Yesterday, heated polemics over the electoral law. The parties seek the President While 14 political parties are moving toward the end of the exhausting round table on the electoral law and the issue drags on to a meeting with Berisha, he has given the opposition a time limit by
DOSSIER On pages 18-19
The American Democratic Institute, yesterday, made it clear to the Albanian suggestions, and officially to OSBE, that it does not recognize a Parliament with a socialist majority if there are violent elections What does this mean? Today on 29 June elections should be held without
7 APRIL ’39, KING ZOG’S CROSSROADS, 70 YEARS AFTER THE ITALIAN OCCUPATION Supplement
FOOTBALL English lesson against Italy Medium number 10 lacks mark[?] bet. “Krisman” does not score the 15th goal On page 7
CULTURE Unpublished letter: Mustafa Kruja “the enemy” Zog
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Sherif BELOW Arben Rakipi has won a vote in the US. What he will say in the US is known only in the sense that it may affect Albanian politics and human rights collectively and the free, universal and free rights of man
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Opinion of the Day By DR. PËRPARIM KABO The Albanian kingdom of King Zog experienced such a reality. Within it moved two worlds: one that sought to clothe the country and society in a... Between backwardness and national feeling Continued on pages 14-15
Opinion of the Day By DR. PËRPARIM KABO The Albanian kingdom of King Zog experienced such a reality. Within it, two worlds moved: the one that sought to clothe the country and society in a... Between backwardness and national feeling Continues on pages 14-15
ON THE OCCASION OF THE ANNIVERSARY Ekrem Spahiu: King Zog laid the foundations of the state modern Albanian On pages 18-19
TIRANA — The first prefects in Albania have now been appointed. It was Prime Minister Meksi who presented them to the government the day before yesterday. Their role will be to coordinate the activity of the central government with that of local government. At the same time, the
HITLER’S BENZ Photos and special details from the wedding of King Zog ► P. 17
Owens from Manhattan: We fled Vienna, in Tirana we felt at home The rescue of the Jews, the untold history of Albania, the Kanun and besa Fritzi Weitzmann Owens She comes from a “city of culture.” In 1938, when the Nazi occupation of Austria forced her to leave Vienna, Albania, a
Geraldina Apponyi: Life near King Zog and the sisters. How I learned Albanian Geraldina Apponyi: Life near King Zog and the sisters. How I learned Albanian On page 19
Opinion of the Day Eight years ago, on 24 December 2012, in the country’s capital, the monument of King Zog was erected, precisely on the boulevard bearing his name, thereby monumentalizing... By EKREM SPAHIU Monumentalization of King Zog Continues on page 21
Interview with Leka Zogu on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of King Zog’s birth p. 4
Opinion of the Day In the memoirs of Hysen Selmani, one of King Zog I’s adjutants who managed to leave his recollections of the monarch’s life, it is written that when Greece offered him only... Continued on page 20