Agreement yesterday in Brussels, here is the platform CONFERENCE/ The leaders of the PS and the LSI, participants in the meeting of the European Socialist Parties The meeting at the “Le Meridien” hotel, the fourth in recent months. Travel details. The cooling-off between Meta and Berisha and Rama’s campaign. Sources close to the PS and LSI: They will come with a cooperation platform in Tirana News Edi Rama and Ilir Meta will meet for the fourth time within five months. This time the meeting will take place at the “Le-Meridien” hotel in Brussels, where the leader of the PS and that of the LSI have been staying since yesterday. The two leaders visited the Belgian capital to take part in the conference of the European Socialist Parties, but the fact is confirmed that they will meet with each other. BRUSSELS Edi Rama, the leader of the PS, and Ilir Meta, leader of the LSI, will hold a fourth meeting together, this time outside Albania with the Albanian media and... continues on pages 2-3 In the photo: Rama-Meta and the “Le Meridien” hotel, where the meeting took place

Commentary BY PREÇ ZOGAJ January 21, the parade of the noise of killings Instead of beginning to write a chapter of justice, and why not also of apology, the tragic January 21 is writing in court an ugly and criminal chapter: that of making killings noisy all the way from the event under trial. The protagonists, of course, are not and cannot be the judges. At least for the moment, and we hope not even in the future, when the time comes for them to say their word, they will not be. The protagonists are the defendants and the witnesses from the Republican Guard; it is the uniformed fan club of the killers that has humiliated the court chamber several times with its behavior and the memory of the dead. Newspapers reported yesterday that during the next hearing one of the guardsmen said in his “testimony” that Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s house was guarded that day by 40 guardsmen! Very well! Even with twice that number, the prime minister’s house could be guarded and protected. As many times as necessary, or whenever requested. But... continues on page 8

Hearing at the Constitutional Court, the “general” seeks freedom through procedure LAWYERS’ REQUEST TIRANA ELTON QYNO Nehat Kulla seeks freedom at the Constitutional Court, following the “Basha” precedent as a practice. Kulla’s lawyers have raised the issue of the extension of... Page 9

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