INSURANCE FUND: THE INCREASE IS CALCULATED AS OF 15 JULY 2013 The decision benefits 9,300 healthcare workers. Their working area and seniority have been taken into account. Higher pay also for economists and sanitation workers (In the photo:) Healthcare system employees On page 8

TORO: THE REST, WITH THE NEW GOVERNMENT On page 5

Opinion of the Day By MIMOZA KOÇIU It is the expression that has returned to the top of the list of the most commonly used concepts. Although it belongs to the dialect of Central Albania, it has been assimilated ... Continues on page 19 “Making some money”, Edi Rama’s challenge

Opinion of the Day “Never in the Arab countries should a mountain of gold be discovered, you Arabs do not try to take it! Because 100 people will fight to take this mountain of gold and in the end ... By ALFRED CAKO “‘Never in the Arab countries should a mountain of gold be discovered, you Arabs do not try to take it! Because 100 people will fight to take this mountain of gold and in the end ... Continues on pages 20-21 The Middle East and Syria

BERISHA, COMPLAINT TO OSCE On pages 2-3

The attack in Shijak, the surgeon speaks “The police are dragging us into a blood feud. My uncle’s son, Kërtalli, was not the target” By KLODIANA HAXHIAJ My cousin, Elvin Kërtalli, was accidentally killed. He was not the target of the attack in the centre of Shijak. It is not true that Elvin committed murders in Switzerland and Torino, Italy. At the time these murders occurred, my cousin On page 7

INTERVIEW On page 11

AMBUSHED On page 6

“Greek Reporter”: The Panepirotic Federation of America sends the church issue to the U.S. Congress Kutulas: The reaction of the municipal authorities was made with the prime minister’s approval “Greek Reporter”: The Panepirotic Federation of America sends the church issue to the U.S. Congress USA Greeks to Obama: Put pressure on Tirana over Përmet Kutulas: The reaction of the municipal authorities was made with the prime minister’s approval The Panepirotic Federation of America, through a press release, has strongly condemned the “brutal attack” on the Orthodox Church of Përmet, while also asking the Obama administration and the U.S. Congress to exert pressure on the Albanian government to return the building to the city’s Christian believers. According to an article published by “Greek Reporter”, the Panepirotic Federation of America “strongly condemned the brutal attack on a Greek Orthodox Church in the city of Përmet, in southern Albania, carried out on 16 August by government-hired bandits, who broke icons and crosses and beat believers who tried to defend the city’s only religious place”.... On page 18

THE DREAM IS OVER On page 22

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