CENSUS NUMBERS
POPULATION COUNT: MORE MEN THAN WOMEN
33% of homes are unoccupied
The results of the count are published. The consequences of emigration, Albania shrinks
to 2.8 million from 4.1 million inhabitants. Edi Rama: The effects of unemployment
By LORENC RABETA
Based on the preliminary da-
tha from the 2011 Population
and Housing Census, pub-
lished yesterday by the In-
stitute of Statistics, it turns
out that Albania’s popula-
tion is currently 2,831,741
inhabitants. It is noted that
the population figure in 2011
has decreased by 7.7%
over these ten years.
Meanwhile, the population
from the 2001 Census was
3,069,275. According to In-
stat, the main reasons for the
decrease in population are
large-scale emigration and
the drop in birth rates. An-
other highly significant piece
of data, which together with
the population figure has
been commented on by po-
litical and social actors in
the country, concerns the
fact that for the first time in
Albania the larger part of the
population is now settled in
cities, and no longer in vil-
lages. “For the first time in
the history of censuses con-
ducted in Albania, the pop-
ulace living in urban areas is
larger than that in rural areas.
Thus,
Continued on pages 2-3
Fevziu: Nano president, I am right-wing and Berisha is my friend
INTERVIEW/ “I have never valued Bamir Topi”
Fevziu: Nano president, I am
right-wing and Berisha is my friend
(In the photo:) Prime Minister Sali Berisha and former Prime Minister Fatos Nano at the launch of Blendi Fevziu’s book
“In 2002, when I went to
discuss the Nano-Berisha
television debate, it was
something completely
spontaneous, like many
things in my life”
“Enver’s death was an extraordinary
pleasure. I communicate with
Edi Rama by phone and SMS. I invited
him to come to the book launch”
On pages 18-19
EXCLUSIVE/ SECRET REPORT
THE CIA DOCUMENT IN
FEB. '90: THE CLASH
INSIDE THE PPSH POLITBURO
On page 9
Today’s Opinion
By ALFRED CAKO
My press will have one hundred
wings, like those of the god Uish-
nu, and these wings will decide
for any kind of opinion in the country.
They will all be...
Continued on page 23
The messages that came from
the launch of a book
HISTORIAN LEDIA DUSHKU
“Esat Pasha would convince the Cham to accept Greek administration”
“Esat Pasha would convince
the Cham to accept
Greek administration”
On page 20
PUBLICATION IN “GSH” OF THE SCANDAL IN KAMËZ
Dismissal of 48 teachers, the prosecutor’s office launches investigations
PUBLICATION IN “GSH” OF
THE SCANDAL IN KAMËZ
Dismissal of
48 teachers,
the prosecutor’s
office launches
investigations
On page 12
PS PROGRAMME
Edi Rama: Compensation, a plan for the persecuted
Edi Rama:
Compensation,
a plan for the
persecuted
On pages 4-5
SHISH OFFICER
Hysni Burgaj: The burning of Isa Çopa, we are waiting for the expert report
Hysni Burgaj:
The burning of Isa
Çopa, we are waiting
for the expert report
On page 16
THE HOLIDAY “GIFT”
Vikena Kamenica becomes a mother, names her daughter Krista
“THE HOLIDAY ‘GIFT’”
Vikena
Kamenica becomes
a mother, names
her daughter Krista
On page 26
“THE ACCUSATION OF WHY I SUPPORTED ZOGAJ AND MË LANI”
Mehmet Elezi: How I met Nexhmije and Lenka Çuko
“THE ACCUSATION OF WHY I SUPPORTED
ZOGAJ AND MË LANI”
Mehmet Elezi:
How I met
Nexhmije and
Lenka Çuko
On pages 14-15
