For him, nearly 9 criminal complaints. Soon investigations into Basha, Ruli, Halimi and other ministers of the Berisha cabinet PAGES 2-3

BY Carlo Bollino Outdated pirates Good morning Alessio, I’m writing to you as one colleague to another, from Italy. Our professional paths are very different, just as the reasons are different for which I, 21 years ago, and you now, find ourselves working as journalists in Albania. I’m writing today, though with some sense of guilt, because perhaps I should have done it months ago, as soon as you arrived, to tell you a few more things about this land. It is a tradition to exchange useless things among colleagues, especially when one of them comes to a place that “veterans” have covered for a long time: a kind of professional briefing to avoid some blunder and prejudice... continues on page 13

Award-winning artists from Italy apply; the competition remains open for more applications PAGE 18

BY Arben Duka Europe has failed in Greece A EU country called Greece has killed, and with bitterness, people at the border!... Continues on page 20 together with the column “VIP-a dhe Rripa”

Letter to Hoxha, concern over developments in the Communist Party DOSSIER/ ON PAGE 19

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