NEW 2011 BUDGET / THE FIRST DATA ARE OUT, 700 PEOPLE WILL BE CUT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION The president’s salary since July 2010 had been 255 thousand lekë. In the new budget it becomes 250 thousand lekë. The NATO commitment is violated, the defense budget is cut by 14% By GENC KONDI The President of the Republic of Albania will be granted a lower salary next year than this year’s. This has been announced in the 2011 draft budget, which has already passed the Council of Ministers. According to the explanatory report of this draft budget, “the salary of the President of the Republic is 250,000 lekë per month and increases up to 2% in line with the Council of Ministers’ determinations for the general wage increase.” In the revised budget Continues on pages 10-11 (In the photo): President Bamir Topi and Prime Minister Sali Berisha

The threat from the Greek government, the reaction after the incident in Boboshticë The Boboshticë worker in court: The organization Omonia paid for the graves Official Athens has condemned the act of burning the wreaths at the memorial built in the cemetery of the village of Boboshticë, in honor of the Greek soldiers who fell during the Second World War. The spokesperson of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Grigori Delavekura, By TEDI BLUSHI has described the event as “an act of inspired extremism” according to him, by extremist circles seeking to disrupt Albanian-Greek good relations. Meanwhile, he has refused to comment on the damage to the graves and the desecration of the bones of the area’s residents. According to Delavekuras, this issue falls under the responsibility of the Albanian justice authorities. In his appearance before the media, the spokesperson of the Greek Foreign Ministry appealed ... On pages 4-5 The wreaths burned at the grave in Boboshticë

THE DECISION BELONGS TO MINISTER NISHANI On pages 2-3

Yesterday in “Foreign Policy” By PAUL CLARKE When American presidents have suffered such losses in congressional elections, known as midterm votes, they have tended to... Obama after the elections in the USA Continues on page 28

Opinion of the Day By SHPËTIM IDRIZI It is very necessary that we do not remain silent in the face of the tragic fact of recent times: I am referring to the desecration of the long-standing burial sites of Boboshticë. ... Desecration of graves and mediocrity Continues on page 29

NEGATIVE OPINION On page 9

THE RECTOR’S REPLY On page 15

FULL TABLES On page 8

THE PROFESSOR INTERVENES On page 25

CRITICISM On pages 26-27