THE NEW PRIME MINISTER: WE MADE A MISTAKE WITH THE MARITIME PACT, WE RELY ON NATO THE BORDERS WITH GREECE Tsipras: “Red line” for Tirana The head of Syriza speaks about bilateral relations: We should have approved it in parliament. They took it to the Constitutional Court, Papandreou, as a friend of Rama, should have stopped it The Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, in a television interview given on 13 January to the Greek media outlet Enicos.gr at the height of the election campaign, described as mistaken the official Athens stance regarding Albania in relation to the maritime pact issue. According to Tsipras, the mistake lies in the fact that Greece should not have given the green light to official Tirana for its NATO membership and for obtaining candidate-country status for membership of the European Union as long as Albania refused to ratify the bilateral agreement on the delimitation of the maritime border. “If we assume we did not do what we should have done to stop the fall... On page 4

Decision / Calculation of social and health contributions SELF-EMPLOYED SOCIAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTION WAS: 4,463 lek per month BECOMES: 5,060 lek per month (597 new lek more) HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTION WAS: 1,320 lek per month BECOMES: 1,496 lek per month (176 new lek more) (In photo:) Prime Minister Edi Rama at the Government meeting The Council of Ministers decides a significant increase in the minimum wage from 19,000 to 22,000 new lek. Here are the effects on insurance By OLA MITRE Every employed and self-employed person will pay more for social and health insurance. The Council of Ministers... On pages 6-7

Electronic Archive / Part One On pages 14-17

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI In all dictatorships, regardless of the ideas and party colors, of the names of the rulers, whether political or religious, ... The overconsumption and overfeeding of propaganda Continued on page 20

Opinion of the Day By MENTOR KIKIA The new territorial map will produce, for the first time, a more centralized local government, putting an end to the fragmentation of Albania... Who will govern Albanians after 21 June? Continued on page 21

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Minister: It is linked to foreign investments On page 4

APPLICATION POINTS On page 5

MESSAGE IN TIRANA On page 3

“24 YEARS OF MOCKERY” On page 10

THE VIOLINIST On page 18

DENUNCIATION / “THEY BURST THE HEART AORTA” On page 7