3-HOUR MEETING/ PRIME MINISTER: THEY DO NOT WANT REFORM. PD: JUSTICE IS ‘CAPTURED’ No consensus, draft in Parliament 3-HOUR MEETING/ PRIME MINISTER: THEY DO NOT WANT REFORM. PD: JUSTICE IS ‘CAPTURED’ “RAMA-BASHA” FAILS No consensus, draft in Parliament • Talks on judicial reform, Rama brings Vasili to the table. Berisha reacts: The bilateral meeting turned into a trilateral one By VALENTINA MADANI They shook hands with each other, but Edi Rama and Lulzim Basha, even after three hours of talks, still could not reach agreement on approving judicial reform. The sticking point was the proposal for “reserved seats” in the top leadership structures of the judiciary, an element that the PD and former prime minister Sali Berisha have valued. On pages 2-3 (In photo:) The two PS-PD leaders, Edi Rama and Lulzim Basha, yesterday during the meeting at the Palace of Congresses and their staffs • Edi Rama: We are not waiting a single second, the reform will go straight to parliament. I believe the PD does not want it, but it will vote for it • Lulzim Basha: We accept the version of “reserved seats” in the justice architecture. Unilateral acts will fail

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT!/ KALASHNIKOV BULLETS FIRED TOWARD THE CAR ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST THE ÇAPJAS IN ELBASAN, HIS FRIEND AND A PASSING POLICEWOMAN ARE WOUNDED On page 9

GREEK MINISTER: NOT ALL CHAM ALIKE On pages 4-5

Opinion of the Day By MOIKOM ZEQO Fan Noli, the architect and founder of the Autocephaly of the Albanian Orthodox Church, wonderfully translated many of the Holy Books of the Bible... Continues on page 20 An unknown work by Fan Noli

Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI In Tirana it is now mandatory to have every “Sunday without cars”. Of course, by order from above, with a heavy traffic police presence... Continues on page 21 “A Sunday without cars”

COMPENSATION On pages 14-17

UNIVERSITY On page 10

“OXHAKU” SALES On page 12

The director at the Ministry of Social Welfare explains the new decision: How the supplements are calculated “Those who retired with 60% before ’96 receive more. The lowest goes to 14,800 lek” The director at the Ministry of Social Welfare explains the new decision: How the supplements are calculated Astrit Kuka: New pensions, who benefits “Those who retired with 60% before ’96 receive more. The lowest goes to 14,800 lek” The government decision “On narrowing the differences in pension amounts” has been published in the Official Gazette, opening the way to an increase in old-age payments for around 200,000 pensioners. Through it, there are a number of categories that will benefit from an additional 840- By OLA MITRE 4,000 lek per month, while the financial effects will begin from 1 June. The main beneficiaries are those people who retired between 1 October 1993 and 31 December 1996, while the Director of Inspection, Labour Relations and Social Dialogue at the Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth, Astrit Kuka, explains to “Gazeta Shqiptare” how the supplement is calculated. “In the years 1993-1996, the method of calculating the pension was...” On page 11 The Director of Inspection at MMSR, Astrit Kuka

PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE On page 8