NEW FORMULA/ THE MAXIMUM CAP IS REMOVED, THE AMOUNT DEPENDS ON CONTRIBUTIONS PAID Insurance, the calculation before and after ’94 How to retire without reaching the age requirement. For contributions made before 1994, government reference wages will be taken into account. Former cooperative members benefit By OLA MITRE The new law “On Social Insurance”, which enters into force on 1 January 2015, provides a new formula for calculating the amount of the pension, while what is worth emphasizing is the removal of maximum caps. Under the new formula there will be no fixed pension amount, while the final value will be directly affected by the years of work and the amount of social insurance contributions paid by insured persons. According to the revised formula, the monthly old-age pension consists of a base amount and an increment. The base amount is calculated as the ratio of the insurance period completed by the person to the required insurance period, according to the tables attached to the article, multiplied by the social pension. For 2015, this pension is expected to be around 6646 lekë, while in the following years it will be indexed annually with inflation. Meanwhile, the increment will be 1 percent for each year of insurance multiplied by the average base... On pages 10-11

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI I believe there is nothing more vile and filthy than when a person begins to get drunk on himself; especially when he is exalted by power, ... When you get drunk on power Continues on page 21

Belt, tie and shoelaces are taken away from his wardrobe Fullani without TV in his cell, takes walks during outdoor time. Meeting with the psychologist in prison 302 (In photo:) Ardian Fullani at the Tirana court, 3 days earlier in the hearing for the security measure Member of the Supervisory Council, Ardian Civici resigns: The way is opened for the restructuring of BSH. Kule and Milo: We have responsibility By KLODIANA LALA Perhaps these may be the hardest days in the governor’s life, but beyond everything, Ardian Fullani seems not to be doing... On pages 2-3

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• The deputy governor in the prosecutor’s office denies prior knowledge of the theft of over 700 million lekë

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