The chain of revenge continues. He was shot inside his car after leaving his “Luxury” bar, the friend of the trafficker who was killed together with his mother in 2008. The court seized his assets
EXCLUSIVE/ Photo of the tunnel entrance where Admirim Sako was shot last night
The news
A mafia-style assassination in the middle of Tirana, right near the court. The former driver of Elton Deliu, who was killed together with his mother in their home in December 2008. Admirim Sako, 40, father of one child, was shot with 3 bullets inside his car, after the Shqipëria Sot exhibition. He was immediately taken to the Military Hospital, where until late last night he remained in critical condition.
TIRANA
GRANIT SOKOLAJ
8:00 p.m. Several people’s screams broke the calm in the neighborhood behind the exhibition...
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In the photo: A view from above of the place where the attack on the 40-year-old took place (left) The wounded Admirim Sako
With destination fantasy
Commentary
BY PREÇ ZOGAJ
With destination fantasy
The anti-corruption fight from political podiums has now gone up in smoke. The signs were given as soon as Prime Minister Berisha, upon returning to power in 2005, set aside the sweeping accusations he had voiced all across the country as opposition leader against several senior officials of the Socialist government.
What happened? Where did all that promise go, which for months had served as the soundtrack of the era? History is not so simple that it can be told in two words. In telegraphic form, we can mention a few explanations. First, what always happens to the victors happened: they soften, feel rewarded, and therefore no longer have their former fighting spirit, and that is only natural, to be sure. Second, part of the Albanians who were seen in the Democratic Party as the cake of the new power was being cut rushed to claim the fruits of victory, which they considered their own from Berisha, thus marking with their appetite for wealth and their ties to dirty business yet another deviation of anti-corruption from its declared objective.
Third, it is likely that after settling into offices as victors, the prime minister and the ministers of...
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Albania boycotts Kosovo in the Council of Europe, SP: Topalli shamed us
The vote, without Albanian MPs. The situation in Presheva, debates in Tirana
RESOLUTION IN THE ASSEMBLY
TIRANA
JAKIN MARENA
The Council of Europe approves a very important resolution for Kosovo, which is regarded by the Kosovar media as a step toward...
Pages 4-5
Police suspicions
The murder of the student in Fier: his friend in handcuffs
Page 17
The deputy minister’s book
Nikoll Lesi: “Koha Jonë”, me and Sandër Frangaj
Pages 12-13
In Parliament
Per diems blocked, MPs: We want our money
Page 7
COMMISSAR / PROTEST / INTERVIEW / CO-AUTHOR
COMMISSAR
Pages 2-3
Musa Skura dies in Italy, reactions in Tirana
PROTEST
Page 10
CEZ withdrawal, Czech prime minister: Forget Europe
INTERVIEW
Page 8
Blushi: After June, the current MPs too
CO-AUTHOR
Page 20
Anastas Konstandini: The destruction of the mosaic is a disgrace
THE NEWEST TELEVISION
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