GOVERNMENT MEETING, THE TAX ON OLD VEHICLES PROMISED TO BE HALVED Environmentalists against it: We wanted them doubled Berisha: We have banned D2 diesel, that is how we protect the environment. Xhemal Mato: Pollution will double, we already have 500 deaths a year. Sazan Guri: A wrong step By OLA MITRE “Halving the taxes on used cars.” This was the request that the country’s prime minister Sali Berisha addressed yesterday to the Minister of Public Works and the Minister of Finance. According to him, the high taxes on these cars penalize citizens who cannot afford to buy a new car, while having no positive impact on the environment. This is because, according to Berisha, the environment is protected by D2 fuel, whose use is banned in our country. “I guarantee you that I have reviewed all the taxes in other countries and I have not found such unfairness either in the countries of the European Union or in other countries. The tax on used cars will be halved. As they have been set up, the coefficients will be divided by two. The environment is protected by fuel and we have banned D2, so we are a country that does not burn D2. ... On page 9

Opinion of the Day By MIMOZA KOÇIU We have now become used to being proud of, and being internationally praised for, our model of religious coexistence. Albania is a model country in the Balkans ... Co-husbands Continues on page 18

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI It seems that, recently, Berisha has come to his senses, and is abandoning the mass rallies with cheerleaders, bootlickers and uniformed ranks of the administration ... Act like the opposition when you are in power Continues on page 19

INVESTIGATION / 8 companies, 40,000 lekë tax paid for each point (In the photo:) Betting specialist and former director at several companies, Flobenc Dilaveri. Moments from the Flamurtari - Laçi match Flobenc Dilaveri: There are teams that regularly concede 2 goals at the end of the match. For the Albanian championship we have allowed bets of 5,000 or 10,000 lekë and no more The trend is that bets of 10 or 20 thousand euros are becoming rarer and tickets of 100 and 200 lekë are increasing. FIFA: The betting industry, 500 billion USD worldwide On pages 20-21

“I REPORTED IT, BUT HE ONLY GOT A FINE” On page 10

COMPENSATION / PENSION 500 EUROS COMPENSATION / PENSION 500 EUROS PS, a project for the persecuted: 25 euros for every day in prison On page 3

7 TOURIST VILLAGES Syri, concession beach, municipality: 800 million euro investment On page 7

MEETING WITH FRESSH USA, Arvizu: Free elections, independent courts On page 5

TIRANA Order for subscribers is violated, the municipality: We will revoke their licenses On page 8

PETITION FOR THE LEADERS OF KOSOVO Kadare and the intellectuals: Turkish occupation, not “recent history” On pages 16-17