Accusations for the killings and the deletion of footage KILLINGS / Handcuffs ready for 3 members of the Guard and one employee of the Prime Minister’s Office Today is the first anniversary of the opposition’s demonstration. The accounts of Sali Berisha, Edi Rama and Besnik Bare. The police seal off the Prime Minister’s Office, 2,000 troops and water cannons. The American Embassy: Do not go, there will be violence!

According to sources close to the prosecutor’s office, after reviewing the findings of the FBI expert analysis, four arrest warrants have been prepared and are expected to be sent to the court and then executed. These involve three members of the Republican Guard and one member of the Prime Minister’s administration. TIRANA It is expected that by this morning the comparison and matching of the FBI expert analysis with the Albanian one, carried out earlier by the State Police, will have been completed. According to sources from the investigative group, it has been discovered that from the two pistols examined, the killers of Aleks Nika and Faik Myrtaj may also be identified. Meanwhile, the arrest of a Prime Minister’s Office employee is also expected; he intervened in the server, first cloned the footage and then deleted all recordings of the event on the night of January 21, 2011. Also, according to the sources, the investigation is expected to begin against the experts of the Ministry of Interior, who concluded that the 7 bullets, casings and the 2 pistols of the guards with which Aleks Nika and Faik Myrtaj were killed “cannot be examined, because they were damaged.” The analysis of the 2 pistols belonging to two officers of the Republican Guard, this time carried out by the world’s most specialized laboratory, the FBI, appears set to break the deadlock in the investigation by leading the prosecutor’s office to make new arrests. These involve the heads of the Republican Guard, the... continues on page 6

Protest against CEZ Page 8 In the photo: From last night’s protest by residents of Kombinat Power outages, residents clash with police in Kombinat BY GENC KONDI In the photo: From last night’s protest by residents of Kombinat

Commentary BY ANILA BASHA 60th anniversary of Tefta Radi When she first entered the offices of Albanian Radio Television and shyly opened the news microphone to present the bulletins, Tefta Radi could never have imagined that she would celebrate her 60th anniversary among friends, journalists and artists in the hall of the house of Albanians in Tirana. The “Nermin Vlora Falaschi” Foundation organized the conference for the woman journalist, considering it also an important event in the year of the 100th anniversary of the country’s independence. Tefta Radi, among flowers and emotions, was there not to bow her head, but as someone regarded as an icon of Albanian public television. Unfortunately, in fact, in the hall packed with journalists and artists, not a single one of the leaders of Albanian Public Television was present, even though Ms. Radi has been there since 1979. But there were many journalists from the television who had come to this event, as well as many other journalists from various media outlets in the country. Since that year, she has never been apart from it, in her journey from Radio to Television. On this 60th anniversary, many things were said about Ms. Radi: an icon of Albanian public television; the woman with a pure Albanian language, who conveyed the news rather than acting for viewers of the small screen; an institution in her own right within Albanian public television, as Iva Tare described her. But above all, a medal of gratitude from the “Nermin Vlora” foundation, a medal presented to her by the foundation’s vice president, the artist Inka Kurti. I felt just as moved when I heard those elderly ladies congratulating the younger generation for their courage... But there I realized that we are very far from them The event Tefta Radi What... continues on page 12

Details of the capture of the most wanted fugitive, who had been sentenced in absentia to 23 years in prison ADELA SHEHU The moments of the arrest of the highly wanted Dritan Hate, as one of the members of “Revenge for Justice”, were dangerous for the police as well. Sources said that during the operation Hate pulled out a pistol with the intention of firing at them. Dritan Hate, 37, a member of the group “Revenge for Justice”, tried to attack police officers in order to shoot them while they were... continues on page 7 Dritan Hate

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Pages 12-13 The protest frightens the government; salaries for 12,000 doctors are unfrozen Page 10

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