TAHIRI UNDER ‘HOUSE ARREST’, ASSETS OF XHAFAJ’S BROTHER UNDER CHECK A few days after giving up his parliamentary mandate, the charges bring the former interior minister to court, accusing him of drug trafficking. Lawyer: We will appeal, the prosecution has no new evidence. Sources from the prosecution: We have new wiretaps from Italy and confirmation of Tahiri’s meeting with Habilaj in Greece. The opposition’s complaint triggers the prosecution’s reaction, which begins verifying the assets of Agron Xhafaj, the brother of the Interior Minister THE OPPOSITION IS UNHAPPY: SAIMIR TAHIRI SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN JAIL PRIME MINISTER RAMA: THE DECISION IS NOT TO BE COMMENTED ON, IT IS TO BE RESPECTED US EMBASSY: A SIGN THAT THIS CASE WILL BE HANDLED WITH TRANSPARENCY ▸ PAGES 2,3,4

BY ELTON QYNO Met Kanani’s gang dismantled; here are the bosses of the two drug trafficking gangs After a 15-month investigation, the blow comes: 39 people arrested. What are the businesses of Met Kanani and Bilbil Heqimi that supplied 7 countries with Albanian hashish ▸ PAGES 6-7

FADIL KEPI: PENSIONS, HOW EMIGRANTS CAN FULFILL THE REQUIRED WORK YEARS ▸ PAGE 22

The legacy of the composer who died over the staves in 1943 Gjon Kolë Kujxhia, the childhood and youth of the musician without a grave from the war bombings in Florence BY PROF. ZEF ÇOBA MYSTERIOUS WHITE ROSES GJON KUJXHIA’S DISCOVERY OF THE ANCIENT MELODY BY TONIN ÇOBANI THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY, THE “VATRA” BAND, THE FLAG THAT ACCOMPANIED IT ON ITS LEGENDARY JOURNEY BY FREDERIK STAMATI COASTAL ARTILLERY, THE 1970s-80s, HOW DEFENSE WAS ORGANIZED UP TO 12 MILES DEEP BY MARK BRUNGA ▸ PAGES 13-21 RILINDASI Gjon Kolë Kujxhia, the childhood and youth of the musician without a grave

The consequences of Vetting, KLD members sell their cars and borrow money ▸ PAGES 8-9

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