NEW DIVISION / MINISTRY OF FINANCE: WE SAVE ABOUT 50 MILLION DOLLARS Territorial reform, here are the cuts NEW DIVISION / MINISTRY OF FINANCE: WE SAVE ABOUT 50 MILLION DOLLARS 6,200 PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOBS Territorial reform, here are the cuts Financial accounts are closed with the old administrative units. There will be 1,250 fewer administration employees and 4,900 fewer councilors, who were paid 10% of the chairperson’s salary By ORNELA MANJANI Finance Minister Shkëlqim Cani signs the order to close the accounts of the local government units that will be merged by the territorial reform. As a result, around 6,200 people are left without jobs and the state budget saves around 6 billion lekë. Those dismissed include 450 councilors and around 1,250 administration employees. Official sources from the Ministry of Finance say that minister Shkëlqim Cani has signed the order for the procedures to close the accounts of the local government units that will be Continues on page 6

Opinion of the Day By MIMOZA KOÇIU 10 days after the June 21 elections were held, even after the votes for the municipal councils were counted, it was confirmed that ... The June 21 elections, so little hope for the future Continues on page 24

Opinion of the Day By AGIM NEZA The American people celebrate the 239th anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America. This day is an important celebration for the United States ... America, 239 years of independence, freedom and progress Continues on page 25

SUMMER Adelina Tahiri injured in an accident: I am out of danger for my life Ilva Tare becomes a mother, Eduard Selami: Happy, her mother chose the name Melody (In the photo:) Ilva Tare and Eduard Selami. Adelina Tahiri. Vildane Zeneli Vesa Luma congratulates Big Basta on his birthday: You are everything to me, the best person in the world. Vildane Zeneli provokes again with “hot” photos By ENIDA HIMAJ The morning of yesterday found Ilva Tare and Eduard Selami’s new family with a new member. It was the presenter herself ... Supplement

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PD LEADER: ANALYSIS FOR EVERY BALLOT BOX. WE HAD GROWTH Topalli to Basha: We lost. Shut your mouth! Who appointed Lefteria to the CEC? On page 2

MAJORITY Edi Rama: We will reorganize, in September PS Assembly On page 3

INVESTIGATIONS 3 murders at “Zogu I”, prosecutors coming from the Netherlands On page 8

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