“BUT THE POPE BLESSED THE MEMBERSHIP” On page 6
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The finance ministers of the European Union have concluded a two-day meeting without making any substantial progress toward a solution.... Continues on page 18
Our former ambassador to Israel: Support for the American veto Milo: The US should understand us, our vote at the UN in favor of Palestine (In the photo:) Former Foreign Minister Paskal Milo, our former ambassador to Israel Tonin Gjuraj, UN Headquarters in New York The UN session
Yesterday in “New York Times” By ROBERT M. DANIN Last year, the speech by American President Barack Obama was full of promises and commitments to advancing Palestinian statehood... The Palestinian request Continues on page 29
EDITORIAL
IRONY SEMI JAUPAJ: Life with Boyken in one book, the love story with the best collaborator “Why I call myself a griffin, music and vacations”
Opinion of the Day Opinion of the Day By ILIR DHIMA That electoral reform is part of the 12 key recommendations set out in the November Agreement between the EU and Albania,.. For or against OSBE/ODIHR? Continues on page 22
DOSSIER/ The account of Agim Popa “Mehmeti and Tito on a ship bound for the USA, Enver accused him” The prime minister’s personal interpreter at the UN: He refused to speak English By FATOS VELIU It was September 1960, when a high-level delegation from Communist Albania, headed b
Majko: Conflicts, 8,000 killed Majko: Conflicts, 8,000 killed Property compensation, 75 million USD by 2020 On page 9
Clinton in Tirana, roads that are blocked Tritan Shehu: The secretary of state entered the mosque, the imam of Et’hem Beut prayed for him By VALENTINA MADANI They kissed his hands, even the car in which he traveled from Rinas to the center of Tirana. For James Baker every securit
The PS leader: I showed the singer Albanian hospitality Edi Rama: The meeting with Bregoviç, Berisha-Meta linked us with the Serbs (In the photo:) Former mayor of Tirana, Edi Rama and singer Goran Bregoviç. Ilir Meta and Serbian president, Boris Tadić “PS has a traditional relati
Opinion of the Day By ALFRED CAKO Now it seems that the final hour is approaching for the election (appointment) of the new President of the Republic, the nomination of the public figure who could be ... Who should be appointed President? Continues on pages 24-25
BENEFIT ... On pages 22-23
84 years since the Albanian kingdom April, a month between fate and fatality for the royal family. The grave was desecrated in the 1970s by the Sigurimi By REZARTA DELISULA I, Zogu, King of the Albanians, at the moment in which I place my foot on the Throne of the Albanian Kingdo
CLASHES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, PELLUMBI: THE PARTY IS NOT AN NGO PS, Sterkaj: Working groups, with pointless people The opposition’s program, Rama: We will open 300,000 jobs. Vasilika Hysi: Let us not interfere with justice. Gjiknuri: Canceling concessions is not a priority By DARI
THE SESSION STARTS TODAY Edi Rama: Immunity? First the opposition’s package On page 7
Parliament, order for the dress code 320 people arrive from OSCE Topalli to the administration: At work in “uniform” On page 4