Zogaj, Çili, Hoxha and Tare comment on the post-vote period NEIGHBORING SITUATION ■ THE ALBANIAN LEFT: WHY IT SHOULD NOT TRUST POLLS ■ BEPPE GRILLO, HERE IS WHO COULD IMITATE HIM IN ALBANIA ■ BERLUSCONI? LET’S SEE THE CHARISMA WITH THE SPIRIT OF ACTION ■ THE REACTIONS OF BRAÇE, BALLA, BELLO, SHEHU AND DODA ▶ Pages 2-5

BY ARBEN RROZHANI Enjoy your doctorate! Yesterday I was an eyewitness to a human joy/sorrow. Our friend, colleague and politician, Afrim Krasniqi, received his Doctorate certificate. A culminating professional and academic event that fulfills a person, makes them more mature, more responsible, more demanding. Afrim Krasniqi was dressed nicely for the day; in a black overcoat, suit and tie, with his blond hair softly combed. But he was sad. He told me twice before and after receiving that A4-sized form, officially called a “Doctorate Diploma,” and asked that as a friend I accompany him to the rectorate, where this document, as the state office clerks call it, was collected. Krasniqi has seen that German world; he has been educated with the culture of “Ordnung und Disziplin.” He said with sadness what would have happened if he had received this diploma yesterday: the Rector holds a small but solemn ceremony and you feel respected, acknowledged, a contributor, and certain that the contribution makes you feel like a DOCTOR. Albania is another matter. Shame would go away, someone would say, but likely in a Turkish manner, not today’s one. When Krasniqi had gone days earlier to collect the diploma, the secretary had... ▶ continued on page 20

“Concrete-ification” will change with Edi Rama as prime minister on June 23 INTERVIEW WITH THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILLOR TIRANA JONIDA LATE Gent Gazheli is part of the team that is now dealing, albeit with difficulty, with the elections in the capital. You find him both in the field, near the Medrese area, and at the headquarters of the Socialist Party, where he takes care to keep the finances of an opposition party strong. Lately, he has also been very engaged with the latest PS Convention, as well as in Edi Rama’s meetings abroad. He has always stayed in the “shadows,” but not at the meetings of the Municipal Council. Graduated in economics in... ▶ Page 10-11

European agenda after the June 23 test ▶ Page 7

The police officer is also threatened with death ▶ Pages 8-9

▶ Page 15 Robbed in Bulqizë, (self-)kills himself in Elbasan

▶ Page 14 Kills his friend with a knife for his sister’s honor

ALBANIAN BINGO The results of the drawing of 26 February 2013 played on TV Klan The winning numbers can be read on page 12 Ekspres Bingo The names of the winning balls from yesterday’s draw ▶ Page 12

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