PS approves the PDIU amendment PARLIAMENT: “OK” TO THE MEMORIAL COMMEMORATING THE GREEK MASSACRES AGAINST THE CHAMS PS-LSI, consensus for garment manufacturing: Special fiscal package in March 2014. Lulzim Basha: Rama’s New Year gift, tax increases After many debates and discussions, the Parliament of Albania approved last night, with 82 votes in favor from the ruling majority and 27 votes against from the opposition, the 2014 budget and the fiscal package. Prime Minister Edi Rama described the 2014 budget as the budget that has definitively guaranteed the stop of the country’s ruin. According to him, this budget destroys what he calls the “rock of the debts left by the previous government.” The Parliament also rejected by a majority vote the amendments proposed by the Democrats. During the vote, with more than 79 votes, the amendments proposed mainly by PD deputies were rejected. Meanwhile, with only 1 vote against, the deputies approved the amendment proposed by PDIU deputy Tahir Muhedini, who requested approval of 40 million lek for the construction of the monumental cemetery in Kllogjer to commemorate the massacres... Continued on page 3

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Opinion of the Day With the hope that this open letter will find you well and with the newspaper in your hand during your morning coffee, with the belief that it may... By GERTI SHELLA With the hope that this open letter will find you well and with the newspaper in your hand during your morning coffee, with the belief that it may... Continued on page 24 Open letter to thieves and wrongdoers

Opinion of the Day What today’s 2014 budget shows, above all, is what the Albanian will have on the table tomorrow. In the end, it became a matter of figures and this clash... By PETRIT VASILI What today’s 2014 budget shows, above all, is what the Albanian will have tomorrow on the table. In the end, it became a matter of figures and this clash... Continued on page 25 LSI: Guarantees for garment manufacturers

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INTERVIEW / “Washington supports the fight against corruption” Minister of Defense: The first 100 days of work felt like 100 minutes to me. Chemical weapons? The alliance with the USA does not depend on one event (In the photo:) Minister of Defense Mimi Kodheli. PD deputy Arben Imami Minister of Defense: The first 100 days of work have felt like 100 minutes to me. Chemical weapons? The alliance with the USA does not depend on one event By DARINA TANUSHI Focused on the new Albanian defense strategy, on entire files of projects, Mimi Kodheli, the Minister of Defense, carefully goes through every word,... On pages 4-5

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THE TESTIMONY OF THE SABOTEUR / THE FOREIGN MINISTRY ARCHIVES, 1949-1977 THE TESTIMONY OF THE SABOTEUR/ FOREIGN MINISTRY ARCHIVES, 1949-1977 Muhamet Prishtina: How they recruited me at the “Dajti” hotel On pages 10-11

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