I have spent 30 years of my life in the press. To write about this means of communication, which has taken up roughly two thirds of my life, is a challenge and a risk. When I brought to mind some events that happened recently, I decided to stick to that popular saying: "When you
Lul Berisha, the drug boss in Durrës, is caught He was "trafficking", by the route he traveled with. A Russian was followed by the police and led to the handcuffs of one of the largest Albanian drug traffickers, Lulëzim Berisha, described as one of the biggest drug trafficking bo
Tuesday 08.04.97, Lulëzim Basha, spokesperson for the Democratic Party, presented the following statement to the public opinion: The Democratic Party has been, is, and will remain open and ready to involve other political forces and various groupings of Albanian society in the go
Those in power seek to wash their hands of crime The secretary of Julli, Lulëzim Limaj? it seemed that he had reached a nartur in the unit and in the ënt? Look and he does not play? because this is made as a matter of work. He has been dismissed from his job. Durrës has been trou
Lulëzim, distance yourself from the retoucher Berisha BY CARLO BOLLINO For a politician who asks the people to vote for him so that he can represent them in governing the country, credibility is everything. continues on page 10
The police are hiding the killer The Minister of Justice states in a press conference that corruption has spread to all levels of the Albanian justice system Kondi: “This government is corrupt” Last night, the head of the body was killed in an attack and the government minimized
National Council on 20 April, Patozi: The problems in the PD are not solved by the statute. Ristani: Critics have the right to run for the new congress THE PD PRESIDENCY MEETS TODAY, TWO DRAFTS FOR STATUTE CHANGES (In the photo) PD chairman Lulëzim Basha during a meeting with the
Today's Opinion The opposition leader, Lulëzim Basha, has in recent hours begun a grassroots tour to show the government of Edi Rama its strength, while visually the weight of the movement to the factor ... Continues on page 20
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PD Presidium meets today, two drafts for changes to the statute National Council on 20 April, Patozi: The problems in PD are not solved by the statute. Ristani: The critics have the right to compete for the new congress ATTACK AGAINST BASHA ON THE EVE OF THE DEMOCRATS’ CONGRESS N
38 PROPOSALS THAT DIVIDE PS, PD, PDIU AND LSI The full points of Rama, Basha, Berisha, Meta and Idrizi for the talks table. LSI leader: A solution must be found in the coming days, we do not incite conflict RAMA: LULZIM I AM WAITING, COME OUT OF THE TENT, THE ELECTIONS ARE ON JUN
DEBATES IN THE PD Former rival of the party leader: The election of the parliamentary group leader violated the statute OLLDASHI AGAINST BASHA “PALOKA’S ELECTION DOES NOT UNITE THE PD” The hidden clashes within the new Albanian opposition are emerging. The PD statute stipulates t
PROMISE Lulëzim Basha loses the casino battle The deadline for moving dozens of gambling businesses out of Tirana was today ••• TIRANA JONIDA LATE The decision of the Tirana Municipality to relocate casinos and games of chance seems to have failed. Since none of the businesses...
EXCLUSIVE/ Speaks the man confronted by dozens of Albanians: “I want to work again in Tirana” Sejdiu: I will return and “fill” Europe “How did I steal the money? It was not a debt, but a moral obligation” “Volunteers whom I was supposed to lend a hand to. For them? They are just
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“WORK TOWARDS” SUPPLEMENT PAGE 13-16 Erald Çeku, the flower engineer: When gardening is more than a passion Lulëzim Basha, the disabled boy with golden hands • Limaj: Vocational education is a necessity
Analysis BY Ilir Yzeiri The crisis is discursive Personally, I have never had any doubt that the political crisis in which Albania is involved is a banal spectacle, with no content at all; it is a crisis found in Sali Berisha’s repressed political consciousness and then imitated
ARBEN ROZHANI The Italian Carabinieri, in mid-September 2011, handcuffed 25 people, among them 8 Albanians, who are accused of trafficking hashish, heroin and cocaine from Albania to Italy. The leaders were Salvatore, Ezio and Osvaldo Primiceri, who, since March 2008, had been op
Commentary BY NEBIL ÇIKA The apology we were expecting, but which is not enough It can be called Lulëzim Basha’s Assembly without hesitation. That is my impression, and I believe that of many others as well, regarding the PD Assembly, which concluded its two-day work in Tirana. A
The U.S. envoy will speak separately with Basha’s opponents Deputy Assistant Secretary of State: The boycott is an evasion of responsibility. LSI leader: The visit is a chance for compromise. Basha’s threat if there is no dialogue... (In the photo) Prime Minister Edi Rama. PD lea