MINISTERS’ MANDATES
PS strategy, it risks the minority
Immediate resignation as MPs takes the left to 67 votes
The best-discussed option is for the withdrawal from the parliamentary mandate by members of the new cabinet to be carried out step by step, without losing the majority in Parliament Pages 2-3
Editorial
BY Genc KONDI Berisha’s evening bazaar Berisha’s privatizations have been — to put it mildly — scandalous over the past eight years. ECZ failed. ARMO passed into unknown hands after a fruitless business venture, Albpetrol misled both young and old and never got off the ground at all. This concerns the major state-owned assets that would... continues on page 20
Sali Berisha rents out the Foreign Languages dormitory
The private company “Luarasi” benefits; it was refused to be given to UT
ON THE RUN
TIRANA The Berisha government is rapidly privatizing state property. One such case is the dormitory of the Foreign Languages High School, which will... Page 7
Comment
Let everyone gather together
The Economist PD di Rama won the June elections by offering “Rilindje”. Albanians should wait until parliament meets on September 9, but hopes for the former mayor of Tirana, the capital, and his Socialist Party are already very high — a “new Camelot,” as a foreign official says. The newly formed government is mostly new... continues on page 20
FUNDJAVA Supplement
Pages 13–17 Murataj: The challenge with the “Master of the House” “Percy Jackson”, a new adventure in Bermuda ANDAMION MURATAJ: THE CHALLENGE WITH THE “MASTER OF THE HOUSE” Weekend
MURDER OF THE WELDER
Page 9 The woman: He threatened me too
COMMENT
Page 20 Why the socialists will (re)win in Rrethina
SHQUP
Page 5 The PD in the new headquarters, the first meeting takes place today
IN PHOTO:
Rama with the waiting government in Vlorë
CABINET
Page 4 Edi Rama hires TV Klan’s pollster as adviser
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ENFORCERS
Page 8 The resident says: The owners are officials from the Land Registry