INTERVIEW/ FLAMUR KUÇI: WHO BENEFITS FROM THE NEW LEGAL FRAMEWORK Deputy minister: The first 100 thousand files are ready “The new law prohibits the legalization of buildings on land that has an owner. The total number of properties to be formalized is 280,000. The process faced politically motivated obstacles” By LORENC RABETA A few days ago Parliament approved the amendments to the law on the legalization of buildings constructed without permits, which opens the way to the amnesty of informal structures built after 2006. In an interview with “Gazeta Shqiptare”, the Deputy Minister of Public Works and Transport, Flamur Kuçi, explains how the new law will treat 80-100 thousand new properties awaiting formalization. While explaining that around 100 thousand Albanian families will benefit from the legal changes, the deputy minister emphasizes that special care was taken while drafting the new legal framework to ensure that informal structures built on the land of lawful owners are not included in the legalization process. In the interview, Kuçi stresses that out of around 200,000 files subject to evaluation for legalization, nearly half are in the final stage of approval. It is also estimated that around 60,000 files do not require transfer of ownership and can be processed... Continues on pages 6-7

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Opinion of the Day By ALFRED CAKO We have seen these past days that the three laws and the Albanian EU agenda have become one of the main horses in the electoral battle between Berisha, ... The sidestepping of the three laws and the EU Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI The visits carried out on 8 May by the chairman of the BDI party, Ali Ahmeti, and to the USA, and the deputy prime minister of this party in the government of Macedonia... The name of Macedonia and the Albanians of Macedonia Continues on page 21

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PPSHR leader: The pact with PS, revisiting the figure of Enver Hoxha (In the photo:) PPSHR chairman Marko Dajti and Ilir Hoxha, son of Enver Hoxha. PS leader, Edi Rama Marko Dajti: We have no kind of internal conflict. These are political positions that we hold and consider very dangerous. No space should be left for him By DARINA TANUSHI The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the reorganized Party of Labour of Albania, Marko Dajti, declared yesterday that Edi Rama and Ilir Meta will be labeled “Berisha’s collaborators” if they do not... On page 2

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