GOVERNMENT DECISION MADE PUBLIC, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE “OLD DRIVING LICENCES” POINT-BASED DRIVING LICENCE Penalties for every violation The new conditions enter into force on 22 April. Procedure: every driver has 20 points; anyone caught drunk loses 8 points. If you reach “zero” points, you must retake the exam from scratch By ORNELA MANJANI The points-based driving licence enters into force on 22 April. Current driving licences will remain valid and the points system will be applied on the online platform, where drivers will also be informed of the penalties. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure states that, at yesterday’s meeting of the Council of Ministers, the draft decision “On the approval of the implementing regulation of the Road Code of the Republic of Albania”, as amended, was approved, an implementing act of Article 120/1 of the Road Code, on the basis of which the points system will operate ... Continues on page 8

Opinion of the Day By MIMOZA KOÇIU Last Thursday we had an extraordinary event in the Assembly of Albania, but it went unnoticed by the public because of a debate ... When women come together Continues on page 20

Opinion of the Day By MENTOR KIKIA For days and weeks on end, a government-sponsored television spot has been showing what could be built with 150 million dollars. And, according to the government, ... What can be built with 64 million USD? Continues on page 21

DOSSIER/ The history of 1939, the surrender of Skanderbeg’s crown The landing of Benito Mussolini’s fascists. Armed resistance by part of the military units and hundreds of civilian volunteers (In the photo:) Photo from the occupation of Albania by Fascist Italy on 7 April 1939 The landing of Benito Mussolini’s fascists. Armed resistance by part of the military units and hundreds of civilian volunteers By IV KALOÇI Exactly 76 years ago, on the morning of 7 April 1939, or as it is otherwise known in the historical memory of Albanians, the black Friday, Italy ... Continues on pages 16-17

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