LAW / LAWYERS AND PHARMACISTS WILL PAY 22 THOUSAND NEW LEK PER MONTH The changes: the calculation of social insurance for liberal professions. About 5 thousand people are affected; they will contribute 285 thousand new lek per year (In photo:) Illustrative photo On page 11

ESCAPEE FROM TRIKALA PRISON INTERVIEW On page 9

Opinion of the Day Why was Independence declared in Vlora? Independence, Ismail Qemali, its central figure, and Vlora, the place where the flag was raised and this declaration was made... Continues on page 20 By XHELAL GJEÇOVI Independence, the work of the entire Albanian nation

ANSWERS FOR APPLICANTS U.S. Embassy: The most frequently asked questions about a non-immigrant visa On page 17

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“Investments in the economic zone in Durrës” Li Keqiang: We will support port infrastructure. Rama: 30 thousand new jobs By DARINA TANUSHI Prime Minister Edi Rama received Chinese assurances yesterday for the start of work on the Arbër Road. On the third day of his visit, Rama was received by the Chinese Prime Minister, Li Keqiang, with whom he discussed the development of relations between Albania and China... On page 6

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VISIT TO ROME On page 5

The singer called him a ‘Sigurimi agent’. The reaction: We were waiting for “Gazi” to come and pick us up The composer’s wife: A misunderstanding, he was being surveilled in 1973 By FATMIRA NIKOLLI One day after Sherif Merdani stated on “Opinion” that the well-known composer Agim Krajka had been an informer for the State Security and that he had admitted this himself in an interview, Krajka’s wife reacted. Agim Krajka with his wife, Semiramis Semiramis, while clarifying that her husband was in the US with their children, told “GSH” that Sherif Merdani had misunderstood an interview Krajka had given to a daily newspaper. “I followed Agim’s interview; he gave it to a journalist... On page 19

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