350 THOUSAND EURO TENDER
Vlorë, government villa with Persian carpets
Procurement documents, how much the holiday home furnishing costs
Government Services Directorate: The beds must have super-luxury ecological leather, the televisions must be flat-screen, the mirrors fluid with filter
By TEDI BLUSHI
At a time when the country is suffering the consequences of the global economic crisis, the executive has decided to “empty the pockets” of the state budget in order to increase the luxury of the government villas. Around 516 million old lek is the fund that the Government Services Directorate has recently allocated for the tender with the object: “Furnishing of Government Villa No. 1 in Vlorë.” The amount, equivalent to the minimum rural pension for 6,450 elderly people (516,000 USD / 80 USD = 6450), will therefore go precisely to what in the documents of this tender is described as “furnishing the facility at a high elite level.” The tender documents specify that all furniture or accessories to be purchased for Government Villa No. 1 in Vlorë must be 100 percent “designer” and “extra-luxury.” Specifically, the double bed in the bedroom will be in “King Size” dimensions. As for the specifications, it is learned that this mattress...
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The conviction of Timoshenko, a negative signal
Yesterday in “The Times”
EDITORIAL
The court ruling in the Timoshenko case is a worrying signal. It pushes Ukraine away from Europe. However, the hopes in Kiev...
The conviction of Timoshenko,
a negative signal
Continues on page 23
Universities without a development model
Opinion of the Day
By BESNIK GJONGECAJ
After more than six years of failure in university policies, the coalition government of this country, through the Ministry of Education and Science,...
Universities without
a development model
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Crisis, Paskal Milo: I have disagreements with Edi Rama
The table of left-wing allies meets
Crisis, Paskal
Milo: I have
disagreements
with Edi Rama
On page 4
Genta Ismajli: My first kiss, boys were afraid of me in high school
The story of life on the school desks in the USA
High school students
Genta Ismajli: My first kiss,
boys were afraid of me in high school
(In the photo:) Singer Genta Ismajli
Reportage/ Survey among students of “Sami Frashëri”: The girls from “Partizani” drive us crazy. How teenagers flirt with each other
How girls from the capital care for their outward appearance. Dermatologists’ advice: How to avoid chemical substances in cosmetic products
Supplement
Jakup Krasniqi speaks: Historians, with 5 thousand euros make them patriots
Speaker of Parliament of Kosovo
Jakup Krasniqi speaks:
Historians, with 5 thousand
euros make them patriots
On page 8
Topalli: Anti-European cell within the opposition
“Topi is left-wing”
Topalli:
Anti-European
cell within the
opposition
On page 3
40 complaints about privacy violations on “Facebook”
Data protection
40 complaints about
privacy violations
on “Facebook”
On page 13
Part-time enrollment at the University, 5-day deadline
Documents required
Part-time enrollment
at the University,
5-day deadline
On page 13
The unknown letter from Enver to Stalin
Russian archives/ The role of the mattress trim
RUSSIAN ARCHIVES/
THE ROLE OF THE MATTRESS TRIM
The unknown
letter
from Enver
to Stalin
On pages 14-15