NEW INSTRUCTION / PENSIONERS, APPLICATION DEADLINE UNTIL 25 JUNE Energy, procedures are being eased NEW INSTRUCTION / PENSIONERS, APPLICATION DEADLINE UNTIL 25 JUNE COMPENSATION MONEY Energy, procedures are being eased The monthly “reward” is 6,480 lekë, and here are the documents needed to claim it. The requirement to submit proof of whether household members are employed or not has been removed Pensioners who benefit from electricity compensation and have not yet received it have until 25 June to apply. These days the instruction from the three ministries extending the deadline for receiving the energy compensation until June entered into force. The instruction from 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 instruction, citizens will now have until 25 June, and not until the end of April, to submit the documents required to benefit from this compensation. Another new feature... On page 7

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI Europe will soon celebrate two 9 May dates: the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi-fascism and the 65th anniversary of the creation of a 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: “don’t leave today’s work for tomorrow,” for many reasons, seems to have nothing to do with this article, ... Beyond the pragmatism that blinds you Continues on page 12

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

CAMPAIGN IN DURRËS On page 2

HEAD OF GOVERNMENT On page 3

COURT DECISION On page 9

APPLICATIONS On page 8

“TEACHERS WILL NOT ‘RISK THEIR JOBS’” On page 14

DOSSIER / The flight in which Xhaver Vila died, jewelry worth 1 million USD “disappeared” (In the photo:) King Zog and Queen Geraldine. The Tiranë-Brindisi-Rome flight, just before departure The air disaster on 30 April 1938, when the Tiranë-Brindisi-Rome flight 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

MILOSAO/ Interview with Ema Andrea EMA ANDREA I see no change in Albania Against Ndreca’s tariff: Marx was right, Religion is the opium of the people Supplement

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