Message BY ALEKSANDER ARVIZU US AMBASSADOR Page 9 Continues on pages 6-7
Interview Page 5 Pëllumbi: Rama’s speech was populist By Arben Rrozhani
Fear of the party that Bamir Topi will create PD’s secret scenario early elections Pages 2-3
Police reveals details of the operation: He hid the weapon in the dashboard ARREST It has still not been made known who the third person was who escaped the police forces, but confidential sources indicate that at the moment of the escape they saw him leaving with a pistol in his
Editorial BY AFRIM KRASNIQI The closed circle of politics When speaking about the main defects of Albanian democracy, every international report, public poll, or professional political debate places at the top of the list the level of political culture and the political elite. Th
Page 4 Future doctors protest over the traineeship: We do not want the new law Page 8
No. 11 Wednesday, 16-11-2011 Lek 20 We are now online too www.shqiptarja.com
THE ASSEMBLY IS EXPECTED Here is who is leaving among the old guard, the debates at the pink headquarters Consultations begin for the configuration of the new leadership of the Socialist Party. On the eve of the meeting of the National Assembly emerging from the congress of 5 Dec
8 METE officials arrested: Bribes of up to 1 million The deputy director of Calibration and 7 inspectors were handcuffed in their offices, one is wanted The arrested are senior officials of the LSI and relatives of politicians. They had denounced the corruption themselves a year
Çelmeta: Put pressure on that b... because he hasn’t figured it out “Shqiptarja.com” publishes the phone conversations of the 8 people arrested for corruption in the Ministry of Energy The intercepted phone calls, in October-November 2011. In February of this year, the denunciati
WHAT HAVE WE SOLD? According to the Nigerian government, in 2009 we exported ‘goods’ for a staggering amount GENC KONDI “Shqiptarja.com” reveals a scandal behind which there may be a mega money-laundering affair, or a suspicious arms trade, which Albania may have carried out alon
Literary prize By Admirina Peçi Page 14
Page 6 The January 21 commission is postponed by 1 year, it never meets Page 5
Page 13 Pharmacy chief: Petrit Vasili has ruined healthcare Page 13
Pages 2-3 Changes in traffic fines: experts say: Here’s how the police will rip us off Page 4
LEK 20 NO. 20 Saturday, 26-11-2011 Now we are also online www.shqiptarja.com
Natasha Paço: I won’t go with Fatos Nano if he forms a new party Page 7
■■■TIRANA ESMERALDA KETA The decorations of Tirana, also for the year-end holidays, have been handed by mayor Lulzim Basha to his own people. Once again the name of the company “Orange Advertising” comes to the fore, a company that not only was created just a few days ago, but is
Page 4 Trial for Ilir Meta, the full testimonies in court yesterday Page 5 The tax investigation, journalists from “Ora News” are assaulted
Pages 6-7 Behind the scenes of the SP Assembly, Malaj: Mandates need to be limited