“No appointments or dismissals during the campaign” EXCLUSIVE / THE CHANGES TO THE LAW WITH THE PD-PS CONSENSUS ARE REVEALED The parliamentary committee approves the first 10 articles of the Electoral Code: Party funding is banned from persons who have benefited from concessions in the last 2 years By VALENTINA MADANI Democrats and socialists have unanimously approved the first 10 articles of the new Electoral Code. “Gazeta Shqiptare” reveals today in full the changes which essentially establish the ban on hiring or dismissing public employees during the election campaign, the ban on using state administration and school students in election campaigns, as well as the way parties are funded. PART VII, FUNDING OF ELECTIONS AND THE CAMPAIGN CHAPTER I FUNDING OF ELECTIONS ARTICLE 86 FUNDS FOR THE PREPARATION AND CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS 1. The CEC budget constitutes a separate item in the State Budget. 2. In the budget year in which elections will be held, the Assembly shall make available to the CEC and to ... Continued on pages 4-5

Opinion of the Day By ALFRED CAKO 21 January is causing metatransformations in all of us, and we feel that politics and the system itself are entering a vortex of change, the consequences of which are... How 21 January is castrating the political class Continued on page 22

Opinion of the Day By DRITAN HILA Many people expected that this week there would be developments in Albanian life. There was speculation about a wave of arrests that the FBI expertise would trigger.... Arrogance! Continued on page 23

DOSSIER / The 87-year-old general recounts the Warsaw Pact (In photo:) The retired general, Halm Ramohito. Enver Hoxha heading to Pashaliman, 1961 The general recalls the clash with the head of the German General Staff on 20 March 1961: I had heard that you boast of the name of the eagle, and I was convinced that you are such After visiting Pashaliman, the German admiral, Vernes, said: You Albanians have reason to be proud, since you did not accept the warm Russian shoulder On pages 18-19

THE DIRECTOR SUES THE “BB” GIRL On page 8

VLORË / THE NEW STRUCTURE APPROVED On page 17

THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR On pages 2-3

BASHA, VISIT TO THE US On page 6

FEMALE CANDIDATES On page 10

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS FROM THE VIDEO FOR “SE ME DO” On pages 14-15