmeta to be a person who does not pose a risk of leaving the country and because he had never before... continues on page 2

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A coffee with Berisha BY ANILA BASHA This coming year 2012 will not be an easy year for Albania and Albanians. Indeed, unlike Prime Minister Berisha’s statements, it will perhaps be the most difficult, not only politically, but also financially. On the eve of our 100th anniversary as a state, we will not know whether we will be ready to celebrate in the way we will celebrate it. So, at the beginning of the year, I had a coffee with Prime Minister Sali Berisha. Right after he came down from the villa in Dajt, where he also celebrated the arrival of January 1 with his family. Me - Happy New Year, Mr Prime Minister. May this centenary year be a good one. Him - Thank you, Anila, we have prepared many things for this centenary. There will be celebrations everywhere, there will be events organized by all institutions... ... you have even said that there will be grand celebrations, you will demolish the Pyramid and build the new stadium; you will raise busts all over Albania and remake the script of “12” with Ismail Qemali. Me - I know, I know, Mr Prime Minister. You said that this year history must be rewritten (as if such a thing can be done by decree!?); you have even said that there will be grand celebrations, you will demolish the Pyramid and build the new stadium; you will raise busts all over Albania and remake the script of “12” with Ismail Qemali. But is it really time to celebrate? Here we are at the beginning of the year, and the entire political class is caught up in the endless debate over the election of the president. You have firmly declared that you will have your own candidate for President. Is this a democratic ambition? And what will remain in this power if you, as Prime Minister, also want to take the President, the Prosecutor’s Office, and SHISH (only a short time ago it... continues on page 5

NERANXI ... always one step ahead... Spices and dried fruit TIRANA The denunciation was made by the head of the “Order of Pharmacists”, Arjan Jaupllari, yesterday during the pharmacy congress in our country. He declared that the Ministry of Health has broken all the rules of the game, thus completely destroying the pharmaceutical market. According to him, the Ministry of Health, only in the past year, has taken two important decisions, that of applying VAT and the fiscal stamp on... continues on page 11

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