LAW/ MUNICIPAL COUNCILS WILL BE DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS The heads of the mini-municipalities will be appointed LAW/ MUNICIPAL COUNCILS WILL BE DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS TERRITORIAL REFORM The heads of the mini-municipalities will be appointed The government changes the law on local government. The administration will remain untouched until December 2017. The head of the Tirana municipality will appoint the local administrators By DARINA TANUSHI The new administrative-territorial reform has forced the government to make a change to the old law from 2000, “On the organization and functioning of local government”. In the draft law that will be discussed in Parliament in the coming days, the government proposes removing from the law all the words: “municipality”, “municipal mayor” and “municipal council”. Now, with the reform there will be definitions for “municipality”, “district” and “other subdivisions”, such as the administrative units made up of towns or villages. According to the definition of the amended law,... On page 3

Opinion of the Day By ASTRIT KOSTURI For more than twenty years, years charged with empty and vain emotions, instead of health-giving platforms in the service of the people... The 70th anniversary of Liberation, still in the tragic Hamletian dilemma Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By MENTOR KIKIA In the opposition's latest protest there were many people. Or more precisely, enough to frighten a government that has only been in office for one year... Protest against Rama and the pigs of Ulzë Continues on page 21

The theft: the prosecution appoints 3 employees to count the money (In the photo:) The building of the Bank of Albania Treasury. Former Governor Ardian Fullani. The Tirana Prosecutor’s Office For the first time, the 900 metal pallets in the Treasury vaults will be opened. In the team of experts, the relative of the PD MP By KLODIANA LALA The suspicions that more than 713 million lek were stolen from the State Treasury forced the Tirana Prosecutor’s Office to order... On page 7

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Maternity leave: after January 1, women will be paid less On page 9

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5,200 REQUESTS On page 8

KURBIN On page 10

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GERMAN AMBASSADOR: FILES MUST BE OPENED GERMAN AMBASSADOR: FILES MUST BE OPENED 100 thousand lek for veterans decorated with the “Medal of Honor” On pages 4-5