The government officials express relief at the departure of the left-wing ally Pollo, Imami, Shehu, Përnaska enthusiastic about the new political reality. Shehu: I am convinced that the LSI votes will be ours Page 2

HISTORY 7 April, the day of fascism or communism Unknown facts about Qemal Stafa, Ahmet Zogu and the Italian occupation TIRANA Ylli Pëlovina Being personally convinced that the Italian fascist occupation not only wrested sovereignty from the 27-year-old Albanian state and cut short, with a severe and criminal blow, its entire normal development, but also turned into... Pages 14-15

INTERVIEW Page 9 Banking and Finance, the big failure Finance and economics expert Enriko Ceko speaks

BLACK WEEKEND Within one day, 7 victims from bullets, wood, water, accidents and chrome A son kills his mother, two women drown, a man and a woman die on the road, Bulqiza takes the next victim Pages 4-5-6-7 Sonila Tafa, yesterday’s victim in Tirana

Comment BY AFRIM KSRANIQI Clientelist model as a threat In 2005 the left lost power and one of the local exponents of a left-wing party (PDS) changed parties: together with 10-15 collaborators he moved to a right-wing party, being rewarded with a high administrative post (PD). It was said they made the switch out of principle. A few years later, the new party also left government and with it the le[?]ft and the right. Left without a political party (space for representation in power), this group of individuals in the name of the new morality sought out the new political forces and, after being rejected by them, last year found refuge in LSI. The switch was made in a media-savvy and bombastic way, with a live ceremony on television and with the participation of the chairman of LSI. The switch in this case was also made in the name of integration and civic morality. The new moral contract was given... continues on page 11

UNUSUAL COMPARISON Sali Berisha: Eternal like the olive tree The Doctor wants to resemble the centuries-old tree. The Vlora man: You are our Skanderbeg TIRANA Jakin Marena Prime Minister Berisha, while holding a meeting with farmers from Vlora about olive plantations, said that he is passionate about this king of the[?]... Page 8 The olive tree planted by Berisha in Butrint... dried up

DA The P.L.I.D.A. Italian language exam is held on 29.04.2013, Level (B2) Registration at the “Dante Alighieri” center, Faculty of Foreign Languages; Address: “Elbasanit” Street Professor Artur SULA Tel: +355 (0) 67 27 89 969 www.plida.it

RILINDASI SUPPLEMENT Pages 13-20 RILINDASI THE FASCISM OF ALBANIA The slaughtering and the fall on 7 April 1939 Independence, the unknown letter of Dom Nikoll Kaçorri The patriotic cleric addresses Emperor Franz Josef on 12 November 1912: Do not allow the dismemberment of Albania

PS-LSI Page 8 Ayala today in Tirana, meets Rama and Meta

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