PROPERTY RETURN “Shqiptarja.com reveals the latest decision of the European Court” STRASBOURG FINES THE ALBANIAN GOVERNMENT 3 MILLION EUROS Former owners win compensation in four different cases, to be paid from the state budget. The Court of Human Rights gives Tirana an ultimatum to resolve the legal tangle. Files are suspended for 18 months News The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg yesterday ordered the Albanian state to pay 3 million euros in compensation to four families that had filed property claims. At the same time, it announced a 18-month suspension of the examination of new Albanian property cases, while cases already submitted will continue along the normal path. TIRANA Genc Kondi Strasbourg is suspending the acceptance of new Albanian files with property complaints for a year and a half, but it will continue to hear the files already submitted. This was communicated yesterday... continues on pages 2-3 Press Release Issued by the Registrar of the Court ECHR 317 (2012) 31.07.2012 EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUR EUROPÉENNE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME Pilot judgment concerning non-enforcement of administrative decisions awarding compensation for property confiscated under the communist regime in Albania In today's Chamber judgment in the case of Manushaqe Puto and others v. Albania (applications nos. 604/07, 43628/07, 46684/07 and 34770/09), which is final, the Court held, unanimously, that there had been: a violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair hearing) of the European Convention on Human Rights; a violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property); and, a violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy). The Court considered that the numerous problems at the root of the violation could be traced to a dysfunction in the national legal order. It therefore required Albania to set up, within 18 months, an effective compensation mechanism. As regards the procedure to be followed in similar cases, the Court decided to adjourn the proceedings concerning all new complaints against Albania, lodged with it after the delivery of this judgment, in which the applicants raised arguable complaints that primarily derive from the prolonged non-enforcement of final property decisions. That adjournment will solely be for a period of 18 months after today's judgment becomes final. The examination of similar cases lodged before the delivery of today's judgment will continue. Yesterday’s Strasbourg Court decision on four files at once, for which the Albanian state must pay citizens a total of 3 million euros. This decision announces the temporary suspension of the examination of new property cases from Albania for 18 months

Comment BY ENTON ABILEKAJ The Christian Democratic wagon auction Ndoka’s departure from the opposition the day after Rama’s promise to add wagons to the opposition train seemed part of a long-thought-out plan. For some time there had been talk of PDK’s move toward the government, but the opposition leader himself denied it. And if it had not been used to find opposition hopes for a broad alliance, Ndoka’s departure would have been announced later, perhaps in September. Rama’s promise provoked this event prepared by Berisha and his former deputy... continues on page 12

THE MONSTER FATHER’S CONFESSION “I don’t know why I killed my son” Why he threw the baby out of the maternity ward window. The midwife tells the story TIRANA HABJON HASANI The killer father Hysen Biba, who threw his baby from the fourth floor of the maternity ward, states to the police that even he did not know why he did it. The police suspect that he may have been stirred up by disputes between the families over paternity. Contradictory, confused and not at all cooperative with the investigators,... Pages 10-11 In the photo: Hysen Biba

Analysis BY NIAZI JAHO Changes to the Electoral Code The changes made to the Electoral Code are numerous. Without a careful study of them, it is difficult to express any opinion. For this reason, there is a need to revisit the recommendations submitted by OSCE/ODIHR in the 2009 and 2011 reports, which deal respectively with the parliamentary elections and those for local government bodies. But not only that: I think other issues related to elections and dictated by practice should also be taken into account. So far only... continues on page 12

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Page 8 Klosi: Berisha has been continuously wiretapping the opposition

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RESIGNATION Page 22 Agim Zeqo: I’m leaving Skënderbeu, I have my own business