TESTIMONY/ The full statement of the lawyer for guard officer Agim Llupo Lawyer Besnik Çerekja’s statement: The guard commander, to the former Minister of the Interior at the Prime Minister’s Office: Protect the guardsmen. Pull back the police cordons because we are in danger Page 7

CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA Normative Act, the 300 apartment buildings that will receive the mortgage The government issues the use permits. 75% of the buildings in Tirana benefit TIRANA Genc Kondi Around 300 apartment buildings in the capital, which are still waiting to receive their mortgage documents, are being given the green light for... Page 3

Commentary BY Adri Nurellari Frogs and politics One of the most prominent elements that emerged from the census was the fact that the Albanian population has continued to shrink because of emigration. The number of Albanian citizens living in Albania, supposedly close to the number of voters in the last elections, clearly suggests that the lists are inflated by emigrants and that the voter turnout among Albanian citizens is supposedly much higher than the official figure. Political participation is an issue that has always attracted the attention of the academic world, both for its importance or significance for the democracy of a country and for the complexity and diversity of its forms. The ways in which citizens and voters influence decision-making range from formal or institutional political participation to non-formal and violent forms. In the first case it is materialized through voting, candidacy, petitions, or involvement in political parties, while in the second through boycotts, demonstrations, civil disobedience, strikes, revolutions, coups, or political assassinations. Nevertheless, the main barometer of political participation remains voting, and studies of electoral behavior have highlighted... continued on page 21

The changes and benefits in the new media law Page 4

The latest crossword puzzles by Kadri Vokopola Page 23

INTERVIEW Page 5 Luan Rama: LSI is not threatened by FRD and AK

DOCUMENTS Page 10 How Israel evacuated the Jews from Albania in 1991

WRITER Page 18 Skënder Hasko the farewell written before death

FILES IN THE SHKODRA COURT Page 9 Dritan Dajti Emiljano Shullazi Dajti and Shullazi, after the major killings The implications in the killings of Skerdilajd Konomi, Pjerin Abazi, and extortion cases Dritan Dajti; Emiljano Shullazi

PROJECTOR Page 20 THE GREAT WINTER OF “SMALL” LITERATURE BY Rovena ROZHANI

LIVE FROM LIFE Page 20 ANATOMY! BY ANJEZA SHATKU

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