FIGHT OVER 36 THOUSAND EUROS Murder over debt, two dead Police: The killer and the victims were in one car. The perpetrator is arrested in Mamurras TIRANA Anxhela Tato A serious घटना took place in the capital, where 44-year-old Igi Haxhialiu was killed, while his brother Sokol Haxhialiu was seriously injured. The perpetrator... ▸ Page 11

DECISION Sali Berisha acts like Enver and sends the government to Vlorë The government meets on December 4, 100 years after Ismail Qemali ▸ Pages 2-3

The company Joy Travel has taken the Tax Authorities to court because they are not reimbursing the Value Added Tax on a significant amount. It is 100% owned by the wife of former PS leader Fatos Nano TIRANA Genc Kondi The company, which is 100 percent owned by Xhoana Nano, the wife of former prime minister and former leader of the Socialist Party Fatos Nano, has sued the General Directorate of Taxes, the regional directorate and the tax appeals directorate, for... continues on page 9

12-STOREY BUILDING PHOTOS 2009 In the photo: (left) The police protecting the demolition of the building on December 8, 2009, of the PS (right) The façade of the building three years later, rebuilt by the owner, the brother-in-law of MP Dashamir Peza 2012 Basha “rebuilds” Dash Peza’s building The government demolished it in December 2009, the municipality helps the PS MP’s brother-in-law ▸ Page 7 In the photo: (left) The police protecting the demolition of the building on December 8, 2009, of the PS (right) The façade of the building three years later, rebuilt by the owner, the brother-in-law of MP Dashamir Peza

Commentary BY PREÇ ZOGAJ Albanians want to unite I believe this centenary of Independence will be remembered as a kind of plebiscite by Albanians to express their strong desire to unite under one national flag and one single state. This unification under the red and black flag is a valuable fact, and this time it was expressed only through an unprecedented inclusiveness in conditions of freedom. This unification in a single state was not spoken and could not be spoken in written words, but was clearly expressed through the language of gestures, which is the supreme political language of the sovereign people. Whoever was in Vlorë on the 100th anniversary of Independence saw in the fivefold population of that city the projection of the unification of Albanians from Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and the other regions where they have lived since time immemorial. Albanians united in Vlorë in a kind of pilgrimage or a free and broad assembly of the people to celebrate their victory over the old policies of fragmentation and annihilation and their final inclusion in the concert of the... ▸ continues on page 22

AMBASSADOR SEQUI “I THINK LIKE KADARE: EUROPE, THE ONLY STATE” The EU diplomat on Albania’s candidate-country status ▸ Page 8

▸ Pages 13-20 RILINDASI LEF NOSI’S MEMORIES What testimony did he leave about the flag of Independence Lef Nosi’s memories of the flag of Independence What testimonies were left about November 1912. The details of Marash Ivanaj in 1934

DASH: Disappointed with Albania, dialogue is needed ▸ Page 6

Ben Blushi: Vote theft, let’s not spread fear ▸ Pages 4-5

Former president’s granddaughter robbed near the 9-story building ▸ Page 11