DEBATE ON LITERATURE On page 27
Homer’s Circe in an Albanian song BY SADIK BEJKO
DEBATE ON LETTERS On page 27
INTERVIEW Sadik Bejko: On ‘The Laureate Poet’ and our former ties On page 19
Last night, the first Conference of the Socialist Party of Kurbin sent this message. It chose by secret ballot the five candidates for deputies in this area for the 6 December elections. Unclouded by anxieties from Doklarie por Shqypin dhe EHSH Lulian Shtylla, Secretary General o
A SOMEWHAT PECULIAR PRIVATIZATION VICTORY
Opinion of the Day Cicero, statesman, philosopher and lawyer in Rome 2,100 years ago, became famous in one of his works for winning a trial with the cry “Qui bono” (Who benefits). By SADIK BEJKO Cicero, statesman, philosopher and lawyer in Rome 2,100 years ago, became famous in o
Opinion of the Day By SADIK BEJKO Cicero, statesman, philosopher and lawyer in Rome 2,100 years ago, became famous in one of his cases for winning a trial with the cry “Qui bono” (Who benefits. How to face the past Continues on page 29
A day at Vaçe’s house Sadik Bejko: How I got to know the artist while working on the lyrics and scores at Radio Television ► PAGE 19
BY SADIK BEJKO ► PAGE 14 SKANDERBEG
BY SADIK BEJKO On page 18
INTERVIEW On pages 10-11
GASPER ÇURÇIA, HOW HE DEFIED THE COMMUNIST REGIME Festival at “BunkArt” / Sadik Bejko’s account of the unusual musician ► P. 18-19
“ISMAILI DOES NOT FALSIFY THE PAST” On pages 10-11
“ISMAILI DOESN’T FORGE THE PAST” SADIK BEJKO: NASHO WAS WRONG, KADARE DIDN’T SPEAK ABOUT THE NOVEL, FRIENDS WOULD HAVE SOLD HIM THEN On pages 10-11
“For enriching the law”, “For stabilizing the debt”, “For the first fruits of privatizations” TITAN SHEHU, Secretary General of PDSH: The President’s initiative to speed up reforms and strengthen institutions is essential. This new law and this agreement on public debt show that
Ali Sheme: it made me mugiz Ali Sheme [?] makes English-style humor... The director of prisons claims to protect Fatos Nano from “the arrogance of the crowds” at a time when he also says that he is liked by the prison guards — Mbrose from his interview with the Italian newspape
A synagogue in Berat Castle? BY DRITAN ÇOKU The spread, survival, and future of Christianity are partly explained by the fact that Jesus was Jewish. The Jews had developed a unique religious tradition. Christianity would absorb many ideas from it. From an organizational point of
The head of the League speaks: I was also in Investigations The trial under dictatorship, Sadik Bejko: Safo Marko had the curse in her dowry By HYSEN SINANI Even when you have promised yourself not to speak out, when you decide not to mingle any more with people of your own kind,