NEW GUIDELINE/ PENSIONERS, APPLICATION DEADLINE UNTIL 25 JUNE COMPENSATION MONEY Energy, procedures are eased The “reward” is 6,480 lek per month, the documents needed to collect it. The requirement to submit proof of whether family members are employed or not is removed Pensioners who benefit from electricity compensation and have not yet received it have until 25 June to apply. These days, the guideline from the three ministries extending the deadline for receiving energy compensation until June has entered into force. The guideline of the Minister of Energy, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Social Welfare was published in the Official Gazette and has acquired legal force. According to this guideline, citizens will now have until 25 June, and not until the end of April, to submit the documents needed to receive this compensation. Another new feature... On page 7

Dossier/ The flight in which Xhaver Vila died, jewelry worth 1 million USD “disappeared” (In the photo:) King Zog and Queen Geraldine. The Tirana-Brindisi-Rome scheduled plane, just before departure The air disaster on 30 April 1938, when the Tirana-Brindisi-Rome scheduled plane crashed near the Formia mountains in Italy For the first time, “Gazeta Shqiptare” publishes the little-known story of the air disaster of 30 April 1938, ... By IV KALOÇI On pages 10-11

EMA ANDREA I do not see any change in politics TARIFF AGAINST DARKNESS: MARX WAS RIGHT, RELIGION IS THE OPIUM OF THE PEOPLE Supplement

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI Europe will soon celebrate two May 9ths: the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi-fascism and the 65th anniversary of the creation of the United Europe... The two Siamese May 9ths, near or far? Continues on page 21

Opinion of the Day By NATASHA LAKO The proverb of the simplest pragmatism, “do not leave for tomorrow what you can do today,” for many reasons, seems as if it has nothing to do with this article, ... Beyond the pragmatism that blinds you Continues on page 12

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THE PD CANDIDATE: EMPLOYMENT IS THE PRIORITY THE PD CANDIDATE: EMPLOYMENT IS THE PRIORITY Veliaj: I invite Halim Kosova to a debate. Basha is incompetent On page 4

CAMPAIGN IN DURRES Basha: No one can stop the tsunami, a landslide victory On page 2

HEAD OF GOVERNMENT Edi Rama in Kukës: The exodus was a deception and a misunderstanding On page 3

COURT DECISION Smuggling with Montenegro, 13 convicted, none in jail On page 9

APPLICATIONS Recognition of the foreign diploma, the dates for high school graduates On page 8

“TEACHERS WILL NOT ‘RISK THEIR JOBS’” “TEACHERS WILL NOT ‘RISK THEIR JOBS’” Qualification of teachers, results within 15 May On page 14