Damir Fazlliç and Vojin Lazareviç The BIRN investigation sheds light on the illegal routes and methods followed by the two businessmen from neighboring countries to secure large profits in Albania thanks to the assistance they received from the Berisha government through special decisions PAGES 2-3

Political satire BY ARBEN DUKA Topi is right, politics does not deserve the EU! On page 20 together with Verses for songs

Comment ING. BARDHI SEJDARASI*) Some codes to change the Customs Code... In the last two or three years, the political force LSI has shown increased “aggressiveness” in support of “fason” enterprises. I do not want to tell stories, because it is the right of this political force to lobby or not for a certain business group, to advocate or not for a specific sector of the economy, and so on. The political world is where many such similarities exist in our country. What I want to talk about concerns an Albanian reality that is misused, sometimes also because of ignorance of the field being discussed, or even more simply, because of a lack of information. If this remained only in unprofessional daily media articles, it would be half the problem. If it were included only in a few debate tables with fake representatives of the fason business, it still would not be the whole problem. Further on, if this series remained only part of some television debates, where real representatives of enterprise are not invited to speak and comment, but instead so-called heads of ghost associations, that too would be the lesser part of the problem and not the full problem. I think the full problem comes when such statements come from a tribune where words must be carefully measured. And that is the Parliament, or more directly, the parliamentary committees. Here it is assumed that direct representatives of... are invited to speak, comment, debate, analyze and finally propose... continues on page 18

The accusations against the police are uncovered one by one by the Court of Korçë Elton Qyno TIRANA Some apples that were kept in a bag by the prisoner serving a life sentence, Fran Marshi, were used as bait to trap the guards of Drenovë prison and carry out the spectacular escape of November 2013. The newspaper “Shqiptarja.com” and “A1 Report” reveal in full the court decision of Korçë that convicted the prison guards,... PAGES 14-15 Drenovë prison

The formula for calculating points for high school graduates Page 17

The building on Elbasani Street, the pit opens at night PAGE 16

Soldiers handcuffed, they assembled and sold mines with mobile phones PAGE 12

Ismail Kadare: The backstage of a prize in Romania PAGE 19

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