Speaker of Parliament: Doshi? Soap-opera stories. Economic development is not being encouraged. PD leader Lulzim Basha: The money missing from the budget is in the pockets of government officials Speaker of Parliament Ilir Meta said yesterday in an interview for “Albanian Daily News” that his relations with Rama are “neither warmer nor colder.” According to him, relations with the allies are constructive. Meta spoke about the economy, citing the fact that Albania, although still not an EU country, has been affected by its problems. On the “Doshi” case, Meta said it is no longer even a soap-opera story, leaving the matter to justice. Parliamentary sessions usually meet on Thursday. And in fact that day, everyone’s eyes are directed toward the session hall, where opposition MPs and Continues on pages 4-5

(In the photo:) The burned house in Durrës. The two girls, Orialda and Klevisa Kajtazi, in a photograph with their mother Orialda and Klevisa Kajtazi disappeared on 15 July. Police: They took with them 4 mobile phones and the passports of their mother and older sister By KLODIANA HAXHIAJ My two daughters caused me a disaster. They stole my money, jewelry and everything else, then set the house on fire and left with no address. The police suspect The girls’ father: The police said “they will come back on their own when they run out of money” • Hiqmet Kajtazi: I don’t know whether they were kidnapped or deceived. They are dissolute, they have no love affair On page 10 On pages 10-11

THE INJURED WOMAN IN THE KAVAJËS ACCIDENT: THE CAR CAME TOWARD US, CUTTING THROUGH THE TRAFFIC DIVIDER On page 3

By VJOLLCA KONGOJONI The failure to collect revenues and carry out spending through June forced the government to intervene in the budget ... Continues on page 25 Will the budget revision convince the IMF?

The nurses who “escaped” the first testing will take it in September On page 14

Tirana’s administrators: here are the 12 powers under the new law On page 13

Owners in Shkodër, the names and the problems with the documents On pages 21-24

Medium-term draft budget: Pension increases of up to 3 percent On page 6

Today, 100 years of Geraldina and the love for Albania On page 20

Mirel Josa makes history with “Skënderbeu”, secures the ‘groups’ On page 26

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