Security roundtable, opposition: SHIU is trying to duplicate Bahri Shaqiri The prime minister’s inspector: A reform is needed Saimir Kodra calls the legal basis for SHISH outdated. Vasilika Hysi: The majority should give up these initiatives. Ilir Gjoni: Ask the international partners TEDI BLUSHI The Inspector General of the State Intelligence Service, Saimir Kodra, has proposed that this institution be placed directly under the prime minister’s authority. According to him, it is necessary to approve a legislative package for reforming SHISH according to the Italian model, where the secret services are placed under the authority of the head of government. Kodra expressed this position at the roundtable titled “The Need to Reform the Intelligence Services System in Albania,” organized by the Institute for Democracy and Mediation. “It is essential to approve a legislative package... Continues on page 5

Opinion of the Day The truth of the Latin saying has remained forever valid: “Nas- cimum uno modo, multis marimur” (We are born in one way, we die in many)... By ILIR DHIMA The truth of the Latin saying has remained forever valid: “Nas- cimum uno modo, multis marimur” (We are born in one way, in many others we die”)..... Continues on page 27 The bloodstains, still fresh

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Suggestions so you don’t destroy the family Albanians spend 70 million euros a year. The reasons why play starts and becomes a pathology Albanians spend 70 million euros a year. The reasons why play starts and becomes a pathology ERMELINDA HOXHAJ It is 70 million euros that Albanians gamble every year — every year to try their luck. This figure reached a peak last year, as a result of two important factors. The first is the football World Cup and the second is related to the global crisis. It begins as an entertaining game that continues as a road with no return, causing the loss of savings, the family, and in extreme cases... On pages 10-11

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Yesterday in the “International Herald Tribune” The extraordinary meeting of European leaders today in Brussels, to save Greece, will also determine the future of the euro. If those who have done so far fail... Continues on page 26 JOSEPH STIGLITZ The agony of Europe

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