NEW DRAFT LAW DISCOVERED: HERE ARE THE CRITERIA FOR BEING EMPLOYED IN THE PRE-UNIVERSITY SYSTEM There will no longer be any pupils repeating a grade in primary school. The principal is chosen by competition and can be dismissed if the school achieves poor results for 2 consecutive years There will no longer be any pupils repeating a grade in primary school. The principal is chosen by competition and can be dismissed if the school achieves poor results for 2 consecutive years ESMERALDA KETA The rules of the game have also changed for becoming a school principal or for getting a teaching job. From now on, the principal is chosen by competition, and can be dismissed if his school achieves low results for two consecutive years, while to become a teacher you must have a scientific master’s degree. The draft also provides for strict penalty measures for those who break the rules, beginning with a warning and up to 50 thousand new lekë for serious violations. The Inspectorate ... Continues on pages 10-11 (In the photo:) A lesson in progress at the 'Ismail Qemali' gymnasium in Tirana

FLOODS/ The situation in the north of the country improves, 2 thousand families return to their homes Teachers: Shkodra itself would reject the gift by order The initiative of some school leaders to do good deeds with the teachers’ money is an insult not only to the teachers who give, but also to those who receive it.” Thus spoke the head of the Teachers’ Union, Xhaferr Dobrusha, who added that the people of Shkodër reject gifts by order. He declared to “Gazeta Shqiptare” that they will investigate every such instruction and that they have also received guarantees from the Ministry of Education that teachers’ bonuses cannot be touched without their will. ... On pages 6-7

Goricë Bridge, engineers speak: Here is why it should be restored MILOSAO/ THE MOTHER OF SKËNDERBEU’S “DREAM” THE 1533 ENGRAVING OF VOJSAVA KASTRIOTI IS DISCOVERED Goricë Bridge, engineers speak: Here is why it should be restored Supplement

ACCIDENT IN HIMARA/ PARENTS SPEAK ACCIDENT IN HIMARA/ PARENTS SPEAK Guma’s mother: My son’s killer should be hanged On pages 2-3

Yesterday in “Express” By CONNIE MACK On 12 December, Kosovo will hold its first free elections since the declaration of independence on 17 February 2008. At the head of the race for the free elections is... Kosovo, democracy at speed Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By REZEAR XHAXHIU Nothing is happening in the PD. That is what reporters and journalists from electronic media and print media tell us every day, in the meetings... What happens (doesn’t happen) in the PD? Continues on page 21

VLORË/ BUSINESSMAN IN CUFFS Banker arrested, stole 500 thousand euros On page 17

HE WAS ON PAROLE He killed the police officer, the tough man from Laç in handcuffs On page 16

NEW SERVICE Private bailiffs: The state discourages us at work On page 8

Raiffeisen BANK I win every challenge See on page 12

THE POET’S COMPLAINT Fatime Kulli: How the State Police terrorized my son On page 9