OPERATION “ARMO” THE SALE, BEHIND IT TAÇI AND BERISHA
REGISTRATION/ QKR opens its doors on Bajram day. Who the owners are
Erinda Ballanca, lawyer for the “family,” joins the new Supervisory Board of the refinery, along with representatives from Azerbaijan, the USA, and METE; the administrator is a collaborator of Taçi
Pages 2-3 IN PHOTO: Rezart Taçi and his bodyguards
Gjergj Frashëri: 260 treasures in the hands of traffickers
CULTURAL HERITAGE Gjergj Frashëri: 260 treasures in the hands of traffickers “It smells of robbery, the masterminds are Neritan Ceka and Apollon Baçe” TIRANA DHURATA HAMZAI This smells to me of robbery. There is no reason for these works to wander for months from one foreign place to another outside our republic,... Pages 20-21
Realpolitik and principles
Opinion
BY EUGJEN MERLIKA
On 17 July 2013, Albania’s future Prime Minister, Edi Rama, was invited on a visit to Rome. It was his first visit in the role of Head of Government to a foreign country. In the tradition of the independent State, until the arrival of communism, Albanian Prime Ministers, as soon as they were appointed, made their first visit to the Italian capital, because of its geostrategic position and the special ties maintained between the two countries. Today the conditions have changed. Italy and Albania are no longer, in terms of weight in the international sphere of politics, what they were in the last century. Nevertheless, Italy still has a strong voice in continental bodies, especially with regard to the problems of the Balkans and of Albania. It is no coincidence that the EU sent to Tirana, as its representative, an Italian diplomat, Ambassador Sequi. 17 July was an unusual day for Italian politics and government, fully absorbed by the “Shalabayeva Affair.” If, on that day, the leaders of the Albanian socialists managed to meet Prime Minister Letta, Foreign Minister Bonino and three former Prime Ministers of... continued on page 11
FUNDJAVA SUPPLEMENT
Pages 13-17 Lasgushi and the magical holidays with the family The Osum Canyon, a lure for tourists in every season
SPORT
Page 22 Historic Kukësi advances to the play-off
SCANDAL
Page 4 The House of the Army becomes the PD headquarters
EXCLUSIVE
Pages 18-19 The account of Bashkim Shehu’s brother-in-law, what happened to the family in 1981
PROPAGANDA
Page 6 Berisha directs Basha and the PD from “Facebook”
INSTRUCTION
Page 8 Fees for all private schools in the country
