4.5 billion lek are allocated to 450 companies OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS HAD ACCUMULATED SINCE 2009 AND ONWARDS The Ministry of Finance settles the debt for VAT refunds at the level of 71 percent. The full list of business companies benefiting. Payments for businesses that have not yet benefited are expected to be allocated as well The Ministry of Finance publishes the list of 450 companies that have benefited from value-added tax refunds. The payment of around 4.5 billion lek has been made as part of the strategy for settling outstanding obligations. The payments include obligations accumulated since 2009. The Ministry of Finance states that so far the debt for VAT refunds has been settled at the level of 71% and the fund is expected to be allocated for companies that have not yet benefited. As part of settling outstanding obligations, the Ministry of Finance has allocated the fund of 5.8 billion lek Continues on page 5

Opinion of the Day By PETRIT HALITI A tragic inversion must have occurred in the tectonic plates of the foundation of our national identity and conscience, ... The Useful Idiots of Greece in Tirana Continues on page 19

Reportage/ Deputy Director of Order: We don't have detention rooms, it's cramped (In the photo:) Deputy Director of Public Order and Safety, Ard Veliu. Head of the escort rooms, Astrit Dusha. The premises of the escort rooms The head of the escort rooms in the Tirana Police, Astrit Dusha: We have 10 rooms according to standards, where only women and minors are kept... By AURORA KOROMANI "Room for women." This is the inscription that can be read above a door inside which women who have been escorted by the police for criminal offenses are held locked up On page 9

Documents That Must Be Submitted to the AKP On pages 10-11

Business Credit Energy Efficiency Credit www.fondibesa.com

AGIM BEJKO: THE SITUATION SHOOK THE REGIME The Spaç Revolt in 1973, Dervish Bejko waved the starless flag in prison On pages 12-13

New draft law, ethics are important NEW DRAFT LAW, ETHICS ARE IMPORTANT Judges, here are the criteria for evaluating work On page 8

Full list 250 legalizations are distributed in Vorë, Lame: 7 thousand more ready On page 4

Candidate in Vorë Luan Salleku: I will turn the city into a development center On pages 6-7

The promise Veliaj: A road connecting Zall-Bastari with “Arbri” On page 3

Reportage Dimali, the history of the glorious city, today underground On page 20

Return-Compensation / List of families RETURN-COMPENSATION/ LIST OF FAMILIES Properties, Tirana’s files from '93 in the AKKP archive On pages 16-17