MURATI DO BRASIL SIGNATURE FOR THE COFFEE Prosecutor’s Office: Investigation into who signed the customs clearance for “Murati do Brazil” PAGE 16

Minister Poci signs his dismissal from office; Colonel Dervishi is appointed to the post PAGE 16

Minister Angjeli responds to the Kog union’s accusations of mafia activity in customs PAGE 14

An absurd idea emerges: “Calm governance,” but the clans should come to an understanding To date, no one in the PS has been barred from obtaining a position or office, unfortunately even when statutory rules have been casually trampled. Given this atmosphere, which has not been fought as it should have been, the anti-government attack we are discussing does not express citizens’ concern about the difficulties the PS faces and will face in managing the situation, and as such cannot represent any contribution in this regard. On the contrary, it represents a fully fledged intrigue. This attack—and it is not hesitated to say so—rests on an unprincipled “alliance,” indeed a clan-like and anti-reform one, which, if realized, could not be the “salvation” of this political force and its government; on the contrary, it would deeply compromise it. It seems that this “alliance” seeks to recycle Fatos Nano into the leadership of the PS, through a compromise between him leading the party and the Majko-Meta duo leading the government; this is the sole objective of the idea being floated. Of course, no one can deny Fatos Nano the right to return to leadership. But such “scenarios” may be intended to strike both the former PS leader and the current leaders at the same time, since they portray them as “leaders” of a government who would set things right in the PS if a few clan chiefs reached an agreement. You would have to have the mentality of a youngster to say that “if (Majko, Meta and Nano) have a coffee together in central Tirana… they will give the country stable governance.” We do not believe that even Fatos Nano, who has experienced more than once how difficult the art of governing is, would embrace such “solutions,” which, as if at the “command of the fish,” clear the way for the PS to govern.

An additional 50 million USD for the budget

PAGE 3 Thaçi: I thank the Albanian government for what they have done

PAGE 11 Following the Government’s decision, inspections in Shkodër and Malësi

THE MINISTER GATHERS THE POLICE’S TOP OFFICIALS: I WANT RESULTS AND MORAL INTEGRITY — PAGE 16