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 being closed with the old administrative units. There will be 1,250 fewer administrative employees and 4,900 councillors, who were paid 10% of the mayor’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 under the territorial reform. As a result, around 6,200 people are left without jobs and the state budget will save around 6 billion lek. Dismissed from work are 450 councillors and around 1,250 administrative employees. Official sources from the Ministry of Finance report 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 ... 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 holiday 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 wishes Big Basta a happy birthday: You are everything to me, the best person in the world. Vildane Zeneli provocatively poses again with “hot” photos By ENIDA HIMAJ The morning of yesterday found the new family of Ilva Tare and Eduart Selami with a new member. It was the presenter herself who ... Supplement

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MAJORITY On page 3

INVESTIGATIONS On page 8

4 SPECIAL PAGES On pages 20-23

INTERVIEW On pages 12-13

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