Details of the chief inspector’s conversation. Totozani meets with Lulzim Basha at the municipality, before the testimony. Ambassador Sequi photo with the Roma man. U.S. Embassy: We will also collect plastic bottles VIOLENCE AGAINST THE ROMA/ The chief of the municipal police, Florenc Hoxha, testified yesterday at midday before the Ombudsman AMNESTY ‘HITS’ BASHA “He is taking the bread out of the Roma’s mouths” Details of the chief inspector’s conversation. Totozani meets with Lulzim Basha at the municipality, before the testimony. Ambassador Sequi photo with the Roma man. U.S. Embassy: We will also collect plastic bottles The news The chief inspector of the municipal police, Florenc Hoxha, testified yesterday at midday before the Ombudsman, after the Ombudsman’s meeting at the Municipality of Tirana with Mayor Lulzim Basha. At 14:00 he answered questions about the violence against the Roma in Tirana, while defending his work and even saying that he would sue the Roma for damaging his image. The organization “Amnesty International” reacted sharply yesterday, condemning the violence against the Roma. TIRANA ARBEN RROZHANI Having plainly refused three times the summons to appear at the institution and after having failed four times to receive the inspectors in his office at the municipality, the head of the Tirana Municipal Police, Florenc Hoxha, reported yesterday at midday to the Ombudsman’s institution regarding the violence carried out against the Roma community. The Ombudsman’s official statement said that Florenc Hoxha answered the experts’ questions for about an hour. After... ▶ continues on page 7 In the photo: EU Ambassador Ettore Sequi with a Roma child last night in Tirana In the photo: EU Ambassador Ettore Sequi with a Roma child last night in Tirana

Comment BY AFRIM KRASNIQI Democracy of oligarchy At the beginning of 1997, a right-wing politician was preparing for a diplomatic meeting and his main problem was that he lacked a serious ceremonial suit. Someone volunteered and lent it to him for 24 hours. Today he is one of the 20 richest politicians, according to declarations to ILDKP. That same year, two left-wing politicians came to government and faced the same concern: they did not have serious suits as defined in the official reception protocol. Their colleagues also thought of them, one... ▶ continues on page 6

PD BUSINESSMAN, NDRIÇIM BABASI “Berisha knows the billionaires of the SP” Lifting immunity, MPs Fidel Ylli and Gjovalin Kadeli speak TIRANA FERNADA CENKO The businessman and Democratic Party MP, Ndriçim Babasi, while expressing readiness for lifting MPs’ immunity, underlined the fact that Berisha has... ▶ Pages 2-3 Ndriçim Babasi Fidel Ylli Ndriçim Babasi; Fidel Ylli

Comment BY ARBEN MUKA Topalli and the private hospital The Speaker of Parliament’s campaigns against cancer in general, and especially against breast and cervical cancer among Albanian women and girls, are long-standing. I even remember marches and rallies in the streets, which from a cold perspective are a deeply humanitarian cause, in the right place, at the right time, and even more so... ▶ continues on page 6

Emergency medical care in diabetes. Coca-Cola reduces sperm count ▶ Pages 13-20

Informal plots, the names of the citizens receiving title deeds ▶ Pages 8-10 Informal plots the names of the citizens who receive title deeds

The persecuted, 15 million euros, here are the 476 beneficiaries ▶ Page 11 The persecuted 15 million euros, here are the beneficiaries

Did not tend the goats, kills the 14-year-old girl and then himself ▶ Page 12 Did not tend the goats, kills the 14-year-old girl and then himself

REQUEST ▶ Page 5 Rama, to the chancellor: The Austrian lottery is manipulated

HISTORICAL PHOTO ▶ Page 22 Tirana, the retouching of the independence monument over the years

... always one step ahead... Nachos chips and Mexican served with the respective sauces and cheese Address: Tirana-Durrës Highway, km 7, Yzberisht, Tirana Tel: 042 406 500; 042 406 801; Fax 042 406 802 e-mail: neranxi@neranxi.net www.neranxi.com