BLEDI ÇUÇI: THE 2015 ELECTIONS, WITH THE NEW DIVISION
INTERVIEW / THE MINISTER: TERRITORIAL REFORM, WE DEFEND MINORITIES
Edi Rama, letter to Lulzim Basha: We want consensus, ready for a face-to-face meeting. We have 84 votes, but let us start and finish this process together. Meta: I hope they meet soon
By DARINA TANUSHI
The majority’s aim is for the new administrative-territorial reform to be ready for the 2015 elections. Based on this model, the candidates for mayors and municipal heads will then also be determined. The Minister of State for Local Government, Bledi Çuçi, explained yesterday, in an exclusive interview for “Gazeta Shqiptare”, that “the legal package must be sent for approval to Parliament before the end of this parliamentary session”. He stated that the majority wants the opposition to become part of this process, but “an ambiguous and incoherent stance from the opposition is seen, contrary to its public statements,” the minister said. According to him, “the prime minister’s latest letter sent to the chairman of the Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, is tangible proof of this unwavering will of the governing majority”. Asked about the fate that minorities will have after this new division, ... Continues on pages 2-3
We are lucky to live in the age of Facebook, since politicians also like to get as many Likes as possible. No matter how small in scale,...
Opinion of the Day
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The beauty of politics
By JULIAN ZYLA
The beauty of politics
It is known from astronomy and the study of the seasons that 22 March is the day of the spring equinox. This date symbolizes the end of the night’s advance ...
Opinion of the Day
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The spring equinox and the Sultan Nevruz of the Bektashis
By ALFRED CAKO
The spring equinox and the Sultan Nevruz of the Bektashis
A father cuts off his son’s ear with an axe while he was sleeping
INCIDENT IN KORÇË, OVER STOLEN MONEY
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An Indian at the helm of the mosque on the highway: Syria, not a religious war
Ahmad Butt: Too many cameras? For security reasons, the police themselves suggested it
INTERVIEW
(In photo:) The head of the Baitul Avel mosque on the highway, Shahid Ahmad Butt. The Baitul Avel mosque on the Tirana-Durrës highway
The “Baitul Avel” mosque is kept under surveillance by SHISH. Ahmed Kalaja: We preach the Koran, not war. My words are “online”
By AURORA KOROMANI
Albanians should not be sent to Syria. Is that not a war for Jihad? This statement was made by one of the leaders of the Baitul Avel mosque... Continues on pages 6-7
Hoxha: Paçrami, an arrogant man like Sejfulla Malëshova
DOSSIER / BY FATOS VELIU
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TODAY IN “MILOSAO”
HOXHA TAHSINI, A RENAISSANCE FIGURE WITHOUT A GRAVE
Inside: Eros in Albanian socialist realism - Ermir Hoxha
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