The constitutive meetings of the municipal councils are expected, LSI and PDIU being the two parties with the most seats after PD and PS. The battle for the chairmanships of the municipal councils is heating up. BLEDI ÇUÇI: THE MAYORS HAVE PROCEDURAL DEADLINES THAT MUST BE RESPECTED THE NEW MAYORS The minister orders them to take office The constitutive meetings of the municipal councils are expected, LSI and PDIU being the two parties with the most seats after PD and PS. The battle for the chairmanships of the municipal councils is heating up By the end of July, or at the latest in early August, all the new mayors of the country’s 61 municipalities will have to be in office. The decision of the 21 June elections has already been made and the preliminary results are out, but as the Minister of Local Government, Bledi Çuçi, explains, there are procedural deadlines that must be respected. For some of the country’s municipalities, including Tirana Municipality, the Central Election Commission has still not taken a decision to declare Erion Veliaj mayor, but there are appeals... Continues on page 3

Architect: Cultural monuments are not property of the government “By DARINA TANUSHI” “The Prime Minister’s Office canopy, damage comparable to destruction” • Arba Baxhaku, winner of the competition “Young Architects for Urban Development”: The shadow drawn across the facade disfigures it On pages 10-11 • Architect Arba Baxhaku. The Prime Minister’s Office with the new canopy, a work by artist Philippe Parreno

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SUMMER ELISA SPIROPALI: MY HOSTAGE, WHICH I DIDN’T TAKE DURING THE CAMPAIGN[?] SPIROPALI: NALTA CAME INTO LIFE ACCORDING TO A PROCEDURE, WE DIDN’T LEAVE OUT ANYTHING Supplement

The emails between the former and “Hacking Team” are revealed “Wikileaks”: Deals with Albania to buy bugging devices On page 5

By MENTOR KIKIA The wound has festered badly and is now healing, with everyone putting a finger on it. Justice has become the defining issue of everything today. ... Justice, a reform against the mafioso-political system Continues on page 21

State exam, a requirement for the profession Licensing, the 1,500 teachers being tested by 31 July, the schedules by profile On pages 7-9

Details Recertification, the 350 pharmacists who already have their new permits ready On page 3

Name list The owners in Durrës, the names and the problems with the documents On page 9

“Basha was shot with a machine gun” “Lazarat”, the prosecutor’s office: “Key,” the testimony of the Alikos On page 6

Jakaj Psychology Advice for a couple crisis when the children are in adolescence On page 20

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