BACKGROUND / HOW THE PROCESS WAS MANIPULATED BY THE JUDGE Journalist Carlo Bollino Judge Bledar Abdullai Lawyer Erinda Ballanca BERISHA RENEWS ATTACKS ON THE MEDIA: 75,000-EURO LAWSUIT AGAINST THE JOURNALIST On the eve of the elections, Karlo Bolino is condemned in a political trial with no legal basis whatsoever ... of civil case No. 755 Facsimile of the extract from the decision of 23 May 2013. The full text of the ruling has not yet been made public Pages 2-3 Journalist Carlo Bollino; Judge Bledar Abdullai; Lawyer Erinda Ballanca; Facsimile of the extract from the decision of 23 May 2013. The full text of the ruling has not yet been made public

Comment BY AFRIM KRASNIQI Parliament’s debts For the first time since 1997, parliament has been called into an extraordinary session. There will be no state of siege, but the “integration laws” will be voted on. We are talking about the rules of procedure of parliament (which will be dissolved), the law on the public administration (which is currently filling the squares of rallies with an order) and the law on the Supreme Court (which has been fortified with political appointees). We had been told that our integrative destiny, millions of euros in investments, the future of our children, depended on these three laws, that the condition for them was linked to the rule of law, legality in circulation [?], etc. Now that the hours are being counted down to the vote, we all know that none... Continues on page 18

POLITICAL SITUATION Moore: There must be guarantees for the elections The State Department official backs Arvizu, meets Rama, Berisha and Meta TIRANA JAKIN MARENA PS chairman Edi Rama and the American deputy assistant secretary discussed at the PS headquarters the reformulation of the CEC, sharing the same position... Pages 4-5

Comment BY FITIM HOXHATI As if they were Newton’s three laws This business of the three laws is like another one from nearly 50 years ago. At a meeting “for revolutionary spirit,” someone gets up and proposes that all savings deposits be forgiven. When Mehmet Shehu from the presidium said that the proposal was very original and beneficial for society and the state, everyone was stunned, but they pulled themselves together when he added, “we are really very short of money, but first this gentleman should tell us how much he has in his own account.” It turned out he had no money at all. The beauty of today is that all the chatter, ours and the “Europeans’,” begins and ends with whether they should be approved or not. The bad thing is that no one even asks what these laws are. The misery is that, for many, the content of these drafts is not known at all, while it is insisted that they are “reformist” laws, as the Minister of... Continues on page 19

Berisha sends SMS Rama: Become a full-time grandfather Page 9

The father of Siria: How I found my daughter in the cow shed Page 11

The hotel over Enver’s statue is unacceptable Page 21

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