On Tuesday the Court will decide the fate of the man who hides the mystery of Azem If the appeal of Berisha’s former bodyguard is rejected, Albanian justice will be able to ask Turkey to hand over the killer Pages 4-5

INTERVIEW Pages 18-19 “Files have been stolen from the State Archives” Director Gjet Ndoji accuses his predecessor Nevila Nika: She made many materials disappear Director Gjet Ndoji

BY ARBEN DUKA In the middle of Europe, there are people who have no bread.. When I write these verses, I don’t feel all that well; a poet must write, rubaiyat, not satire. A poet must write ballads and poetry, but your poor life, here it is gloom and more gloom. I could carve out lyrical verses, as if carved by God himself, but now that music would seem like the music of an idiot. I am wasting away at the bottom of a hole, because this is how they left us, in the middle of Europe there are people who have no bread. So I must say it openly, there is no one else to say it, that now we have reached complete degradation. Up to now politics, black-faced, has failed, but damn it, it replies to us, all the scum that has written... continues on page 21 together with the column “VIP-a dhe Rripa”

PERMITS WITH THE SIGNATURE OF SHPËTIM GJIKA Basha’s building was erected on stones thrown into the sea Prosecutor Tafili: They even got as far as putting dynamite in my car VLORË ELTON QYNO The court case against the sole defendant in the scandal involving the construction of the building known in Vlorë as “Lulzim Basha’s building”, has... Pages 2-3

“HEALTH” Pages 15-17 Strokes, here’s how you can reduce the risk Down syndrome, learn about the disease

I went to Berisha because he was a man; now I’m going to the LSI Page 7

Quotas for the remaining places in universities Page 11

Page 13 Every Albanian is burdened with 3.1 million old leks

Page 14 What Limos Dizdari, Fatos Arapi and Jorgo Bulo wrote about Enver

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Pages 8-9 Gjermeni: Buildings with permits can also be demolished

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