€13 MILLION FROM THE EU The names of the NGOs that benefited The organizations benefited from 113 projects in the period 2007-2013. Last year, €1.5 million in funding was allocated Ambassador Sequi: We will continue to support civil society so that Albania can move forward toward the EU • The organizations benefited from 113 projects in the period 2007-2013. Last year, €1.5 million in funding was allocated • Ambassador Sequi: We will continue to support civil society so that Albania can move forward toward the EU Albanian civil society organizations have received nearly €12.7 million in grants from the European Union since 2007. The funding was intended to support 113 projects to improve freedom and professionalism of the media in Albania, encourage involvement... CONTINUES ON PAGES 4-5 (In the photo:) Ambassador Ettore Sequi. Facsimile of the data on the funds received by non-governmental organizations from the EU last year

"20 years of clashes, I chose literature" Besnik Mustafaj: My friend Preçi made me a deputy without my knowledge By FATMIRA NIKOLLI To have or not to have writers in the East.” The article published by Besnik Mustafaj in the French newspaper “Liberation” in 1995 sought to explain that devotion to politics, which has now turned into an opportunity for power, is leaving the post-communist East without its best writers. Back then, he offered the example of Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, but himself, he had been subjected to the same... On pages 26-27

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"RAMIZ'S INSTRUCTIONS ON 14 DECEMBER 1990: MORE SECURITY POLICE IN THE PD" On pages 12-13

By KIÇO BLUSHI This lesson from the Bible comes to mind whenever I hear political positions. Their public behavior. Their hostility toward one another,... Continues on page 28 "Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you"

By ROMEO KODRA Applications for the competition for the position of director of the National Theatre, announced by the Ministry of Culture, close on 26 December. ... Continues on page 29 The National Theatre at a crossroads

The shooting in Prezë, PS leader: I have suspicions about the commune chief On page 7

Cameron in Brussels: Brake migration from Albania On page 2

EU status, Meta: Berisha finds Europhobes in Tirana On page 3

Berisha: Strikes and demonstrations against the destruction of the economy On page 2

Fuel association: The price increase goes to the consumer On page 6

3 presenters: We have no problem replacing Diellza Kolaçi 3 presenters: We have no problem replacing Diellza Kolaçi On page 25