UNPRECEDENTED MOVE

META CANCELS THE JUNE 30 ELECTIONS, PS PREPARES THE PRESIDENT’S DISMISSAL The President sides with the opposition by canceling the decree he signed, but without setting a new date. He declares that this decision comes because of the critical situation the country is in and uses the opposition’s same slogan, “Albania like all of Europe!”. Basha to protesters: Thanks to you, Meta canceled the elections PAGES 2-3

EDITORIAL

BY CARLO BOLLINO Meta makes a decision but asks for two days to justify it: What is the real plan? President Ilir Meta announced yesterday his unprecedented decision to cancel the local elections of June 30, but asked for two days to find the “constitutional, legal and logical” grounds in support of his decision. This means that, for the moment, when he announces the new decree to repeal the previous one, he still does not have a legal basis. So what lies behind this so hasty statement? Why did he not wait until Monday morning, when his lawyers are thought to have had the justifications ready as well? continues on page 5

RAMA UNMOVED: THE ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 30

INFRASTRUCTURE

ALBANIA HAS 1.4 BILLION EUROS OF DEBT FOR POOR-QUALITY ROADS SINCE 1993 The full table of carried-over obligations. 115 million euros remain to be paid for the old debt of the Rruga e Kombit PAGE 11 BY GENC KONDI

THE EIGHTH PROTEST

PD-LSI 2 and a half hours of protest, repeating the scenario of violence Protesters throw firecrackers toward Parliament, police disperse them with tear gas PAGES 4-5

INTERNATIONAL SLAP

US message: Basha-Kryemadhi responsible for the violence US Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer message to opposition leaders: Anyone who blocks elections will never enter America again PAGE 6

From Vatican to Naples, in search of the original report by S. Gaspari from 1671

BY MARK PALNIKAJ

RILINDASI

In search of the original report by S. Gaspari from 1671 [?] From Vatican to Naples Vatican is given [?] with 125 sheets and 22 copies of documents. 17th century Documentation [?] that tell the history of [?]

The year 1983, the story of four French and Czech specialists at the Berat Textile Combine

BY YLLI POLOVINA

“The Graying of the Homeland” the saga of a “lost generation”

BY EUGJEN MERLIKA

Remembering the creative couple Lajde and Zef Staku, the magic they conveyed to children

BY XHAHID BUSHATI PAGES 13-21

THE EXPERT’S CORNER

Eczema, how the skin disease is diagnosed and treated Loreta Kuneshka, dermatologist, explains what the signs are that show we suffer from this disease and how it is diagnosed PAGE 12 BY VALBONA MHILLI

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