EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS The business near Sharra is exposed. It flourished after the violence against the Roma WASTE, HERE IS THE COMPANY THAT COLLECTS THE MILLIONS The waste collection point, in the Vaqarr commune. Trucks take the garbage to pack it at the new company. Experts: Profit reaches 10 million lek a month. The company gives no details about the business The story The mystery surrounding the company entrusted with collecting and then selling Tirana’s waste for recycling is deepening. The collection point, built a little farther from Sharra, has grown alarmingly compared with the first months when it initially began operating. TIRANA ESMERALDA KETA Almost 1 km from the Sharra collection point, where all the urban waste generated in Tirana is unloaded, a new collection point has been set up for months. “Shqiptarja.com” visited this site almost a month and a half ago as well, when the municipal police began the hunt against... continues on page 11 In the photo: View of the waste collection point that has been built 1 km from Sharra

THE INVESTIGATION AT SHISH The DP requested Xhoana’s file in 2002 Fatos Klosi: Fatos Nano himself wanted his wife to be checked TIRANA JAKIN MARENA The former head of SHISH, Fatos Klosi, says that former Prime Minister Fatos Nano had himself requested verification of his wife Xhoana Nano’s background. He says that all close relatives of senior officials should be checked for their past. He explains the misunderstandings about Nano and also speaks about Visho Ajazi... Page 2 In the photo: Fatos Nano with his wife, Xhoana In the photo: Fatos Nano with his wife, Xhoana

IMMUNITY AND REFORMS Pages 4-7 Rama: After 10 months, a new road, or ruin Brussels appeals. Gramoz Ruçi and Eglantina Gjermeni speak

Commentary BY PREÇ ZOGAJ Dismantling, a slogan or a project? Since fate has kept me in opposition for most of these twenty-two years, I have often found myself facing a set of questions with a common denominator. Will justice ever be established? Will what is due go to its rightful owner? Will those who took wealth through corruption and abuse return it? Will the corrupt deals denounced by the opposition be dismantled? Will someone finally say stop to this long-standing jungle where order, insofar as it exists, is preserved mainly by custom and not by law? Will someone build a state without touching freedoms and develop freedoms without weakening the state? These are questions that contain civic concern; questions born from the knowledge and personal experience of many citizens, questions that do not stem from direct personal knowledge and experience, but are based on the opposition’s and the media’s denunciations of corruption; questions that can be answered with a populist “yes” by a populist politician, but are essentially difficult if we want to speak honestly and directly. I, who do not believe in solitary heroes nor in the miracle of political justice brought by a leader, have for ten or fifteen years lowered my head when I am asked such questions and thought long before saying anything. I have not wanted to hurt anyone with easy answers just to get through the queue. I have not wanted, in political fashion, to deceive or lie by playing with the public’s organic desire for justice or, even worse, with a character flaw attributed to Albanians, as if they take greater joy when they see their house going up in flames... continues on page 8

IN SLOVENIA Page 10 Berisha admits it: “Albania is in crisis”

THE INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED Page 14 The disappearance of Enver Hoxha’s diary, the accusation withdrawn THE DEPUTY’S COUSIN Page 17 The murder of Aurora Trashani, the charge against the migrant is dropped THE TRAFFICKER’S TESTIMONY Page 16 “I bought the heroin for 30 thousand euros in a bar in Tirana” THE NAMES OF THE BENEFICIARIES Page 20-22 The list, the 3,289 families receiving loans for homes

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