POLL The first online vote on Shqiptarja.com for parliamentary candidates has closed LOBBYING BY THE CANDIDATES AT RISK AT THE TOP: RAMA AND GJONI, IN PD BERISHA AND VELIAJ More than 350 thousand visits and, by midnight, 83,741 votes had been cast for the candidates of both sides. After four days of voting, the PS candidates were ahead. A fierce race with phone calls and text messages — here is how the results changed Pages 2-3

8 March celebration Page 6 PD women to Sali Berisha: You are our hero

Forum BY PREÇ ZOGAJ A port to change history The reference is to the Europort of Shëngjin project. Before talking about it, we think it is appropriate to provide a piece of well-known information, as much as the columns of a respectable newspaper allow, about the Adriatic and the Albanian coastline. On the rocky Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic, around 1,250 tourist marinas and ports have been installed. On the Dalmatian coast, more than 30 million tons of goods are processed per year. Slovenia, with 46 km of coastline, transits to Hungary... continued on page 21

ALSO BERAT Page 18 Gjirokastra on the blacklist, experts: It is absurd

“THASH&THEM” SUPPLEMENT Pages 13-17 IN PHOTO: Arminda Qylafku, general director of Support Services in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, at the same time spokesperson for Sokol Olldashi The spokesperson for Sokol Olldashi on luxury holidays in Dubai The PD beauties’ “new challenges”. Big Brother, Marselino’s wife: I don’t know his secrets. He was accused of being a gigolo IN PHOTO: Arminda Qylafku, general director of Support Services in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, at the same time spokesperson for Sokol Olldashi

1 MARCH 1997 MEETING Dade: How I saw Berisha’s eyes blood-red Socialist Party officials: You, Mr. President, want to divide the north from the south TIRANA JAKIN MARENA The PS representatives who were at the 1 March 1997 meeting with former President Berisha say that in the document he... Pages 4-5

DIPLOMACY Page 8 Tirana’s Embassy in the USA ‘goes bankrupt’, the money goes to ‘Podesta’

High definition BY ARLINDA GUMA “Big Brother” This intellectual thriller(!) To order yourself to follow Big Brother from start to finish, (without wanting to), is a great suffering. Yes, reader, do not get confused like that. It is a suffering of that kind, how can I explain it? Keep in mind that one from the masterpiece of bbf; this misfortune and happened/witness? A similar melodrama. In any case, the pain seems to soften a little... continued on page 19

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