HISTORIC Edi Rama in Kosovo speaks about the “elimination” of the border line between Albanians UNION! “Let’s create space beyond borders for the next generation.” LDK MPs leave Parliament because Rugova was not mentioned. Rama at the former President’s grave: Without this man, Kosovo would not be a reality Pages 2, 3, 4

Comment BY EDMOND ARIZAJ Was it Edi Rama???!!! Edi Rama did not really seem convincing to us. It seemed that, wallowing in dreams, he imagined a Albania that, now that we had opened our eyes, seemed ridiculous to us. The long laughter, only yesterday, gave way to a curious and astonished focus; a Rama in Kosovo we had not known. Without getting into analyses, because those will be the job of experts, simply from that man yesterday I heard for the first time (from a politician) the words that not only I, but millions, have been waiting for for years and years. The unification of Albania with Kosovo. Of course not by removing borders and merging flags (it is too early), but by removing barriers and merging ideas, and let ... continues on page 14

EXCLUSIVE/ FORMER MILITARY POLICE COMMANDER SKËNDER HASMETA SPEAKS 15 years since the coup d’état/ How the people linked to the opposition of the time were neutralized inside the institutions. What operations the Military Police carried out. How the tanks were taken from PD Pages 10-11

26-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED The incident in Elbasan, the mother: She was very upset, she tried to hang herself TIRANE JONIDA ALIU A 26-year-old man has been handcuffed, as he was wanted for raping a 20-year-old deaf-mute girl with the initials S. A. The incident has ... Page 9

BLOG/ URBAN FRAGMENTS Page 14 WE, OUR PARENTS AND OUR CHILDREN BY EVIS CERGA

Supplement “THASH & THEM” Pages 15-19 The Albanian drives the Indian actors crazy Krasta 270 thousand euros per season Bleona, does success pay for itself?

BLOG/ INSIDE THE PILL Page 14 THE BEGINNING OF THE END... BY ARDIANA ÇAPI

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