DIPLOMACY SCANDAL / After Ambassador Galanxhi’s letter, more details emerge “The other ministers are accompanied by 7 people to meetings, ours only by the Secretary General.” Diplomats: Riyadh has more funds than the USA. MFA: This is not true, the embassy in Riyadh is rented INTERVIEW Page 4 Aleksandër Meksi: The candidates of the political parties should be chosen by the base BIG BROTHER Page 21 Altina leaves the game Jonida will have breast surgery the residents do not know AFTER THE KLD Page 10 Elbasan, the lawyer of the “quarrel”: I did not dismiss the judge Karkini IN THE PHOTO: Prime Minister Sali Berisha and our ambassador in Washington, Gilbert Galanxhi pictured on 20 September 2011 in the USA (right) The letter that Ambassador Galanxhi sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs PAGES 4-5 IN THE PHOTO: Prime Minister Sali Berisha and our ambassador in Washington, Gilbert Galanxhi pictured on 20 September 2011 in the USA (right) The letter that Ambassador Galanxhi sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs PAGES 4-5

“RILINDASI” SUPPLEMENT Pages 13-20 RILINDASI THE ALBANIAN CLERICS OF THE MIDDLE AGES Surprising discoveries from the archives of Dubrovnik The Albanian clerics of the Middle Ages in the Dubrovnik archive The surprising 14th-century discoveries about the remarkable achievements

MARCH 9, 1996 KILLING The family: He did not want war with his own people Ceremony for former PD member. Gjinushi: The March 9 agreement, a big mistake PERMET ANILA BASHA In the center of Përmet, as every year on March 9, the annual ritual begins in honor of Tomor Mullaraj, the teacher at the Përmet gymnasium, who was killed, (it is still not known by whom) on March 9, 1997. After the placing of... Page 6

STUDY Pages 8-9 “Flat tax, no benefit” Agenda: Here are the data on employment and investments

Commentary BY SHINASI RAMA Whose hands will the PD remain in? A few days ago a political researcher approached me with the aim of conducting a thorough scientific study of the PD. I politely declined, telling him that I had another project in hand. The truth is that I do have another project in hand, but also that I did not want to work on a project that does not reflect the truth, simply because I am convinced that the presentation of the PD and reality are two different things. More than that, the PD that exists today will not be the same PD after the elections. I told him that this phenomenon, which will occur after a critical moment such as elections, needs to be carefully studied and analyzed and cannot be solved with a questionnaire and telephone answers that will be... continued on page 12

RIVALRY AFTER THE POLL Gjoni: Why did I get more votes than Rama Erjon Braçe: I congratulate Gjoni, Edi and Fidel for the many votes TIRANE JAKIN MARENA The Socialist MP Ilir Gjoni thanked through his Facebook profile all those who gave their support to... Pages 2-3

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