AMERICAN ARCHIVES Hundreds of political documents about our country from the years ’73-’76 WIKILEAKS, ALBANIAN PLOTS THE ENIGMATIC PHONE CALL OF MEHMET SHEHU IN FRANCE The conversation of the Albanian Prime Minister with the French one, the “disappearance” of Beqir Balluku in 1974 and of Ramiz Alia in 1975, the serious illnesses of the top leaders of communist Albania ▸ Pages 10-11

Thank you, Professor Hamit Beqja I don’t stand out as a very careful girl. In the occasional clutter in my mind and my day, I often don’t remember people or events. BY ANILA BASHA Thank you Professor Hamit Beqja I don’t stand out as a very careful girl. In the occasional clut- ter in my mind and my day, I often do not remember people or events. And since even you who read me are accusing me, I am telling you that I even forget the birthdays of my closest family members. You might say that this is not your concern, but I am saying this in connection with the event I will recount to you below. Yesterday at noon at the edito- rial office of shqiptarja.com a lady appeared. It was Liri Beqja, the wife of the respected professor Hamit Beqja. She had left me his book “Gjurmë jete”, (autobio- graphical notes), the professor’s latest book. No other note about it, in the sense that I should write something about the book, or publish some of its paragraphs. I open the book and what do I see. Professor Hamit Beqja, when he was alive, had written a dedication, very long, for Anila. The dedication was written on two pages of the book, of course on the first pages of it. The written text, of course, took me into a different wave of coffee memories with the professor.... ▸ continues on page 17

KANUNI Blood feud, confined in the sewers of Tirana The story of the Ziza family, who left Peshkopia five years ago TIRANA JONIDA LATE The Ziza family, which for five years has been living in a peripheral area of the capital, suffers the punishment of blood feud... ▸ Page 19 Melita Ziza

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