NEHAT KULLA: I WANT FREEDOM BASHKIM DEDJA: RE-TRY IT

Court hearing: the chief judge and the female member voted in favor. Five other members voted against Kulla’s request. The 20-year prison sentence for the 1997 murder of Halim Gjuzi, the driver of former deputy minister Halit Shamata, remains in force DOCUMENT/ The President of the Constitutional Court votes in favor of Tirana’s “strongman”

How 36,000 Albanians were expelled from Greece in 1922

“RILINDASI” SUPPLEMENT ► Pages 7, 15-22 RILINDASI TRAGIC DISPLACEMENTS The disappearance of 36,000 Albanians from Pindus and Epirus How 36,000 Albanians were expelled from Greece in 1922 Athens government decision: pensions are taken away from 17,000 “Vorioepirote” Albanians

The last dinner of Shpëtim Karamuça

DEATH OF THE STRIKER The last dinner of Shpëtim Karamuça Report from the house of Perikli Sheqevi. The family and the compensation at stake TIRANE ARTEMISA HOXHA Yesterday, former political prisoner Shpëtim Karamuça, 74, diagnosed with laryngeal cancer, passed away. He had been living for more than a year in Perikli Sheqevi’s house, in an environment with appalling conditions... ► Pages 2-3

10 years of Fiks Fare to fight corruption

FESTA NE POGRADEC ► Page 11 10 years of Fiks Fare to fight corruption BY ANILA BASHA

News

On Friday, the Constitutional Court dashed all of Nehat Kulla’s hopes of having his case sent for retrial. The President of the Court, Bashkim Dedja, and member Vitore Tusha voted in favor of the request by the former Tirana “strongman,” who has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. TIRANE HABJON HASANI On Friday, the Constitutional Court rejected the “general” request by Nehat Kulla... ► continues on page 9

The seats in Kukës and Berat, Meta against Berisha

LSI POSITION ► Page 5 The seats in Kukës and Berat, Meta against Berisha Petrit Vasili: PD-PS must unblock the CEC

Tow truck at work

Blog/ Astonishment BY OLTION SPIRO Tow truck at work There is no socialist or democrat, Darwinist or creationist, atheist or deist, Inter supporter or Milan supporter, nostalgic or futurist, woman or man, young or old, who does not understand that it is far more likely for the world to end on 21 December than for those wrecks, who have this absurdity written across their foreheads, to actually be in service of those institutions. The tow truck has become the closest friend of those who often roam the overfilled streets of Tirana. We see them everywhere, generally on the corners, we see them in the streets, fast and determined in... ► continues on page 6

2013, A YEAR FOR YOURSELF

BLOG/ PERIFERI ► Page 10 2013, A YEAR FOR YOURSELF BY ALBA MALLTEZI

Dritan Prifti, the “Santa Claus” with cows and roosters

GIFTS ► Page 10 Dritan Prifti, the “Santa Claus” with cows and roosters