BORDER TREATY / The account of former ambassador to Greece, Bashkim Zeneli The diplomat was summoned to the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and asked to start talks. Zeneli: There is no agreement, we cannot go to Arbitration. The government is responsible News The former ambassador of Albania to Greece, Bashkim Zeneli, in an interview for “Shqiptarja.com” says that the Greek authorities had already requested in 2004 the start of negotiations for the division of the continental shelf between Albania and Greece, but the Nano government did not agree. TIRANE Fernada Cenko Greece asked to begin negotiations with Albania on the division of the sea already at the end of 2004. This is confirmed by the diplomat and politician Bashkim Zeneli. Ambassador of Albania to Greece until the end of 2006, Zeneli recounts the previous and current relations between Albania and Greece. “Albania’s relations with Greece are very dormant,” this is also the question that arises in your mind if there is an agreement on border delimitation or not, when this is said by a former ambassador who knows very well the relations between the two states. In a... continued on pages 2-3

TESTIMONY TO THE POLICE “The sexual games my husband asked me for” The 42-year-old from Gjirokastra is arrested, blackmailed his wife with 10 porn videos. Another victim: My husband beats me TIRANE The shocking story in Gjirokastër is revealed. Mihal Koronja, 42, was arrested yesterday after blackmailing his wife with sex videos to force her to have orgies with other men... Pages 6-7

Commentary BY AFRIM KRASNIQI When citizens are no longer “the first” A state is not made up only of the constitution, written laws, public buildings, the police or prisons. Every state has these, even the most democratic, the most dictatorial, the richest, and the poorest. The difference between states is profoundly a difference in the standards of behavior toward citizens, toward civil liberties and public responsibilities. Albania belongs to those models where the gap between power and the citizen remains large, as does the gap between our democratic model and the Western one. Under communism, the dictatorship spoke and ruled in the name of the citizens, but in real life citizens lived under a regime of fear, persecution, violence, denigration and isolation. In democracy, those in power seek votes by promising that “the citizen is first,” but once in power they behave like rulers, arrogant and insulting toward the citizen and his problems. It is enough to look at the events of recent weeks to find clear elements of violation of citizens’ rights, violation of constitutional norms and the creation of a psychosis of fear that comes from those who hold power. The first example concerns pensioners. In no democratic country can it happen that the state forces about half a million... continued on page 8

Pages 13-19 Foreign tourists’ impressions of Saranda. Louis Pero: The centuries-old Albanians of the USA

Berisha and the government have gone out of control Pages 4-5

English lessons Berisha with complexes Page 11

Page 7 The director of 325: Leave for the prisoner according to the law

A1 REPORT! the origin of the news...

Page 6 Suspicion over divorce, son-in-law kills father-in-law and himself

Page 10 The municipality demolished their houses, residents want compensation

9

Pages 20-21 Italian doctor: How Hoxha killed the Catholic clerics

... always one step ahead... Spices and dried fruit Address: Tirana-Durres Highway, km 7, Vaqarr, Tirana; Tel: 042 406 900, 042 406 901; Fax 042 406 902; e-mail: neranxi@neranxi.com; www.neranxi.com