"No time off, the weekend is work" "HOLE" IN THE BUDGET, EMPLOYEES WORK 12 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK • Informality in the state: so far, Tirana tax officials have worked 8 weeks without a break, 288 extra hours By REZARTA PASHALLARI Tax Office employees have been working in informality for almost two months. Under internal orders, the 400 inspectors are working on Saturdays and Sundays, while during the week they work from 8 in the morning until 8 in the evening, without receiving a single lek extra for overtime or for days off. The situation at the Tax Office came after the deficit caused by the failure to meet collection targets, related... Continued on page 3 (In photo:) Directorate of Taxes. Facsimiles of two of the orders from the Tirana Tax Directorate, in which employees are ordered to work even on days off Notice! Staff-Tirane Tatime, Cc: Androkl Kottiçi hello! We inform you that 27.09.2015, Sunday, is a normal working day Have a good day at work! E-MAILS Saturday 12.09.2015 WORKING DAY To: Staff Tirane Tatime, Cc: Hello, We inform you that Saturday 12.09.2015 is a working day for the entire administration of DRT Tirana. Have a good day at work! Regional Tax Directorate Tirana

Opinion of the Day By PETRIT VASILI Everything that our national football team produced, whether as emotions, as a new standard for our ambitions, as the breaking of the taboos of the impossible,... Continued on page 21 Leave the national team alone so it can keep winning

Opinion of the Day By MIMOZA KOÇIU The proposal by Minister of Welfare Blendi Klosi to make a law on volunteering in Albania is not an idea that should be overlooked.... Continued on page 25 Not voluntarism, but good deeds

Teachers will prepare a detailed report on students’ achievements The assessment scheme, 70% from oral answers, 25% from the student’s portfolio By ERMELINDA HOXHAJ The assessment method for students in nine-year schools is changing. One year ago, the Ministry of Education began descriptive assessment for students up to third grade, while this year, according to the new MAS guideline, this type of assessment will be extended through ninth grade. Also in this guideline, MAS has published a special formula for how the final grade will be calculated... On page 11

Fino, Spahiu, Bejko and Ziçishti speak On page 5

THE ARCHIVE IN LUSHNJE AND MALLAKASTËR On pages 14-17

OFFICIAL FROM THE MFA Belortaja: Vengu told me “I rejected Greece” On page 4

ASYLUM SEEKERS Germany: We will send back around 100 thousand Albanians On page 8

HISTORY Vlora Bay, the submarine sunk in 1916, here are the photos On page 18

“VOLUNTEERING” New law, LRI: Let’s be more active in communities On page 8

HEALTHCARE Medical Order, the documents for registration in practice On page 17

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