DEBATE The head of the Professors’ Council gets the most prominent doctors into a row SCANDAL IN MEDICINE, PROFESSORS CLASH Tase, Bulo, Sulçebe: Mentor Petrela and Nestor Thereska turned it into a monopoly, they choose their own man. Thereska, Hysa: The limits were exceeded for personal ambition, everything is within the law ▸ Pages 2-3

Editorial BY EDMOND ARIZAJ Lubonja vs Haradinaj It is well known that Fatos Lubonja tries every second to present himself as a defender of rights, it doesn’t matter, of the earth, of the sky, of homosexuals, or of the ozone. It is enough that they are rights, in his view, and above all that they be against others (sometimes that is not a bad thing). What is strange is that he always behaves like an overborn, like a superhuman, like a super-Albanian. For example, he takes the side of the Hague Tribunal and attacks Ramush Haradinaj (and with this, also the leaders... continues on page 11

ARCHIVES Ahmet Zogu’s lover, why baroness de Ropp killed herself The beauty’s secret love with Qemal bej Mesare. “My story will end, but I have a pistol in my bag” ▸ Pages 18-19 Ahmet Zogu and facsimiles of newspapers from the time

EVENT IN DURRËS Police fines driver, driver runs over patrol Inspector: He did it on purpose, after I fined him for a violation TIRANA JONIDA ALIU Fined for violating traffic rules and then crashes into a traffic police officer. That is how traffic inspector Arben Lici ended up injured, who during the collision suffered... ▸ Page 8

“FUNDJAVA” ▸ Pages 13-17 Guide with CNN, Albania among tourist Europe Hollywood once again “brings down” the White House

UNIFORMS ▸ Page 5 Arben Imami’s tender, for his close friend

UT CAMPUS ▸ Page 10 Dhori Kule: Unauthorized constructions will be demolished

DISCOVERY ▸ Page 21 Rare photos of the Dardhë area in the 1930s

Blog/Periphery BY ALBA MALLTEZI “Elegance” in defeat I imagine some of the ministers of the Berisha cabinet, and alongside them dozens of political posts in the country’s key institutions, with 10 spoons on their belts, 10 spoons in their hands and just as many in their mouths, taking whatever they can, as much as they can, from this State. Eight years in power apparently were not enough to quench the majority’s appetite; in fact, they seem to have served to make the situation of many individuals worse. No “Hermes” bag, or “Versace” suit can grant them elegance... continues on page 11

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