Interview on A1 Report “What you have seen in Lazarat could never have happened without the blessing of the decision-makers” PAGE 5 IN PHOTO: Minister of the Interior Saimir Tahiri with the Police Special Forces in Lazarat

Political humor BY ARBEN DUKA Oh Lazarat with a seal, from cockerel you became a hen!... (Part Five) On page 20

Commentary BY AFRIM KRASNIQI Everyone in the Persian Gulf, no one in the USA? Albania’s foreign policy has defined its priorities: European integration, strategic relations with the USA and the EU, a policy of stability in the region, as well as a platform for expanding economic cooperation. The current majority has confirmed the same priorities, with some adjustments or additions, mainly by trying to find economic support resources in Turkey or several Asian areas of the Persian Gulf. Faced with economic difficulties, official Tirana has carried out the ritual of a state in need: endless visits and lobbying in countries believed to have economic potential and short-term interests in a greater presence in the Albanian market. This thesis explains several successive visits to Turkey and Italy, blitz visits to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan or Kuwait... continues on page 16

PD ELECTIONS Luan Baçi shows the certificate of good conduct

JUXHIN MUSTAFARAJ TIRANA What the PD has institutionalized against the newly appointed, by accusing them of being people with criminal files, now seems to be coming back to haunt it. It was the newly elected head of the PD in Fier who made public the certificate of good conduct showing he had not been convicted before. An action that the new leaders of the PS had previously taken, where after every accusation from the PD they presented the certificates... PAGES 2-3

“MY FANTASTIC ALBANIA” Divjakë-Karavasta National Park (PKDK) is the largest coastal wetland complex in Albania, made up of four... PAGE 15

HISTORICAL DEBATE PAGES 18-19 Fan Noli, the first months as prime minister From the first decrees to diplomacy

The Prime Minister’s statement Statement by Prime Minister Edi Rama: The prosecutors’ moves are bringing back the corruption files PAGE 4

LAZARAT PAGES 10-11

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