“This is how the ageing of our population can be addressed” Greece: We will adopt children from Albania “To tackle the country’s demographic problem, which is of considerable proportions, with Greece having the lowest number of births in the entire European Community, we aim for Greek families to adopt Romanian and Albanian children,” Simitis said. On page 6 NATIONAL LIBRARY TIRANË

After the meeting Yesterday, the artists—perhaps without even realizing it—felt that they had been mistreated by their country’s politics. “It was so easy,” they say naively, as if Meta were a messenger from Heaven. On page 21

Opinion Tritan SHEHU First and foremost, consolidating a country means consolidating its institutions. This is not achieved through arbitrariness and subjectivism, but through the longevity of rules and laws and the stability of structures. Continued on page 2

“Here’s why we signed the agreement to fight poverty” INTERVIEW / Representative Treichel speaks “Albania is the poorest country in Europe and is almost at the same level as Third World countries such as Uganda and Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, per capita income in Albania is 800 dollars, while in Uganda it is 300 dollars a year.” This is the assessment of Volker Treichel, the International Monetary Fund’s resident representative in Albania. The IMF has signed the Poverty Reduction and Development Program in Albania at the same time. On page 4