PARLIAMENT / LSI CRITICISM, THE GOVERNMENT ADDS FUNDS FOR BERAT META’S “PRESSURE”, CHANGES THE BUDGET Berisha: More was invested in Berat than ever before. PS: Public debt out of control. LSI gives its vote, the 2012 budget gets 72 votes “for”, 60 “against” (In photo:) Prime Minister Sali Berisha and LSI leader Ilir Meta in Parliament On pages 2-3

Opinion of the Day By XHEVAT MUSTAFA I will begin this analysis by quoting two statements, published on 12 and 13 December 2012. The first is from the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, ... Status, a matter of conditions or faith? Continues on page 18

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI As I was reading with curiosity what the prime minister had written to children and adolescents on Facebook about the snow of his childhood, I accidentally fell.... Some from the mother, some from the stepmother Continues on page 19

CENSUS / Reactions against the figures Orthodox Church: We are 24 percent. Roma protest in front of INSTAT Church Council: We distributed our questionnaires, 65% of believers were not asked at all By OLA MITRE The results of the Census on religious affiliation are strongly disputed by the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. In a press statement, the church considers these data biased. According to it, “the methodological principles followed for recording religious affiliation.... On page 6

Dossier by Fatos Veliu / Conversation with Qemal Stafa’s fiancée during the war “He was famous for his bravery during the German operations” Vito Kapo recounts the bloody days, when during the winter of the German Operation of ‘44, she ended up in the mountains of Kurvelesh. - Why Bedri Spahiu ordered the illegal members of Vito Kondi’s group to leave the city immediately, to go to the war front in the mountains of Labëria. What happened after her several-day march in the snowy mountains of the heights of Kuç, when the Germans had launched their broadest offensive against the population of the area. - The sudden turn of events and the surprise they experienced after the conversation she had with Drita Kosturi,... On pages 14-15

INTERVIEW Justina Aliaj: Dritëroi allowed me to flee under communism On page 17

THE MOST WANTED HERIGERT ÇITAGU On page 8

“CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION” On page 6

ENERGY On page 7

FIGHT OVER PROPERTY On page 13

CRIME IN MAT Liman Barmeta: I entrusted my son to the father of the killers On page 12