“SECRET” DECISION: 3-YEAR SENTENCE FOR ANYONE WHO UNJUSTLY ACCUSES OFFICIALS OR MPs EDI RAMA’S DECISION: PRISON FOR THOSE WHO DEFAME THE GOVERNMENT The report is revealed: a direct proposal from Prime Minister Rama. In 2012, the Socialist Party voted by consensus for Berisha’s idea of the “decriminalization of defamation” By DARINA TANUSHI Prime Minister Edi Rama has now made reality the draft law that defines defamation because of one’s duty against a senior state official or elected representative as a criminal offense. Unlike what it had agreed to and voted for 3 and a half years earlier together with its political opponents, the Democratic Party, to remove the offense of defamation against public officials from the Criminal Code, a new draft law has been sent to Parliament in recent days for “An addition to Law No. 7895, dated 27.1.1995, ‘Criminal Code ... Continued on page 3

Opinion of the Day By MIMOZA KOÇIU Not even this year did anyone expect that with Albania’s second progress report, since the country obtained the status of a state ... Is moving away from the EU intentional? Continued on page 20

Opinion of the Day By JULIAN DEDA It is natural that the attention of the people’s critical arrows should focus on the government’s performance, not to pin down ... A few words about the opposition and all around it...! Continued on page 21

ENTON NIKAJ IS SHOT, A FEW MONTHS AFTER HIS RELEASE ENTON NIKAJ IS SHOT, A FEW MONTHS AFTER HIS RELEASE Suspicion, a debt dispute “killed” a 30-year-old in Linzë On page 7

The secret report of the head of Tirana’s Security, Raqi Iftica, in 1972 Files, 3 actors: Fadil Paçrami attacks Shkodran Catholics, defends Muslims • “Fatos Arapi said: Will we become bourgeois with 10,000 lek for a novel?” • “Shpëtim Kushta: The Opera House is the property of Nikolla Zoraqi” • “Burimi says: Bujar Kapexhiu, devoted to ‘isms’ in painting” (In photo:) Enver Hoxha during a meeting with artists and writers Letter to the Central Committee of the PPSH: Here’s what Sandër Banushi, Llazar Siliqi and Ndrek Luca said. Viktor Qurku, to the Director: They make you great because you sing to the PPSH By DASHNOR KALOÇI Unknown documents from the Archives of the State Security and the Central Committee of the PPSH, classified as “Top Secret”, with minutes of the meeting- On pages 12-13

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL “OK” for paid parking, zero fee for residents On page 11

CHANGES Law: 2 percent life insurance for police officers and military personnel On page 11

BY ALBANA TAHIRAJ “Albania, now the subject of scientific research” On page 14

UNION Teachers: Here are the test blunders, the structure was outside the guidelines On page 9

NAME LIST Gjirokastër, the owners and the issues in the AKKP archive On pages 16-18

INTERVIEW WITH THE POET Ilirian Zhupa: How I survived censorship during communism On page 19

276 ROMA AND EGYPTIAN CHILDREN, IN CLASS ONLY FOR 1 FREE MEAL SCANDAL! SEGREGATION IN 2015, A SCHOOL IN KORÇË HAS ONLY 2 “WHITE” STUDENTS On page 8

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