ONE DAY EARLIER PS sent the bill for repeal to the Constitutional Court THE PYRAMID IS BLOCKED The Arabs do not lower the loan interest rate for the construction Ministry of Finance: We can’t handle the loan. Negotiations between the two governments for the new parliamentary complex stall By VALENTINA MADANI The construction of the new parliamentary complex is hostage to talks with the government of Saudi Arabia. The Albanian government is said to have asked the Arabs to lower the interest rate on the loan that will be disbursed for the start-up of construction on this project. But sources within the government say that for the moment talks are frozen between the two governments because Saudi Arabia refuses to lower the loan interest rate. The Arabs have undertaken to finance the Albanian parliament, but the point where the parties are running into difficulties is precisely the interest that Albania will have to pay. For this reason there is still no final decision while... On page 5

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SUMMER pages The life of the gynecologist, more than 30 years in service of women Halim Kosova: I didn’t run after girls, happy with Elsa In photo: Gynecologist Halim Kosova “I am happy that my mother continues to be a cherished and inseparable part of my family, placed in the best room of the modest apartment in which I live, and I feel lucky to have her; the children grow up with their grandmother nearby and Elsa feels the same as her child...” “I have never lacked books, I grew up reading “Zemra”, “Alice in Wonderland”, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, “Old Albanian Tales.” The greatest awkwardness in life is when you have to remove someone from work...” Supplement

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