Page 3 EDITORIAL By Nertian ALIBALI The long road of the Albanian letters The publishing mafia is called the government. 5.3 million schoolbooks were issued so that hungry children could read in the schools of misery. The tangle of the road of letters is as complicated as it is extreme in absurdity. It begins where you think the sun is for Albanian children and ends in the big business of it, with the government itself in the mind of a "state based on law". Until they reach the hands of the children and the shelves of the schools, textbooks go through a whole series of troubles. They pass from state to private and from private to state. The print run of each title and each subject is decided at the Ministry of Education, where its administrators play poker with the specialists. The print run is passed on to the publishing houses through the School Directorate. And then? Once the disaster strikes! The tone of Kristoforidhi is built by the hand of the publishing house and the price of the schoolbooks. On the good road of the Letter's high-born. What do they do, sacrificing the books of Albanian, and the fathers? Leave it if you need to buy them with the money saved for food and for shoes. But the real price? Why cry out otherwise for others? As long as one does not understand, the government holds its own soul hostage. Publishers have only the business luck of the school market, to make sales as quickly as possible. When you see their blind actions for tomorrow's profit, you realize that the market becomes bigger than the book. It has happened many times that supply depends for two days on a decision without a seal, and a written note falls as a means to delay payments from the budget. The plan after this has gone on for two months, but not the book. Buying and distributing books and teaching materials through mule-like procedures and bargaining. They turn the wealth for one million three hundred thousand students into a "delicacy" for doing business. And when it comes to issuing invoices, if you do not go to the proper written order, you cannot even get the payment through. No more for letters. Page 3

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2 killed and 2 wounded near the VIP nightclub The Albanian capital is once again bloodied, after a somewhat relative calm over the past two weeks. The victim of this serious attack in the capital was the 27-year-old known as one of Tirana's toughs, Ramadan Kaja, nicknamed "Daja" by his friends. He was traveling in his BMW, accompanied by his bodyguard Edmond Lala. Also in the vehicle were his two fiancées. During the hail of bullets, his cousin, Ramadan Lala, was also killed, while the two fiancées were wounded and were in serious condition yesterday evening. It is known that the attackers followed the victim's car for around 500 meters before carrying out the attack. It was 10:30 p.m. yesterday evening when the attack took place near the VIP nightclub, at one of the two main spots in Tirana. The vehicle went as far as the club entrance and the perpetrators emerged from the side, firing a burst from automatic weapons. According to witnesses, the event was sudden. The victim was immediately transported to the Military Hospital, where he died.

Exercise of the Albanian army for emergencies An influx of foreign refugees is expected A military exercise code-named "Dragon" will be carried out by the Albanian forces, in order to prepare them to face any difficult situation. Army generals have spoken about difficulties related to territorial control and road management in the event of emergency situations. Meanwhile, there is the possible influx of refugees on the border with Kosovo and Macedonia. In emergency situations, Tirana's war штаб will be called to the area known as Këthulli. The southern area of Nasho-s, with underground rooms and tunnels, where the leaders will gather in cases of unrest. In an emergency, the entrance will serve 255 foreign soldiers. Page 2

The law on penalties is stuck in Parliament Police launch cannabis harvesting operation Drugs, no one convicted for cultivation Page 7

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Socialists lure the small opposition parties The law on penalties is stuck in Parliament Page 4

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