INTERVIEW ON ‘A1 REPORT’ / Ambassador “bombshell”: I was surprised by the attack against me
The diplomat: Elections cannot be held with this CEC, it must be reconstituted. With Podesta we have peaceful coexistence. I represent the USA and they represent the government of Albania. Moore: The CEC’s malfunction threatens the process
Pages 6-7
Rama signs with 37 parties, Berisha gathers 24 allies
COALITIONS
Pages 2-3 Rama signs with 37 parties, Berisha gathers 24 allies Bamir Topi runs alone, Kreshnik Spahiu is in doubt
Residents “clash” with the police
EVICTION FROM HOMES
Deputy police chief to MP Tahiri: I’ll break your neck. Here is the full exchange
TIRANA GRANT SOKOLAJ The occupants of a building that had been returned to its owner clashed with the security forces of a private security company, and later with the police forces. In fact, one of the private security officers, during the clash, drew a pistol to... Page 10 The moment when a private security officer fires a pistol
Three Albanians arrested for killing an Italian priest
OPERATION
Page 11 Three Albanians arrested for killing an Italian priest The investigation extended to Elbasan and Rome One of the arrested men
Majko to Rusmaili: You are a clown. Head of laws: I don’t read your fortune cup
DEBATE ABOUT THE JUDGES
Page 8 Majko to Rusmaili: You are a clown. Head of laws: I don’t read your fortune cup The assets of judges Thanza and Ndreca are revealed
What does the government leave behind?
Editorial
BY GENC KONDI
Looking at the “bedsheet” list of Albania’s public debt, one cannot help but notice an alarming fact: for some of the largest loans taken out during the rule of the current majority, not a single penny has yet been paid. Let us take some of them. The first, a February 2008 loan granted by Alpha Bank for the “national road,” the Rrëshen-Kalimash segment, worth 230 million euros, has not started to... continues on page 19 Page 18
Ali Pasha, how he killed his 2-year-old daughter
BOOK DAY
Page 21 Ali Pasha, how he killed his 2-year-old daughter
HALIMI TO DOCTORS: WE WILL RESOLVE IT BETTER
SURGERY
The minister: There is no order to dismantle the department
