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Gazeta Shqiptare

11 December 2015

PRISON AMNESTY

FULL TEXT OF THE LAW / THOSE SENTENCED TO UP TO 2 YEARS AND THOSE UNDER 18 ARE RELEASED Who benefits from pardon and sentence reductions Men over 60 and women over 50 are pardoned. Amnesty also for 9,000 people on “probation.” Those sentenced to fines benefit. For the others, prison terms are reduced by 1 and 1.5 years FULL TEXT OF THE LAW / THOSE SENTENCED TO UP TO 2 YEARS AND THOSE UNDER 18 ARE RELEASED PRISON AMNESTY Who benefits from pardon and sentence reductions Men over 60 and women over 50 are pardoned. Amnesty also for 9,000 people on ‘probation.’ Those sentenced to fines benefit. For the others, prison terms are reduced by 1 and 1.5 years By KLODIANA LALA Thousands of prisoners will very likely leave their cells before the year-end holidays, as they will benefit from the amnesty bill. The Ministry of Justice has proposed the amnesty bill to the government, and it will very likely be approved within a few days in Parliament. The bill specifically sets out the beneficiary categories. Thus, the amnesty benefits persons sentenced to up to 2 years in prison, persons given suspended sentences with a fine, or persons for whom the court has ordered... On pages 8-9

The 43-year-old’s account: I did not want to kill the businessman, but he insulted me about my wife

MIRAN TILA in court: I wanted to frighten him On page 14

Lulzim Basha managed to gather people near the mass protest on 8 December on Tirana’s main boulevard, precisely on the 25th anniversary of the Student Movement....

Opinion of the Day Continued on page 20

What next, Mr. Basha?

By MIMOZA KOÇIU What next, Mr. Basha?

The need for de-Sali-rization

Opinion of the Day Much has been spoken and discussed, especially in these 25 years, about the need to decommunize society. But is society ultimately... Continued on page 21 By KIÇO BLUSHI The need for de-Sali-rization

Basha: Violence is not the PD’s plan. Veliaj: You went in and came out looking like a cucumber

THE REPLIES TWO DAYS AFTER THE OPPOSITION PROTEST On page 3

Free professions, insurance criteria, based on state salaries

The Ministry of Finance backtracks, payment not only above the maximum salary (In the photo:) Deputy Finance Minister Irena Beqiraj in the parliamentary Economy Committee DEBATE / The basis for calculating social insurance changes, the public-sector salary similar to the profession will be taken as reference By ORNELA MANJANI People who provide services as free professionals, notary, doctor, pharmacist, lawyer, engineer, property appraiser... On page 7

Pharmacists and dentists, state exam on 17-22 December

• Agency of Exams: Testing for around 1,300 nurses postponed to January 2016 On page 12

Two dates that remind us of human rights

OPINION By MIRA BREGU On page 19

Rama with the NATO chief: If asked, we are ready against ISIS

ANTI-TERRORISM On page 6

Prosecutor’s Office finds the “culprit”: The police are to blame, they do not file complaints

CORRUPTION On page 10

Blushi: The day has come to do something different in Albania

PS MP On page 4

The complaint: Judge Stavri Kallço took money, found me guilty

ASTRIT KOLONJARI: MANJANI SHOULD INTERVENE On page 15