The girl who mediated between Nicolini and Patrioti: Pressure a few hours before the arrest. The meeting at “Vila Gold”. “I am ready to testify, but the prosecutor does not call me.” The court leaves the coordinator in prison. Procedure of the Penal Code violated EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW/ HERE IS THE TRAP EVIDENCE The news The details of the arrest of Asllan Patrioti, the hunger strike coordinator, are revealed after the complaint by Massimiliano Nicolini, who was left in pretrial detention yesterday by the court, in a closed-door hearing. Patrioti and Nicolini, since July, had signed a cooperation agreement, which is published today in Shqiptarja.com. According to the interpreter, Nicolini had told Asllan that his car had been stolen. And when the car was found, he insisted a lot on meeting Asllan to give him the money he had promised, according to the version given by the interpreter ■■■ TIRANA HABJON HASANI Jonida.D is a student from Durrës; she says she was the person who first introduced Massimiliano Nicolini and ... at a meeting in Durrës. Asllan Patrioti Massimiliano Nicolini Facsimile of the contract signed between Patrioti and Nicolini Interpreter Jonida D. speaking to Shqiptarja.com ▸ continues on pages 2-3 Asllan Patrioti; Massimiliano Nicolini; Facsimile of the contract signed between Patrioti and Nicolini; Interpreter Jonida D. speaking to Shqiptarja.com

XHAÇKA at the head of the women of the PS Rama changes style, from flowers to football Documentary, Luan Rama’s aunt: That Berisha is a rag, a fraud ■■■ TIRANA JAKIN MARENA The chairman of the PS, Edi Rama, greeted the Socialist Women’s Congress by opening it as a vital force for the PS and the country. He mocked Berisha’s communication with God. Immediately after the congress... ▸ Pages 6-7

SITUATION IN THE TENT ▸ Pages 4-5 The hunger strike worsens, Totozani: Criminal prosecution Civilians take away the water and sugar; without them the strike is heading toward its end

PS MP ▸ Page 11 “The government should give the grants taken away from local government”

NO FUNDS ▸ Page 22 Energy crisis, imports 4 million euros a day

PROJECT ▸ Page 21 For emigrants, diplomas for the jobs they do abroad

Editorial BY ARBEN RROZHANI Patrioti, once again a political prisoner What is Asllan Patrioti today? That short-haired, stout man with his hair cut short, persecuted by mlefti while speaking as the coordinator of the strike... ▸ continues on page 10

Comment BY PREÇ ZOGAJ The government has politicized the hunger strike The Polish Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz, author of many essays on the period of communism and the relations of democratic transition in ... ▸ continues on page 10

REPORTAGE ▸ Pages 8-9 LIQENAS, THE SLAVIC STAR REMOVES THE EAGLE The municipality’s “departure” with Macedonian minority

▸ Pages 13-20 RILINDASI THE SALVATION OF THE JEWS Here is how they were provided with documents in Albania and Kosovo The Jews, the papers they received in Albania and in Kosovo American archives reveal new facts about the sheltering of Jews by Albanians

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