TERRITORY / SP: THIS IS OUR DEADLINE, OTHERWISE WE WILL RECONSIDER THE DECISION “Reform, we wait until Thursday” TERRITORY / SP: THIS IS OUR DEADLINE, OTHERWISE WE WILL RECONSIDER THE DECISION RUÇI’S “ULTIMATUM” “Reform, we wait until Thursday” Lulzim Basha’s response: This is the wrong path. We will face the majority, Constitution in hand, in the streets and squares of Albania By DARINA TANUSHI The head of the Socialist Party parliamentary group, Gramoz Ruçi, yesterday set a deadline for the opposition’s acceptance in the attempt to reach consensus on territorial reform. “Members of the PD, members of the PR, members of the other opposition parties of the PDIU, let us remember that whoever considers himself in opposition, until Thursday the chairman should set a deadline, they should take their seats in this Commission, so that the work of this Commission can be made operational, so that by the end of this session we can approve the Reform of the administrative division. Otherwise, Mr. Chairman, I ask you on behalf of the majority, that parliament reconsider the decision, reconsider the decision in order for this commitment that the Albanian parliament has taken, this decision that the Albanian parliament has taken, to be implemented by the end of July,” Ruçi declared in a parliamentary session. Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Relations with Parliament, Ilirjan Celibashi, declared yesterday regarding... Continues on pages 4-5

AMNESTY / FREEDOM FOR 900 CONVICTS AMNESTY / FREEDOM FOR 900 CONVICTS Prrenjasi, the law prevents a life sentence On page 9

The Catholic priest: He has a problem with Islam, he does not mention the Orthodox Gjergj Meta “against” Ben Blushi: He sees the Church with a Marxist vision (In the photo:) Dom Gjergj Meta. PS MP, Ben Blushi The new book “Hëna e Shqipërisë”, the cleric reacts: The Church is not immaculate, I agree with Blushi, but it has given a lot to Europe “Religion and politics? One side’s intervention into the other brings problems and confusion. I see in Blushi an alter ego of mine” On pages 18-19

THE MOTORCYCLIST WITHOUT A HELMET The fugitive before the wedding is released after his father’s appeal On page 13

HEAD OF THE MORTGAGE OFFICE Muho: By June, we will register 300 thousand properties On page 7

CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT The new regulation for voluntary health insurance On page 10

“TERRORIZED AFTER KARELI’S MURDER” “TERRORIZED AFTER KARELI’S MURDER” Escapee from Malandrino captured, mother: Fear for the boy’s life On page 12

DOSSIER / THE MINUTES OF THE PLENUM RAMIZ ALIA: QUEUES FOR MILK AT 2 IN THE MORNING, THE PEOPLE ARE MAKING A MOCKERY OF THE BUREAU By FATOS VELIU On pages 16-17

Opinion of the Day By ILIR KALEMAJ Mitchell and Prins, in a 1999 article, argued that military clashes between democracies are not easily forgotten... The Ukraine crisis and the escalation of sanctions Continues on page 21

Opinion of the Day By Prof. Dr. BETIM MUÇO Every reorganization of science in Albania after the 1990s has been incomplete and truncated and has very quickly left room for... Thoughts on the state of science in Albania Continues on pages 20-21