The former politically persecuted and property owners get less money THE DRAFT, TODAY IN PARLIAMENT. HERE ARE THE TAXES AND DUTIES THAT WILL UNDERGO CHANGES Funds are cut by 40% for former political prisoners and by 15% for property compensation. There will be no salary or pension increases, except for the police and the judiciary By LORENC RABETA The 2014 draft budget does not foresee salary or pension increases, meaning that pensions will only be indexed to the inflation rate. In the draft to be discussed today in Parliament, the Council of Ministers foresees salary increases only for the judicial system, the prosecution service and the State Police. “The forecast does not include any fund for a general salary increase in the public administration,” states the draft law on next year’s budget. Judiciary and policeThe draft foresees the implementation of the wage-increase policy for the judicial system and the prosecution service, starting from the date the relevant law enters into force (January 2014), with an effect of 200 million lekë. Nevertheless, this budget provides for a fund of 1 billion lekë for increasing the salaries of the State Police, support for a highly priority sector under current conditions, where order and security... Continues on pages 2-3

VIOLA: THE LAST MOMENTS WITH MY FATHER THE MURDER OF BUJAR KALOSHI, HIS DAUGHTER: AFTER 17 YEARS THERE ARE STILL NO CONVICTED PERPETRATORS On page 8

Opinion of the Day By EDUARD ZALOSHNJA The book “White Overcoats” by LLuljeta Progni, which has recently appeared in Albanian bookstores, is largely based on memories and documents ... A clarification on the name “Democratic Party” Continues on page 18

Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI Salt seas, which are being sweetened by the ever-growing natural reserves of gas and oil discovered in them, and which are not ... The Romania-Bulgaria clash over the maritime border Continues on page 19

NGJELA: GOVERNMENT STUPIDITY Basha: Status, the skeptics are won over by deeds not by words On pages 4-5

CHAIRMAN TERZIU “Pensioners without a bonus, the state should review the decision” On page 13

FROM 05:00-08:00 Buses, today three-hour strike: fuel excise duty should be lowered On page 9

Former student: We knew Ben Imami only as an actor, Azem, leader Details of the hunger strike, Jamarbër: PD was not a factor, but a collaborator. If it had been up to Ramiz, today we would still be praising communism Malltezi: The December strike, Edi Rama hid in Greece, got a tourist visa (In photo:) Jamarbër Malltezi, Edi Rama in the early years of pluralism. The December students’ strike. The cover of the book “White Overcoats” Details of the hunger strike, Jamarbër: PD was not a factor, but a collaborator. If it had been up to Ramiz, today we would still be praising communism By LLULJETA PROGNI The relations between the December stu- dents and PD, in February 1991, also form the core of chapter four of the book “White Overcoats”, which reflects the developments within PD, since its founding On pages 10-11

FILE AT THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE Hysni Burgaj and 9 others, accused of abuse in tenders On page 6

FETA KORE: CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FORMER LEADER FETA KORE: CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FORMER LEADER The master of cobblestones: Enver called us for his villa On page 14

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