INTERVIEW/ NANO PRESIDENT? I SENT THE PD MILITANTS TO MJAFT-i “/CHANGES IN THE GOVERNMENT/” Edi Paloka: Why I criticize Berisha 3 laws are changed, the prime minister increases his own powers and takes them away from the Council of Ministers. Direct access to state secret information, public procurement and official statistics

Opinion of the Day By LILIANA HOXHA The goal that we also fail to celebrate the year-end holidays with international standards is an established fact, against the whole of monopolistic development... The death of the baby and the sparkle of the holidays Continues on page 22

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI Every day we hear about trafficking in white flesh, drugs, organs, weapons, goods, land, MPs, influence, but it turns out that there is also... Today even (un)gratefulness can be trafficked Continues on page 23

By VALENTINA MADANI The Democratic Party deputy, Edi Paloka, in an interview given yesterday to “Gazeta Shqiptare” calls for the need for changes in the government cabinet. Paloka, the year just gone by began with a prolonged political deadlock and ended with a consensus between the PD and the PS. Specifically, what is the political balance sheet of 2011? The political balance of a year should be viewed from several aspects, since it must include all elements such as the work of the government, the work of Parliament, the political parties and the relations among them, and all of these must ultimately produce a result linked to the impact that all these activities have on the development of the country and Albanian society. In a nutshell, I would say that the Albanian government managed to successfully face the global crisis, being among the few countries in the world that recorded economic growth; Parliament, despite the boycott and destructive actions... Continues on pages 2-3

The government decision on spouses’ pensions is made public (In photo): Officers of the Albanian army In the full documentation submitted by beneficiaries, the payment of social contributions must be proven up to the moment of receiving unemployment benefits The documentation proving compliance with the specified criteria is chosen each year by the beneficiary themselves and submitted to the institution where the payment is received On page 6

APPEAL FOR TRANSPARENCY BLOOD DONORS: MINISTER Vasili HIDES THE ORDER FOR THE SALE On page 13

FORMER PRIME MINISTER Gjukanoviç: Oil smuggling? We wanted to survive On page 19

CRITICISM Sajmir Çili: The festival on TVSH is a disgrace for mediocrities On page 26

RARE DISCOVERY 1,000-year-old brucellosis in the bones of Butrint On page 18

THE SON OF REMZI HOXHËS, LETTER TO BAMIR TOPI THE SON OF REMZI HOXHËS, LETTER TO BAMIR TOPI Remzi Hoxha ““Released” Ilir Kumbaro, Shpresa Beçaj should be investigated” On page 7