Opinion of the Day By AHMET SHQARRI Bottles, insults and coaches being sacked There could hardly have been a worse start for our football championship gone by, when instead of an entertaining match, the stadiums turned into a battlefield of bottles ... Continues on page 12
Sports Commentary Sports Commentary By AHMET SHQARRI As we are waiting for the commemoration of a century of independence as a state, history shows that football in this country is even older,... More than 100 years Continues on page 12
Sports Commentary Sports Commentary By AHMET SHQARRI When criticizing certain manifestations of globalization, which slightly erode a nation’s identity, no misunderstandings should be created. Specifically, what I want to say... Mercenary spirit grafted with globalization Continu
Opinion of the Day It is a question anyone can ask about anything in these problematic and often unsolvable conditions in which we find ourselves. ... Continues on page 32 By AHMET SHQARRI Where are we going?
Sports Commentary Commentary Sports By AHMET SHQARRI As we wait for the commemoration of a century of independence as a state, history shows that football in this country is even older,... Continues on page 12
Sports Commentary Writers as many as you like, coaches missing. That is the Albanian snapshot of these days, when the Book Fair, among other things, appeared to us... By AHMET SHQARRI Forest of writers and desert of coaches Continues on page 25
Opinion of the Day In Milan, winning is always beautiful, for whatever reason. The world stage of football and fashion is always there, like two ingredients... Opinion of the Day By AHMET SHQARRI In Milan, winning is always beautiful, for whatever reason. The world stage of footb
Sports Commentary In this hotter-than-ever summer, when the earth is scorching not only from the season’s searing heat, but also from the sharp needles all around us, By AHMET SHQARRI Oases of the scorched earth Continues on page 13
Opinion of the Day Opinion of the Day A few days ago, the English newspaper “Expres”, wanting to portray Albania as one of the most likely tourist destinations... Continues on page 13 By AHMET SHQARRI From the Tour de France to our own troubles...
Opinion of the Day By AHMET SHQARRI It seems so, almost unbelievable and surreal, everything that has happened and is happening these days with some pleasant and not so... Continues on page 11 Imagination and Albanian reality!
Opinion of the Day The phrase used as the title of this commentary, widely circulated in the country, is used in those cases when one thing should be talked about, but something else is said. By AHMET SHQARRI The Birdie, the Birdie to Baghdad! Continues on page 19
Opinion of the Day By AHMET SHQARRI The country’s luxury hotels and restaurants shine even more brightly these days thanks to the festive year-end atmosphere, where among others, ... Continues on page 19 The missing year-end postcards
Opinion of the Day By AHMET SHQARRI It seems to me that "market" is the word that best fits all this commotion, which in recent days has involved not only football, but everything else... What is sold and bought in this market? Continues on page 13
Today’s Opinion Because in the realities of the time we live in — or in new realities that may be created — Moscow’s policy may take turns, which ... Continues on pages 18-19
Opinion of the Day Yes, however, this country resembles an iceberg whose tip is visible, because everything else is hidden underwater... By AHMET SHQARRI A bit of the tip of the iceberg Continues on page 21
Opinion of the Day When you are far from your country, in today’s conditions of free movement and when the perfect means of high technology make it greatly possible... Continues on page 20 By AHMET SHQARRI Albania, seen from America!
Today’s opinion By AHMET SHQARRI It is difficult, to say the least impossible, to predict how far we can go on the road of the qualifiers for “Euro 16” in football. Even more so... How far can we go? Continues on page 22
By AHMET SHQARRI So long seen from distant times, it comes again from Greece to do great harm, this time to our weightlifting.... The modern-day “Trojan Horse” Continues on page 25
Opinion of the Day By AHMET SHQARRI Friendlies against France and Italy, as well as the achievements in the Euro '16 qualifiers, make it seem as though our football has climbed to the top of the world. ... Continues on page 22 From the top of the world, to our little swamp!
Opinion of the Day What is being noticed at the start of our championship is a return to football, it is the enthusiasm of some people, exaggerated beyond measure, when the truth… By AHMET SHQARRI Celebrations Are Not Made With Words Continues on page 20